miss81

miss81 BSN, RN

Surgery, Tele, OB, Peds,ED-True Float RN

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About miss81

miss81 has 8 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Surgery, Tele, OB, Peds,ED-True Float RN.


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  1. narc waste a little long

    Yes, but at the rate we go through bottles of Propofol we'd never have a cupboard big enough. haha
  2. narc waste a little long

    They're still not locked drugs where I work. Ativan is used left, right and center but it's in the patient's own drug drawer. As far as I know we don't have any issues with that. But I guess I may not hear about some occurences. AND it's not uncommon...
  3. I have a BSN, but never passed boards

    A member of my family has a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing and works as a drug rep. for a pharm. company. She does not need a nursing license. She hated floor nursing and decided to take a different route right from the get go. Just an idea.
  4. Everyday and sometimes twice/day!
  5. A Coke Zero AND a Diet Dr. Pepper, tape by the miles, stethoscope, lexicomp on computer or iPhone and lots and lots of pens!
  6. E.D nurses "set up to fail"

    My close friend started work in the ER straight out of school. She was thrilled then, but it's 10 years later and she will tell you that she would never recommend it. She will say that she can't believe that they let her work there as a new grad afte...
  7. What nurses do (poster)

    i guess it's a good thing we have housekeeping staff 24/7... i don't know where i would find the time to being mopping up all the spills, blood and pee or plunging all the "you know what"! i think syringes, stethoscopes, bp cuffs, bedpans, and even c...
  8. What nurses do (poster)

    I guess it's a good thing we have housekeeping staff 24/7... I don't know where I would find the time to being mopping up all the spills, blood and pee or plunging all the "you know what"! I think syringes, stethoscopes, BP cuffs, bedpans, and even c...
  9. What nurses do (poster)

    Funny! But I can't say that a mop is ever a tool that I use as nurse!
  10. Epic (Nursing) FAILS!

    I Was helping another nurse change out a pt in the ER. Once we had him changed he said, "oops, sorry!" The nurse I was with asked, "Sorry for what?" The patient said, " for pooping again." We looked everywhere but could not see any bowel movement any...
  11. hypertensive emergency?

    She is a grown woman. You're not a junior high teacher. You give her your opinion, the info about consequences and the option to leave without penalty, and the rest is up to her. Even if she was in her GP's office and he suggested she go to Urgent Ca...
  12. "Alphabet Soup" After Nurses' Name?

    Nobody says a word about the lawyers, doctors, profs/instructors and other professionals that have these credentials on their name tags, but when it's a nurse we "eat our own". Geez, be proud of how far our profession has come! If you don't want to w...
  13. Questionable staffing in L&D vs Nursery

    This is what we do at our hospital. We don't really have a nursery, just an area with a few isolettes for sick babies. Our babies are taken to there mom as soon as the admission assessment is completed on the baby. With the exception is after a c-sec...
  14. Intraosseous Infusions- anyone using it yet?

    We use them in an emergent situation for both adults and paeds until we can get another line. I find it works well for a short time, but they tend to leak and are very painful. That's my experience...
  15. Wound Dressing

    Not in my hospital (except for VAC dressings or packing). That is a Registered Nurses order/intervention. We use our own judgement for type of dressing (i.e. mepitel, silvercel, aquacel, etc.). We also have a wound care RN that can be consulted for v...