gator mom

gator mom has 10 years experience and specializes in PCU, post surgical and Hospice.

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1. "just" a school nurse rant

   gator mom replied to LikeTheDeadSea's topic in School

   I get comments like this since I became a hospice RN. Even though I maintained by ACLS and worked for 9 years on a difficult post surgical floor, fellow RN's and even non medical people make comments like"oh you don't have to worry about "this or tha...

2. Charting in hospice IPU

   gator mom replied to gator mom's topic in Hospice

   Thank you for confirming what I thought. I too figured "over charting" can lead to trouble. We are supposed to be going all computer charting in near future so hopefully it will get easier. Yes, many RN's chart in progress notes every time a pain med...

3. Charting in hospice IPU

   gator mom posted a topic in Hospice

   Hello, I am a new hospice RN on a IPU, coming off a post operative floor after 10 years. We were totally electronic and charted by exception. I now am paper charting both care and MAR. I see so many different ways other experienced hospice RN's chart...

4. People think I am stupid

   gator mom replied to nikkole318's topic in New Nurse

   As far as IVPB-we run it concurrently when we have a pt that is NPO. Zosyn is ran at 12.5ml/hr over four hours. If you hang it q8hr-the NPO pt is not getting enough IV hydration if not ran concurrently.

5. Successful night shift stories...

   gator mom replied to LETRN's topic in General Nursing

   I have worked night shift for 5 years now (3-12ś). I would never want to work days being on the floor. I certainly do not want to work nights forever, but it does have its advantages. One bit of advice I can offer is to be selfish with your sleep!. P...

6. Dear future nursing students,

   gator mom replied to BeeFree963's topic in General Students

   I also was in the category of not working during nursing school. I did not brag about it -it was just a fact. Even though I was fortunate to have a supportive spouse we also had our finances somewhat under control-no new cars, new electronic gadgets,...

7. titrating cardizem

   gator mom replied to ark-two's topic in Cardiac

   Hello-I work on a ortho/PCU post surgical floor. I am ACLS certified as required. Our nurses are offen required to float to ICU where we are given 1-2 of the least critical pts. The other night I floated and was told I would be getting an admission f...

8. When does weekend shift diff start/end for night shift

   gator mom replied to nicuRN2007's topic in General Nursing

   I am just curious-Those of you that get such a nice weekend shift diff (which I think is awesome and deserved)-Are you part of a union? Our hospital is not unionized but another in our community is and they too get a weekend shift diff.

9. When does weekend shift diff start/end for night shift

   gator mom replied to nicuRN2007's topic in General Nursing

   WOW!!! I work nights and our weekend begins on Fri 1900 to Monday 0700. We get shift diff-but NO weekend diff. We are expected to work six weekend nights a schedule (which is a 6 week schedule). There are constantly issues with low staff on weekends ...

10. How to obtain IT experience

    gator mom posted a topic in Informatics

    I am curious as to the best way to make a possible change to IT. I have 3+ years experience as an RN.What would be the best way to gain experience for a future job in IT? Thank You

11. night shift not offering enough experience

    gator mom replied to NurseNature's topic in Med-Surg

    I have worked night shift for a few years and find I have had a chance to practice a lot of my skills. Why not ask the day charge nurses to have day shift RNś leave a few of these things for you to do when you come in. If they are not real time sensi...

12. Assigning Acuity level to pt

    gator mom posted a topic in Med-Surg

    I am working on updating our current method for assigning an acuity # to a pt. I work on a PCU-post surgical/ortho floor. Currently we use a 1-2-3 system with 1 being the most acute and 3 being the least. Currently the individual nurse writes the # n...