StarryEyed, RN

StarryEyed, RN

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  1. Sodium bicarb for mucositis

    My hospital pharmacy dispenses pre measured amounts of the powder into our Omni cell (in little plastic containers) which we then mix with a defined amount of sterile water on the unit. We mix one for each patient it’s ordered for, put a pt label wit...
  2. Resume buzz words?

    What i would do is carefully read each hospital's mission statement and values and use their own "buzz words" in my cover letter to them.
  3. Should I take an office RN position

    Absolutely take the job!! Then immediately add it to your resume and keep sending it out. USE that license. I finally started getting interest after I added a non-hospital RN position which was really just giving flu shots. I can't even tell you how ...
  4. Anyone working BUT dosen't have to?

    I would still do it, maybe work part-time as I would probably jump at the chance to spend time with family/kids. I don't think I could handle not doing anything plus I've wanted to be an RN my whole life :)
  5. Night shift and daylight savings....

    We get overtime pay for that extra hour and anything beyond that if need be.
  6. Specific Koi top I've seen but can't find :(

    I will try them. I'm about an hour from Santa Monica so maybe I can even head out there one day :) Thanks!!
  7. Specific Koi top I've seen but can't find :(

    I don't post for ppl to do searches for me unless I've tried extensively myself. KOI navy top is probably the first search I did before even thinking about posting here.
  8. What to do in family emergency situations?

    That's awesome that there is amazing teamwork on some units to divide and take over the pts of the nurse in crisis. However, in California, we have staffing ratios and it is absolutely ILLEGAL to have more pt's than ratio allows. I would NEVER do thi...
  9. I'm not exactly sure if I'm using the right words to describe it. It is solid navy (not sure but might come in other colors, too). It is a somewhat patterned fabric in the sense that some parts of it are a little see-through and some parts of the pat...
  10. I think I'm getting FIRED on Monday...

    If she's still orienting how would she help staffing at all? Presumably while orienting they're paying you and your preceptor to do the same job, right?
  11. How do you make new hires feel welcome on your unit?

    When I was a new hire/new grad I had an awesome preceptor who took her lunches WITH me each shift (there were others who would either take it at a different time than their preceptee or would go off with their friends and leave their new grad alone f...
  12. Visiting nurse slapped with a parking ticket :-/

    Despite the fact that you drove around for one hour looking for parking, you still parked there knowing it was illegal or at least that you would be fined. That ticket is no surprise. I'm sure you knew you'd get a ticket if you parked there. Yes it s...
  13. omg, I freaked out one time cuz I saw gooey brown stuff all over my A&Ox4 pt and was thinking "how the heck did that happen?! Plus it nearly touched my arm but luckily only my glove actually did, then I saw a little dessert cup hidden in the blan...
  14. Worst night in history

    No kidding! It's annoying when the sitter is calling me into the room all the time saying "He's trying to get out of bed. She's touching her NG." THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE THERE FOR!!! Then they wait for ME to be the one to tell the pt not to do that and mo...
  15. Bedside Reporting starting Monday :(((

    Because things can still get missed even on a double check. I was getting report for a pt w/a PCA, was handed a copy of the order and the pain documentation flowsheet and noticed that both nurses that had signed off on the order had missed that the o...