annreese

annreese has 21 years experience and specializes in ICU/ER/CCU.

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1. BD nexiva catheters?

   annreese posted a topic in General Nursing

   Has anyone had any experience with the bd nexiva catheters? They have the extension tube attatched. It seems like a novel idea but has anyone had any problems with them?

2. Which Healthcare system ?

   annreese replied to NWRN09's topic in Oregon

   I have actually worked in all three systems that you spoke about. I have not worked at kaiser for a long time, but I was not all that impressed, maybe its changed, the doctors at that time did not respect us and we were rather marginalized. Legacy em...

3. Allergies in Eugene?

   annreese replied to Canadian Girl's topic in Oregon

   I have such bad allergies in the spring and summer, I will come into work with my eyes swollen up and i'll have to spend the first 20 minutes with a warm washcloth over my eyes. Im in portland but I think eugene is going to be more or less the same.

4. ICU directly after nursing school.

   annreese replied to LiveYourDreams's topic in Oregon

   Hm, I know all of the nurses on my unit have alot of experience, in fact the nursing population here is more or less more experienced except for med/surg which hire more new nurses. The other portland hospital I worked for also didn't have any new nu...

5. looking for an apartment in NE Portland , Oregon

   annreese replied to ukmelai's topic in Oregon

   NE eh?? nothing against them although I think youll find some better choices in SW. try forrent.com

6. Telemetry nurse moving to Portland, Which hospital does Tele nursing well?

   annreese replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Oregon

   haha tuality kind of has a bad rep, there sort of a small little hospital waay out there in hillsboro, I would not want to work there. St v's now your talking, I would consider it one of the better hospitals in the area, there a lot of hype about OHS...

7. Nursing pay in Portland!!

   annreese replied to smarge117's topic in Oregon

   pay here is more or less commensurate with experience, there is also (at least at my facility) a preference for BSN's, I only only one ASN here. In addition I would say the job market in portland is becoming more competitive for nurses, I think OHSU ...

8. African Americans in Oregon

   annreese replied to Codeda's topic in Oregon

   I think oregon gets a reputation for being a bunch of hicks, its quite distressing, I've lived here my entire life and have never even met anyone resembling that stereotype. As far as racism goes, there are several african american nurses here and I ...

9. Morphine PCA Shortage

   annreese replied to rntg's topic in General Nursing

   I just found this: http://www.ashp.org/Import/PRACTICEANDPOLICY/PracticeResourceCenters/DrugShortages/GettingStarted/ResolvedShortages/Bulletin.aspx?id=473

10. hospira symbiq pumps?

    annreese posted a topic in General Nursing

    We were talking about these today, I looked it up online they seemed pretty cool, has anyone used these? Can they support more than just one channel?

11. my pyxis nightmare..

    annreese replied to annreese's topic in General Nursing

    Well I spoke with the nurse administrator today, he didn't know and thought it was ridiculous too and he said he would speak with the pharmacy who are responsible with filling it. Hopefully I will get my darn saline flushes back!

12. my pyxis nightmare..

    annreese replied to annreese's topic in General Nursing

    We don't have med rooms here.. what do you use them for?

13. my pyxis nightmare..

    annreese replied to annreese's topic in General Nursing

    definitely a time killer. We can draw up our own from the patients IV bag if they have one, we do still have syringes. But why should I have to, I really don't understand the logic, I understood when the took the narcotics off the floor, to prevent d...

14. my pyxis nightmare..

    annreese replied to annreese's topic in General Nursing

    I actually somewhat understand the underlying logic. They are trying to integrate the pharmD into the whole process, we input the orders into the computer, they go down to pharmacy, pharmacy overlooks the order, sometimes theyll call us up if theres ...

15. my pyxis nightmare..

    annreese posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay so my hospital has been migrating towards taking medications out of the pyxis units more and more for about a year. It started off they took out the controlled drugs, than the expensive one,s then some other ones. It has come to the point where ...