Melissa H

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1. Call Pay

   Melissa H replied to GI Jackie's topic in Gastroenterology

   We get $5 hr to carry beeper time & a half when called in 1/2 hr travel time and get paid for 2 hrs minimum.....

2. Reconstitution of India Ink

   Melissa H replied to Endo Diva's topic in Gastroenterology

   We use india ink that is already mixed but we used to have to reconstitute it, we mixed it with 0.9 ns

3. old skills that we do not use anymore

   Melissa H replied to sassykitkatt's topic in General Nursing

   I have worked at my current hospitals endoscopy unit for 2 years and have done a blakemor tube 3 times!!! I remember iced saline lavages for gi bleeders. I remember using dakens solution for bedsores. I also recall cantor tubes suction EKG leads, whe...

4. ERCPs, EUSs and sedation

   Melissa H replied to december's topic in Gastroenterology

   At my hospital the doc who does EUS'S uses Demerol and Versed and I have not really had a problem. As for ERCP's I have done them with Fentanyl /Versed, Demerol/Vresed and Fentanyl/Valium I have had both good and bad experiences, some docs do use ane...

5. feelings about double rooms

   Melissa H replied to starryx2's topic in Safety

   The hospital I work at only has private rooms.... The CEO feels that if the patients are being charged for a room that costs as much if not more than an upscale hotel room a night they should have a private room