Nursey103

Nursey103 ADN, RN

M/S, Tele, Sub (stepdown), Hospice

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About Nursey103

Nursey103 has 14 years experience as a ADN, RN and specializes in M/S, Tele, Sub (stepdown), Hospice.


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  1. What are your job responsibilities?

    My infusion center is not associated/attached to any clinics (only associated with my hospital). We strictly do infusions/injections/labs/port flushes. We have an assignment. We each take 1 patient per hour that has already been assigned by th...
  2. HSR in Outpatient Chemo Infusion

    1. I stop the chemo and hang a new bag/line of saline. My co-workers all jump in when there's an HSR so if I'm stopping the pump, another nurse is already priming the NS, another grabbing the vitals machine, another grabbing the HSR meds. 2. ...
  3. New student pathway to becoming an Infusion Nurse

    You can work in a med/surg oncology unit to learn how to start IV's, maintain PICC's, access/maintain ports. You'll get chemotherapy experience if that's the kind of infusion center you want to work in. You'd also be giving lots of blood products t...
  4. New Grad IV Therapy position? Advice please

    I think 8 weeks is plenty to hone in on IV insertion skills. If they're that desperate then at the end of the training period, if you don't feel ready, I would simply ask for more training days. If you're part of the IV team, it sounds like that's ...
  5. Just browsing through posts & came across yours. I'm also looking to transition away from bedside & thought about GI lab or something similar. Did you end up making the transition??
  6. I've been an RN for a little over 9 years now. I started out as a new grad at my current hospital and I've been on 3 different floors. I've done basic med/surg, step-down unit with trachs/vents, and now I'm on a surgical step-down unit with a focus...
  7. Night shift question

    I get like that too...some weeks I can be happy & get lots accomplished & then there are weeks I'm in bed every night I'm off & just feeling miserable. I just ride out the lazy/tired/yucky days. If it continues, can you switch to dayshift...
  8. Transitioning from night shift to day shift.

    I've always worked nights so I can't say personally but quite a few co-workers have made the switch to days & say they never regretted it....they felt like they had a life again...hope that helps...good luck!!
  9. IV push and wearing gloves

    I also believe in universal precautions....those that wear gloves for everything because wearing gloves is still cleaner than your clean hands.....do you also wear gloves when eating?! I mean...imagine those filthy hands touching your food....
  10. Most shocking thing you've seen a physician do?

    I've seen a doc do vasectomies in the office every week never washing his hands before/after...in fact I never saw him wash his hands period....disgusting!!!!! I didn't work for him but he used our office space some days...thank God he finally retire...
  11. Bladder Scan Question

    Smallest # I've seen was 9cc
  12. Without Orders

    I wouldn't be entering orders for pain meds without the doc giving me specific orders...that's practicing medicine & out of our scope of practice....I value my license too much...
  13. High divorce rate among nurses? Why?

    I doubt the nurses in porn are talking or taking breaks....well, I guess they probably are taking breaks...but I doubt there's too much talking! LOL
  14. Brandman University

    Bump...? Also considering Brandman...anyone have any feedback?? Thanks
  15. High divorce rate among nurses? Why?

    One thing I find hard on my relationship is working nights. I don't sleep w/ my fiance hardly at all anymore...unless I manage to switch to a day schedule on my days off but sometimes that's hard. We have opposite schedules...it's tough