Twincere

Twincere has 13 years experience and specializes in Med Surg, long term care, Mental health.

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1. MCI Virginia Beach!!!!

   Twincere replied to mom78's topic in Virginia

   Hi everyone, I am an LPN at Chesapeake Regional for the last 6 years on a Med Surg floor but I have a total of 14 years experience as an LPN, having graduated from a Vo tech school in NY in 1996. Getting my RN has been a long, arduous road for me. I ...

2. Amount of n/s flush after adminstering morphine.

   Twincere replied to saulgoodman's topic in General Nursing

   My bad--I'm sorry, I wasn't thinking about that part of it being subcutaneuous...I was just thinking that this was a saline lock or heplock, my hospital doesn't use sc buterrflies.

3. Magnet hospital = Nurse friendly hospital?

   Twincere replied to amy0123's topic in General Nursing

   My hospital is starting the long, arduous process of attaining magnet status. I have to say that my feelings are really mixed. The hospital is pushing customer service and satisfaction to a point where I think it oversteps boundaries and administrati...

4. LPN to RN c College Network?

   Twincere replied to shannonrj78's topic in Online Learning

   Hi all, I've also just signed my contract with TCN just 3 weeks ago. I went into it fully aware that its a publishing company. Here's my issue: I have 22 credits of pre req's that most of the local colleges here in Virginia would not accept (too old,...

5. Amount of n/s flush after adminstering morphine.

   Twincere replied to saulgoodman's topic in General Nursing

   I usually flush with 3cc of NS. 1) yes to keep the line patent 2) you don't want the tail end of what you pushed to remain in the hub, this way, the NS helps "flush" it into circulation. Hoep that helps some.