vdrapeau

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1. Kind of a rant, sorry!

   vdrapeau replied to MECO28's topic in Relations

   We are a stand alone facility and we don't have rapid response, we have to call 911 or ship them out if they are unstable. He was actually pretty stable. It was "just his thing". Generally with those patients we have orders with treatment parameters ...

2. Kind of a rant, sorry!

   vdrapeau replied to MECO28's topic in Relations

   I used to work nights at a SNF. One of my co-workers called the on-call doctor about a patient with an elevated BP. Her response was "I don't think it's that high. Just don't check his BP anymore". The patient did have a history of elevated BP and th...

3. How did/do you pay for nursing school?

   vdrapeau replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

   I used TAA benefits too. We paid for my pre-reqs (already had all the GE type classes) and then used the retraining benefits to pay for nursing school itself. There have been changes to the extended unemployment benefits, the last I looked you only g...

4. Patient requests

   vdrapeau replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Relations

   My favorite in a funny cute way was my 90+ year old patient's last night. I work in a rehab/SNF and this guy is just ready to go home. So last night at 3am, he calls me into his room to run his "plan" by me. He wanted to know what I thought about his...

5. Blood Pressure Query

   vdrapeau replied to brinks's topic in Student Assist

   The BP doesn't really really worry me. It is well within the range of normal. If you are looking for other causes of confusion in addition to possible head trauma, I work in a SNF/rehab facility and if we have an elderly patient that is confused or w...

6. What gadgets/tools do you own?

   vdrapeau replied to aachavez's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Hemostats and scissors. I don't usually bring my own BP cuff to work but I've been pretty tempted lately. I'd like to get a pulse ox so I don't have to steal the vitals cart from the aides or wait until they are finished to get O2 sats charted.

7. Legacy Health RN Residency 2011

   vdrapeau replied to ttt-n's topic in Oregon

   If you are applying for your Oregon license straight out than you are fine. The endorsement is if you have a license in another state and also want to have a license in Oregon. Lilredrn (Hi!!) and I both got our initial license in WA and then got end...

8. Legacy Health Residency, Portland, OR

   vdrapeau replied to islandteam2003's topic in New Nurse

   Congratulations!!! I still haven't heard anything either.

9. Math calculations

   vdrapeau replied to msherril85's topic in Student Assist

   You do not need to worry about the 1G. It is kind of extra information. You have 50mL that you need to get into the patient in 15 minutes and you want to convert that to mL per hour. So you could set up the problem a few different ways. For ex. 50mL/...

10. Legacy Health Residency, Portland, OR

    vdrapeau replied to islandteam2003's topic in New Nurse

    Congrats on the call back! That is the unit I selected so knowing that there is still a chance they'll call is great news. Thanks!

11. Legacy Health Residency, Portland, OR

    vdrapeau replied to islandteam2003's topic in New Nurse

    I wonder if you had a different person in the auditorium before the interview. Because I was told the same thing. No interviews on Thursday, 300+ applicants and 16-20 positions.