ikay81

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1. LPN in need of help!

   ikay81 replied to LostLittleLPN's topic in General Nursing

   Not knowing where you live or what classes you've taken: have you thought about doing your science classes or some other generals again to try and up your GPA? Then shouldn't you be able to try again? Just a thought!

2. new grad-advice on when to call doc for febrile pt

   ikay81 replied to kbear1729's topic in General Nursing

   For me it would depend on the doc. Some of ours like called if a temp is above 101.5. No matter what. But with others I would have done what you did. I probably would have heads upped everyone if they needed to call that doc to discuss with them. ...

3. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

   ikay81 replied to northmississippi's topic in Medications

   Dividing into areas: Pre-op Versed, famotidine, cocaine-epi nasal sprays, afrin nasal spray, ancef, claforan, levaquin We do alot of nasal surgeries and urology surgeries so that accounts for some of the odd sprays and abx. PACU Dilaudid, Fentanyl, D...

4. Criminal Background Checks

   ikay81 replied to sheenacrawford's topic in Criminal

   But keep in mind you usually have one for licensure too! So I would talk to your faculty. And please be honest when applying for your license. I had a girl in my nursing class that swore her record was clear. She had juvenile stuff though that sh...

5. Which specialties have 3 pts/nurse or less?

   ikay81 replied to RPN_2012's topic in General Nursing

   Perioperative. I work an outpatient/inpatient combo unit Admits we have 1 at a time, OR 1 at a time, PACU depends on the patient generally 1:1 but critical 2:1, Dismissals (for outpatient procedures) we take up to 3. But all these ratios are pretty...

6. Giving pts. medications to take home at discharge

   ikay81 replied to TorsadesDePointesRN's topic in General Nursing

   It could just be hospital policy. At our hospital we have to get a Dr's order to send it home with the patient and then send it to pharmacy to get repackaged. I work in a pretty much ambulatory surgery setting and we send lots of stuff home antibio...