NurseStephRN

NurseStephRN has 3 years experience and specializes in Telemetry, IMCU, s/p Open Heart surgery.

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1. Nurses at Disney

   NurseStephRN replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   Have you ever looked into cruise ship nursing?? I'm seriously considering it later on!

2. How do you handle the smells?

   NurseStephRN replied to Aly529's topic in General Nursing

   i order a bottle of peppermint spirits from pharmacy to put in the room. i take a piece of 2x2 gauze, unwrap it and dunk it in the bottle, leaving the gauze to act as a fragrance diffuser. works like a charm. we also set out a bag of coffee on the w...

3. Things you've learned about patient's religions and care?

   NurseStephRN replied to Aly529's topic in Spirituality

   We've also done that on my unit. Pre-op we have started them on Aranesp and PO Iron supplements.

4. Hospitals in FL

   NurseStephRN replied to kni0084's topic in General Nursing

   I have some friends that work there and say there are pros and cons. Pros: Since it is a teaching hospital, there are a lot of interesting medical cases and opportunities for learning. Also, there are always physicians and residents available. Co...

5. What HAVE you said to patients???

   NurseStephRN replied to jessi1106's topic in General Nursing

   This is a hospital, not a hotel. I don't have a special donut-shaped pillow for your dad to sit on.

6. The CRAZIEST "Baseline" You've Ever Heard

   NurseStephRN replied to MoLee228's topic in General Nursing

   i've totally seen that! i took care of a patient that was having major hypoglycemic symptoms when the accucheck read in the 300s.

7. The CRAZIEST "Baseline" You've Ever Heard

   NurseStephRN replied to MoLee228's topic in General Nursing

   We had a guy in VTACH, rate 170s, sitting up in bed talking to us. vital signs otherwise stable, patient had no complaints... I think 5 nurses running in to check on him all at once kind of freaked him out, but he was OK! His AICD finally fired when...

8. Beta Blockers

   NurseStephRN replied to Kooky Korky's topic in General Nursing

   Depends. I've had an electrophysiologist write a parameter to hold the beta blocker for HR I also think about the dosage of the beta blocker. Some of my open heart patients have orders for 12.5 mg Lopressor, which most of the time doesn't lower the...

9. Unit secretary turned tele tech

   NurseStephRN replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

   all the telemetry units (except ICU) at my hospital have monitor techs. our secretaries are secretaries only and the monitor tech is responsible only for the ekg monitoring. they take an intensive course on ekg readings, etc. and have check-up compe...

10. To experienced nurses...

    NurseStephRN replied to LookForward's topic in General Nursing

    That's exactly the path I'm taking. I've regretted thinking that med school was going to take "sooo long that I'll be old when I finally finish!" I'm taking my sciences, etc and hoping to get into an MD program in the future or take the PA route.

11. Is your hospital green?

    NurseStephRN replied to velardern's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital is moving in that direction. They gave us all reusable water bottles to eliminate all the disposable cup use, our W-2 forms and pay stubs (if you get direct deposit) are available electronically, and have set up recycling stations. We are...

12. Drs. handwriting - Can you read it well?

    NurseStephRN replied to RN2007's topic in General Nursing

    We do this in real life. after being called over and over for order clarifications, the docs/PA/NP will get tired of it and most of them start to make an effort to write legibly. some of them go so far as to hunt you down and go over the orders with ...

13. vancomycin in end of life?

    NurseStephRN replied to rainbowsandsunshine's topic in Geriatric

    I would have asked that friend/family member where they got their medical training and went about my business taking care of the patient as per the orders.

14. do you always monitor BP b/f giving HTN medications

    NurseStephRN replied to nursegreenbean's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a cardiac unit in a hospital and always take a BP before giving a HTN med. If it is low or falls within the parameters for holding I'll hold the med, but check the patient's BP in a few hours to see if I could give the med.

15. Anybody wanna take a stab at this quesiton

    NurseStephRN replied to johnny depp23's topic in General Nursing

    higher molar mass = higher boiling point :)