SURFnNURSE

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1. Question about housing

   SURFnNURSE replied to SURFnNURSE's topic in Travel

   Thanks guys for all your help. I am definately going to do more research with it, but just wanted to see what others experiences were before doing so.

2. Info requested.

   SURFnNURSE replied to nanceynurse's topic in NICU

   We culture all of our babies for MRSA on the 15th of each month and also on admission with a transport. We find more cases of VRE from transports than MRSA. Once positive, they get put on isolation until they have 3 neg cultures.

3. Question about housing

   SURFnNURSE posted a topic in Travel

   I have been a RN for 4 years and am extremely interested in travel nursing. I was wondering how easy it was to get a 2br apartment/condo with no extra cost. I have a friend that is thinking about traveling with me that is not a nurse. What are you...

4. what color are you as a nurse

   SURFnNURSE replied to maelee's topic in General Nursing

   calm, cool, carribean blue.........my favorite

5. Nursing and tattoos

   SURFnNURSE replied to MelRN13's topic in General Nursing

   There are several nurses that i work with that have tattoo's. Me being one of them. some of the nurses you would never expect to have one. I only have 1 and would love to get another one.

6. What does Charge Nurse really mean?

   SURFnNURSE replied to redwinggirlie's topic in General Nursing

   I have heard that on some units the charge nurse doesnt have their own assignment. in our unit we do, and i remember the many of times that i have been charge and thought that it would be nice not to have my own patient load also.

7. How often to change central line transducers?

   SURFnNURSE replied to Lisa_Wray's topic in NICU

   All our fluids get changed every 24 hrs, except for art lines, mso4 gtt's, dopa gtts etc which get changed every 72 hrs

8. So now what do I do?

   SURFnNURSE replied to happystudent's topic in New Nurse

   Congrats on graduation and for all that hard work... good luck with boards. Believe me, it will take a while to get used to not doing care plans or reading 200 pages a night! But doesn't it feel good to be done?

9. Terms we will not admit to using

   SURFnNURSE replied to gwenith's topic in Humor

   summer teeth... some are teeth and some are not

10. Terms we will not admit to using

    SURFnNURSE replied to gwenith's topic in Humor

    NASSATALL (no *** at all) DISEASE

11. Will Someone Please Explain to Me...

    SURFnNURSE replied to VickyRN's topic in NICU

    thanks for your great explanation. I understood alot about bilirubin and just got back from a conference in which this was one of the topics, and you did a much better job explaining it than they did!!

12. NICU Calling?

    SURFnNURSE replied to JoniL&DRN's topic in NICU

    I believe that it takes a certain kind of nurse to work in the NICU. If you believe its for you, then go for it. I knew in high school that i wanted to work in the NICU, thanks to my mom. I followed her footsteps

13. Introducing myself

    SURFnNURSE replied to lmorganmoore's topic in NICU

    Welcome and nice to meet you. Good luck on fulfilling your dream!

14. Pneumataceles

    SURFnNURSE replied to UKCath's topic in NICU

    We have a baby in the unit right now that had a cyst. The surgeon actually ruptured it during PDA surgery! This did not help for long. After multiple pneumo's and chest tubes (1-2 every 4 hrs), they decided to remove part of the lung including the...

15. ~Need some tips for successful I.V. starts~

    SURFnNURSE replied to NurseDixie's topic in New Nurse

    Just keep on practicing and dont get discouaged. Even the best at iv sticks have to start somewhere. It took me a long time to feel comfortable with starting IV's. Just keep trying and hang in there.