LaurenNicoleRN

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  1. "When Was the Last Time I Wow'ed a Patient?"

    LPNs can draw ABGs at your facility??
  2. Cant believe the nurse did.....

  3. New Salary rates in Mississippi

    Try to get on with Regency Hospital..they were taken over by Select Medical corporation, but they pay more than hospitals anywhere in MS...my starting pay with them was $4 an hour more than the base pay at the hospitals. Good luck!
  4. 9 rights of medications

    oops..forgive the sleepy nurse who was typing too fast and hit enter idk what else I was going to say i've lost my train of thought..like i said right circumstance haha!
  5. 9 rights of medications

    Another "right" that should be added to your list is "Right circumstance" Wou
  6. timing of bp meds

    There's a rule some nurses in our facility go by. Its a rule of halves. If the med is due at 0800 and...for instance..the next dose is due at 0800 the next day, that's 24 hours apart..so with half of 24 being 12..technically you can give the 0800 d...
  7. IV Fluids

    hypertonic, hypotonic, and isotonic solutions. all depends on the patient...maybe that will point your research in the right direction as to why these are given
  8. Question about Sliding Scale insulin

    I work in LTACH and we have that same sliding scale. BS minus 100 divided by 20. Our policy is to not give less than 5 units. So basically, our SS doesn't start until FSBG 200 or above. Also, if there is a time the patient ever needs over 15 unit...
  9. How exactly should I handle this?

    i never wasted the meds, i just said i wanted to. and i know the repercussions of what would have/could have happened if i did. it was one of those thoughts we all get from time to time but against better and sound judgement don't react to. and i'...
  10. How exactly should I handle this?

    so the dreaded day came, and of course i did sweat bullets. i spoke with the Dr. that owns the hospice (i asked my office manager who my supervisor was and she said at this time I didn't have one..wtc? oh well to the dr. i went) i just came clean ...
  11. How Much Does a Hospice Nurse Make?

    i'm a new grad and i live in mississippi. i never thought hospice was something i wanted to do. needless to say i wound up with a hospice position and so far i love it! i get 25/hr and 25 cents to the mile. the pay is great, to me anyway. but the fee...
  12. How exactly should I handle this?

    we are allowed to have access to our files as far as i know..no one told us otherwise. maybe i should check on that too.. but no, the filing cabinet was not locked, neither was the office door it was in. i work hospice and the doctor that just bou...
  13. Getting hired with little work experience??

    no, you're not at a disadvantage! I was a SAHM to my 2 kids before nursing school too, I found a job about a month after passing my NCLEX. I feel like I would have found an RN position sooner, however, if I was already working as a student nurse at...
  14. How exactly should I handle this?

    Ok so yesterday I was looking for my employee file in our filing cabinet bc my hours got cut due to low census and just wanted to look over things I signed in the beginning..to see if there was anything about hours and stuff like that.. to make a lon...
  15. Ambien "holiday" substitute??

    personally i would hope that you would never try to trick your patient by giving them a placebo. they aren't stupid and how would you document it anyway? "pez administered to pt because they were requesting sleep med?" i mean come on, seriously? ...