nursing04

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1. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

   nursing04 replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Humor

   One of my coworkers had a patient on telemetry. During a crazy day shift her beepers starts going off- I glance at the screen and it reads "leads off". We both head to the room where we found this pleasantly confused older gentleman with the tele lea...

2. RN's who cannot insert IV's being Fired???

   nursing04 replied to maidy's topic in General Nursing

   I too have never had an IV program or certification. I didn't learn it in nursing school and when I was hired it was mentioned for like 5 minutes.

3. RN's who cannot insert IV's being Fired???

   nursing04 replied to maidy's topic in General Nursing

   That is ridiculous! Did she forget that if you wear gloves you are ok? And that's selfish. She won't do it because she worries for herself but she's not worried about the other nurses being exposed. I would tell her to do it herself.

4. RN's who cannot insert IV's being Fired???

   nursing04 replied to maidy's topic in General Nursing

   Starting IV's is much more of a practiced skill then cleaning up poop. Anyone can clean a patient. IV's are harder. It's all teamwork. I happen to be good with starting IV's but when I can't feel a vein, or aren't confident, I don't stick my patient....

5. Hours worked? Just curious....

   nursing04 replied to HomeofLove4Him's topic in Home Health

   Hello. I am thinking of switching from Med/Surg oncology to HH. How far are your patients from each other? How are you reimbursed for mileage and/or expenses? What are the big differences from hospital nursing? Anything you can tell me would be grea...

6. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

   nursing04 replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

   Can you also tell me the differences between Home Health and hospital nursing? How do you get orders? How are you trained? What different things do you have to do? How are you reimbursed for travel? I've read most of the blurbs but don't have a full ...

7. Typical Day For A Home Health Nurse | Life of a Nurse

   nursing04 replied to hoolahan's topic in Home Health

   Hello. I am a med/surg/oncology/ everything RN at a city hospital and have been thinking on HH nursing. My concern is safety. Have you every been sent to very unsafe places where you were scared/concerned?? Thanks.

8. Concerned Fiancee of a Nurse

   nursing04 replied to thcobbs's topic in Oncology

   Hello. I feel very bad for you and your fiancee. Your concern is legitamit and this is not the way her nursing career should be. I work on a very busy oncology floor which a lot of times seems like a critical care/hospice unit. We have pts with trac...

9. The "Teach a Student Something-a-Day" thread!

   nursing04 replied to agent's topic in General Students

10. Advice For The New Nurse Entering Med-Surg

    nursing04 replied to RNPATL's topic in Med-Surg

    Calling docs as a new nurse was also one of those things I was fearful of. But, then I realized right away that they are interns and they are learning too. I found it amazing when they ask me which medicine to prescribe. It's very intimidating but al...

11. Advice For The New Nurse Entering Med-Surg

    nursing04 replied to RNPATL's topic in Med-Surg

    Welcome and congrats in deciding to enter the rewarding field of nursing. Here's some tips: 1. Know why the pt is taking each medicine, if you don't know feel free to ask the pt- they will teach you so much. 2. Practice doing history's!- we didn't d...

12. NCLEX Number of Questions and Clarification

    nursing04 replied to cjmmsn98's topic in NCLEX

    Congrats- that's great! Yes, Hesi is an indicator of how you'll do on the boards. The questions are similar, and so is the format. But, I would still keep studying and focussing on the sections you maybe weak in. Mine was maternity and mental health....

13. What is it about Med-Surg?

    nursing04 replied to Mint Julip's topic in Med-Surg

    Well said. I work in the city on a medical floor. I chose this because I knew I would get a lot of experience I wouldn't get on a specialized floor or in the suburbs. I have all kinds of patients. Patients with trachs, feeding tubes, isolations, uret...

14. Blood transfusions

    nursing04 replied to nursing04's topic in Med-Surg

    Thank you very much everyone. I get nervous w/ these temps and its such a pain to keep calling the doc- can't wait till I have some experience under me.

15. NCLEX Number of Questions and Clarification

    nursing04 replied to cjmmsn98's topic in NCLEX

    Hi, to answer your question, I just took the NCLEX in December-- you don't get an actual score, only that you passed which in PA can be checked on the internet, then you just get your license in the mail about 2 weeks later. And, for med questions, t...