MissKayRN

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1. Patient and family priorities

   MissKayRN replied to hiddencatRN's topic in Emergency

   I had a patient who was in the PCU and started to go downhill so she went out for some tests, and then came back to our facility's ICU. We found out she was MUCH sicker than we had thought, had bilateral pleural effusions, newfound CHF and s/p acute...

2. BABY during School??

   MissKayRN replied to Kissa6190's topic in General Students

   Only you and your family can make that decision. My only advice to you would be to contact your nursing school and ask them how much will be expected of you; ie: how many clinical hours you will be doing weekly, how many hours of school, how many ho...

3. How to remain professional during female/male nudity?

   MissKayRN replied to Duke9023's topic in Relations

   Not sure I believe this post, but if it is legit, than you're in the wrong profession. And shame on whoever spread the word to other nurses, and double shame on those nurses for laughing.

4. Nurse Opinion

   MissKayRN replied to meltraand's topic in General Nursing

   CNA jobs are very physically demanding. You are doing a lot of patient lifting, are constantly being called in different directions, and are on your feet for probably 95% of your work day if not more. It can be very tiring and draining on your body...

5. Single use vials - told by admins to use as multi-dose

   MissKayRN replied to rofner's topic in General Nursing

   Is there an infection control nurse or department at your facility? If so, they usually call the shots on matters such as these and rather than trying to cut costs, they always lean towards the most cautious measures. Any time I have a question abo...

6. How much MONEY do you make? (questionaire)

   MissKayRN replied to jaredsgirl's topic in General Nursing

   ADN, less than 1 year, $28/hr day shift in AK, full time with benefits (the benefits aren't too good though).

7. Questions involving Trach Care!!! HELP!!! CLEAN TECHNIQUE? WHAT?

   MissKayRN replied to skittlebear's topic in General Nursing

   In the hospital setting I absolutely always use a new sterile catheter each time. Since this is a home setting, though, I wonder if this is the same as people reusing straight catheters at home? Since it is their own home/own germs, etc. it may be ...

8. superstitious?

   MissKayRN replied to BigB_RN's topic in General Nursing

   I follow all those "rules" at work too. But back to your applying for jobs question, whenever I get a job interview I never, EVER, tell anyone that I have a job interview. That way I don't get asked, "How did it go?" kind of questions after the int...

9. How do you define "piggyback"?

   MissKayRN replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

   At my facility we basically refer to piggybacks as anything (usually IV antibiotics) that doesn't run continuously. For example - Levaquin that is given once daily.

10. Facebook

    MissKayRN replied to LadyTiger44's topic in General Nursing

    I'm really careful about facebook and other social network sites in general. My page is 100% private, only my friends can see any of my pictures or postings. I also do not add people from work unless we are really good friends outside of work as we...