HeartNurse3

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1. You know you are going to have an interesting day when you get report that . . .

   HeartNurse3 replied to anon456's topic in Relations

   I hope that's not what you do. 0.67 of a tablet = about 2/3 of a tablet. If you gave the patient "all but 0.67 ml" of that mixture, you just gave the patient over 9/10ths of the medication.

2. Patients who can do ADLs but want nurses to

   HeartNurse3 replied to destova's topic in Relations

   My line to solve this little problem is "Here at {name of hospital where I work], we like to encourage patients to do as MUCH for THEMSELVES as they can." This simple little phrase has worked every time and patients often have nothing to say in retu...

3. Charting Bloopers

   HeartNurse3 replied to AHarri66's topic in Humor

   We give Tylenol IV all the time - most of the time it works better than narcotics post-op. The brand name is Ofirmev.

4. Starting Salary [new grad]?

   HeartNurse3 replied to clandestine-approach's topic in ADN/BSN

   South Texas (everyone complains about working here if they're not from here but I like it) BSN (no difference in pay from ADNs) Med-Surg/Telemetry Day shift Less than 1 year experience (started in Jan. of this year) Base pay is $22.53, then once I go...

5. 2nd degree nurses

   HeartNurse3 replied to grantchatt's topic in General Nursing

   I was a high school teacher (for 1 year) before I decided to go back to nursing school. Nursing had always been an interest of mine, and after dabbling in teaching, I discovered very quickly it was not my cup of tea. I finished my BSN in December 2...

6. New RN, 3 weeks into orientation, total screw up.

   HeartNurse3 replied to Nugget's topic in New Nurse

   I am relatively new as well, only been at the bedside since January of this year, but what everyone else has been saying is so true: at first, you feel like every medication you give, every adverse reaction that happens, might cost you your license. ...

7. wonky Adenocard prescription

   HeartNurse3 replied to HeartNurse3's topic in Medications

   oops...that was a mistype...long day/week. I meant heart rate >150!

8. wonky Adenocard prescription

   HeartNurse3 posted a topic in Medications

   This is going to be a question/rant. I had a patient the other day (I work in Tele) with a heart rate sustaining in the 130's-140's and the attending cardiologist was VERY rude to me after I questioned him regarding his prescription for PRN Adenocard...

9. UTMB BACC2 Spring 2012

   HeartNurse3 replied to laura.c.j's topic in Texas

   @AC123TX: Most of my classmates are already well into their job search, and several have gotten their first interview. I haven't heard of anyone actually getting a job yet, but I'm sure that will happen very soon. We were told that the earliest we ...

10. UTMB BACC2 Spring 2012

    HeartNurse3 replied to laura.c.j's topic in Texas

    I am, and I'm almost done! December 7th is my last scheduled clinical day. Woo hoo!!! :lol2:Now just gotta pass NCLEX and find a job!

11. UTMB BACC2 Spring 2012

    HeartNurse3 replied to laura.c.j's topic in Texas

    I used Apartments Galveston...very helpful. Their website (with phone number) is apartmentsgalveston.com. Doesn't look like much, but they found me a reasonably priced, decent apartment on VERY short notice -less than 12 hours (long story). As for ...

12. UTMB BACC2 Spring 2012

    HeartNurse3 replied to laura.c.j's topic in Texas

    Not true on the grants. UTMB offers institutional scholarships and grants that you should DEFINITELY apply for. They give them out regardless of degree history. They require your parents' tax info (weird for those of us who have been independent for...