Pill Hoarding Hussy

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1. Can any Sarasota RNs help?

   Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to Pill Hoarding Hussy's topic in General Nursing

   thank you guys so much for all the info and support! yeah, i have heard about the pay diff. someone i work with in bos from kissimee said that i could expect $22-25/hr or so. accurate? as for the housing costs- that all sounds great compared to 2...

2. I'm blind in right eye

   Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to rainswhisper,RN's topic in General Nursing

   advice: don't worry about it. i'm blind in my left eye, and i get by fine. you can perform all of the required actions of your job, so don't stress about that. and as far a eye patches and such nonsense goes, don't do it. your patients won't care...

3. Can any Sarasota RNs help?

   Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to Pill Hoarding Hussy's topic in General Nursing

   thanks! i'll check it out!

4. Can any Sarasota RNs help?

   Pill Hoarding Hussy posted a topic in General Nursing

   Long story short: I am an RN in Boston, and I'm pregnant. We are considering moving down to Sarasota where my husband has family before I have the baby. So i need a job and a travel assignment is not the best option because of health insurance. I...

5. In at UMass Boston

   Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to fotografe's topic in Pre-Nursing

   i graduated from umass boston! yay! pretty run-down school facility but clinicals at the best hospitals in boston (i was at MGH, BWH, Childrens', McLean, BIDMC). i loved my clinicals and had an overall positive experience there. passed my boards ...

6. CCU - Removal of Femoral Sheath by Registered Nurses

   Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to CWhite's topic in CCU

   any chance of a link?

7. How does your tele and ER work together?

   Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to Hrtnurse14's topic in Cardiac

   i did not mean what i posted to be a personal attack on er nurses. i am just stating that the relationship btw our floor and our er is very poor, with little to no communication. we do not receive phone report, we receive only a triage sheet and a...

8. What grossed you out the most in nursing school?

   Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to WhatToDo's topic in General Students

   in my med-surg rotation (first clinical) my instructor (a CSRU RN) got us all in to see CABG. very cool. but seeing someone's chest cracked was just tooo much for me. i was sick the entire time. and the surgeon had a step stool by the guy's head ...

9. Is Heparin and Mag compatible

   Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to angelique777's topic in Cardiac

   yes they are... according to my facility's guidelines. IMHO, it is always best practice to look it up or call pharmacy yourself, not just take someone else's word for it- no matter how much experience they have. i don't think anyone would ever purp...

10. How does your tele and ER work together?

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to Hrtnurse14's topic in Cardiac

    how does my floor get along with the ED? appalingly poorly. the admissions always come at change of shift, the pt could have been in the ED for 6+ hours, but all of a sudden at 0630 it is VITAL that they come up to the floor RIGHT NOW! the ED does...

11. Having hard time working night shift!

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

    i d/n rotate. 2 week rotations. i am a person who loves to sleep, anytime of day so it is not really a problem for me. when i started out, i would take benadryl in the day if i could not sleep, this only happened the first night in rotation- after...

12. fasting and cardiac caths

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to Glenn Murray's topic in CCU

    at my hospital all of our pre-cath pt's are npo from mid noc for the reasons the above poster stated. we preh-hydrate almost all of them and use bicarb gtts and mucomyst for CRI/RF pt's. we do give most am meds with h2o before sending them though. ...

13. Blood Pressure secondary to Temp. Pacing

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to aithug316's topic in Cardiac

    this is how it was explained to me: we put bi-v-icd's in our heart failure pt's to increase cardiac output by synchronizing the chambers of the heart. a 100% A-V paced rhythm at a rate of 60-80 produces an improved stroke volume=better CO. what you...

14. CCU - Removal of Femoral Sheath by Registered Nurses

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to CWhite's topic in CCU

    with an ablation they usually only do venous sticks (as opposed to art sticks for c.cath), so the bedrest after sheath removal will only be 2-4 hours instead of 6 (at my hospital). yeah ep studies take a long time. 4-6 hours is reasonable to expect...

15. CCU - Removal of Femoral Sheath by Registered Nurses

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to CWhite's topic in CCU

    at my hospital ony the fellows, cath lab rns and a "sheath tech" pull sheaths. interventional pt's have integrillin, aggrastat, or reopro running. act has to be 180 or less. usually manual compression is used, but a few people favor the c clamps. ...