aortas

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1. My favorite med:

   aortas replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in Medications

   to administer- ativan & haldol! to receive- dilaudid via ivp & zofran

2. recaps/changeover

   aortas replied to aortas's topic in Geriatric

   thanks dream'n. personally, i don't know if coming in on 7-3 to do the recaps was the most time effective as there are many distractions-patients asking for things, other departments needing things, familiies wanting to talk, doctors coming in, the u...

3. Tattoos in the workplace

   aortas replied to MAH82's topic in General Nursing

   i have a 3/4 sleeve on my left arm and a visible tattoo on my R arm. i also have my ribs and my bilateral feet tattooed, but obviously those two are the only ones not visible. i have never kept my tattoos covered, no one has ever asked me to do so, ...

4. what age did you decide to become a nurse

   aortas replied to Nursetobe25's topic in General Nursing

   i didn't realize my true calling was nursing until after i attained a bachelors of psych and subsequently got a job as a social worker for the county and doing adult protective services. i realized i didn't want to be a clinician and i couldn't see ...

5. MD Falsifying Charting

   aortas replied to annie.rn's topic in Relations

   i have seen some pretty stretches of the truth in doctors h&p's, notes, etc. however, the absolute worst i encountered was a respiratory therapist, who liked to tell us he was going after his MD. our facility has another agency come in for RT, s...

6. recaps/changeover

   aortas posted a topic in Geriatric

   hi there! just wondering for those of you who work in LTC/SA, how do you ensure that recaps are completed in a timely manner? back story, long time ago, i worked 11-7 with one other fantastic nurse who was a whiz at recaps, i learned quickly how to...

7. This Blows Every Other ED Visit Out of the Water

   aortas replied to MedicalPartisan's topic in Emergency

   This is certainly one I've never heard before. *my virgin ears* HA! Jk

8. Do you chart lies?

   aortas replied to RNdynamic's topic in General Nursing

   at my facility we had a prior DON who once was more under the gun from our corporate MDS coordinator for the lack of relevant information in qshift subacute charting so she would really get on the staffs butts to chart more detailed things. however, ...

9. INAs in the chart?

   aortas replied to Sbrewster's topic in Geriatric

   our incident reports don't go in the cart. you do obviously have to document an incident as it occurred, which at times seems repetitive to place in an incident report and a nurses note. however, charting something like: "during am care on date and ...

10. Advice about liability insurance?

    aortas replied to xiaobear007's topic in Geriatric

    insurance is so cheap when you think of what could happen if you ever didn't have it!! i have never worked without my own insurance (i use NSO).

11. Hours?

    aortas replied to momofboys2's topic in Geriatric

    i work 645a-315p, 2nd shift is 245p-1115p, 3rd is 1045-715a. if you are FT or PT you must work alternating weekends. my schedule personally is friday before my weekend on i am off and off the monday after my weekend on. per diem is one weekend per m...

12. The dumbest thing you've ever heard...

    aortas replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

    OMG- I know his is slightly off topic but following in the vein of the last posts- mildly crazy female ESRD 2 to analgesic abuse- who is a LTC resident on HD who every 6 hrs wants her "Percocet, Xanax, phenergan" cocktail..throws her self on the flo...

13. Will my tattoos hold me back?

    aortas replied to MLutiker's topic in General Students

    I have a L arm 3/4 sleeve and a visible tattoo on my Inner RFA. When I was a student I worried about being judged by my looks. Once I became a nurse and found my confidence I never even thought about how I might be judged! If you project confidence, ...

14. Anatomy of a crash cart

    aortas replied to delphine22's topic in General Nursing

    Our carts aren't locked but the ekits are. If we ever just cracked open an ekit to familiarize ourselves w the contents we would probably get read the riot act as even an opened yet UNUSED ekit gets sent back to our pharmacy and the facility gets cha...

15. Anatomy of a crash cart

    aortas replied to delphine22's topic in General Nursing

    Crash carts are checked and signed off as an 11-7 responsibility. When I was a new nurse I obsessed about the layout and contents of the crash cart and I'm glad I did because every time we hire a new nurse and I have to orient them one of the first q...