nurse4theplanet RN

Critical Care, Pediatrics, Geriatrics

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About nurse4theplanet

nurse4theplanet is a RN and specializes in Critical Care, Pediatrics, Geriatrics.


compassionate, driven, environmentally conscious, teacher, mother, student of life

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    Ideas for bedside shift report

    How do you currently perform shift report? What, if any, forms are you using? What have you found that works and staff remains compliant with vs. what were you doing that failed? New unit needs lots of insight to work out some change of shift issu...
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    Visiting Hours

    We are switching from scheduled visiting hours to open visitation. It has been quite chaotic so far. Visitors do not respect the nurses right to restrict visitation based on pt condition or the limit to the number of visitors that can come back at ...
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    CCU vs. ICU

    ICU is the general term for any critical care unit, usually consisting of medical-surgical patients. CCU normally refers to the Coronary Care Unit which involves pts with severe cardiac problems and post-cardiac surgeries. However, smaller hospital...
  4. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20212332/ Wondering if anyone else saw this and what your thoughts were? How would you react if the hospital you worked for enforced this policy? Where I work, we have a health and wellness incentive program where you c...
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    How long after ADN to take NCLEX-RN

    I graduated in December. It took a month to get my ATT. Then I had 90 days to take the NCLEX. I took it in February. I also took a Hurst Review course. The test itself was difficult. I think it is impossible to study for it because there is so m...
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    Learn From My Mistakes

    1) Make sure your Piggyback is unclamped, otherwise you will return to find that it has not yet run in and you are behind on your other PB's that need to be hung next 2) Don't throw your report sheet in the shredder instead of the papers that really ...
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    Do pediatric nurses get paid less??

    I don't know what the statistics are for pediatric nurses nationwide. But I do know that our local children's hospital started new grads out at a lower rate than other adult hospitals. It was also harder to obtain a job at the Pediatric hospital be...
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    Why do patients like these go to a doctor?

    I completely agree! I commend those women who want to go through childbirth without pain medicine, induction, etc. for the benefit of the child. I'm not against all natural methods. However, there is no need to put your child's life or your own at...
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    Checking in after one month

    I know exactly what you mean about "unwritten" policies and things that others just expect you to know because, "everybody knows that." For example, our radiologists won't read XRs after hours unless its a dire emergency and they get a call from a p...
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    Checking in after one month

    Hello my allnurses buddies! It's been awhile since I've had time to cruise the forums, much less post anything...but here I am after one month of being on my own. Orientation lasted six months after graduation. My first preceptor put in her two week...
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    I don't have enough experience for this!

    At my facility, RNs have to go through a special training program to be a preceptor and I believe its on a volunteer basis. But, I do see very new nurses getting assigned sometimes two students at a time and they have voiced their frustration to no ...
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    Slow Codes

    I can understand the rationale for first responders who may happen upon a patient who has been dead for several hours or longer for liability issues. But to do this for a pt who is currently under the supervision and care of the hospital staff seems...
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    Slow Codes

    what do you mean by slow code
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    What do you feel is least relevant class?

    poor written english skills give room to doubt competence. if you are ever asked to recount an incident in writing for review, you may feel differently.
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    What do you feel is least relevant class?

    Least Relevant...American History. While it is fantastic information to have as an American, and I would have taken it even if it was not required because I love learning, it is the least relevant course I took in relation to nursing. Next would be ...