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gpip

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married,1 dog no kids, wife is also an rn

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  1. I will finish my bsn completion program in april. I think it has made me personally a better nurse, Not because of the nursing classes but brcause of some of the others. organic and biochemistry,and micro have helped me understand why I am doing thi...
  2. What are your IV site change policies?

    piv's q7 days, art lines q4 days, central lines q7 days. checkout ww.cdc.gov for the government recommendations
  3. Are new nurses adequately prepared?

    I graduated from an ADN program 3.5 years ago. The skills I learned were very basic that is what the school is for. You were expected to find learning opportunities anytime you could. i was lucky I worked in a very high acuity Stepdown ICU as a tech ...
  4. non hospital approved abrevations.

    I couple of my favorites from my unit. TBF- total body failure. DM/WOV-dead man/woman on vent
  5. Critical Thinking

    I think you need alittle of both. My critical thinking skills were okay at the beginning. today I critically think much better. two things that have made me a better critical thinker, #1 experiance, #2 working with people I trust to bounce mty ration...
  6. retention

    Our new DON and ADON are holding a townhall type forum to here what the nurses have to say, complain about etc.. Administration hasd spent a butt load of money on hiring bonuses. 10,000 dollars for a 2 year commitment for experiancced nurses. some of...
  7. What is the dumbest order you ever read?

    move patient now.
  8. how ironic I folow the same nursing theory as Zoe. I remember theory a little from school. Then I forgot it because truely it does not matter. You try to treat everyone the same reguardless of race, creed, color, religion , or sexual orientation. The...
  9. Sexism in Nursing (a male point of view)

    chigap, get over it. it is not sexism it is utililization of personel and team work. I am asked all the time to help pull up patients, turn them etc. As a team member I always help because that is what I am. if you do not play with the rest of the te...
  10. Calling in sick: how do you decide?

    if i'm febrile, cannot breath, vomitting, runs,or cannot stop coughing. I have not called off for being sick since I have been an rn. Alll my call offs have been for mental health.
  11. We make SO much $$$

    i agree with all of you we should get paid more for the things we have to do on an everyday basis, but going into this i knew I was not going to making big money unless I went to crna school. I am content with the 45-50k I will make this year with 3 ...
  12. I have heard moct of these. My two favorite new one in the last 3 months. If a pt is having long pauses or severe bradycardia one of the nurses places an amp of atropine on there chest to ward off the evil asystole. the second is if the patient is at...
  13. Ativan, insulin, alcohol drips on floors?

    we use insulin and ativan gtt routionely in ICU. Insulin with sliding scale however the scale is written Q1-4 hrs. Ativan gtt for sedation of some ventilated patients if they are too restless or are paralized. I have seen 1 alcohol gtt a few years ag...
  14. ice vs no ice with cardiac outputs

    the facility I work in does not ice the cardiac output injectate. I went to a coferance a few weeks ago and the speeker said her hospital still did. what is the norm at your facility?
  15. Male nurses

    mhn, I completely agree I am not a male nurse, but a nurse who just happens to be a man. In nursing school I delt with a few nurses at some of the facilities I did clinical rotations at who out and out told me men did not belong in nursing , the re...