Black Nightingale

Black Nightingale

Public Health, Orthopedics, IV Therapy

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About Black Nightingale

Black Nightingale has 4 years experience and specializes in Public Health, Orthopedics, IV Therapy.


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  1. How do you handle delegating to PCA's?

    Writing an incident report and talking to management about her would be the best route. Don't approach the PCA yourself, leave that to management. When speaking to management about her, explain how the situation could've been detrimental. Manageme...
  2. How many patients are you assigned?

    This stuff sounds crazy!! Ortho is hard work...the patients are up with 2 assists, have to have assistance with elimination, IV antbx, PCA pumps, turning and reposistioning q 2 hrs..on a floor where we average 35-39 patients a day there are usually 1...
  3. If you're happy w/your 1st RN job ...

    I work on a 51 bed Medical-Surg Unit w/ a concentration in Orthopedics. We get lots of shoulder, hip, and knee replacement surgeries, plus many fracture repairs. It is great to get the experience of learning the MedSurg stuff like GI surgeries and bi...
  4. ACT and/or NET Score

    Hey everyone, I am new here. I really enjoy the site and think you all have some great input! I scored a 26 on my ACT. The first time I bombed it and got a 19, but after reading the book, "ACT for Dummies", I retook it and got a pretty decent score.