sarahRN482

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1. Need some encouragement re: IV's

   sarahRN482 replied to Worthy's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with the post up there where someone said to get the lippincott book about calculations made easy. It's wonderful! Also....I know when I was in nursing school, we had to pass a drug math test every semester to continue in the nursing program...

2. Rude Family Members: Just Venting!

   sarahRN482 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Ok, so last night was probably *one* of the worst nights I've ever had working. Not because my patients were totally sick (one fresh post-op thoracotomy w/ R upper lobectomy; 2 fresh from the cath lab, one with a new pacer and one cath; 1 VERY confu...

3. What's the Youngest CAD/MI Pt. You've Had?

   sarahRN482 replied to HillNPStudent's topic in Cardiac

   When I started working on the stepdown unit I'm at now, we had to take and EKG class during orientation. They were showing us how to set up the monitors in the IMC rooms just for the heck of it, and we volunteered a guy in our group to be hooked up t...

4. Nurses pulling CTs?

   sarahRN482 replied to RN12345656's topic in Cardiac

   I work on a surgical cardiac step down unit in central IL and we (staff nurses) don't pull out chest tubes or pacing wires. Usually the Doc's nurses pull out the CT's, Doc's pull out the pacing wires (as they should!). As far as JP's, we do those..bu...

5. needing info to get school money

   sarahRN482 replied to fireemsmanlpn2's topic in Illinois

   I work at Memorial in Springfield and they have all kinds of tuition reimbursement programs for employees and also for those wanting to go to nursing school. Of course you have to commit to work there for a time, so many years for the amount of money...

6. Volunteer Nurses Needed for Hurricane Emergency!

   sarahRN482 replied to glascow's topic in General Nursing

   Well I emailed someone in upper management where I work to find out if the hospital is organizing anything, but nobody knows so far. But she said she was interested in going too. I never in my life thought I could feel so horribly for people that I d...

7. Volunteer Nurses Needed for Hurricane Emergency!

   sarahRN482 replied to glascow's topic in General Nursing

   Any nurses from IL interested in volunteering? Springfield area here, seriously considering going.

8. Problem: who should do the accuchecks?

   sarahRN482 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   Angie, I'm dealing with this situation where I work at as well. I'm fairly new to the hospital and it's much larger than where I worked before. In the new place, the Tech's do the accuchecks and we also have the menu/self ordering system for meals. I...

9. Posting Rhythm Strips in Telemetry Unit

   sarahRN482 replied to areensee's topic in General Nursing

   I work on a tele unit too and we use the pull of strip thingys too. But I have an idea.....I do some scrapbooking in my *spare* time (ha!) and I have a little thing that's double sided tape for that, but it's in a dispenser like white out comes in. T...

10. Insurance companies & why they tick me off!

    sarahRN482 posted a topic in Cardiac

    I took care of a pt earlier in the week, mid 40's male with an extensive crappy history. CHF, CAD, PVD, cardiomyopathy, CVA x2, MI x4, HTN, IDDM, on and on and on. Got this pt at 7am, having BP of 200's/110's, nitro gtt doing nothing. Trop and CPK th...

11. do cardiac floors have cna's?

    sarahRN482 replied to pristy's topic in Cardiac

    The cardiac floor I work has CNA's and Tech's. The CNA's do what they do in most places, assisting with pt care and baths, bed changes, vitals, etc. The tech's have some extra training and are allowed to do things such as take out IV's, take out Fole...

12. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    sarahRN482 replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    When people cap off the air release valve/tube on an NG tube. That little blue tube sticking off the side is there for a reason!

13. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    sarahRN482 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Brought tears to my eyes......

14. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    sarahRN482 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in a small rural hospital, on a med/surg unit right out of nursing school. I worked nights 7p-7a, which tends to be somewhat of a "creepy" shift anyway because typically, it's dark everywhere in the hospital at night. Our floor had two halls...

15. shoes recommendation

    sarahRN482 replied to Nathalie's topic in General Nursing

    I have high arches Kelly and I do fine with the Crocs. The guy at the shoe store said that the material they're made of will mold to your feet (like Birk's) after you wear them for a little while. I had mine broke in the first shift I wore them!