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...
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...
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...
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...
sarahRN482 replied to fireemsmanlpn2's topic in Illinois Nursing
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...