ohiorn_78

ohiorn_78 specializes in cardiac, post-op surgicals,critical care.

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1. Where is your nursing niche?

   ohiorn_78 replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

   I have been a RN for almost two years and I haven't exactly found my niche yet. I worked on a post-surgical med-surg floor for 9 months and absolutely loved it. Now I'm working in a cardiovascular step down unit and in the CCU and am kind of getting ...

2. Pharmaceutical Sales?

   ohiorn_78 replied to Jesskanurse's topic in General Nursing

   The whole thing I read earlier in the post about drug reps doing ANYTHING to get docs to prescribe their drugs is so shockingly true. I am personal friends with a local physician that states he has slept with a few of these young, hot pharm. reps. I ...

3. Cardiac Nurses please help!!

   ohiorn_78 replied to heartlover07's topic in Cardiac

   I wouldn't take that workload if you want to provide appropriate and safe patient care. I work on a cardiac step-down unit right now that staffs 1:4 most of the time and that is a bit much the majority of the time. A good nurse to patient ratio would...

4. How do you deal with ICU superiority complex?

   ohiorn_78 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

   Don't let them get away with that superiority complex if they assign you a tough workload or give you patients with equipment that you aren't familiar with. I, too, have to float to the ICU/CCU occasionally at my facility, but luckily I have made a f...

5. Is it professional??????????

   ohiorn_78 replied to starbin's topic in General Nursing

   Wow!! That's a tough one. You are caught in the middle of respecting someone else's culture and being ethical. How about your rights? I think that that should be respected by your co-workers. For all you know, they could be throwing derogatory statem...

6. would you be a RN for $11.00/hr?

   ohiorn_78 replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

   I worked at a factory job quite a few years ago, where I made about the same amount of money as I do now but I knew less skills. All that worrying and struggling through nursing school to only make $11/hr. I would loudly say "NO WAY, JOSE!!" :angryfi...

7. Telemetry monitoring

   ohiorn_78 replied to Bwick's topic in Cardiac

   Our hospital is transitioning to having at least four tele beds on each unit to take stable heart pts and having a MT in a "war room" to watch the rhythms. All the nurses have to take a BCRA class and the majority are ACLS certified. The problem with...

8. Propanolol as an antipsychotic adjunct

   ohiorn_78 replied to Woodenpug's topic in Psychiatric

   I know that it does help for anxiety and my old psych professor highly recommended it for that. I don't see how it would be considered a chemical restraint as it doesn't alter the LOC.

9. "Nurses are not professionals"

   ohiorn_78 replied to wannabesedated's topic in General Nursing

   Okay, just a little FYI. My boyfriend has two Bachelor degrees and one is in marketing. He bore witness to my endless studying for three straight years. He constantly boasts to his friends and family how I'm the smartest person he knows. He knows fir...

10. Scope of practice

    ohiorn_78 replied to CityKat's topic in General Students

    Wow! I couldn't imagine the alternative in inserting something else other than a foley. Would they outfit those with BPH with a suprapubic cath instead? Think of the possibilties. Our urologists snicker at this proposal.:roll

11. Anyone have OCD & ADHD?

    ohiorn_78 replied to CMarie,RN's topic in Stress 101

    I was just recently dx with ADHD. My PCP wasn't sure if it was that or if I was hypomanic. I even took the ADHD test and answered yes to almost every question. I've been taking Strattera for about six months now and see a difference in my focus. Befo...

12. Advice For The New Nurse Entering Med-Surg

    ohiorn_78 replied to RNPATL's topic in Med-Surg

    Don't sweat the small stuff. If you have to go into the bathroom to cry, don't be ashamed--we've all done it. Don't let the docs or older nurses intimidate you. Make sure you always pee or make time to eat. Take care of yourself, not just your patien...

13. Prison?

    ohiorn_78 replied to jen42's topic in Correctional

    One of my friends has worked in jails and prisons her entire 13 years in the nursing field. She absolutely loves it. She must also think that it is safe work since she has three children. When I was in school we had an agency come in and pitch the of...

14. CNA before RN

    ohiorn_78 replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Students

    I agree with this idea. I never worked in or hardly even been in a hospital before in my life, so I was a nervous wreck when I started nursing school. Those in my class who were either a STNA or a PCT had a advantage over us who were new to the field...