JennRN423

JennRN423 specializes in med-surg so far.

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1. Scrubs: Are Colorful Ones Unprofessional?

   JennRN423 replied to purplegal's topic in Professionalism

   The hospital where I now work has color coded uniforms for different areas (maroon for housekeeping, royal blue for PT, grey for lab, khaki for techs, etc). But the nurses are all assigned different colors depending on which unit you work (ceil blue ...

2. Highest temp

   JennRN423 replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

   105.8 rectal on a 60-something male on a med-surg floor. Crazy thing was he had been telling his nurse he didn't feel well for hours & we kept checking his VS which were all normal (including normal oral temp). I wasn't his nurse, I was charge th...

3. Unusual treatments

   JennRN423 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

   When reading & posting online, I use LOL all the time, but I rarely actually laugh out loud. This comment, however, had me rolling in laughter w/tears in my eyes. Probably because I also have a cat who is an a-hole. 😊

4. Unusual treatments

   JennRN423 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

   When reading & posting online, I use LOL all the time, but I rarely actually laugh out loud. This comment, however, had me rolling in laughter w/tears in my eyes. Probably because I also have a cat who is an a-hole. 🐈 🐾 😊

5. Unusual treatments

   JennRN423 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing

   When reading & posting online, I use LOL all the time, but I rarely actually laugh out loud. This comment, however, had me rolling in laughter w/tears in my eyes. Probably because I also have a cat who is an a**hole. 🐈 🐾 😊

6. starting pay

   JennRN423 replied to wayemika's topic in Florida

   Don't come to Alabama! Base pay on med-surg unit for new grad RNs is around $18/hr in my area. 👿

7. Oldest practicing Nurse?

   JennRN423 replied to RN&mom's topic in General Nursing

   I work on a busy 22 bed med-surg floor and we have 2 nurses who are in their 70's. One is an RN who works 7am-7pm and the other is an LPN who works 7pm-7am.

8. Has being a nurse changed your outlook on...

   JennRN423 replied to richardgecko's topic in General Nursing

   Yes it has. However there are other nurses that I work with who don't feel the same way. I had a pt several months ago who had copies of his living will & POA on the paper chart but in the computer he was still a full code. I discussed changing ...

9. I. Just. Can't....

   JennRN423 replied to OhioCCRN's topic in Relations

   This happens at my hospital. A pt will verbally state he/she doesn't want to be resuscitated and/or have a signed copy of his/her advanced directives on the chart, but as long as the code status in the computer says 'Full Code', then by golly that's ...

10. Postpartum nurses, how thorough are your shift assessments

    JennRN423 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I graduated nursing school May 2013 and we were taught that EBP says you're not supposed to check for a Homan's sign any more. It's not extremely effective since it can show many false positives/false negatives and there's a great possibility of disl...

11. essential tremor

    JennRN423 replied to nataliewalsh4's topic in Disabilities

    I have essential tremor. I currently take a beta blocker that was prescribed for this. It doesn't eliminate my hand tremors, but it really helps decrease them. I've tried coming off the beta blocker, but found that the tremors interfere too much with...

12. Why is Med-Surg so hated?

    JennRN423 replied to Nola009's topic in Med-Surg

    Several months ago when my floor was fully staffed, it sounded a lot like yours (Nights with 5-6 pts per nurse, techs w/10-12 pts, charge RN w/even fewer pts to to LPN IVP meds & paperwork). Now, since we've been so understaffed, each Night shift...

13. Anyone still giving Demerol?

    JennRN423 replied to Emergent's topic in Medications

    I have a sickle cell pt that comes in several times a year and IV Demerol is his pain med of choice. I think he's the only person I've ever given it to. I'm on a med-surg floor in the south (Alabama).

14. What is the maximum number of patients per nurse?

    JennRN423 replied to Info(RN)matics's topic in Med-Surg

    What's the max # of pts per nurse on your Med/Surg floor? Max # would be 7-8. Which shift? 7pm - 7am Which state? Alabama How often do you find yourself in such a situation? Not too often. A normal load is usually 5-6 pts with 1 tech. And days get 2...

15. Nursing Salary Survey 2014

    JennRN423 replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Geographic location - Alabama Pay rate - $18/hr base pay In which area / specialty do you work? Med/Surg What type of license do you have (RN or LPN)? RN What type of degree and/or certification do you have? BSN (& previous BA in psychology) How ...