susumarie MSN, NP

susumarie has 14 years experience as a MSN, NP and specializes in APRN.

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1. Hemoglobin down, hematocrit normal

   susumarie replied to futurenursling's topic in Med-Surg

   This can be seen in dehydration.

2. Age vs Years Nursing

   susumarie replied to Erika Patterson's topic in General Nursing

   32yrs old & RN for 10 yrs

3. Hoping I did the right thing for my patient

   susumarie replied to Agmiuit's topic in General Nursing

   Yes .. I would have done the same thing.

4. Blood pressure medication / checking blood pressure

   susumarie replied to abeautifulmind's topic in Med-Surg

   I work nights (7pm-8am) on a med-surg/oncology floor. Vitals are taken q8hrs (always look at your pts trends); 0600-1400-2200. I give the night meds at 9-10pm & you must always take and/or find out from the PCA what the pts vitals are before givi...

5. Advice For The New Nurse Entering Med-Surg

   susumarie replied to RNPATL's topic in Med-Surg

   Amen to that !!! lol! :):)

6. Proper Sterile Tech During PICC dressing change

   susumarie replied to morningland's topic in Med-Surg

   Wash hands and apply clean gloves. Remove old dressing carefully; hold the cannula hub with you non dominate hand. Assess your insertion site. Perform hand hygiene and open dressing kit in a sterile manner. Most kits have all the supplies in them inc...

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

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

   I work med-surg oncology .. from 7-11pm I am assigned 4-6 pts & 11-730am I pick up more .. so average 8-10 patients .. depending on the census + staffing (& budget..)

8. Broken RN

   susumarie replied to Herky980's topic in Relations

   You should leave this place ASAP. Not every place is like this. Maybe you would be happier somewhere else. Try applying to hospitals?

9. central line questions

   susumarie replied to dabbler's topic in General Students

   Yes the risk does increase, for example if IVF is running and the RN disconnects the fluids to draw blood, the sterile barrier is broken.. Thus placing the patient at risk. It is important to scrub the hub very well when drawing blood from a central ...

10. Nurse to patient ratio?

    susumarie replied to hrb25's topic in Med-Surg

    Medical Oncology ... day & eve 1:4-6 with 2-3 tech's and nights 1:8-10 with 1-2 tech's

11. Transitioning to med-surg

    susumarie replied to nurs2012's topic in Med-Surg

    If you move to Med-Surg you will be busy. You do not necessarily have to get a pay cut. You can ask your manager/supervisor for full time hrs; one extra day a week is easy to get and also you will get paid much more for working nights. One more &...

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

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

    Medical Oncology.. Days 1:4/5 with 2-3 techs.. Eve 1:5/6 with 2-3 techs .. Night 1:8/10 with 1-2 techs