dcastlewood

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1. 7/70 Scheduling-Anyone have experience?

   dcastlewood replied to Bellatrix's topic in General Nursing

   We work 7 12 hour night shifts in a row, then we're off for a week. We work 36 hours one week and 48 hours the second week, so we get about 8 hours of overtime each 2 week pay period.

2. ? regarding phenergan administration & being a concerned patient

   dcastlewood replied to iHeartNICU's topic in General Nursing

   Hospital policy where i work is to put 25mg promethazine in a 50cc bag of NS and give it piggyback. I either do that or inject the promethazine into a liter bag of NS or LR if it's gonna be a bolus.

3. Shy guys

   dcastlewood replied to narcissistic's topic in Male Students

   I used to drink a tall boy or two before my Speech class.......it helped a lot. Well, it made the class more fun.

4. Meridian MS RN pay

   dcastlewood replied to shen's topic in Mississippi

   What did you find out at the interview?

5. 12 hour shifts

   dcastlewood replied to Caligirlrn2b's topic in Safety

   We work seven 12's in a row. On the bright side, I get a week vacation every other week!

6. "You know you are an ER Nurse when..."

   dcastlewood replied to Divern808's topic in Emergency

   One of our doctors brought us some bumper stickers that say, "I'm an E.R. nurse...I'm here to save your [rear end], not to wipe it! I'd have put it on my truck if it had sad "kiss" instead of wipe!!!

7. Send your best success vibes my way!!

   dcastlewood replied to Pocamom's topic in NCLEX

   Good luck. No matter how you prepared, CALM DOWN!!! It will be ok. If it turns off at 75, I think you did well. If you see question 76, at least you know you haven't failed! Think about it that way and DO YOUR BEST!

8. 16.50 Starting Wage for a Grad Nurse???? Oh No! Say it Ain't So.....

   dcastlewood replied to chattypattyCRNA2B's topic in Mississippi

   $16 and a half at Rush

9. Discharge orders you'd LIKE to write!!!

   dcastlewood replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in Emergency

   Absolutely right!!!

10. Er Salary

    dcastlewood replied to nursern20's topic in Emergency

    Where are you working? Is that BSN?

11. Waiting for RN NCLEX results!!!

    dcastlewood replied to shadylane21's topic in NCLEX

    I took my test on the 10th of Jan, and found out I passed right after 1 am on Friday the 13th. I took 89 questions that seemed an awful lot like the questions we got on tests in school. Now the real learning begins!

12. Have you ever had to use CPr on the job or anywhere else?

    dcastlewood replied to amy3072's topic in General Nursing

    Slow your roll, please. We also need to realize that the air we all breathe is 21% oxygen. 17% oxygen respirations are better than no respirations at all. Just keepin' it real.....

13. Funny patient names by nurses

    dcastlewood replied to Kidrn911's topic in Emergency

    Had an older lady in a few days ago: first name is Truelove.

14. Discharge orders you'd LIKE to write!!!

    dcastlewood replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in Emergency

    Hahahahaha... Hey! That does really hurt!

15. Discharge orders you'd LIKE to write!!!

    dcastlewood replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in Emergency

    It's not really discharge insructions, but I got in trouble the other day for telling a drunk patient with no other problems to stop taking the O2 sat probe off of his finger because I was tired of charging them out and paying for them. What's up wi...