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Several things I've learned on my ortho floor (lots about hips/knee replacements)... -Bedside commodes and shallow bedpans for hip precautions patients! -FALLS precautions! Set bed alarms,...

Hi! I'm trying to implement a new communication tool for RN's and Patient Care Technicians (PCT) on my unit. Right now we have a pretty ineffective tool (in my opinion) where the night PCT's pass...

I'm very passionate about diabetes nursing and education. I currently work as a med-surg RN in a large urban hospital on the post-renal transplant unit which I love. It gives me plenty of exposure to...

Night time is a time of fasting. You're not eating for 8-9 hours, your body is chilling out and you're also secreting all sorts of other hormones that can alter insulin's effect. So what SHOULD...

I work on a Med-surg unit with adult patients and I teach all of them how to use incentive spirometry. But you know what I realized, I'm bad at teaching it! I'm such a poor teacher when it comes to...

Hey guys. I'm a new grad RN working on a Med-Surg unit. I was taking care of a woman on a heparin drip. She had a portal vein thrombosis and DVT in the left thigh. I needed an anti-Xa level on my...

Her BG's were definitely not stable for me on the first day I was caring for her, they were running in the 300's and she felt terrible. I kept titrating the insulin gtt up as per protocol and...

Hi everyone! I'm a new nurse working on a Post-Transplant/Surgical unit (kidneys and pancreases only). I'm curious about insulin gtts. A few weeks ago I had a patient on an insulin drip--hx: infected...

Hi everyone! I hope this is the right place to post my questions. I just graduated with my BSN and I'm currently interviewing for jobs. I have an interview (YAY!) for a new nurse...

I'm a new nurse and I've had three interviews in the past two days at physician offices (one dermatology, two pediatric) and the interviews went pretty well! I have an interview coming up for a RN...

This is really inspiring! Thanks!