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Hey guys I put this on the Georgia site. I work in a small critical access hospital in Fort Valley Georgia. We are wanting to build a more modernized hospital, because this one just can not keep up...

Hello everyone. A while back I put in a request for people to go on a website and help our small hospital in Fort Valley out. I would like to thank everyone who has signed the petition. They have...

I have recently looked into travel nursing and have a lot of agencies call me. I was wondering if anyone has ever heard of access nursing if so please give info. Also, how is the california pay for...

In the facility I work at I Love the RSI Protocol. It is weight based and we already have it figured out. The following are the Medications and dosages that we use in order: Lidocaine 1mg/kg Max...

You really need to make yourself known. Don't just sit back and wait. I called everyday to see what the status was and I think they finally got tired of hearing from me. I have already graduated...

Thank you so much for your help. I truely appreciate it very much

I have to say that we have a protocol and before you give a bolus of heparin and then hang it you better have a baseline PT and PTT INR. You never know what might be going on with this patient. In...

Hello I need some advice or cases about improper use of restraints on patients or failure to document appropriately on reason for restraints. I am giving a class on the proper use of restraints and...

Hello fellow night shift people, I love night shift I work 12 hour shifts one week 3 days the other 4 days. I dont do weekends and every 6 weeks I take weekend call. I wouldn't change it. Plus...

Hi My name is Linda and I work in a small critical access hospital in Fort Valley Georgia. This hospital has been here since before I was born and that is a long time, but with time comes change...

Hello, I'm Linda and I live in Warner Robins Georgia. Hope to have some great discussions:wavey:

I find it sad that such an incident could occur. If she had a substance abuse problem why did they allow her to continue to work? I am glad that she is no longer working as a nurse. Did anyone...

I would think about changing hospitals. My nurses have 6:1 to 7:1 patients. They document on there patients and they do their own graphing of vital signs so they can see the changes the patient may...

I would greatly appreciate your help. My email address is trixytop4@yahoo.com Thanks very much.

We have a great system for documentation. Of course we are a small hospital that is still in the age of hand writing everything. No computer charting. My problem is getting it through to these...

Psychic ball is wrong. Mainly med-surg and of course house means the rest of the hospital. Count your psychic ball as a scam.:wink2:

I work on the med-surg floor as a House Supervisor. This means I deal will with all areas of the hospital when needed, but my main concentration is the Med-Surg floor. I started 12years ago as an...

Why would you put a A-line in a patient for blood draws and blood gases that is crazy. I would never leave a line in just for that. Monitoring hemodynamics should be the only reason you use an...

I am getting ready for a skills fair at the hospital where I work. One of the classes that I will be teaching is on restraints. I keep finding so many errors that it is unbelievable so I am trying...

I truely enjoyed the article and would like to email it to the Nurse Manager of our ER, but I don't know how any help would be appreciated:confused:

:wavey: Hello Everyone! I am still learning all the ins and outs of this site, but I have quite enjoyed reading all the different forums. Can not wait to get into the swing of all this. :nurse: