nsgsup

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1. 24/40 question

   nsgsup posted a topic in General Nursing

   The hospital that I work at, is thinking about offering 24/40 to help cover the weekends. Nurse manager states these people don't work holidays unless they fall on the weekends. Is this how your employer does it? What about the rest of us? Will we en...

2. Codes: LifePak 12

   nsgsup replied to JGJBoyz's topic in General Nursing

   We also use the Lifepak 12's. They are positioned on the top of the crash carts and the whole thing is rolled to a code. The only time they are removed, is for transporting a patient, then they ride along on the cart. They are definitely heavy and cu...

3. Leaving Management

   nsgsup replied to Daisy's topic in General Nursing

   Know exactly what you mean! After 11 years in supervision, I moved to the ER at the end of November. I just couldn't take another winter of too many patients and never enough help to go around. I actually like to go to work now! I'd forgotten how muc...

4. Getting into L&D

   nsgsup replied to Rosie460's topic in Ob/Gyn

   NICU or postpartum may help you get a step closer to L&D. You might consider taking the NALS course. Have any friends working in OB? A good word from co-workers never hurt. Make sure you let the managers know how interested you are and check back...

5. staffing in icu

   nsgsup replied to icu.nurse's topic in CCU

   icu.nurse, we staff the same way you do. We have a six bed unit, with 6 telemetry units to watch. As long as the one patient is stable when they do staffing, there is one RN. If unstable, then 2.

6. discouraged

   nsgsup replied to sheila marsman's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Sheila, hang in there! One failed test doesn't mean you can't be a good nurse. I think most of us met many bumps in the road along the way in our training. Take a deep breathe, put that test behind you and move on! And remember, we do care how you're...

7. Nursing Resource/Float Pools

   nsgsup replied to MQ Edna's topic in Management

   Yes, our hospital has a float pool of nurses and nurses' aides. They are used on the medical, surgical-cancer, skilled nursing and pediatrics units and occasionally in ICU. One suggestion I would offer is to keep their schedule separate from the floo...

8. footprinting newborns

   nsgsup replied to RAIZIE's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hi Raizie! At our hospital, newborns are footprinted and 2 ID bands are applied in the DR/BR.

9. Labor Murse Circulating for C-sections

   nsgsup replied to Glad's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Glad, at our hospital, the surgery dept comes for the c-section and they do the circulating. We are there to receive the baby and like you, we care for mom pre and post op.

10. Walking Change of Tour Rounds

    nsgsup replied to Irma L Westmoreland's topic in Med-Surg

    We tried a walking rounds report several years ago with little success. It just simply took too long! The medical floor at our hospital which sounds very similar to yours, now does a written report. Nurses make short notes on each pt., with all perti...

11. Blood Transfusions

    nsgsup replied to dbauer's topic in General Nursing

    Our bld transfusion policy states that blood must be checked in the patient's room by 2 nurses. A full set of vitals are done before, 15 minutes into, and post transfusion. RNs are the only ones allowed to hang blood at our facility. I work at a 95 b...

12. MICU Wages

    nsgsup replied to LRichardson's topic in MICU

    The nurses in our ICU and ER,along with the supervisors, get 35 cents/hr for ACLS. No extra for cert. I'm the afternoon shift nursing supervisor at a 95 bed hospital in Illinois.

13. Scrubs

    nsgsup replied to Booth's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At our hospital the staff purchase and wash their own scrubs. We are a much smaller unit then you, we only have 20-30 deliveries/month. The staff is required to wear scrubs of the same color specific to their unit.

14. Have you ever felt STRESSED, or OVERWHELMED? BURNED OUT?

    nsgsup replied to firefly's topic in Med-Surg

    Firefly, first of all I don't have to ask you why you want to be a nurse, I think I know! After almost 20 years, it's still what I want to be!!!! Staffing is a major cause for stress, nurses are to care for more patients with less help and more respo...

15. ob nursing

    nsgsup replied to llk's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Mobius107, It is often easier to get a position in post-partum first. Even though you want to work L&D, sometimes you have to work your way up. By starting in post-partum, you get your foot in the door and it's then easier to move into L&D...