bettycat

bettycat specializes in 30 years IV Nurse.

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1. Dangerous nurses

   bettycat replied to funmom's topic in Relations

   I have seen nurse high on drugs doing some dangerous stuff, I repoted them and they got suspended and the board required them to go to rehab. I had a nurse tell me to hang blood with D5W because there was no NS on the floor, reported her and nothing...

2. Am I too old to just be starting?

   bettycat replied to Roxy0628's topic in General Students

   I was 32 when I got my associate dregree in nursing, and 42 when I git my BSN. I have been a nurse 30 years and never thought I was too old. There was a women in my Associate class who was 58 when she graduated.

3. PICC nurses...do you read your own tips

   bettycat replied to mrsbratmom's topic in Infusion

   I am an Vascular Access Nurse in the State of OHIO, our state board does not let us sign off the PICCs because an RN in the state of Ohio is not allowed to read x-rays. However, we do look at the x-ray before we send it to the radiologist. Once it go...

4. Is there ANY department in nursing that I can avoid cleaning up poo?

   bettycat replied to Future-nurse's topic in General Nursing

   I have been an IV nurse for 28 years and a PICC nurse for 4 years, no cleaning anything except the arm I am working with:p

5. Anyone can get into Nursing.

   bettycat replied to indiawhitaker's topic in General Nursing

   I would get rid of your boyfriend. There are more men out there who would be more supportive.

6. What was your job before you became a nurse?

   bettycat replied to rn4ever?'s topic in General Nursing

   Hairdresser, waitress

7. How much difference in pay do two year rn's get than four yr??

   bettycat replied to bigmac018's topic in ADN/BSN

   When I took my boards they were just that State boards, everyone took the same test. 5 sections of 250 questions per section. You had to get a passing sore in each section to pass, if you failed on section you had to repeat the test. It has been 30 y...

8. How much difference in pay do two year rn's get than four yr??

   bettycat replied to bigmac018's topic in ADN/BSN

   The hospital where I work which is one of the Cleveland Clinic hospitals only pays more if the job requires the degree. So all bedside nurses are paid the same. I have a BSN, I had an ASN and went back to school just for my own satisfaction, not fo...

9. Do you remove occluded or infiltrated IV right away or wait until new start done?

   bettycat replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

   Why would you leave an IV in that is showing the first signs of Phlebitis? It is only get worse. In this case no IV is better than one that is phlebitic.

10. Do you remove occluded or infiltrated IV right away or wait until new start done?

    bettycat replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    according to the ins the latest policy for infiltrated vesicants is, to aspirate as much as you can through the iv angiocath , then remove the catheter. the antidote should not be given through the angiocath but injected percutaneously around the are...

11. Do you remove occluded or infiltrated IV right away or wait until new start done?

    bettycat replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    The standard that the courts go by is the Standards set by the INS (Infusion Nurses Society) the standard says that an IV will be removed as soon as there is a problem with it such as infiltration, clot, pain, redness. So what would a prudent nurse d...

12. Nursing 10 years ago

    bettycat replied to kauffman's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for 30 years and an IV nurse for 20, I have seen a lot of changes in the past 10 years. 10 years ago PICC lines were new, most patients with long term needs had a port, Groshong, Hickman or Broviac. When an IV could not be starte...

13. would you be a RN for $11.00/hr?

    bettycat replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    No way, I could work at a job with less risk. Just for kicks when I started nursing almost 30 years ago I was making $6.60 an hour and I thought I was making a fortune.

14. Student asking: "What's your background and why IV nursing?"

    bettycat replied to Chaetognath's topic in Infusion

    Hi, I have been a nurse for 30 years and an IV nurse for 20. I had 10 years of med-surg before doing IV Therapy. I love IV nursing because of the autonomy. The hospital I work at right now I do PICC line insertions using the modified Seldinger tech...

15. Starting IVs on old sick people

    bettycat replied to zacarias's topic in Infusion

    I have been an IV nurse for 20 years. You said the viens roll from you, this is a problem that a lot of nurses have, the secret is to make sure you have good tension of the skin which will hold the vien in place. I never have a problem with rolling v...