Luv cats

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1. ANCC Board Certification

   Luv cats replied to Gina B's topic in Med-Surg

   I am also going to take the ANCC MedSurg test around first of Nov. I am freaked out. I have worked on a med surg floor for the last 10 years but I have been "the experienced" one for so long, I have not been around people to learn from. Plus the flo...

2. Florida RN license by endorsement

   Luv cats replied to Peluchina's topic in Florida

   Is there any testing required when transfering an RN license to Florida? I have only worked in one state and have never done the process of moving my license.

3. Good nursing shoes

   Luv cats replied to doularoz's topic in General Nursing

   New Balance 801's is what all our night shift loves to wear. So comfortable! Hard to find though.

4. Worst nursing proceedure ever....

   Luv cats replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with all that I have read, but also need to add the removal of a pessary that has been in for some time. You can only stomach so much volume of vaginal drainage at once from a 98 year old! eeeewwwwwwooooo....

5. A Question about Pessaries

   Luv cats replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

   ooooooo....bad memories. I had a Home Health pt once (90+) that had a pessary and we had to remove and clean it 2x week!! I was a blue cube with concave sides and no string anywhere in site! You had to "go after it" and "return it" just the same way ...

6. I want to know if nurses........

   Luv cats replied to Lisa24's topic in General Nursing

   I am full time and only work x3 - 12's a week. I got low censed tonight so I've had 5 days off so far. I'm supposed to work Tues and Thur now and then have 5 more scheduled days off! We have too many RN's on our night shift so far. They hire them for...

7. floating

   Luv cats replied to tlbw/tlc's topic in General Nursing

   In our small hospital, usually the OB nurses do all the floating. They need them in house so if they need to go back to their unit they can do so quickly and then they call back in someone on call (if someone was low censed). ER needs their 2 people ...

8. Pyxis systems ???

   Luv cats replied to Jammer's topic in General Nursing

   We use Pyxis for all pts. We have one main thing with x2 towers for refrigerated things. Each med nurse (x2) has 11-13 pts apiece. They just go to it with each MAR and pull all of that pts meds for the specific time and go give them, etc, etc. We hav...

9. scrubs TV show

   Luv cats replied to renerian's topic in General Nursing

   I think "Precidio (sp?) Med" is a pretty good new show. Anyone checked it out?

10. Dilaudid Question

    Luv cats replied to Y2KRN's topic in Medications

    We give 1-2 mg IVP. I usually dilute that. We have one Dr. that always wants it given per syringe pump.

11. What are some of the most ridiculous things patients have asked of you?

    Luv cats replied to mother/babyRN's topic in Humor

    We had a lady call one night on the call light to ask us permission if she could "pass gas". No kidding! We also had an ol'crazy lady that was with it enough to call the hospital from her room and have them transfer her to the nurses desk because we ...

12. nurse-patient ratio

    Luv cats replied to NANCPER's topic in Med-Surg

    I work in a 60-bed hospital on a 26-bed Med-Surg floor. Ratio is 1:13 (depending on census of course) for 1 RN charging and 1 LPN passing meds. Our staffing plan is 5 for the entire floor (1 aide for the entire floor). Our floor does it all except IC...

13. Assigning patients to rooms on Med/Surg Floor?

    Luv cats replied to Mito's topic in Med-Surg

    We just put them in whatever is available/open. We had a weird layout to our small hospital anyway.......circle pod things.

14. Totally Stumped????

    Luv cats replied to Helori's topic in Med-Surg

    We had a twenty-something age girl that hadn't gone in 3-4 weeks. ................I don't think she ever did go for us........no matter what we did........

15. Loyalty to a nursing unit

    Luv cats replied to New CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    Hey.... burnout happens.......loyalty or not. Sometimes you need a change to stimulate your mind and interest in the job again.