Mags_RN BSN

Mags_RN is a BSN and specializes in Telemetry.

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1. Frustrating

   Mags_RN replied to nursebeth77's topic in Safety

   At my facility, there is no RN-RN report anymore for patients coming from ER (only ICU does, and that's because the ER RN moves the pt to ICU personally). Yeah, no report at all, you are to look at the information in the computer EMR before they com...

2. Share Your "Brain" Sheet

   Mags_RN replied to nurseJ88's topic in Cardiac

   Here's mine! NOCreportsheeTpdf2.pdf

3. ANA membership?

   Mags_RN replied to firstyearRN's topic in Activism

   ugh... i hate politics....

4. Bedside report/hand off

   Mags_RN replied to winter_green's topic in Safety

   on my unit we give report at the rn station and then do walking rounds with the oncoming shift, then we can point out the drips/tubes/drains/sores whether pts breathing pattern or just the way the pt looks is new or not. but what administration wants...

5. Incompetent nursing assistants

   Mags_RN replied to ICU, RN, BSN, B.S.'s topic in General Nursing

   no motivation and lack of responsibility to our patients because in the end its always the rn's responsibility and the rn is the one who has to fix the problem. i see this happen all the time with bp, rr, especially I/Os because if i refill the water...

6. What does your facility do?

   Mags_RN replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

   This article answers your question. Highlights_of_HIPAA_for_nurses.2.pdf

7. Do you remember everything from nursing school?

   Mags_RN replied to Darkpk55's topic in General Nursing

   We do diagnose : Nursing Diagnosis.

8. Do you remember everything from nursing school?

   Mags_RN replied to Darkpk55's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a new grad, got my license in June so the horrors of rn school are very fresh in my mind. my sister just started her rn schooling this past fall and they aren't even doing rn diagnosis anymore. they were told that rn diagnosis do not really corre...

9. Working on a telemetry/med-surg unit as a new grad

   Mags_RN replied to thekidisback's topic in General Nursing

   i started as a new grad on a telemetry unit just this September. I passed my nclex in july. And i really love it. I have worked on this unit for the past 3 years almost as a PCT prior to being an RN. What really helped me become more comfortable wit...

10. RN to BSN Online - schools?

    Mags_RN replied to AOX4RN's topic in Online Learning

    Was Texas Tech on online program? I cant seem to find that online on their site.

11. LTC hurt opps for hospital jobs?

    Mags_RN replied to Hoosiernurse's topic in Geriatric

    at the hospital were i currently work, they will not hire a rn from ltc that has been away from an acute setting for more than 1 year, unless s/he takes a refresher course - which is pretty much an 8 wk course through a local community college's rn p...

12. Do you think Patients would confuse me for a doctor if I'm South Asian and male?

    Mags_RN replied to Samian Q's topic in General Nursing

    i once wore my light green scrubs and happened to be in the elevator with a family with 3 small children who kept on asking me if im a doctor. I said no and told them im a nurse. and then the girl told me " no you're not, you're wearing green and hav...

13. HOW ABOUT THIS???

    Mags_RN replied to jmtndl's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a medical telemetry unit that is 4:1 on days and pms. 6:1 on noc. places like this do exist.

14. IV Push Times?

    Mags_RN replied to soxfan80's topic in New Nurse

    in addition... i work on a tele floor too. we also push plenty of lasix solumedrol bumex dextrose diazapam benadryl famotidine heparin lorazepam meperidine reglan phenergan ... to add to your list :)

15. IV Push Times?

    Mags_RN replied to soxfan80's topic in New Nurse

    I usually dilute everything in 5-10 ml of ns and push over around 1-2 min, unless its something that i know i have to push over a specific amount of time. but.... i looked up these meds in my drug book for actual recommendations and I found specifi...