NurseMixon

NurseMixon specializes in Surgical.

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1. LPN and RN attitudes towards one another.

   NurseMixon replied to daisymay20's topic in General Nursing

   I just started my RN career, and the LVNs are nicer to me than some of the RNs I work with. You'll just learn who you are going to work well with and take the others with a grain of salt.

2. New vs. "Seasoned" nurses

   NurseMixon posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have only been a nurse for about 1 month. I was hired to work 3-11, but while on my probation/training period, I am working 7-3. All of the nurses on the 3-11 shift are older nurses (bet none of them are under the age of 55, no disrespect to older ...

3. IV Pushes

   NurseMixon replied to NurseMixon's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, EVERY patients that comes to us (we are post-op) has an order for IV Demerol, maybe po Percocet if we're lucky, but all of the patients prefer the Demerol. Some of the patients came back with a PCA of Dilaudid (we...

4. IV Pushes

   NurseMixon posted a topic in General Nursing

   In the hospital where I work, all of the doctors prescribe IV push Demerol post-op. I have only been a nurse for about a month, but I have found that alot of the patients who I have to give an IV push of Demerol to have their IV sites infiltrate very...