LLawsor520

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1. Looking for Advice-New Grad, 8 patients?

   LLawsor520 replied to RNRapunzel1029's topic in Med-Surg

   I agree with you Carrie MTC. I worked at a hospital that did not have magnet status (meaning that there was not a limit to how many patients that were assigned to nurses at any one time). As long as my Medical-Surgical:Renal Unit had vacant rooms, we...

2. HATING MED/SURG

   LLawsor520 replied to pale_pilsen's topic in Med-Surg

   I empathize with you. My first med-surg job was very caotic not to mention I had a preceptor who always disappeared during my shifts. I felt the same enormous demands pulling me in different directions. I was constantly getting off late due to my cha...

3. surgical step-down unit staffing ratios??

   LLawsor520 replied to SSDUPOK's topic in Med-Surg

   Hi Kentucky24, You mentioned that your shifts last 14-15 hrs. Does you management ever threaten with write-ups for getting off late? Some hospitals do even though they are adding more tasks..very unfair. Hang in there!

4. Questions about per diem agency work

   LLawsor520 replied to NeuroNP's topic in Agency

   I switched from staff nursing to agency nursing (2.5 yrs now) and it's not that bad. You take a few tests to get started in the area of your nursing expertise and then the agency will sign you up for shifts at facilities/hospitals according to your a...

5. Career Options/Advice

   LLawsor520 replied to derekfitness's topic in Career Support

   Hello Jahra, I was kind of glad to read about what's going on in hospitals on the management/healthcare side because I was thinking of making changes in my career too. Job stability is definitely something to consider these days when deciding on a c...

6. What Oregon Nursing Agencies to Use?

   LLawsor520 replied to LLawsor520's topic in Agency

   Well after getting layed off from my last hospital job, I decided to get back into school and start working towards my BSN. I was too bitter about hospital MS politics so I just decided to go back to agency nursing that way I won't be in the loop of ...

7. What Oregon Nursing Agencies to Use?

   LLawsor520 posted a topic in Agency

   I am with an agency, Maxim, that I haven't been getting a lot of assignments since I reestablished employment two weeks ago. I just added another agency, Integrated Healthcare, who has been a little better with finding work. Does anyone think adding ...

8. Hospitals cutting back??

   LLawsor520 replied to Abbi4155's topic in Med-Surg

   Yeah, we received that same talk about our hospital loosing money and that they would try to keep staff. I was the last hired and first to let go. Now I am doing agency work w/ a couple of agencies. Work assignments tend to be more LTC w/ one or two ...

9. success of clomid use

   LLawsor520 replied to LLawsor520's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thank you very much, ERNurse752.

10. success of clomid use

    LLawsor520 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    If a woman has used clomid twice two months in a row, shouldn't that be enough to raise the progesterone level to ovulate and get pregnant? She had a negative ultrasound of the ovaries and pelvis and also a normal hysterosalpingogram. She was able to...

11. low diastolic BP after giving PRBC

    LLawsor520 replied to LLawsor520's topic in Med-Surg

    The DBP had not been running in the 40-50s. They were in the 70-80s. Would giving lasix and morphine (occasionally for a fx) have anything to do with the unusual DBP? The SBP was 120s, I think.

12. low diastolic BP after giving PRBC

    LLawsor520 posted a topic in Med-Surg

    After administering 2 units of PRBC, the Pt's DBP was 40 with a normal SBP. Should I have called the MD? Pt no longer had a temp of 100F like two hr earlier when notified MD.

13. Oregon Providence Hospital's New Hire Compreh. Based Assess

    LLawsor520 replied to LLawsor520's topic in Med-Surg

    Thank you very much for your quick response. It is funny you say my preceptor should focus more on those types of patients that I did score higher on because I am not with a preceptor anymore. The orientation was only 3 weeks for a nurse with some ex...

14. New agency nurse .. is 40 patients normal ?

    LLawsor520 replied to ilostmymuse's topic in Agency

    I moved to Oregon after working at a hospital for 7.5 mths out of college and could not find a job due to not enough nursing experience past 1 yr and had to revert to agency nursing. I had a few assignments like that at a nursing home but demanded to...

15. Oregon Providence Hospital's New Hire Compreh. Based Assess

    LLawsor520 posted a topic in Med-Surg

    I am a 1 yr nurse and just became employed at Providence Hospital-OR. I just took their Comprehensive Based Assess Test and have to retest next month. Just looking at the results, I answered more right than wrong but was asked to retest. I was not in...