kellyann0198

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1. You'll never make it in California

   kellyann0198 replied to luv2shopp85's topic in California

   Have you thought of starting your own day care and maybe working on weekends until your son is old enough. If you're talking to me, who would watch the kid on the weekend? He's in school and all that, the problem is what to do with him after school ...

2. You'll never make it in California

   kellyann0198 replied to luv2shopp85's topic in California

   Your problem is quite similar to mine. I have a boyfriend in Huntington Beach, California (surfer town in Orange County) and have spent quite a bit of time out there lately. For example, I was in Laguna Beach, Carlsbad, and Huntington Beach last we...

3. Pt refusing basic nursing care

   kellyann0198 replied to kellyann0198's topic in Med-Surg

   Late update---this gal refused her surgery, stuck around an extra day then was discharged. I did listen to her talk for a long, long time as did every other nurse and her primary doctor. The only thing she said was that she didn't want to be cut op...

4. What are your routines like on a medsurg unit

   kellyann0198 replied to angelique777's topic in Med-Surg

   First of all, thank the Lord I live in MN, home of fully-staffed hospitals. One of my teachers told me "plan for at least one unexpected thing that'll take up at least 30-45 minutes of your time". Someone needs a transfusion, someone's lumbar drain...

5. Pt refusing basic nursing care

   kellyann0198 replied to kellyann0198's topic in Med-Surg

   [/b]Kelly's psych consult: This gal read her "patient's rights" brochure and is all of a sudden on a power trip..."Look someone gave me the right to say no, and so I'll just exercise my right over all these nurses and doctors who think they know ever...

6. Pt refusing basic nursing care

   kellyann0198 replied to kellyann0198's topic in Med-Surg

   We documented everything--I'm not worried about having some legal consequence if something were to happen, just thinking she's just in some denial or desperately wants to be in control.

7. Pt refusing basic nursing care

   kellyann0198 posted a topic in Med-Surg

   i'm a newish rn work in neuro med/surg. i got a 30-something year old patient who has a highly unstable spinal fracture from a fall---bone fragments everywhere...80% spinal canal is compromised around the l3 level....our neurosurgeon started cancell...

8. GNs/NEW RN's-- How much $$ are you getting per hour?

   kellyann0198 replied to newfloridaRN's topic in New Nurse

   New grad RN working at a hospital in downtown St Paul, MN. We have been told we have the "best contract" in MN. We get day shift base (for BSNs) of $23.10/hr. I work straight nights and get $4/hr shift differential. Only $750 signing bonus, free ...

9. Only IM narcs post-op?

   kellyann0198 replied to kellyann0198's topic in Safety

   Thanks everyone for responding! Luckily some patients get a PCA pump (e.g. spinal fusion with screws etc...), but most do not! I'm sick of leaving notes on the chart "Please order PO pain meds" or "Patient is complaining of muscle spasms". I just ...

10. Only IM narcs post-op?

    kellyann0198 posted a topic in Safety

    Hi, I'm a new grad RN working in a neuro med/surg unit. I did the same thing as a nurse intern for almost a year at a different hospital. The current hospital I work at has a neurosurgery group whose standard post-op orders ONLY utilize IM demerol/...