ladybug5982RN

ladybug5982RN

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  1. Regret becoming a nurse....

    I've been a nurse for a very long time. At first and even now if I change jobs it feels over whelming. To learn anything new is at first a little overwhelming. Especially if you take into account all that we as nurses are expected to be responsible f...
  2. Swan questions

    we do wedge and cardiac calcs every 4hrs when we do our full assessments,we use saline.we use saline on all of our pressure monitoring systems.our hospital only uses heparin solutions on picc lines.
  3. Oral care protocol

    you do know this is not lip moisturizer,it is oral moisturizer.:rotfl: we thought the same thing until a rep from the company came and demoed the product line we are currently using.i hate this stuff.it makes a nasty film in the patients mouth. i use...
  4. POLL: How much tech help do you have in your ICU?

    i work night shift,7pm to 7am,the majority of the time we do not have a tech:crying2: ,day shift usually has 2-3 techs plus a fulltime secretary.you would think they could do all of the bathes but they don't.usually i get two patients who neither hav...
  5. New Graduates In The Icu?

    i am an icu nurse and i started out as a new grad in the icu,but i had worked in the hospital setting for 13 years doing various other jobs before getting my rn. i think it depends on the person. another girl from my class came to work in the icu the...
  6. New Graduates In The Icu?

    i am an icu nurse and i started out as a new grad in the icu,but i had worked in the hospital setting for 13 years doing various other jobs before getting my rn. i think it depends on the person. another girl from my class came to work in the icu the...
  7. Order Clarification

    at the hospital i work we are not allowed to take blanket orders.we have a pharmacy transfer sheet that the md must check what meds he wants to stop or cont and he/she must write out all orders that they wish to continue,we have called before and got...
  8. What Nursing school are you in? Show your pride!

    I am about to graduate from Floyd College in Rome, GA. This is an excellent ADN program. Since Floyd is part of the University System of GA it is very inexpensive and is geered more for non-traditional students. I have to drive an hr and half to scho...
  9. Nursing student

    Hello, I am a nursing student at Floyd College in Rome, GA. It is an ADN program but they are rated as one of the best in the state of GA. They have the second highest pass rate of the NCLEX also and the only reason they are not #1 is because the oth...