janetrette

janetrette

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  1. How Do You Know If Er Nursing Is For You?
  2. BMCC just called...

    congrats. i know what kind of feeling it is. :balloons:
  3. Blood Transfusions: How fast do you go?

    I had seen blood transfusion given 200ml/hr. No reactions and given on a 22 gauge needle. in our hospital, 20g is the number. I usually run the blood over 4hr. stay with the patient and start counting the 15min when the blood enters the patient body.
  4. in my hospital where we work, "the nurses should write all 10 nursing notes on our patient." our ratio is 1:10. however, on crazy notes i just write the most important. if other patient are stable i won't write a nursing note. our hospital has both t...
  5. Pet peeves!

    WHEN... the other shift nurse leaves u with empty cart or a storm in the cart
  6. burn out

    thanks for all the reply. i'm having trouble picking a hospital. what should i say to them why i wanted to quit after 9 month? why i didnt wait for a 1yr? doesn't it show how weak i am? i'm interested in the er by the way.
  7. burn out

    quick facts: going into my 9th month of med-surg nurse. im a new grad. been in charge 2x. usually patient load 10. the other we had to protest i had 13 patients and 1 was a direct admission with blood transfusion. im still studying, going to school f...
  8. "but doctors are better than nurses"

    i knew i wanted to be a nurse because i wanted to do patient care.
  9. tough time giving report.

    oh no, the pt was dx with neutropenia. a cancer pt with all labs off the wall. she's only been a nurse for 3 yrs.
  10. tough time giving report.

    i'm been working at this hospital on a med-surg floor for almost 7months. i love my night shift crew. but i have a hard time giving report to the day nurses. one of the nurses would laugh at me. for eg. i had this pt with dx of neutropenia and there ...
  11. written up already!

    not that i know of...
  12. written up already!

    bone marrow aspiration / biospy!
  13. written up already!

    By Dec. 27, it's going to my 6th month evaluation and already I had been written up!!! My patient had a bone marrow aspiration biopsy and needed to keep NPO after midnight and he was keep NPO. It wasn't until the day during shift report I realized th...
  14. CUNY School - BMCC

    i graduate from bmcc dec 2004 since it was just last winter its competitive to get into the program. can you heard a 3.77 gpa to get in? it's insane. join a study group for support because there's no on in your family that knows what you are going th...
  15. Intramuscular Injection Sites?

    sometimes its whatever choice you have. like i gave an IM inj of haldol to a pt who was agitated into the vl. normally i would give an IM at vg. so it depends on the situation.