MikeRN1

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1. Is Your Last Name On Your Badge?

   MikeRN1 replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

   I never really had a problem with last names on badges until a cooworker did have a problem. A paramedic who was picking up a patient read her name badge and called her at home numerous times to ask her out and even showing up at her house. She end...

2. VAC- Problems

   MikeRN1 replied to lclari's topic in Wound

   but thats probably because its late here and I've been working too much overtime. Usually for fistulas we don't use a vac for the reasons you mention (excessive drainage, leaks, multiple changing, etc.). We use an ostomy appliance which seems to ha...

3. Silver bandage

   MikeRN1 replied to OURN83's topic in Burn

   Actually, silver is supposed to be the new "buzzword" in wound care. It has been used on wounds forever but is making a comeback like many other "old" treatments (maggots, leeches, honey, etc). From what I can find, silver has a bacteriostatic, not...

4. Reglan IV

   MikeRN1 replied to gwrn99's topic in Emergency

   We give reglan IV often in our abdominal post op patients, either 10mg q6hr around the clock or q6hr prn. We use it for nausea and I've been told by some surgeon's that they use it because it promotes gastric emptying.

5. attitudes of male and female patients towards male nursing students

   MikeRN1 replied to Jhanez_k2p's topic in Men

   was in my first day of OB clinical. I walked in and my patient was an ex-girlfiend that had gotten married and I didn't recognize the name. Actually I don't think she had as much of a problem with me taking care of her as did her husband. Fortunat...

6. How many Pt do you take care of?

   MikeRN1 replied to Franlpntorn's topic in General Nursing

   [i work in PA in a teaching facility on a monitored surgical/neuro-trauma floor. It's actually a dumping ground. We handle all the monitored surgical patients which range from gyne to ortho, any monitored trauma and neuro trauma pts, tele overflow,...

7. Question re:agency vs per diem pay?

   MikeRN1 replied to gypsyatheart's topic in Agency

   I've worked Per Diem and agency. Agency nursing gives you a greater amount of freedom. The pay was comparable, but Per Diem required so many hours a schedule and so many of those were off shifts and weekends. The only good thing I could say about ...