sleepyhead

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1. drugs by area

   sleepyhead replied to brenzgrove's topic in General Nursing

   I work in Medical icu (pulmonary service). We see for pressors most often levophed and sometimes dopamine. Other gtts: heparin, insulin, fentanyl, propofol, morphine, ativan, versed, new drug for sepsis called xigris, sandostatin for gi bleeds othe...

2. ports

   sleepyhead replied to micky's topic in Oncology

   Yes you can use vacutainers on portacaths. However, this often doesn't work because they are often very positional. Meaning they don't draw well unless the patient moves a certain way or inhales and exhales deeply as you are trying to withdraw the ...

3. Any tried and true home remedies?

   sleepyhead replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

   One teaspoon of Karo dark corn syrup will get a constipated baby (and older?) to have a good bm. Put it in their bottle.

4. Retention ideas

   sleepyhead replied to Goodlaura6's topic in General Nursing

   I work in a fairly large teaching hospital associated with a private university. If you work at the university (including the medical center) for five years they will pay a large percentage (or sometimes all, depending on the cost) of your children'...

5. What is your title and what state/province are you in?

   sleepyhead replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

   I am an RN in Tennessee!

6. Out Patient Clinic Problems

   sleepyhead replied to ds123's topic in Oncology

   Can't the patient or a family member give their own neupogen shots? I work in an inpatient area where we have a lot of patients who go home on neupogen and we teach the patient or a family member how to administer the shot.

7. How do I get the most out of MICU orientation?

   sleepyhead posted a topic in MICU

   I'm about to start working in the MICU of a large teaching hospital next month (Feb 24). My experience is a year in a myelosuppresion/bone marrow transplant unit (same hospital). No experience with vents or invasive monitoring. Does anyone have an...

8. What field??

   sleepyhead replied to vfib's topic in General Nursing

   Have you considered flight nursing? Your experience as an EMT would be a great credential. You'll need some experience in the ER first. I don't do this myself, but I do think it would be exciting taking care of such critical patients in such an ind...

9. So, what's on your feet?

   sleepyhead replied to old-master's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Here's another vote for clogs. Have some I wear at home and some I wear to work. I wear Anywear brand to work, they have replacement insoles for really cheap. I also wear New Balance tennis shoes when I'm not wearing my clogs. New Balance are the...

10. pregnancy don'ts

    sleepyhead replied to justanurse's topic in General Nursing

    No radioactive implants obviously. Avoid x-ray machines. If possible I would avoid anyone on any type of isolation precautions (mrsa, cdiff, vre, tb, etc.) if possible, that is if there are adequate staff for you not to have to care for them. I wo...

11. Temps

    sleepyhead replied to rondafan's topic in General Nursing

    i've heard with tympanic temps, you're supposed to take it three times and take an average of the three temps to get the most accurate reading.

12. Oh Lord my beeper fell in the toilet today.

    sleepyhead replied to Chuckie's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, we refer to pagers being dropped in the toilet as "doing the swirlie." It's happened more than once! There's no point in fishing it out, they don't work anymore anyway!

13. Do you have to be good in math?

    sleepyhead replied to jenlhale's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah, and the calculator is my best friend. I always have one in my pocket with my name on it!:)

14. Do you have to be good in math?

    sleepyhead replied to jenlhale's topic in General Nursing

    You have to be able to add, subtract, multiply, divide. You have to be able to think rationally. Most programs (I think) require a math dosage class, or it is at least incorporated with another class. Also, it was my experience that tests in every...

15. Anyone in Tennessee???

    sleepyhead replied to highasthesky's topic in General Nursing

    I live in Tennessee and work in Nashville. I just graduated from a BSN program one year ago. I don't know much about LPN programs (can't compare their difficulty), but if you have any questions about RN programs, I might be able to answer. Good lu...