preciousmofo

preciousmofo has 6 years experience.

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1. Using insulin syringes for another purpose

   preciousmofo replied to kiszi's topic in General Nursing

   We use them to give lidocaine for numbing prior to an IV stick.

2. Why do you think so many healthcare workers are mean and arrogant?

   preciousmofo replied to mikethern's topic in Relations

   The OR becomes this sort of giant dysfunctional family with the surgeon being the yelling, abusive father of sorts. The beautiful, utopian "I respect all my coworkers, and enjoy working with them" facade disintegrates when the patient drifts off......

3. Question about getting a license in another state

   preciousmofo replied to L&DRN03's topic in General Nursing

   And of course now, there are a lot more nursing compact states. Maybe you live in one!

4. Picc Line- Tpn

   preciousmofo replied to epappyRN's topic in General Nursing

   I think giving the waste back is a peds thing. Or a special case scenario.

5. PACU slogan

   preciousmofo replied to Charity's topic in PACU

   I worked one PACU that used "PACU - The Best Part of Waking Up" Cute.

6. Orientation Time

   preciousmofo replied to ianurse0509's topic in Operating Room

   you ARE being cheated!!!

7. Policy for ICU patients going to surgery, are they put in holding area?

   preciousmofo replied to thlnc's topic in Operating Room

   Our policy is ICU patients do not come to holding. And definetly NOT on a propofol drip. The ICU is directly across from OR, so it's convenient. We're technically not supposed to take any drips at all, but I find that hard to really believe, becau...

8. Where to go?

   preciousmofo replied to nurseMargo's topic in Career Support

   Med/Surg definitely. I worked my first 3 years on Med/Surg Tele, and I learned so much that provided a sturdy base of knowledge. You get so many different issues and illnesses, like post-ops, chronic and acute illness, respiratory, stable cardiac.....

9. South Carolina Level III NICU's

   preciousmofo replied to KK7724's topic in NICU

   Roll Tide and Good Luck!!

10. MARS missed signing

    preciousmofo replied to mar326's topic in Geriatric

    We used to assign a nurse on every shift to check all the MAR's before anyone left, so if something wasn't initialed, he/she would ask the person while they were still there and that nurse could sign it, and if it was a med that was missed then they ...

11. giving and getting report

    preciousmofo replied to WSU_Ally_RN's topic in General Nursing

    The only shift job I've had was med/surg and we taped. I liked the taping and listening because report went faster than verbals. With verbals you simply must talk about the patients' issues and there families and how much they annoy you, with tape...

12. Analgesia with IV Start

    preciousmofo replied to ogrern2002's topic in Infusion

    I'm not a fan of the lidocaine for IV sticks. I work in a pre-op area and I start IV's all day and I've never used it prior even though we have a standing order for it's use. And it tends to make veins disappear in my past experience. Time consumi...

13. Share Your Saying

    preciousmofo replied to angelique777's topic in Humor

    "Just covering the whole speculum of things" is a personal favorite of mine....

14. Opinions on John C Lincoln North Mountain?

    preciousmofo replied to esrun3's topic in Arizona

    Hello all! This is my first post, i just joined today!! I'm excited. lol anyway, i've only lived in phoenix for about 3 months and i looked into several hospitals. St. Luke's i don't recommend because it seems there are ALOT of pay/administration/m...