greenerpastures

greenerpastures has 5 years experience.

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1. Simple Solutions to Everyday Problems

   greenerpastures replied to ezckimo's topic in Med-Surg

   Work on your McGyver skills! A piece of cut oxygen tubing makes a great bypass for a split PEG tube that can't be replaced right away. Lopez valves are your friends on ALL NG and PEG tubes if your policy allows. Try to get all your charting done by...

2. Had a horrible weekend...

   greenerpastures replied to carberrylane's topic in Med-Surg

   It's a lesson you'll never forget. Potassium can cause extreme extravasation if it gets outside a vein. Central line concentrations tend to be higher than peripheral line concentration bags (example: KCL 40meq in 250mlNS for central, but diluted in...

3. What kind of nursing delivery system are you using on your unit (team, functional, primary care, total patient care, case management, something else?)

   greenerpastures replied to deweydecimal13501's topic in Med-Surg

   We use primary care. There is an RN and a CNA assigned to each patient.

4. Health First charting

   greenerpastures posted a topic in Florida

   Hello everyone. Has anyone worked for Health First in the Melbourne, FL area? They own Palm Bay, Viera, Holmes Regional, and Cape Canaveral Hospitals. Pros/cons, floors to avoid? Do you know what charting system they use (Epic, Cerner, Meditech, ...

5. Tampa/Plant City/Zephyrhills hospitals

   greenerpastures replied to greenerpastures's topic in Florida

   Thanks for the answer. I got just about the same answer from someone else in a private message. Really thinking about trying Baycare as my own "instate travel assignment" this winter to see if I like it.

6. Tampa/Plant City/Zephyrhills hospitals

   greenerpastures posted a topic in Florida

   Hi all, Was just looking for information on Tampa area hospitals. Basic pay for 5 year ADN/RN, shift differentials, nurse : patient ratios, cleanliness, BSN requirements (must have within 5 years type stuff)? I'm also interested in knowing if they hi...

7. Correct way to draw blood?

   greenerpastures replied to Flames9_RN's topic in Safety

   Is it an IV, or a midline that sometimes looks like a peripheral IV? We can draw blood from midlines, but you'd never know it was a midline unless you looked closely at the tubing. It would look like we were drawing out of a regular IV.

8. Does anyone really read all this charting?

   greenerpastures replied to gypsierose's topic in General Nursing

   Lawyers.

9. The Men in OB Debate: Help!

   greenerpastures replied to jay_prn's topic in General Nursing

   Go for it! I think it's great. Women have male OBGYN docs all the time, so why is a nurse being male always made into a big deal? I've never understood that part of it. If you are a good nurse, I don't care if you are male or female.

10. Demoted from ICU to IMCU

    greenerpastures replied to TiffanyB1313's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks. I appreciate it. Everywhere I've worked just called it stepdown.

11. Demoted from ICU to IMCU

    greenerpastures replied to TiffanyB1313's topic in General Nursing

    Someone educate me, what's IMCU?

12. Husband is not ready for me to go to nursing school!!

    greenerpastures replied to hamolady's topic in General Students

    Just go to school. The two of you will need to figure out why he is so upset, but don't give up on these dreams just to pacify him. If he was already in school, it would be a different story, but he's not. Sounds like he's acting childish at your e...

13. Is leaving before hurricane abandonment?

    greenerpastures replied to CNAbutLPN2be2017's topic in General Nursing

    Check with your facility. Ours has a policy that if one parent is "law enforcement" and the other is hospital personnel, you can be considered exempt because there isn't anyone to care for your children.

14. Travel Nursing Dilemma(Sorry long post)

    greenerpastures replied to withersp's topic in Travel

    As a chemo certified nurse, if you've never done it or been exposed to it, it's difficult to find a groove at a new facility unless they are willing to teach you. Some facilities don't want travelers giving chemotherapy. I'd want to talk to the actu...

15. Plz don't say.....Are you ok?

    greenerpastures replied to mrsfoster601's topic in School

    Is it wrong of me that when I see a kid fall, trip, or get a small bump/cut, I say nothing...I just wait. If they start to cry, I do not go to them, I make them get up and come to me (unless it's really bad). I figure that way, they have to compose...