NJNursing ASN, RN

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    written up already!

    NJNursing replied to janetrette's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Try not to get overly worked up about it. It's just a written warning and it wasn't a detrimental error, it was just IV fluids. If right after I get report it's not crazy i'll take a quick peep...
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    HELP! No job offers!

    NJNursing replied to peanuts52 RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Look for job fairs. Get Advance for Nurses (advanceweb.com) which is a free weekly nursing magazine. It often profiles job listings and job fairs. Follow up, follow up, follow up with human...
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    Lets brag about our hospitals where we work!!

    NJNursing replied to Shantas's topic in General Nursing

    We just opened a new wing in April (where I work) All private rooms in the new wing with flat panal tv's dvd/vcr players in every room with their own private baths; large, picture windows with a view...
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    It's easy: Tamper with things and EXTEND your STAY!

    NJNursing replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    We have never been able to have syringes, empty or flushes out where patients or their families can touch them. It's considered 'drug paraphenalia'. One of our nurses was actually arrested when she...
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    Nursing And Celebrities..........

    NJNursing replied to futureRN09's topic in General Nursing

    We have a lot of wealthy people in the area, so local millionaires, some politicians, but no other types of celebrities. And the ones we have had, most were really nice. Some just are over...
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    Do many nurses resent their patients?

    NJNursing replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've never resented a patient. I've disliked the way they've been demanding, needy, unreasonable or are watching the clock for pain meds rather than listening to their bodies. I think the families...
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    arterial vs capillary glucose sample and a disagreement @ work

    NJNursing replied to november17's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I couldn't tell you. With 8 patients and being clinical coordinator, I didn't get to delve into why or when it was put in. I just know it was ripped out and it held up his transfer to our floor for...
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    scabies at my facility.

    NJNursing replied to JohnBearPA's topic in General Nursing

    They can't be forced to pay you since you elected to not have any sick time. Do you have any personal/vacation/non-productive time you can use instead? Other than that, you're kind of at the mercy...
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    Families from Hell

    NJNursing replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    wow, i agree with the above poster that she should be referred to social services. this should have been taken care of after the first incident and the son forced to come and take her away lest...
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    arterial vs capillary glucose sample and a disagreement @ work

    NJNursing replied to november17's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just had a guy with a triple lumen arterial in the right carotid. He ripped it out in a confused state, lost a lot of blood and nearly coded. It happens and it happened in ICU right before his...
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    Do you chart medication errors?

    NJNursing replied to MikeyJ's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, so quick to throw me under a bus. I had meant to chart on the MAR the time it was actually given, not the right time it was due, but the right time it was given. I, by all means, would NOT...
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    I have a Question

    NJNursing replied to datamini's topic in Medical-Surgical

    The ferritin is serum iron. Iron on the periodic table is Fe, remember? The ferrous fumarate will replace the serum iron to help with the anemia. I wouldn't say the blood loss is from the...
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    new med/surg grad. Don't want any enemies, got a new preceptor, need advice

    NJNursing replied to ltmja's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Not eveyone gets along. Sometimes there's just no chemistry. She seems to really want to push you and when you didn't move at the pace she was expecting (or had experienced in the past) she just got...
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    question about hemovac and jp drains???

    NJNursing replied to otan11's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I agree with the above with pre-medicating before removing them, making sure they're not sutured in, relieving the suction first and have a pressure dressing ready because they often bleed a bit when...
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    TKR question

    NJNursing replied to rntoon's topic in Orthopedic

    yeah, that's pretty much how it is here. Our doctors have a pretty standard set of PO orders based on which group is doing the surgery and which doctor in the
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    NJ RN Salaries?

    NJNursing replied to NurseFairy's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Who knows. Perhaps its the way they pronounced it way back
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    MORPHINE and Dying Patients

    NJNursing replied to constantlylearning's topic in General Nursing

    One nurse told me that she's had a lot of patients deaths hastened after she had swiftly turned them to their left side. I did find, however, that breath sounds were often less labored when pt's...
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    Do you chart medication errors?

    NJNursing replied to MikeyJ's topic in General Nursing

    I could see if you gave 2 doses back to back say q 2 hours when it was a q 8 hour med or giving Vanco after 4 hours instead of 6 or 12, but one extra dose out of 4 total doses? I've never had a...
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    Do you chart medication errors?

    NJNursing replied to MikeyJ's topic in General Nursing

    I never have. I, like your preceptor, have filled out incident reports, but I have NOT actually put a note down. You're just looking to end your license that way in a law-suit. I understand...
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    holiday hall decorating ideas...

    NJNursing replied to LVNwannaBE2007's topic in General Nursing

    The only other worry is that in such a multicultural world we live in now, you can't decorate for just Christmas, but be considerate of Haunakah and Kwanza as
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    TKR question

    NJNursing replied to rntoon's topic in Orthopedic

    Morphine/Dilaudid/Ambien works very different with different people. I've seen it make a 50-something person end up all confused and pulling at lines. I've seen 90-year-old be ok with it. I've seen...
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    TKR question

    NJNursing replied to rntoon's topic in Orthopedic

    I wasn't talking about CPM. I was talking about the pillow under the knee that the OP was talking about. I'm all for CPM and PT on the first POD. However, I've walked into some rooms where the...
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    MORPHINE and Dying Patients

    NJNursing replied to constantlylearning's topic in General Nursing

    I just had this as my first situation a few weeks ago. Family signed a DNR. She had cancer that had mets to the bone, brain, spine, ribs, sternum - everwhere basically. She had also had a stroke in...
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    holiday hall decorating ideas...

    NJNursing replied to LVNwannaBE2007's topic in General Nursing

    Two words. DOLLAR STORE! I just bought about $15 of decorations for my floor and got quite a bit for that. I got cottony snowflakes with glitter on them - 4 to a pack, tons of garland for the...
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    Families from Hell

    NJNursing replied to traumamomtx30's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't want the above post to be overy long, so i created a new post about a different family. The pt was on our floor for a broken hip. She had a hx of ovarian CA with mets to the brain. They...