veegeern

veegeern BSN, RN

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  1. anyone use lovenox in odd doses? i.e. 76mg?

    veegeern replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Our Lovenox is rounded to the nearest 10 per the protocol established by the quality control committee (or somebody like that). It is stated on the EMAR. We had a drug rep come and do education...

  2. Are 12 hour shifts terribly long?

    veegeern replied to tbahde's topic in General Nursing

    Today was a very looooooong 12 hour shift. It was a very busy day with very needy families (education, support, venting, etc...) of very sick patients, and not enough time to give any of them all...

  3. **Alert**Our Right to Privacy as nurses???

    veegeern replied to bchboy's topic in General Nursing

    It was announced a few months back that GA nurses can now use a work address instead of a home address for their license posting on the internet. I'll see if I can find the source... Oops! Just read...

  4. Does staffing call YOU every night???

    veegeern replied to Fairlythere's topic in General Nursing

    We have "agency" time that nurses can sign up for in our facility. RNs are paid time and a half + $1.00 if they work "agency." Each unit has a list of days and hours in 4 hour increments that they...

  5. Rules for the ER (long)

    veegeern replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    And when I'm trying to get your loved one's Sat above 69%, my priority will not be the bath he hasn't taken or the breakfast that he didn't eat! Patient admitted for possible lap chole had an acute MI...

  6. dialysis pts--general ?'s

    veegeern replied to dayshiftnurse's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I'm a med-surg nurse on an internal medicine floor. Here's how I would answer your questions. 1) I hold all BP meds. The dialysis nurse is going to be regulating the patient's bp throughout...

  7. Funny ending to a critical moment

    veegeern replied to HyperRNRachel's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl:

  8. Do you need a doctor's order?

    veegeern posted a topic in General Nursing

    Do you need a doctor's order to disimpact a patient or to irrigate a foley catheter? These came up this weekend, and everyone had a different answer. (There were orders for both of these.) Is there...

  9. Do you need a doctor's order?

    veegeern replied to veegeern's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks to everyone who replied. I see that there is not a universal "yes" or "no" answer, and I really appreciate the info r/t getting an answer for my state/facility. I asked 2 LPNs this question...

  10. Jury Duty during nursing school

    veegeern replied to capribry's topic in General Nursing

    I called the court (number was on the letter I received), and I was able to send a letter stating that I was a full time student. I was excused and didn't have to miss any

  11. Do I need a suit???

    veegeern replied to maledi's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: Something really important to remember is that you want the interviewer to be able to "see" you in the position for which you are applying. Closed toed/heeled shoes, easy on the make-up,...

  12. needlestick

    veegeern replied to emsgirl24's topic in General Nursing

    I had a needlestick back in May. Patient was Hep neg, HIV pos. I'm in that waiting period between testing. My employer was much more supportive, and everything was done per protocol by the ER. I'm...

  13. rules of injections

    veegeern replied to imahobbit's topic in General Nursing

    I find this interesting...A few weeks back, our pharmacy stopped putting OUR scanning labels on most of our IVPB. Now, we scan the manufacturer's label on the vial or bag. There are a few abx that...

  14. MMR vacs

    veegeern replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat: Seems like they found that we got them too young or didn't get enough does or some

  15. How Often Do You Get Cancelled?

    veegeern replied to MackNJacks mom's topic in General Nursing

    Depends. During slow time, sometimes two or more times in a 2 week period. During the winter, almost never. Like Tweety, have some coworkers who get the manager to take them off the schedule. In...

  16. Charge Nurse Role

    veegeern replied to BGSRN's topic in General Nursing

    On days when we have all RNs on the floor, we USUALLY have primary w/no charge. How well it works depends on who is working and what is going on that day. If it's the normal chaos...lol...then it...

  17. Cardiac Cath Patients

    veegeern replied to Luvstoread's topic in General Nursing

    Our Cath lab nurses are the only ones that can pull sheaths at this time. They have to go through a compentency. Our CCU nurses may have to start going through training to pull them as we are making...

  18. Scrub pants for girls with hips??

    veegeern replied to NurseLL's topic in General Nursing

    I like Tafford, but my width is in my lower hips and upper

  19. Another "OMG i can't believe you did that!" family member story

    veegeern replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    But it does violate the patient's

  20. Another "OMG i can't believe you did that!" family member story

    veegeern replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    We are fortunate to have all private rooms in our hospital. We ask visitors to leave at 2100. You can call our rooms direct from outside, so I don't think there's a way to stop calls at the...

  21. Please be nice to medical students

    veegeern replied to cantor2537's topic in General Nursing

  22. claiming to be what she isn't

    veegeern replied to traumamomtx's topic in General Nursing

    I've had a couple of older patient's tell me that they were nurses...or in some cases that their spouses tell me this...Sometimes it's true. On occassion, however, I have questioned them and found...

  23. Pet peeves!

    veegeern replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat:

  24. Needlestick with HIV exposure

    veegeern replied to veegeern's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks to ALL for your thoughts! I was feeling very isolated this morning. Like nobody in the world had done this before...I've had some calls from coworkers, and I've read your posts. It helps to...

  25. Needlestick with HIV exposure

    veegeern posted a topic in General Nursing

    While starting an IV on a HIV+ patient, had a mishap that resulted in the tip of the cannula piercing her skin and then sticking me. This was yesterday afternoon, and I'm just coming out of shock. My...