Googlenurse ASN, BSN, RN

Googlenurse has 20 years experience as a ASN, BSN, RN and specializes in Home Health,Peds.

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1. EPIC and carrying out orders?

   Googlenurse replied to Googlenurse's topic in General Nursing

   Strange enough, today a patient came to my floor from the ED. The ER acknowledged an order for NS 60ml/he at 1400. The NPO patient came to me 2000 with no fluids in sight. The nurse giving me report never mentioned. When I revi...

2. EPIC and carrying out orders?

   Googlenurse replied to Googlenurse's topic in General Nursing

   It is an issue because where I work nurses do the EKG, blood draws, start our own IV, etc. There is one CNA for 20 tele patients. We don't have ancillary staff like others do. There is no tele tech. There is no pharmacy in the building from 10pm to ...

3. EPIC and carrying out orders?

   Googlenurse replied to Googlenurse's topic in General Nursing

   Yes but the doctor writes the order at 0650 and my shift ends at 0645. Technically, my shift is done and I don't look at the orders at that time. Im usually finishing up on my notes. Am shift is supposed to be here at 0645 and getting report from 064...

4. EPIC and carrying out orders?

   Googlenurse replied to Googlenurse's topic in General Nursing

   I was told in orientation that if you acknowledge an order, you are responsible for carrying them out. The ED at the hospital has a habit if sending patients up with orders that should have been done in the ED.

5. EPIC and carrying out orders?

   Googlenurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi there! There are some questions I have about EPIC and acknowledging orders. If the patient came to the floors at say 4pm, but an EKG was ordered at 1pm, but the ER nurse never acknowledged it, who has to do it? The nurses on the floor a...

6. 10 Fastest Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) Programs in 2023

   Googlenurse replied to Kirsten Gonzalez's topic in School Programs

   Where is WGU?

7. Nurses Flocking Back to Hospitals

   Googlenurse replied to chare's topic in Headlines

   Well, it's time to snatch up any hospital job you can find now because with this recession and everyone going to nursing school, I believe there will be a glut in the coming years. Then it will be hospitals preferring BSN again, kicking out Lpn's in ...

8. Phasing Out ADN?

   Googlenurse replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

   I don't know why some nurses say common sense is all a nurse needs. How can a nurse use common sense without a good knowledge base? Common sense without a good knowledge base is extremely useless. If all it takes is common se...

9. Rocky Start/Orientation and Nurse Confidence

   Googlenurse replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah not sure how you are going to get trained as a new grad. Hospitals really do themselves a disservice by not wanting to train non acute care nurses to acute care. I feel my 8 weeks of training wasn't enough. I only spent 7 weeks in the floor...

10. 10 Highest-Paying Nursing Jobs That Don't Need an Advanced Degree in 2023

    Googlenurse replied to TeachRN's topic in Career Support

    I'm not a fan of these lists.

11. What is a Travel Nurse? Beginner's Guide to Travel Nursing

    Googlenurse replied to Erin Lee's topic in Travel

    I had a nurse manager in a magnet hospital in NYC tell me she won't hire anyone that worked travel nursing within the past three years. Her explanation was that she won't have any information about their work and experiences while being a travel nur...

12. Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Googlenurse replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    For everyone saying she went against P and P,I think everyone does that too at some point. It is against Policy and Procedure to hang potassium with normal saline. But I did that last night because the patient was saying they were in pain. I ran...

13. Should Hospitals Rehire LPNs/LVNs?

    Googlenurse replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    I voted no, but it's based on my opinion that hospitals are doing this because they do not want to hire ADN Registered Nurses, who can command the same pay as a BSN RN. Just think, if hospitals hired ADN Rns we wouldn't need to co-sign and push th...

14. Should RaDonda Vaught Have Her Nursing License Reinstated?

    Googlenurse replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    Why were you suspended for that? I know a nurse that hung the wrong antibiotic on the wrong patient and he wasn't suspended. That happened a month ago, with the state there. This was a long term care facility.

15. Phasing Out ADN?

    Googlenurse replied to Candi Williams's topic in General Nursing

    This is what I don't understand. Why do hospitals want to hire Lpn's and not hire ADN RN's? I always maintained there is no nursing shortage. If everything improved with staffing ratios, pay, etc and hospitals accepted ADN nurses, this nursing s...