RNOTODAY BSN, RN

NICU, ER, OR

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    OR Staffing Question

    RNOTODAY replied to RNLizaW's topic in Operating Room

    lmao sweet wild rose......... 9 lunches!!!!! thats not even
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    Rectal use of opiates???!!!

    RNOTODAY replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Patient Medications

    Now , actually--- that makes sense to me. The abscesses we see in the ORare terrible... some gone so bad and so far that they require skin grafts, theres no skin left to save. so
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    Rectal use of opiates???!!!

    RNOTODAY replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Patient Medications

    Thanks everyone. Just to be clear, I would NEVER give a med any other route than what it was prescribed... I was just wondering if anybody had heard of that as a way of abusing, or was it a legitimate...
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    Periop 101 w/o a job?

    RNOTODAY replied to Lilme04's topic in Operating Room

    you need icu experience before you can work in the
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    10th Nursing Caption Contest - Win $100

    RNOTODAY replied to Brian's topic in News, Announcements

    skin assessment:The Hulk gone terribly, terribly
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    10th Nursing Caption Contest - Win $100

    RNOTODAY replied to Brian's topic in News, Announcements

    i know you have slime for legs, but its still very important that you ambulate, mr
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    10th Nursing Caption Contest - Win $100

    RNOTODAY replied to Brian's topic in News, Announcements

    i know you have slime for legs, but its still very important that you ambulate, mr
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    Sterile nacl or h2o???

    RNOTODAY replied to Lasoniamacaroni's topic in Operating Room

    yes, we use water for irrigation in cancer patients........at a large teaching medical
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    Tattoos in the OR

    RNOTODAY replied to erinmarie320's topic in Operating Room

    i work with a guy with full sleeves. its not such a big deal for a scrub tech, because they are usually in a gown, the patients cant even see them, etc. But as a circulator, you will always have a...
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    Soooo, I quit

    RNOTODAY replied to TX911's topic in General Nursing

    yes. early in my career, i left two consecutive jobs in neonatal intensive care units. it was more personal for me than problems at work, like you described. I got 3 other jobs aftger that, and now I...
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    We have a long way to go as health care providers

    RNOTODAY replied to wish_me_luck's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i just wanted to say that i think the system is so ******.... one can be granted a nursing license, but denied a pharm tech license, for any reason, ? taking care of PATIENTS is more of a...
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    Disgusted - wipes for bathing

    RNOTODAY replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    I love the wipe idea How clean do you think those damp basins that get used every day are? not very.... and *gasp* the wipes DO make it easier for people who need to bath multiple
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    What are the cases that could be done in a Day Surgery Unit

    RNOTODAY replied to msmylanan's topic in Operating Room

    I & d of PERIRECTAL! ABCESS. I GET SOOO MAD WHEN WE HAVE ONE AT 3 AM PLUS ALL OF
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    Rectal use of opiates???!!!

    RNOTODAY replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Patient Medications

    actually, asystole, the patient said percocet AND oxycontin, the op, the new non crushable ones, hence him saying he cant absorb it through his digestive
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    Rectal use of opiates???!!!

    RNOTODAY replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Patient Medications

    but.. dangrl and whispera make a good point... does the dose really need to be lowered because it does not go thru the digestive tract? what does everybody
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    Rectal use of opiates???!!!

    RNOTODAY replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Patient Medications

    Thank you everyone. I had no
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    Comparing A Nurses' Salary

    RNOTODAY replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    I dont remember what I made as a new grad, but my base salary is 85k. 5 years experience, level one trauma center. east coast. (no, not
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    Rectal use of opiates???!!!

    RNOTODAY replied to RNOTODAY's topic in Patient Medications

    thanks, so i bet this was an attempt on his part to "enhance" the
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    How far do/would you commute...?

    RNOTODAY replied to Getting To Great's topic in General Students

    i drove 115 miles one way 5 days per week on orientation, then the same for 3 12's, but it was for waaay more money, better benefits, and at a prestigious medical center. After 2 years of this, lol,...
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    Expired license

    RNOTODAY replied to scubadooII's topic in General Nursing

    just pay the fee and renew it. that has how it worked in the 3 states how i worked
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    Gastric Residual...what would you do in this situation?

    RNOTODAY replied to tnelso15's topic in General Nursing

    1200 is alot, and evidence of no peristalsis, as sais previous. so it would be dAngerous and pointless to put it back. they are not
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    Flipping supplies/instruments

    RNOTODAY replied to penny77's topic in Operating Room

    as long as you can do it right, our or has no problem with it. but of course, understandably so, certain staff, circs and scrub techs, like to grab whenever they can. sometimes its at the most...
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    New OR nurse needs some advice

    RNOTODAY replied to smiggers's topic in Operating Room

    It's not about what you don't know. It's about what you do know and how you Cambodia on it and think use your critical thinking skills lol cirql8.... another autocorrect
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    New OR nurse needs some advice

    RNOTODAY replied to smiggers's topic in Operating Room

    I have much to say, but I am in a rush, so I will put it in one sentance......learn where to get things.....it takes time... a hell of alot of time... but pple know this.... once you know where to get...
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    Where to go from Circulating?

    RNOTODAY replied to Jgruber215's topic in Operating Room

    where I work, they somehow everyday get put into easer, lighter services, put into cases where little to no runnng is required. they make out allright. so will you and i at that age.... good luck and...