lilrn03

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1. Dear Abbey, about a nurse

   lilrn03 replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Nursing

   Not if she's employed by him. My GI specialist's group owns their own free standing facility. The nurses there are hired by the doctors and employed by them. I know, because I asked about getting a job there. They have the whole process down to ...

2. how do you introduce yourself to patients?

   lilrn03 replied to panamama's topic in General Nursing

   In our hospital, alot of auxillary personnel were wearing scrubs. The housekeepers all had the same patterned top, but it was a scrub top. A year or so ago, they changed the uniforms. Female housekeepers got a grey & white "maid" type top, mal...

3. Please explain to me why people think this is weird?

   lilrn03 replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

   This reminds me of a little girl we had that had an allergic reaction while in the hospital. We weren't sure what it was to, but she was getting worse with each benadry dose. Turned out it was red dye, the original culprit was a lollipop, the benad...

4. Pubic hair

   lilrn03 replied to nurseJLoo's topic in General Nursing

   That ranks right up with the patient that wanted her tampon changed! Sue

5. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

   lilrn03 replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

   Hmm, don't think I've actually done windows, but I have rearrange furniture to improve a patients view . Sue

6. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

   lilrn03 replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

   Hey, gotta ask, what's "SWAT"??? Sue

7. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

   lilrn03 replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

   Exactly, there are times when getting paid X amount of dollars to "wipe butt" is a much better deal than to deal with a doctor, family or make a decision on how to deal with a situation for that same X amount of dollars. I work on a pediatric/med sur...

8. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

   lilrn03 replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

   I always try to put my patients needs first. I will admit that there are times though, when to a patients family it may look like I'm sitting at the desk doing "nothing", but I may be looking at critical lab values and determining course of action o...

9. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

   lilrn03 replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

   Research supports better outcomes for patients with more RN's at the bedside. It amazes me they had to do a study to realize this. What scares me is that my hospital seems decades behind, they are hiring more aids and techs when other hospitals are...

10. Dopamine infused by infusion pumps

    lilrn03 replied to laurentm38's topic in MICU

    We get dopamine drips on my combined PEDS/Medsurg floor, but only at a renal rate which I believe is 2-4 mcg/kg. I was pulled to another floor last night and had one infiltrate. I hope I NEVER have to deal with that again.

11. why is phentolamine instilled prior to removal...

    lilrn03 replied to GingerSue's topic in General Students

    I had my first and hopefully last dopamine infiltration last night...I need to learn to trust my own judgement, I THOUGHT the line looked iffy and two other RNs thought it was OK. We ended up pulling and I went back to check a little while later and...

12. I knew it wasn't right while I was doing it...

    lilrn03 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can't stand working with people like that. There is no "I" in team. Anyway, in PA an LPN can take an order for anything that is in her scope of practice. The hospital where I work hasn't changed their policy yet, but some of us have been pushing....

13. Summer of 2006

    lilrn03 replied to CampRN04's topic in Camp

    I'm looking. It's something I've always wanted to do, and since I'm thinking of leaving the hospital at the begining of June when my contract is up, it may be a good time for me to do it. I am fortunate to live within a few hours of MANY camps. My...

14. How long did you breastfeed?

    lilrn03 replied to Graciegirlienurse's topic in General Nursing

    First and second sons each 9 months, my last one 22 months. Sue

15. Adequate Staffing

    lilrn03 replied to mjscan_07's topic in Safety

    I work on a "pediatric" unit. We also take general med/surg paitents when our pediatric census is low, which is most of the time. I can only remember a couple of times that we had all pediatric patients. This also means my patient load can include...