Lynda Lampert, RN

Lynda Lampert, RN

telemetry, med-surg, post op, ICU

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  1. Stroke volume variance

    Lynda Lampert, RN replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I agree -- Great answer! I will need to print this out to keep with my research stuff.

  2. Stroke volume variance

    Lynda Lampert, RN replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thanks for the replies, all. I think I am getting a better understanding of it. Still feel so lost in the unit right now, but it has only been two weeks. I'll likely be back with any other...

  3. Stroke volume variance

    Lynda Lampert, RN replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Maybe I am confused. I would not doubt it, lol! I have been to the Edwards site and d/l some of the stuff they have there. I love learning, so I am not having a problem with this: I think being...

  4. first med error and feeling burned out

    Lynda Lampert, RN replied to chuckc's topic in General Nursing

    I just wanted to say that I have been a new nurse for four months and off orientation for a month. Last night there was another nurse orienting a newer nurse. I kept going down and asking her...

  5. IVPB administration and potential problems

    Lynda Lampert, RN replied to maps4care's topic in General Nursing

    I would probably give the q8h med first because if I don't have have the potential problem of smacking up against the next scheduled dose and not keeping 8hrs between dose. I once had a problem like...

  6. Help me, I am African Amercian male nurse

    Lynda Lampert, RN replied to PurifiedH2O's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I know that you are looking for uplifting stories regarding AA nurses, but I thought I would put up a story about something you may face. Before I started school to be a nurse, I worked as a CNA...

  7. Love your job?

    Lynda Lampert, RN replied to AprilRNhere's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Med surg tele here. There are pros and cons" Pros: great coworkers, patient resource and charge nurses, patients that like that I can joke with them, patients that truly need my help, the challenge...

  8. How to give report.

    Lynda Lampert, RN replied to Salesman217's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Off the top of my head for med/surg tele, this is my order: Name/ doctor/ age Consults History highlights Most important thing about this patient New orders this shift/ day Head to toe including:...

  9. Natural Born Killer

    Lynda Lampert, RN replied to koalafiedRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just wanted to chime in and say that I am a new nurse, too, and that sounds like a tough shift to me! I work nights, too, but my manager won't let me work all nights. She's afraid I'll get lost in...

  10. Self sufficient???? When????

    Lynda Lampert, RN replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just wanted to tell you deeDawntee that you made me blush. It's nice to have praise when you can sometimes get caught up in a sea of your own criticism. Just wanted to let you know it helped me....

  11. Self sufficient???? When????

    Lynda Lampert, RN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi, all! I've just come off second shift and I think I need to do some typing to some people who may understand. I work on a tele unit. I graduated in May and had about 11 weeks of orientation....

  12. Self sufficient???? When????

    Lynda Lampert, RN replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    LOL, thanks for all of the replies! Angie, I love to write, actually. I just don't often get the time to sit down and do it. All of those things actually happened sequentially. I keep joking that I...

  13. Self sufficient???? When????

    Lynda Lampert, RN replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you for all the replys! I was pretty upset that night. I felt so not confident, so out of control. The thing for me is that I don't want others to think -- and I don't want to feel! -- as if...

  14. What do you think about cell phone use?

    Lynda Lampert, RN replied to RNontheroad's topic in General Nursing

    I actually had to tell a doc the other day that he couldn't use the cell phone on our floor. He looked sheepish and hung it up as he sprinted towards the fire stairwell. I basically had to tell him,...

  15. Trouble with charting

    Lynda Lampert, RN replied to 3KittiesRN's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, maybe this isn't the way to do it, but these are some of the things I've picked up so far. I hate, hate, hate narrative notes. I actually like to write, but narrative notes get me so stressed....

  16. How well is your living status?

    Lynda Lampert, RN replied to NoeIssa's topic in General Nursing

    I have a theory: Ionafey's theory of economics, part one: All life expenses will expand to fill all available money regardless of how much money there actually is. You read it here first, folks. I've...

  17. Hello, could anyone help me with my first semester of nursing school?

    Lynda Lampert, RN replied to nautica843's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just finishing up my ADN -- graduate May 19th, and I've helped a lot of people who struggle with the odd questions that nursing tests ask. I always tell people to focus on these three things: 1....

  18. Best/Hardest nursing class

    Lynda Lampert, RN replied to jewelsg627's topic in General Nursing

    In my school we have a separate patho class . . . that was the best and the HARDEST. Loved it! Right now we are doing cardio. Of the actual nursing classes, I'd say this is the best and the hardest....

  19. Piggyback Calculation Question

    Lynda Lampert, RN posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hi, all! My clinical group and I are having a hard time figuring this calculation out. Actually, even my instructor is having a rough time. She's telling us one set of numbers and we're getting...

  20. Piggyback Calculation Question

    Lynda Lampert, RN replied to Lynda Lampert, RN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Actually, that is the answer we all got: 166ml/hr. It is the clinical instructor who said that pharmacy told her that is wrong. She said that it is actually supposed to be 187ml/hr. Her reasoning...

  21. anyone else struggle with Anxiety?

    Lynda Lampert, RN replied to lannisz's topic in General Nursing

    Well, this post made me finally creep out of the woodwork. I've been reading this board for months and months, but never really had anything to say. I am five months from graduation (ADN) and just...