jannrn

jannrn

Med/Surg, Perinatal, Float

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  1. Hospital vs Hotel

    Wow, some of your comments surprise me! I love seeing to my pt needs, even getting them some hot tea, showing them the menu for room service, bringing them the morning paper and hot coffee..... and...
  2. CDiff Smell?

    on the subject of breath, I have smelled the worst chemical smell (that gives me a headache) from pts recently back from surgery. can anyone in OR elaborate on what exactly that is from? A certain...
  3. oral liquid potassium is bitter

    Another bitter one that can't be diluted enough to make it tolerable- liquid colace! docusate sodium.
  4. Promethazine IV Question

    We are not allowed to give phenergan IV where I work, but PO or PR. Works great though! At another facility I gave a long-term antepartum pt. (81 days) IV Phenergan every 4 hours durning her stay...
  5. "I don't want to do bed side nursing"...SAY WHAT!

    I think the nurse the original poster was referring to would be great in a plastic surgery setting. This is only from what a fellow nurse who left being a nurse in a well-baby nursery to go to a...
  6. Candystripers

    The hospital I work at has guest services. They are not CNA's but do many things, including passing the meals (room service style). SMSC Guest
  7. Night Shift and family issues

    Kate, your situation sounds so much like mine!! we moved to a new state for a new job for DH, it is very busy for him, he has even had to travel a couple times making it difficult to find child care...
  8. It's that time again! Working Christmas?

    I don't know about anyone else, but I like Holiday pay, and it is fun to make the unit festive (in spirit) and I also don't mind a convenient excuse to not cook a holiday meal!! makes me sound greedy...
  9. How do I decide on a specialty?

    Here's another answer: Don't decide! See if you can get hired onto the float pool of a large hospital. That may be kind of challenging without experience though. I graduated in '92 and there were...
  10. strictly business/non-caring LPN

    also, what about becoming an RN and doing something in the OR, or ICU? the pt tend to be unconcious and not complaining, or on
  11. Considering cna or phlebotomy

    When I was 16, I took a two-week class at a nursing home and then went on to work there for the summer. Maybe that was an exception. It is possible also to find a situation that pays for you if you...
  12. Hand washing policy

    Just want to ask what other policies are. At my hospital it was changed to wash 2 min. with scrub brush before starting work, antibacterial foam (placed all over unit and inside each pt room) before...
  13. What's your Christmas party?

    At the hospital, we don't do much, and the hosp usually has a special dinner for each shift, and each year at one hosp they gave out specially made ornaments that were really nice. they were like...
  14. I work in a small community hospital, there are 4 regular night shift staff and 3 of us want 12 hour shifts, there are similar numbers of regular staff on other shifts plus some that rotate and are...
  15. I have a question. I have 3 boys and my oldest is 12 which means he is at the age he could come to work with me on one of those "take your son/daughter to work" days. My husband did it when he...
  16. need advice on breaking into ob nursing

    Another route could be to get into the float pool of a hospital, and then they may be able to train you to float to that area. Usually they train you enough to take postpartum pt, sometimes the...
  17. Night shift ... And a babysitter?

    What a difficult situation! I am not single but not long ago my dh had to go to China for a business trip and left me hanging wondering what to do. We had a babysitter recommended to us so we used...
  18. 7th Day adventist nurses

    I am a 3rd gen SDA and never have been taught that hell is somewhere we go... SDA's do not believe in hell. People also need to be cared for any day of the week, I do however want to have my...
  19. Free formula

    Formula reps are smart! They know people trust nurses and respect thier knowledge, and if the reps can get the loyalty of the nurses by giving them free stuff, they have some really great free...
  20. Does anyone wear MBT shoes?

    Speaking of orthotebb, I plan to buy some and heard they are only about
  21. Does anyone wear MBT shoes?

    Try these, they are much
  22. Ever do a flu shot clinic?

    I'm curious
  23. I C E......In Case of Emergency

    http://www.snopes.com/crime/prevent/icephone.asp This website says it is
  24. I love night shift!!!!!

    Weekends are Fri and Sat
  25. How safe are IUD's?

    I am really surprised no one has mentioned the Mirena IUD more... I have had mine for 5 years and am set to have it replaced. I couldn't stomach the thought of heavier bleeding and cramps with the...