Miss Kitty00

Miss Kitty00 specializes in Med_Surg, Renal, intermediate care.

Latest Activity

1. No More ED Report?

   Miss Kitty00 replied to FarmerFNP's topic in Medical-Surgical

   I agree. We might as well do away with shift report. My hospital has EPIC so we can look up information but we still suppose to receive verbal report. Yet, I'm one of those nurses that doesn't...

2. Blood transfusion

   Miss Kitty00 replied to NewlyGradBSN's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Agree with everybody else. Anywhere from 2 to 4 hours. I usually run units in a shorter time than 4 hours. The only time I run it to reach 4 hours if the pt is elderly, has CHF or renal

3. PharmD to NP

   Miss Kitty00 replied to thefinestwhoever's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   If you have a Pharm D it would be better to do a PA program or medical school. I would bypass nursing all

4. Any young african american travel nurses?

   Miss Kitty00 replied to chivon101's topic in Travel

   32. Never thought about traveling until it hit me that I wont be getting married and having babies anytime soon. I've been a nurse for 7 years but still feel like I'm not "skilled" enough. I just...

5. OCU FNP-DNP

   Miss Kitty00 posted a topic in Oklahoma Nursing

   Anybody applied or enrolled into Oklahoma City University's FNP program? I'm just curious to how the program is going since is such a new

6. Standing up to my charge nurse prevented a mistake

   Miss Kitty00 replied to 002rn05's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   This is a very interesting post. I love all the different opinions regarding the situation. What I do love and respect about nursing is that everybody nurses different. We have the same policy at my...

7. Officially a NP student

   Miss Kitty00 replied to Palliative Care, DNP's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

   good luck! I'm thinking about that program as

8. Med-Surg floor sucks, and nursing unions

   Miss Kitty00 replied to coco42rn's topic in Medical-Surgical

   The original poster sound like she works at my hospital. In Oklahoma, new grads in the hospital usually make anywhere from $18.50 to

9. Dialysis patient and IV fluid

   Miss Kitty00 replied to haiyen's topic in Medical-Surgical

   I agree with the previous posters. I would not question IVFs on a dialysis pt unless they were admitted with Fluid Volume Overload and/or

10. vancomycin and peripheral iv's

    Miss Kitty00 replied to newrn05's topic in Medical-Surgical

    LOL! now that's

11. vancomycin and peripheral iv's

    Miss Kitty00 replied to newrn05's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I hate giving Vanco through peripherals. At my facility we always run it for 2 hours, usually at 125ml/hr. If they suppose to have Vanco for an extended amount of days, than we asked for a PICC

12. What should be the immediate intervention if a Trach tube accientally comes out?

    Miss Kitty00 replied to small_potato's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I had this happened to me, but the pt was capped, so I called RT. If the pt was on flow-by, I probably would Rapid Response as well. You suppose to have extra supplies in your room in case this...

13. Looking for Advice-New Grad, 8 patients?

    Miss Kitty00 replied to RNRapunzel1029's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I love Med-Surg, but 8 patients is way too much! I don't care if you have techs or all the walky-talkies, that is still too much. Sometimes patients are at their worst on night shift. Their condition...

14. Why such high new RN turnover?

    Miss Kitty00 replied to Calder's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My motto: there is more to nursing than cute scrubs, starting IVs and taking home a nice pay

15. Why such high new RN turnover?

    Miss Kitty00 replied to Calder's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm taking care of my patients and baby-sitting the other departments. It just too much sometimes and that's why nurses are getting burnt