lisamcrn

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1. How odd is this??

   lisamcrn replied to lisamcrn's topic in General Nursing

   :roll :roll The only reason I got the rn was because my campus is busy from the discharges from the main campus which is currently flexing people like crazy with low census. :roll :roll I still am...

2. How odd is this??

   lisamcrn posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work in our hospitals snf unit, we hold 18 bed and had 15 pts this am with 2 admits expected, 4 hoyers pts and 2 coming were also. Mondays always suck, always. Our clinical leader/charge is...

3. Spinal with AAA

   lisamcrn replied to Brenna's Dad's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   A side off your original topic, but curious. I currently had a patient about 25 days out of a AAA with an epidural that the end of all resulted in paraplegia and on to renal failure currently on...

4. Dual lumen PICC lines

   lisamcrn replied to Lynn Ran's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Our policy is that only nongroshong or the unusal from other facilities that are not groshongs are flushed with heparin bid and/or after an infusion or blood drawl. Groshong piccs are flushed with...

5. Do nurses take work home?

   lisamcrn replied to skybirdrising's topic in General Nursing

   No way would I bring it home, no compensation for that. SmilinBlueEyes, I love this quote from Chris Rock, it is great: "You KNOW the world has gone crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best...

6. How do you encourage rooming in???

   lisamcrn replied to at your cervix's topic in Ob/Gyn

   The teen mother had many issues and rooming in wasn't going to solve it. Unfortuantely she wasn't open to your teaching and the baby suffered for it. As rooming in being manadtory, well, thank god...

7. Staff Nurses

   lisamcrn replied to SCB's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   Well, it is pleasant to know that my last 80 hours plus whatever overtime I've lost track of in the last 11 days running in circles providing care and teaching for my patients and their ridiculous...

8. 4 10-hr day workweeks?

   lisamcrn replied to dianacs's topic in General Nursing

   I do 4 10's. I work 07-1530 on the floor and then 1530-1730 in the office. Much better than 12's of any kind. If I running late I just don't get my office work completed and my NM works on some on...

9. How to stay organized

   lisamcrn replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

   I have found that I quickly jot down of current info on my census sheet, this includes code status, chem strip schedule, ivs/lines, tube feding,appointment labs, diet, assist of __, therapies ordered,...

10. Pyxis systems ???

    lisamcrn replied to Jammer's topic in General Nursing

    Jammer it really isn't so bad. My floor is the skilled nursing unit and we are also regulated like a nursing home. We used to be a 30 bed now only 18 d/t the opening of acute rehab unit cut down on...

11. Promethazine IV Question

    lisamcrn replied to PMercier's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Well, I'm not sure what to think now. I gave my first iv push phenergan just this afternoon. It was given in a central line. The order called for 12.5-25 mg q 6 hours. My drug book indicated to...

12. Mayonnaise treatment for lice

    lisamcrn replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    Oh the hours I spent combing out my girls' super long hair. Going thru everyone every night for almost two months. Oh my god! YUCK YUCK. I really should of made them cut off their hair, but it's...

13. Mayonnaise treatment for lice

    lisamcrn replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    Well unfortunatley from personal experience when my oldest daughter got this last March I tried everything and with 5 kids in the house of course it had spead by the time we realized one was infested....

14. Medication Aides

    lisamcrn replied to R.L.Silva's topic in General Nursing

    Also here in Iowa we have Medical Assistants that have attended I believe a 9 month diploma program. They are popular in the clinic setting...I have seen them give injections, take VS, and do simple...

15. Medication Aides

    lisamcrn replied to R.L.Silva's topic in General Nursing

    In my State CMA's are CNAs with six months experience, I believe have 40 hours of class time in the med aide course, and then have 12 hours of med passing time/teaching with an RN. Rather scary at...