floridaRNtoo

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1. ekg strips...need help!!!!

   floridaRNtoo replied to KellieNurse06's topic in CCU

   Ditto to the above. I recommend his website to all of our new nurses on my tele unit.

2. Corporate America vs. Nursing- culture shock! Any others out there?

   floridaRNtoo replied to socishan's topic in General Nursing

   I went to LPN school and worked as a CNA starting a second career in my 40s. School was like being in military boot camp. Very scary:uhoh21: Hang in there. You will get through it. If your program is tough, you will be scads ahead when you star...

3. RN as Inpatient, horrible and looong rant

   floridaRNtoo replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

   I'm sorry you had such a horrible experience as a patient. You should write a letter to the CEO or CNO telling your story. Not to excuse those nurses caring for you for their unprofessional behavior; but I'd like to know what the nurse/patient ratio...

4. Quick question re Lopressor

   floridaRNtoo replied to Guest717236's topic in Cardiac

   You might visit the Medscape.com website. They have a cardiovascular page that links to the latest standards of care for various conditions. Lots of good answers on beta-blockers, ACE/ARBs etc. A good understanding will help you with patient educat...

5. Question for the experienced cards rns

   floridaRNtoo replied to martymoose's topic in Cardiac

   OOps, My spelling in the above message needs some help. English majors please forgive me!

6. Question for the experienced cards rns

   floridaRNtoo replied to martymoose's topic in Cardiac

   Dittos to the above replies. Continue to educate yourself with ACLS training and look for opportunities for cross-training. Maybe you could do some per diem work on a different unit. It's too bad your manager doesn't support your efforts. It does...

7. Just got my 1st job--Cardiac unit

   floridaRNtoo replied to jlrose's topic in Cardiac

   Good luck with your new assignment. I have worked telemetry on a surgical step-down unit for 6 years. My best advise; If you don't know,ask. If you just did a 'gut check' and you think something isn't right with your patient, bring in another nurs...

8. Any Pearls of Wisdom regarding the following cardiac meds?

   floridaRNtoo replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   Hi. I hope you are using your drug references. A nurse infused Corvert to a hypomagnesic patient. Patient developed Torsades. You can guess it wasn't pretty. She was so devestated she resigned. I am glad you are reaching out for information. ...

9. Disappointed with in-house nurse education

   floridaRNtoo posted a topic in Florida

   I have worked at my hospital for 8 yrs: 2 yrs Med-Surg, 6 yrs Surgical telemetry Step Down Unit. Over the last few years we have had tremendous nurse turn-over. I think of the original crew that opened this unit 6 yrs ago, there are only 3 RNs left....

10. Insulin drips on the floor!

    floridaRNtoo replied to jackieRN03's topic in Cardiac

    Yikes! Your situation sounds unsafe for the patient. Currently our telemetry step-down unit does not take patients on Insulin drips. Our typical ratio is 1:5 and at least half of the nurses are LPNs. I sure hope Insulin drips on step-down units i...

11. no monitor tech?

    floridaRNtoo replied to LanaBanana's topic in Cardiac

    It is interesting to see the various replies. Our telemetry unit has a bank of monitors inside the nursing station. There is no way I can hear the alarms in the rooms. Most the the alarms are artifact garbage. If I had to respond to everyone of t...

12. Replacement-Nurse Company: Undermines Progress

    floridaRNtoo replied to nyforlove's topic in Union

    Has anyone worked when these replacement nurses were imported in? How quickly did management get back to negotiating in good faith?