nrsang97 BSN, RN

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    Henry Ford Wyandotte

    nrsang97 replied to porkey2's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I work there now. Can you PM me anything specific you would like to know? It is a community hospital. So it is different from working at a large teaching facility like Henry Ford Detroit. I have...
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    Online BSN - Is it taken seriously?

    nrsang97 replied to Jmiami's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't take llg's comment that way. I also am going back for my BSN and perfer face to face classes. But that is just me. All she said is that she liked face to face classes. Nothing wrong with...
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    Stamps anyone?

    nrsang97 replied to Carefreeliving's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of our MD's use them due to their signatures being
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    Can I be a full time MOM and full time RN???

    nrsang97 replied to shalomlove's topic in General Nursing

    After orientation you can do your own schedule. During orientation you follow your preceptor's schedule. I have a 3y/o and work 3 nights a week 12 hours. It is managable. You can do it. Congrats...
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    How can we make the process of report from ER to floor better?

    nrsang97 replied to nrsang97's topic in Emergency

    I understand it is a whole different world down there. I am not saying your shift isn't chaotic, but I just want better communication. There isn't even a call to see if they can gt the chart and ask...
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    How can we make the process of report from ER to floor better?

    nrsang97 replied to nrsang97's topic in Emergency

    Our problem isn't that NO ONE will take report ( well it could possibly be since I am RRT and not a floor nurse or ICU nurse). It is virually NOT getting report. I want to make the report process...
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    How can we make the process of report from ER to floor better?

    nrsang97 replied to nrsang97's topic in Emergency

    I'm just
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    Do you think a warning on my license will prevent me from finding another job?

    nrsang97 replied to Ms.RN's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    There should be a way for them to investigate weather the accusation is true or not. Can you get an attorney to help clear your
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    How can we make the process of report from ER to floor better?

    nrsang97 replied to nrsang97's topic in Emergency

    I understand about the nurses not being able to take report. I have been the recieving nurse and will ask to call back if I am doing a IV or sterile procedure or have someone transfer to my charge to...
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    How can we make the process of report from ER to floor better?

    nrsang97 replied to nrsang97's topic in Emergency

    I totally agree. This process just changed a few months ago. The floor staff hates it. ER says that they are signing out the charts so the floor staff can see them. IT is looking at this to make...
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    Do you think a warning on my license will prevent me from finding another job?

    nrsang97 replied to Ms.RN's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    A warning shouldn't prevent you from working as a
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    Time Off to Vote

    nrsang97 replied to Screen name's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    You can always get an absentee ballot. That is what I would do. I'm glad I work nights now so I can either go in the morning or before work if I work that
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    Pulled to other floors?

    nrsang97 replied to DroogieRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    We only floated to other ICU's and our neuro stepdown unit. We didn't float to the general
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    I am now too expensive and too experience to get a new job!

    nrsang97 replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    My husband lost a job because he got "too expensive", and when he tried to find a new job he looked over 2 years. He was deemed "too expensive" by most that interviewed him. He told them he was...
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    Need to vent.....dont understand why people are so nasty

    nrsang97 replied to misty_dawn's topic in School

    I agree thank you on behalf of all the other kids/parents in that classroom with those 2 kids. You did the right
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    I confess...I'm a nurse who doesn't want to work in a hospital again

    nrsang97 replied to Marshall1's topic in General Nursing

    No it dosen't make you a "lazy" nurse. You have to be happy. I have been a nurse for 11 years, and have changed jobs a few times when I became unhappy. I always wanted to be in the hospital...
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    Documentation in ICU

    nrsang97 replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Critical Care

    We are going to EPIC next year. It will be so nice not to have 2 or 3 systems to look up labs, and narrative chart, + paper
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    Anyone used music as an intervention?

    nrsang97 replied to mamatara's topic in Critical Care

    In my neuro ICU position we had radio channels on the TV. There was a relaxation channel too that we would use. Our cable music channels played a variety of different
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    Levophed or Neosynephrine pushes?

    nrsang97 replied to IheartICUnursing's topic in Critical Care

    In my previous ICU position (I am now Rapid response) the intensivest occasionally pushed Neo for precipitously dropping BP while we got the drip going. Occasionally Anesthesia would push it
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    First shift of preceptorship: told that my IV priming is wrong

    nrsang97 replied to seks's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly what I was thinking. Just do it their
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    Is your Facility 'forcing' you to get the Flu Vaccine?

    nrsang97 replied to madwife2002's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Do we work at the same place? No more mask this year for the ones who don't want the vaccine here. I do get the flu shot, but I respect that some
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    Written up and confused.

    nrsang97 replied to pageturnstyle's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Your manager is nuts. I would deffinately be watching my back and looking for other work ASAP! Mouth care should still be done for those on hospice. It is a comfort
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    Do you have a set schedule?

    nrsang97 replied to Jmiami's topic in General Nursing

    Our RRT is completely self scheduled. I work night shift starting 10/15, so I totally made my own schedule. No issues. I know what I am working. When I worked ICU they had a schedule planner out...
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    Aneurysm Clipping Pro or Con

    nrsang97 replied to clfrn's topic in Neurological

    Sometimes the pts go into vasospasam. After some time they get better. There is risk of vasospasam with coiling and clipping. Sometimes the resulting vasospasam causes a rebleed or a
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    Amiodarone help!

    nrsang97 replied to Brama28's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    As I remember per ACLS guidelines you give 300mg if the pt has NO pulse. If the pt HAS a pulse then you give 150mg, followed by a drip of 1mg per hour for so many hours (can't remember exactly how...