JHUBRAIN

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  1. Do you flush Chest tubes at your hospital?

    JHUBRAIN posted a topic in General Students

    Hi everyone - The interventional Rad group is wanting to start having the floor nurses start flushing their chest tubes they place. I have never done this and the others on our floors are not real...

  2. Do all of your vented pt's get restrained?

    JHUBRAIN posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Hello all - I was just sitting in a meeting and the question came up about restraints and pt's on vents. One person said that all pt's in the ICU setting on a vent were to be placed into restraints,...

  3. Do any of you work 10 hour shifts?

    JHUBRAIN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi - Was wondering if any of you Nurses working in hospitals do 10 hour shifts. We are considering them at my hospital and I was wondering what folks thought about them. Thank you -

  4. Do you flush Chest tubes at your hospital?

    JHUBRAIN replied to JHUBRAIN's topic in General Students

    Me too! That is why I love this

  5. Do you flush Chest tubes at your hospital?

    JHUBRAIN replied to JHUBRAIN's topic in General Students

    Great response - Thank you so

  6. Do you flush Chest tubes at your hospital?

    JHUBRAIN replied to JHUBRAIN's topic in General Students

    We do a lot of sclerosing - and getting the talc back out. Also we get a lot of the pyothorax folks. Sometimes it is so thick. We see it more once suction has been turned off (like going to Rad or...

  7. Do you flush Chest tubes at your hospital?

    JHUBRAIN replied to JHUBRAIN's topic in General Students

    To prevent it from clotting off. Sometimes they icky stuff gets caught in thoraic cath. They had a PA doing it and he just recently quit. I have only had to have it done

  8. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

    JHUBRAIN replied to lee1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    i knew it!!! hey two thumbs way up to allnurses for doing what they

  9. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

    JHUBRAIN replied to lee1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Well

  10. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

    JHUBRAIN replied to lee1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I think you are way off - and your anger towards the nurses show. If I may - what dept to you work

  11. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

    JHUBRAIN replied to lee1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Good Luck to you

  12. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

    JHUBRAIN replied to lee1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am following this with much awe - Good luck to all of you - Fight for your

  13. Use of Prisoners in Drug Trials

    JHUBRAIN replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    The job of an IRB is to protect the study particpants no matter were they are (even in prison). Most IRB study presentation paperwork has a part on it about "special populations" and prison inmates...

  14. Should there be a limit on trying to pass NCLEX?

    JHUBRAIN replied to 2ndCareerRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree with this. There should be a limit - or there are no standards. If someone could just retake - retake - retake until on the 12th time they pass - maybe nursing is really not for...

  15. Critical Meds on MEDSURG

    JHUBRAIN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello everyone - I have a question and am hoping you can help. Do any of you know what your policys are regarding "critical Meds" on a medsurg floor. The meds I am interested in are Amiodarone -...

  16. Critical Meds on MEDSURG

    JHUBRAIN replied to JHUBRAIN's topic in General Nursing

    All great points. The nurse will have to be ACLS to do these. Inservices will be done with a yearly compentencies as well. Great conversation. Thanks to

  17. Tattoo's on Nurses

    JHUBRAIN replied to gentlemother's topic in General Nursing

    Our policy states that nose piercings must covered (eyelid as well) - Most nurses use a plug, take it out, or for the eye lid, cover it with a bandaid. Tats are not to be seen and covered in clinical...

  18. The New Buzz on Chest Tube Dressings??

    JHUBRAIN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all! I was called old school today by a nurse because I was going to use a petrolatum dressing around chest tube insertion site. I was told that was out and now a dry gauze with large op site...

  19. applied for CNA job...and now a credit check?

    JHUBRAIN replied to twinbee25's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    That is kinda foolish because all credit problems don't mean your irresponsible, some cases your a victim of circumstances - I know your not saying that, but I think I would work

  20. Crocs Nursing shoes

    JHUBRAIN replied to KrisRNwannabe's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    They sell them at my hospital and I bought a pair about 2 weeks agoa and I love them!!! Light and feels good to the feet. I paid $30 for mine Good

  21. RN's signing LPN Charts

    JHUBRAIN replied to busyrninva's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    At our hospital in OKC we have to have the RN sign off on all LPNs Physical assessments (not orders) - It says in the LPNs state laws that they may contribute to the Physical assessment - Prior we let...

  22. Questions about LPN duties in nursing home

    JHUBRAIN replied to nervousnurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My Hospital in Oklahoma allows the LPNs to draw blood, start IVs, Do IV Push (with training class) and carry a patient team. However, due to the oklahoma law - they must have their assessments sign...

  23. Asking the best way to dispose and/or make records concerning the pts' case study.

    JHUBRAIN replied to yoko's topic in General Nursing

    Initials are case study numbers with a master list (which number is which patient) - when all done sherd or put in a sherd

  24. lacking common sense...

    JHUBRAIN replied to blee1's topic in General Nursing

  25. problems with nurses at my clinical site

    JHUBRAIN replied to Honeybun1206's topic in General Students

    I got to agree with you on the quote - Bottem line is that it is my patient and if the student came up and said that to me - I would be talking to her teacher. I love students in fact I work in educ...