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  1. Anyone heard of Access nursing

    trixytop4 posted a topic in Travel

    I have recently looked into travel nursing and have a lot of agencies call me. I was wondering if anyone has ever heard of access nursing if so please give info. Also, how is the california pay for...

  2. RSI rapid sequence intubation question

    trixytop4 replied to BFE/RN's topic in Emergency

    In the facility I work at I Love the RSI Protocol. It is weight based and we already have it figured out. The following are the Medications and dosages that we use in order: Lidocaine 1mg/kg Max...

  3. Anyone Going To Macon State

    trixytop4 replied to heygirl's topic in Georgia Nursing

    You really need to make yourself known. Don't just sit back and wait. I called everyday to see what the status was and I think they finally got tired of hearing from me. I have already graduated...

  4. legal issue with restraints

    trixytop4 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I am getting ready for a skills fair at the hospital where I work. One of the classes that I will be teaching is on restraints. I keep finding so many errors that it is unbelievable so I am trying...

  5. legal issue with restraints

    trixytop4 replied to trixytop4's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thank you so much for your help. I truely appreciate it very

  6. Heparin in an emergency-to draw PTT or not?

    trixytop4 replied to Shell5's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I have to say that we have a protocol and before you give a bolus of heparin and then hang it you better have a baseline PT and PTT INR. You never know what might be going on with this patient. In...

  7. Ga Nurses Who Work Nights

    trixytop4 replied to 2bnurseguy_2005's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Hello fellow night shift people, I love night shift I work 12 hour shifts one week 3 days the other 4 days. I dont do weekends and every 6 weeks I take weekend call. I wouldn't change it. Plus guys...

  8. GA Nursing Roll Call

    trixytop4 replied to jb2u's topic in Georgia Nursing

    Hello, I'm Linda and I live in Warner Robins Georgia. Hope to have some great

  9. What is your nurse to pt ratio....and how many is too many?

    trixytop4 replied to crb613's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I would think about changing hospitals. My nurses have 6:1 to 7:1 patients. They document on there patients and they do their own graphing of vital signs so they can see the changes the patient may...

  10. ER Nurses. Read This!

    trixytop4 replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    I would greatly appreciate your help. My email address is [email protected] Thanks very

  11. legal issue with restraints

    trixytop4 replied to trixytop4's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We have a great system for documentation. Of course we are a small hospital that is still in the age of hand writing everything. No computer charting. My problem is getting it through to these...

  12. Med-Surg Roll Call

    trixytop4 replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work on the med-surg floor as a House Supervisor. This means I deal will with all areas of the hospital when needed, but my main concentration is the Med-Surg floor. I started 12years ago as an...

  13. Death by Arterial Line?

    trixytop4 replied to MarySunshine's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Why would you put a A-line in a patient for blood draws and blood gases that is crazy. I would never leave a line in just for that. Monitoring hemodynamics should be the only reason you use an...

  14. ER Nurses. Read This!

    trixytop4 replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    I truely enjoyed the article and would like to email it to the Nurse Manager of our ER, but I don't know how any help would be