arpeggiated

arpeggiated specializes in Med/Surg.

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1. Great inventions, only sleep deprivatio can stimulate

   arpeggiated replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

   Bright pink/green o2 tubing. You would be able to see if your confused patient has his o2 on without going near him and risking waking him

2. The worst or strangest orders you have seen...

   arpeggiated replied to MadisonsMomRN's topic in General Nursing

   PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE elevate legs on three pillows each PLEASE PLEASE Are you gonna come buy the pillows? Because sometimes it's an act of God to get one pillow per pt, let alone 7! Especially on a...

3. Sometimes it is the Nurse who saves the patient

   arpeggiated replied to AuthorRDK's topic in General Nursing

   Hm. I seem to remember this poster posting about a year ago about his trials and tribulations (and of course, his book.) Call me

4. What are YOU taking Fall semester?

   arpeggiated replied to serendipity123's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Physiology Phelbotomy Pharmacology The 3

5. Hospital nursing assistant

   arpeggiated replied to miniaussie's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   I work 12 hour nights. I have had anywhere between 4 and 14 patients. Our 3 med/surg units hold a total of 54 patients. When we're full, we're lucky to have 5 CNA's overnight (occasionally we'll...

6. Was this true for you?

   arpeggiated replied to sincerebliss's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   This job is HARD. The patients are fatter, more acutely ill than before. The facilities want you to do more with less. You'll hurt your back, you'll hurt your knees, people will cuss at you, hit...

7. What is the funniest thing that you have seen while working?

   arpeggiated replied to 2benurse2008's topic in General Nursing

   Today, we had a confused patient wandering in the hall, holding his Foley bag. We get him to sit down, and he frowns at the bag, and then throws it like a Frisbee. The nurse was on the phone with...

8. Deprovera Long Term Side Effects

   arpeggiated replied to please help's topic in General Nursing

   We can't answer medical questions here, although my personal opinion is that Depo is the

9. Dying residents

   arpeggiated replied to melisana's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

   Hmm. Our ER transferred 4 patients last night, all to the same ICU room. Maybe the "they go in threes" rule is

10. Violating a Code Status...

    arpeggiated replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    One of our docs constantly puts that his pts are DNR status on the H&P when he dictates. I see it, I go look in the chart, and he's ordered full code. Sweetest man alive, but really. He does...

11. Ideas for peer interview questions

    arpeggiated replied to AprilW3's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    If you can get up and around, have them show you some transferring skills. Do they transfer from bed to chair safely,

12. Complete and total disregard for Visiting Hours! (vent)

    arpeggiated replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Dying patients we try to put in a private room so family can visit as much as they please. There was one patient if I had on an assignment again, I was going to be very unwise in my choice of words....

13. Hospital Hierarchy

    arpeggiated replied to casi's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In my hospital, there's the CNA (take vitals, clean up patients, organize rooms, collect supplies for procedures/during codes) who takes orders from the nurses. LVNs and RNs are equally respected...

14. LTC tips please!!!...

    arpeggiated replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

    Until your patient aspirates his

15. Pt stole from a worker?/drama

    arpeggiated replied to aerorunner80's topic in General Nursing

    I don't bring any money to work. It sucks when someone wants to make a Starbucks run, but at least I don't have to worry about anyone stealing my (non-existant)