fiveofpeep

fiveofpeep

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  1. RN administration...remember from where you came.

    fiveofpeep replied to livinthedreamRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think they should spend a day just doing all the asinine charting they make us do each day. Then the next time they decide to add some more double charting they will think

  2. Auscultation through clothes

    fiveofpeep replied to RelloydRN's topic in General Nursing

    depends on the consciousness of the patient. If they are comatose or male Ill just go skin-to-skin, but if they are female and with it, or family is in the room, Ill just listen through the clothes....

  3. Qualified New Grad RN, No one wants to hire!!!!!

    fiveofpeep replied to Brownie3085's topic in General Nursing

    tyler does sound like a dbag to the OP: try picking 5 hospitals to really court. I applied to 40+ hospitals too but no one contacted me so eventually I decided, I'll choose 5 hospitals including ones...

  4. Can a hospital make you repay the cost of training you if you quit?

    fiveofpeep replied to confusedRN2010's topic in General Nursing

    its usually pro-rated and in

  5. USA Today Article

    fiveofpeep replied to cicatrixx15's topic in General Nursing

    hahaha reading some of those comments shows me how many idiots we have in

  6. VENT: school still ruining my life after graduation

    fiveofpeep replied to fiveofpeep's topic in First Year After Licensure

    yes hand deliver them. the transcripts are your property if you paid for them. they told me you couldnt bring them hand delivered, but one of my friends had to hand deliver them to avoid losing a job...

  7. VENT: school still ruining my life after graduation

    fiveofpeep posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just wanted to vent about the situation Im in. So I graduated nursing school with a 4.00 and was blessed with an awesome job lined up in the first unit of my choice in the first hospital of my...

  8. nurse abuse

    fiveofpeep replied to fungez's topic in General Nursing

    we have abusive patients all the time because of the neuro issues and Ive noticed a real change in the past few weeks where we are getting sitters and calling code greys instead of just doing nothing....

  9. IVPB 5-6hrs of ABX when pt is on cont IVFs

    fiveofpeep posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I have a question. I've always known to be cognizant of the rate of IVPB so that your patient will still get the fluid volume prescribed when you are giving an IVPB, but what about this: You have a...

  10. IVPB 5-6hrs of ABX when pt is on cont IVFs

    fiveofpeep replied to fiveofpeep's topic in MICU, SICU

    our pumps dont do this. I wish they

  11. No teacher for ANATOMY!!!

    fiveofpeep posted a topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    So I registered for Anatomy and I have about 4 weeks until the class starts. However, since I registered and up until now they have no professor listed! I called them and asked what that meant and...

  12. At what point do you stop feeling stupid?

    fiveofpeep replied to LETRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I second getting a text book. And join the AACN or ENA so you can get journals to keep up to date. Ive been on my own for I think 3 or 4 months now and the first 2 months were horrible. I felt bad all...

  13. No teacher for ANATOMY!!!

    fiveofpeep replied to fiveofpeep's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    haha I just found this thread again. she totally ended up being an english major from syracuse and was horrendous! but it all worked out, seeing as Im an RN now

  14. Holiday Pay Policy

    fiveofpeep replied to theatredork's topic in General Nursing

    ours works tonight. I think it's just time and a 1/2 but at least that's something :) I want a free hot

  15. Can a doctor ask a nurse to write the order when she is standing right there??

    fiveofpeep replied to Parul's topic in General Nursing

    hahaha! we still do this coffee and chair voluntarily given to the nice docs begrudgingly leave the chair (and no coffee) for the grouchy

  16. Can a doctor ask a nurse to write the order when she is standing right there??

    fiveofpeep replied to Parul's topic in General Nursing

    most of the time our mds are great about writing the order themselves if I ask, but if it's late at night and they just want to get out of there we usually just TO it. They are surgeons though and...

  17. Coding visitors?

    fiveofpeep replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    we call a code for any visitor medical issue and then send them off to

  18. IVPB 5-6hrs of ABX when pt is on cont IVFs

    fiveofpeep replied to fiveofpeep's topic in MICU, SICU

    Well the last two nights I followed your advice. I only ran one IVPB (one that goes over 15 minutes) and hung the other 6 hours of ABX on their own line while the maintenance was still going. She was...

  19. IVPB 5-6hrs of ABX when pt is on cont IVFs

    fiveofpeep replied to fiveofpeep's topic in MICU, SICU

    no NGT for the pt and the infection is very very severe but Ill definitely try suggesting that if it comes up with a different

  20. Is my Boss OK?

    fiveofpeep replied to jamdog30's topic in MICU, SICU

    maybe he felt threatened by your progress? it does seem a little passive aggressive, especially after all of your years of experience, why would he need to tell you

  21. Multispecialty SICU - how long did you wait before orienting to CABG?

    fiveofpeep replied to CNL2B's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    my SICU has the nurses work for at least 6months to a year before training for OHS. I think it is definitely safer this way because the initial orientation is only 3 months and includes didactic and...

  22. "Did you just take a picture of me?"

    fiveofpeep replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    because they are already passive aggressive and will most likely be doing it to sue us. It's just rude. You cant wait till Im out of the room to take a picture of it? then they go and say that they...

  23. "Did you just take a picture of me?"

    fiveofpeep replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    I saw family members blatantly taking pictures of the patient's arm. It really irked

  24. New to ICU? What have you learn so far?

    fiveofpeep replied to RN28MD's topic in MICU, SICU

    just like when to call the doc, when to treat bp (esp if you are also treating for pain and anxiety too), whenever you may possibly be choosing to stagger bp drugs or give them all at once, giving...

  25. Discontinuing IJ turned into a Rapid Response

    fiveofpeep replied to Manatee111's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    thanks everyone for the great information. it's practice on my unit to not d/c the cordis with the patient in trend. we aspirate but we dont do trend. Im going to always be sure to do it though now...