amyBSN

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1. transcribing orders

   amyBSN replied to melsmith's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   At our hospital we refer to those orders as "blanket orders", they are illegal and we are working on educating our doctors about getting away from this practice. If we do have such an order, we get a...

2. worried

   amyBSN replied to amyBSN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Thank you Jolie for your response. Were you placed on bedrest your entire pregnancy? Also to the next reply: they did both the abd. ultrasound and trans lady partsl ultrasound because we were really...

3. worried

   amyBSN replied to amyBSN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I am sorry, let me clarify. They told me my cervix was shortened at about 3cm and should be about 4cm. However this could be just part of my anatomy, but they want to do another ultrasound in one...

4. worried

   amyBSN posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   I am 21 weeks pregnant and just had an ultrasound. Everything was normal until they told me my cervix is about 3cm and may be funneling. They rescheduled another ultrasound for next week, but I am...

5. legal nurse consultant

   amyBSN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Is anyone a legal nurse consultant and do you enjoy your work. There is a 21 hour course where I live to become certified and it sounds very interesting, but I wanted some real opinions.

6. Will it ever get better?

   amyBSN replied to amyBSN's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all for your advice and comments. I do get good feedback from my co-workers and my manager and I do think in a way that puts more stress on me because I feel that if I were to forget...

7. Will it ever get better?

   amyBSN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have been a nurse for 2 1/2 years now and I still go home at the end of each shift worried that I forgot to do something. I know at work that I give the best care I can and that I always check...

8. Straight pay for 12 hour shifts?

   amyBSN replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

   I work 7A-7P and get paid my hourly wage for the 12 hr shift, anything over 40hrs/wk I get overtime pay. Our night shift differential just increased to an extra $4.00/hr and we get a $2.00 extra...

9. hiccups

   amyBSN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work on an orthopedic floor and I have noticed that some of my patients get an annoying case of the hiccups after surgery (this can be very painful for our back surgeries). Does anyone have any...

10. Any ortho infor to share?

    amyBSN replied to JOANNE YASTIK's topic in Orthopedic

    I really like the patient population. For the majority of these patients the surgery is elective and they must be pretty healthy in order to have th surgery in the first place. Also, most of the...

11. Do NLN exams really indicate how well one does on boards?

    amyBSN replied to CountrifiedRN's topic in General Students

    I graduated last May and we took the NLN exam as a class last March. When our results came back, we were told the same thing as you that this was an indicator of how we would do on the NCLEX. I was...