kellye

don't try to inject blood from a line draw into the vacutainer...just let the vacutainer suck it out of the syringe and when it stops don't push the plunger to put all the withdrawn blood in the tube! (just trying to help lab use all the blood i with...

we use the flex pen. i like them. i have seen others drawing up from the pen (claiming that it is inaccurate and they do not trust them) i can tell if someone has drawn up from the pen because we are to prime the needle using 2 units. we can repeat t...

same experience....i approached cna. explained that if looking at the chart it would appear that she told me of an abnormal vs and i did nothing about it. also included that it was falsification of legal document (lying). i was nice about it but incl...

our nurse manager picks a day and posts "Last day to turn in schedule reqests is (date)". we turn in what days we need off for the next month, she marks those days off and works your 3 days around that. some of us have other requests...mine is to hav...

I've posted before about moving to biloxi and have had some replies. I guess i screwed up sending PM's or maybe the people i have PM'd have been busy....anyway i have a position at garden park hospital on a med-telemetry floor 7a-7p, beginning in au...

yes i still like it here. hubby had a job at the hard rock casino that never opened....but they paid him thru november and he got a job at the ip. i started working at ocean springs hospital on sept 12th and love it there. i work with really good nur...

one time I was doing a dressing change on an elderly gentlemen and in the middle of the procedure he said "thank you for taking care of me". I 've had people thank me during the day or on their discharge but was somehow more touched by this moment. ...

hi ya'll, i finally made it down here in ocean springs. last year i posted to ex navy girl and miss priss letting ya'll know i was coming down due to hubby's work (hard rock casino) thanks for all of ya'lls info. just got hired at ocean springs and h...

Our floor has team nursing consisting of an RN, LPN and MA. pt load is usually 11 pts per team, LPN takes 6, RN 5 and the MA all 11. The RN takes report on all 11 and is responsible for them (the LPN reports to the RN) she also does any of the proced...

I got pregnant in my ob rotation, ain't that funny. this is definitely our oops baby! my instructor said "was this a planned event?" i said "noooo" she asked "were we careless with contraception?" i replied "absolutely" after the shock wore off, we ...

I got pregnant in my ob rotation, ain't that funny. this is definitely our oops baby! my instructor said "was this a planned event?" i said "noooo" she asked "were we careless with contraception?" i replied "absolutely" after the shock wore off, we ...

i'm with you burger!! i am due 12/14, just graduated school 8/20 and passed boards (yea!) but am sure i will be paranoid at L&D time! precipitous birth has been on my mind lately, though!!!

I graduate in Memphis, TN August 2004....meanwhile my husband may be transferring to biloxi/gulfport with his job (casino) very lucrative opportunity. i would appreciate info in this area for new grads. i am interested in pursuing peds....also is liv...

timing has changed from may to june to lattter part of aug....just unclear right now...hubby has opportunity at one of the casinos....hopefully it won't be until january, my due date is december 15th!!

thanks to all who replied...i will know more as time goes by...my instructors have been helpful as well. kellye

I suspected that i was pregnant....got the OTC test...positive...hmmm...time to flip out (just a little!) this is my OB rotation, too. so we just completed the lecture on "complications and horrors of pregnancy & childbirth" and now I'm petrified...

thanks to all who replied....i'm not as scared of the "possible" complications, both of my other pregnancies were trouble free at 32 yo and 36 yo, although my eight yo daughter wants me to have twins, yikes!! i was stunned at being pregnant at first ...

alright now, it's been 3 weeks, 45 views to this thread and no input....help me out please!!!!

I just finished my peds rotation and absolutely loved it i graduate in August 2004, will apply at out local children's hospital. they have an intern program - the 1st 3-5 months you rotate to different departments and at the end of this time, you se...

it sounds like you feel what you did was wrong. turning him/her in at this point does not improve the situation. chalk it up as a learning experience for yourself.

I will be 40 next month and have 10 months left until graduation. so far i love it!

i love my mosby's and sometimes use my med-surg textbook. like jnjttyson we also write the present illness, which helps in identifying many dx. then start with Airway, Breathing, Circulation to prioritize the dx you have written down

pain and impaired tissue integrity are good starts

My vote is with PJ.

I will start back at clinicals in two months and have a husband that works nights. I also have a 7 yr old girl and 3 yr old son. They will be in full time daycare this summer, so i utilize the daytime hours that i am not in class or clinical as a stu...