Katie_Bell

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1. Advice from nurses - Any good PCP recommendations in the Portland-metro area?

   Katie_Bell posted a topic in Oregon

   I know this post isn't related to nursing, per se, so I hope this doesn't offend anyone. I am trying to find a PCP in or around Portland, OR (I live in SE, Gladstone area), and I'm not sure how to go about that. I don't want to see the docs I work wi...

2. Calling in sick too late...feeling horrible about it.

   Katie_Bell posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a RN in the hospital and two days ago I had a shift that was to start at 1500. I called in sick at 1415. Our policy is two hours notice for sick calls, minimum. I didn't know what to do. Around 1345, I had some personal issues that came up that ...

3. How do you flush a JP drain???

   Katie_Bell posted a topic in Med-Surg

   I work on a surgical floor, and have for about a year, but I've yet to have to flush a JP drain. I overheard one of my coworkers talking about having an order to do so, but I was unable to follow up and ask her HOW. It sounds like the drain come...