Charity RN, APRN

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  1. Charity

    MD was angry I questioned him.

    Charity replied to ella2990's topic in General Nursing

    You did the right thing. Just can't take it personally, as some people can never "be wrong." At my teaching hospital, we don't hesitate to follow the chain of command. In the past, it has had to be...
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    Me... Me... Me: A Sense of Entitlement

    Charity replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    "Why, of course, ma'am. If you would please take over performing chest compressions, I'll get right to your mother. Don't worry about that odd feeling as you compress. Those are just his broken
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    days off- a rant

    Charity replied to Fruit Sucker's topic in General Nursing

    Your manager can't require a doctor's excuse just because. That should be in policy under what circumstances, or when. Usually it is after a set number of days calling in. Don't answer texts or calls....
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    Considering a change to PACU

    Charity replied to tdncRN's topic in PACU

    We have some folks who work that shift. To be honest, it is a very difficult one to work, because one has no private life with "regular" people, as you will be working every evening. But it is...
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    PACU nurse give Ketamine?

    Charity replied to kathy3kat's topic in PACU

    Until this month, we (PACU nurses) thought we could not give Ketamine as it is classed as an anesthetic. The hospital just okayed Ketamine in PCA pumps, to be ordered by our Pain Service only. So I...
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    ASPAN certification

    Charity replied to JennieO's topic in PACU

    The best resource that I used was Perianesthesia Nursing: A Critical Care Approach, by Cecil B. Drain and Jan Odom-Forren. (I used an earlier edition by Drain alone, but its the same
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    Phase II Question

    Charity replied to Phase2Pro's topic in PACU

    Short answer: We PACU nurses take care of the entire patient, not just what got operated
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    arterial line insertion by OR/PACU nurses

    Charity replied to jrgrad1912's topic in PACU

    It depends on your state's Nurse Practice Act. Nurses in my state can start art lines if trained by their hospital. (all policy/procedure written, naturally) I don't know of any that do, however....
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    Share your story: How did you land your first nursing job?

    Charity replied to KeepItReal21's topic in General Nursing

    As a junior in nursing school, I had clinicals on a pediatric surgery floor. I loved it. The last day of clinicals, I knocked on the nurse manager's door and asked for a job. I was working there as...
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    Obama Declares Swine Flu a National Emergency

    Charity replied to Cherybaby's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Does anybody know how we are differentiating between H1N1 and the "regular" flu? If they have stopping doing confirmatory tests, do they do a prelim that can tell what kind? I seem to remember a...
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    PACU Dress Code

    Charity replied to Charity's topic in PACU

    Thanks everyone for their
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    PACU Dress Code

    Charity posted a topic in PACU

    What type of scrubs/uniforms do you wear in PACU? Hospital issued or personal? Are you physically attached to your OR, or separate. What type of PACU is it? We are looking at our dress codes, but can...
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    Most outrageous thing your hospital has expected you to do.

    Charity replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    As an acute care nurse, I read "residents" as physicians! You know- intern-resident-fellow-staff. Was I
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    PACU slogan

    Charity posted a topic in PACU

    We are searching for a cute slogan for some tees that we will be ordering for our PACU. Any ideas? A few years ago we had PACU: Wake Up With Someone Who Cares! It went over well. All staff will be...
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    Finding work in hattiesburg

    Charity replied to thenursebr1an's topic in General Nursing

    With all the nursing schools in the area, I would contact a nurse recruiter at Forrest General as soon as
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    Male OR Nurse

    Charity replied to ib4au's topic in Operating Room

    Well, since we have well over a dozen OR nurses of the male persuasion, it never occurred to me that a guy would have any problem. This is not counting our techs and perfusionists. As far as I know, I...
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    MSN at the bedside

    Charity replied to dianacs's topic in General Nursing

    I had to check to make sure that I hadn't written this post! Except for the years of experience (have a few more on ya there), you could be describing me. I taught for a few years, and enjoyed it. Yet...
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    PACU at night?

    Charity replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in PACU

    We staff 2 RNs past 1900 every night and on weekends. If we need a 3rd (and it happens, one stays late or is pulled from another unit). Our other PACUs keep 1 nurse at night, with the OR nurse as the...
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    Medication Reconcilliation- An ER responsibility?

    Charity replied to DJ-Adia's topic in Medical-Surgical

    our facility uses two forms. er and outpatient services both use a form that a nurse or someone similar will complete. if the patient is later admitted, a separate inpatient form must be complete by...
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    What is a code gray?

    Charity replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    It does vary from place to place. At my hospital "Code White" is for a combative person, whereas "Code Gray" goes to our neuro team for someone having a
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    Does anyone else find themselves doing this...

    Charity replied to MrsCaseyRN's topic in General Nursing

    If this is "nurse mode" then keep me in it 24/7. I call it being a decent human
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    Post clincal conference topic ideas

    Charity replied to vickie0117's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I often got my ideas from nursing journals or "current topics." We discussed family presence at codes. New advances in pain management they would be seeing. My clinicals were at a Catholic hospital...
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    Continuous Bladder Irrigation

    Charity replied to gtmoore's topic in General Nursing

    Actually a 3L bag of irrigant weighs 6.6
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    Glen Beck's hospital experience

    Charity replied to emmycRN's topic in Nursing News

    I just watched his show tonight. I have not read anything he wrote. On his show, he praised the nurses. "With the exception of one," I think the phrase was. One could tell that he was embarrassed...
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    Vent..."sedation"

    Charity replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    Reading that made me ill. I wonder how "descriptive" her charting was to validate her lack of medication. Your doc should have ordered the pain meds q1hr, or an infusion. No PRN. One of my docs calls...