Charity RN, APRN

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    How many females are "peeking" in this forum?

    Charity replied to caliber's topic in Men in Nursing

    I wander in all the time, and I think I may have posted as well. Do I need to be
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    NG tubes help!

    Charity replied to brissySN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Radiography is the preferred method of verification. Mark the tube at the exit of the mouth or nares with indelible ink at the time of the radiographic verification. This mark's location should then...
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    this was weird to me

    Charity replied to tcdtx's topic in Texas Nursing

    Don't worry! I am sure a full assessment was "charted.".
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    doctor won't approve my birth plan...

    Charity replied to Saltysaltyky's topic in Ob/Gyn

    A lot of nurses smile nicely when given the birth plan and then do whatever they want to anyway. "Doctor's orders. It is/isn't our policy. Protocols." So you want to get out of bed. Get out of bed....
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    Smile if you DON't HATE Nursing!

    Charity replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    My two sisters became nurses. When I was in college trying to decide what I wanted to be when I grew up, they said, "Go to nursing school. You can support yourself until you decide." I loved/love it...
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    Plus size nursing students

    Charity replied to nurse2btracy's topic in General Students

    On the exam front, not only did we do exams on each other (including breast), we gave each other bed baths! The point was to have the experience of being a patient. It worked. I can still bathe my...
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    Limiting Maximum Hours Worked

    Charity replied to elcue's topic in Operating Room

    Our OR staff can't work longer than 12 hours, and most do not like it. We had part-time nurses who used to work 16/hr weekends. (second job) No more. Now our regular staff has to work weekends also,...
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    Please tell me when you started doing charge

    Charity replied to MA Nurse's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Well, I am not a NICU nurse, but I shall reply anyway. I first charged the day after I got my nursing license. It was the same with many nurses I know. There was no pay differential at that time. As...
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    Hours problem

    Charity replied to doggybour's topic in General Nursing

    It all depends on the hospital and the unit. Our hospital is trying to limit hours worked consecutively (no more 16 hour shifts), but most nurses I know work more than 80 in a two week period. I work...
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    Being called "Nurse".

    Charity replied to PsychRN-Kris's topic in General Nursing

    If someone, especially a patient doesn't know my name, it is no problem being called "nurse." That IS my title. Or they they could call me what a young woman kept calling me when she called out...
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    Why do you like PACU nursing?

    Charity replied to Lefty26's topic in PACU

    ASPAN standards just say 2 RN's IN THE SAME ROOM. And adult care should be 1:1 for the first minutes of admission. Not illegal, but if other hospitals in your area do 2 RNs, then you are deviating...
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    Those cool scrub caps...

    Charity replied to brewerpaul's topic in Operating Room

    One of our docs wears one with "$" s all over it. Always gets
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    Max pressure on an intubation cuff

    Charity replied to essedus's topic in General Nursing

    Don't think checking cuff pressure isn't important. We had a 7 y/o arrive from a city 35 miles away--intubated in the field, direct admit to our PICU. Our RT's first action was to check the cuff and...
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    Should I report this CRNA?

    Charity replied to RNPamP's topic in PACU

    Keep us informed if anything else comes of
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    PACU Staffing

    Charity replied to mustanggirl's topic in PACU

    We don't have a separate PACU for different cases. We have separate PACUs for different groups of ORs. Our pediatric operating rooms have their own PACU. Our OB/Gyn room have their own PACU. Of course...
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    New to PACU -- and in panic!!!

    Charity replied to tazski12's topic in PACU

    I had 5 years experience prior to PACU, 2 in Peds med/surg and 3 in Critical Care. Don't panic about the lines- Make sure things are labelled, waveforms visible and no blood! (not necessarily in that...
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    Nurses with MS or similar disorders

    Charity replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in General Nursing

    not only that. I made sure that I got disability insurance before I went to my neuro guy for my MS
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    PCA's in PACU

    Charity replied to cthorn518's topic in PACU

    Why would one need to refrigerate a package of
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    Policy for SCDs

    Charity replied to inspir8tion's topic in Operating Room

    plexipulse units are considered standard room equipment. They go on unless that limb is getting operated
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    7/70 Scheduling-Anyone have experience?

    Charity replied to Bellatrix's topic in General Nursing

    I think it depends on the type of unit on which you work, the shift and your co-workers. I did a 7/70 for a few years around 10 years ago and loved it. I worked 1-11. Most of our day people were 7-3....
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    PCA's in PACU

    Charity replied to cthorn518's topic in PACU

    We generally start PCA's if it is a floor patient waiting on a room and we have used all that our docs have ordered. Then we get an order that we may use surgeons post-op orders for pain control. "May...
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    CCOF is driving me crazy/vent!

    Charity replied to gentle_ben_RN's topic in PACU

    You mean you have CCOF nurses?? We have to recover and do the ICU thang. Actually, we have more of a med-surg overflow problem here. Floor patients waiting on rooms. WHY do they operate when they...
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    Interesting facts and observations.

    Charity replied to Ekklesia's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Where are you guys working??!! At times I have gone entire 12 hour shifts and not encountered another female nurse. (okay, it was night shift, but still...) From ER, OR, PACU, ICU to the floors,...
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    Job advice

    Charity replied to pumpkin's topic in PACU

    :yeahthat:
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    Highest BP you have ever seen on a pt

    Charity replied to nckayaker's topic in Emergency

    308/120 in an elderly lady in for a routine clinic visit. This was her usual BP! I was a student doing the VS checks. Had started inflating the cuff when I remembered to ask "do you know what your...