Caffeine_IV

Caffeine_IV

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  1. how long was your orientation if you were experienced in that field of nursing?

    Caffeine_IV replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    If I recall, when experienced nurses have come to our unit...they had about 3 weeks of orientation maybe a little more. I've done LTC at two facilities and like TheCommuter noted...I had about 2 days...

  2. Pregnancy and Critical Care Nursing

    Caffeine_IV replied to rach2103's topic in Critical Care

    I forgot to say Congrats

  3. Who pays your salary?

    Caffeine_IV replied to adam56's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know who pays my salary but I know my manager said we should tell our ceo thanks for the bonuses...I doubt if it came out of his 6figure salary

  4. Pregnancy and Critical Care Nursing

    Caffeine_IV replied to rach2103's topic in Critical Care

    I'm not sure but we do avoid letting the pregnant nurses give chemo although if they follow the precautions...gown and glove when handling the chemo (it comes already spiked and primed) and the...

  5. Blood Transfusion

    Caffeine_IV replied to prettyinblu's topic in General Nursing

    It's serious business but it's not as scary to me as it was when I was a new

  6. does anyone regret becoming a nurse?

    Caffeine_IV replied to CC999's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if I already posted in here lol! I'm a pessimist so I didn't have high expectations for nursing in the first place or a grand idea that it would be so freakin' awesome and I would be...

  7. How would you interpret this order for pain medication?

    Caffeine_IV replied to I<3H2O's topic in General Nursing

    I recall that you should give the smallest dose first and progress from there to see what minimum amount of medicine will help the pain. Without knowing a diagnosis or anything else about the patient,...

  8. Our new hire, new grad charge nurse

    Caffeine_IV replied to kimbo9's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I'm reading something different than everyone else. TO ME, Op is nervous having an unexperienced charge and probably questions if that is the BEST that management could do. Nowhere did she...

  9. Our new hire, new grad charge nurse

    Caffeine_IV replied to kimbo9's topic in General Nursing

    Whatever my title is, I want a charge nurse that is a good resource to the staff with some knowledge base of policy and procedure clinical and otherwise. I'm a charge nurse and I would not have been...

  10. Job Interview coming up!

    Caffeine_IV posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm shocked and excited since I've been applying for new jobs for the last 6months. It's in a medical/pulmonary ICU...big jump from general medical. I bombed my last interview at the LTAC hospital so...

  11. wrong order

    Caffeine_IV replied to 1louise1's topic in General Nursing

    That is a small scale mistake that I would not lose sleep over...just be sure that the culture actually gets

  12. Our new hire, new grad charge nurse

    Caffeine_IV replied to kimbo9's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think that the OP sounds resentful at all..merely asked for other opinions and somehow that equates to

  13. asking for meds?

    Caffeine_IV replied to backatit2's topic in General Nursing

    We do hourly rounds where asking about pain, bathroom and position is part of the checklist. So, I would be asking/offering the pain medications at the available intervals anyway and they can say yes...

  14. Ominous physical symptoms

    Caffeine_IV replied to catlvr's topic in General Nursing

    A sudden change in: BP/pulse or mental status 02 sat dropping or SOB...new

  15. Just looking for some other opinions on a topic that came up on Oprah

    Caffeine_IV replied to mentalhealthRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know what I would do in that situation but I do know about that maternal feeling. I did not watch the show but did she say she was fairly "healthy"? Of course when I see hiv+ patients on my...

  16. Our new hire, new grad charge nurse

    Caffeine_IV replied to kimbo9's topic in General Nursing

    Without knowing much else about this person and their previous background, I don't think a new grad is the BEST choice for charge nurse on a med/surg unit. The charge nurse should be a resource for...

  17. How many patients is/are too many?

    Caffeine_IV replied to BettyBoop01's topic in General Nursing

    We range between 5-8 pts on the night shift...this is on a medical floor. It's not based on acuity so sometimes the person with 5 patients is busier than the one with

  18. Which nursing specialty is most competitive and which one is the least competitive

    Caffeine_IV replied to sourapril's topic in General Nursing

    I don't how easy psych is to get into everywhere of course but in the local hospitals and surrounding areas it's not easy because there isn't much turnover. I think OR, PACU, L&D, and NICU would...

  19. Why do patients..??

    Caffeine_IV replied to holly123's topic in General Nursing

    How about when you are doing your last rounds and: the patient suddenly declares the IV has been hurting for hours the tube feeding is clogged or the patient pulled out their NG somebody falls you...

  20. How many visitors per day does the typical inpatient have?

    Caffeine_IV replied to KimGee's topic in General Nursing

    I think 1 is a good number if you factor in all of the patients that get dumped on our floor and get no

  21. Doctors That Give you "Band-Aids"

    Caffeine_IV posted a topic in General Nursing

    How do you deal with doctors that basically give you just enough to get a patient through until the next shift but won't get really aggressive or better yet transfer a patient during the night? I have...

  22. Doctors That Give you "Band-Aids"

    Caffeine_IV replied to Caffeine_IV's topic in General Nursing

    I just had a couple of past cases on my mind and sometimes when the outcome is not what you hoped...you wonder if you missed something OR if I'm not painting the picture accurately enough of what is...

  23. Help with blood draws--please

    Caffeine_IV replied to happy place's topic in General Nursing

    We do not do this on the floor. The phlebotomist does the blood draws and nurses draw from central lines. In the ER (to my knowledge) patients usually have a set of blood cultures drawn from the fresh...

  24. What is the highest regular dose of Oxy that you have seen

    Caffeine_IV replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm sure I've seen some higher but recently 80mg oxycontin BID plus 20mg IR Q4hours. I know my cancer patients, chronic pain and sickle cell patients generally get the highest doses of any of the...

  25. Do give up your seat for a doctor?

    Caffeine_IV replied to Pmkn10RN's topic in General Nursing

    Who has the time to sit down? No seriously, at night..they are a minimum amount of doctor's around and giving up a seat is not an issue. During the daytime, I'm doing walking rounds and whatever...