rreed

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1. The new pyxis

   rreed replied to Genista's topic in General Nursing

   oops, above should be 'log' in name not 'long' name as I

2. The new pyxis

   rreed replied to Genista's topic in General Nursing

   what is wrong with the old pyxis that we have you put in your long in name/number then your pass word we have to change our password every month and that gets confusing I just change it back and forth...

3. would you recommend nursing as a career

   rreed replied to bajan girl's topic in Nursing Career

   I would not recommend it as a career either I do love what I do, but most people don't want to work, they think that they are too good to put someone on a bedpan or help turn someone over or help pull...

4. National Nurses Week

   rreed replied to Nursie30's topic in General Nursing

   I like the above idea with the lunch

5. charge nurse duties?

   rreed replied to shannonRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

   I did charge for 8 yrs on a busy 49 bed med-surg unit on the 3-11 shift. I took a full load of 8-12 pts, some days no CNA or Secretary. you never had time to round with doctors, if by chance you...

6. IV Push Lopressor on a Med-Surg Unit??

   rreed replied to LuvMedSurgNsg's topic in Medical-Surgical

   I don't know what our policy is, but we give it all the time on a med surg

7. Bonus Pay

   rreed replied to rreed's topic in General Nursing

   so far, I'm thinking it is good money. I make my base pay + over time after 40 hrs in one week +shift diff if any time after 3 pm +week end diff if any time after 7 pm on Friday night till 7 pm on...

8. Bonus Pay

   rreed posted a topic in General Nursing

   Are you being offered a "bonus pay" if there is a need and you work extra? Our hospital just started last month offering bigger bonus pay. They used to offer 75$ for a 12 hr shift if they needed...

9. IV tubing change

   rreed replied to Judy T's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

   we used to be every 72 hrs but policy has been changed to q 4 days for IV fluids still q 24 hrs for

10. Blood administration

    rreed replied to 2rntish's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    most people on our unit change with each unit (because they are slack and don't have the next unit waiting to hang when the first one runs out and they just throw away the tubing and flush the INT or...