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I'm fairly new to this BB and have found it to be the awesomest(is that a word?) BB for nurses around. I have a question for you guys. Do any of your facilities use pixis machines for supplies? My hospital is installing supply pixis machines in ...

Greenville, NC is located about an hour to an hour and a half from the coast. It has a large level one trauma center - Pitt County Memorial Hospital. PCMH serves the entire eastern region of the state and has a top notch heart center - recently nam...

I also had a lap chole and a lap nissen at the same time. For about 2-3 weeks after the procedure I too had severe pains that felt like someone was stabbing me with a giant knife. The pains I felt were in my abdomen not my right side. Had no pain a...

I also work at PCMH and wanted to clarify that as Boggles said our pyxis' also allow you to pull out entire boxes of alcohol swabs, cups, syringes, etc. The unit I work in has not installed the pyxis' yet, but I have floated to units where they are...

RN 6 months experience Cardiac ICU $17.50/hr + weekend and shift differentials NC

Ah, the wonderful world of patho. I took it a couple of years ago in my BSN program. It actually wasn't too bad because many of the disease processes we covered correlated to what we were studying in our Med-Surg class. This was really helpful. P...

IWMI - Inferior wall MI? AWMI - Anterior wall MI? We usually say IMI, AMI. Is this what you mean?

If the patient has sheaths they are on bedrest for six hours. Once the sheath is pulled it's usually six more hours of bedrest. For our patients who are perclosed four hours of bedrest. Our patients with sheaths have a really hard time laying on ...

I get asked sooooo many questions it's hard to even remember. I think this project is a great idea! Please let us know what you find. Here's some of the quesions that stick out in my mind. When is he/her coming off the breathing machine? What do a...

I must echo the praises of the Dansko and Birkenstock clogs! I have one pair of each. I don't really rotate, I just wear either one according to my mood. The Birkenstocks are great b/c they are rubber. You can clean them without having to worry t...

I have taken care of many diabetic patients who have had MI's w/o CP. Many of these pt.'s diabetes has been uncontrolled for some time. They have high HbgA1C values. This is often due to the neuropathy caused by their diabetes which leads to decre...

Peeps this is so unfair, but unfortunately my school uniforms seem exactly the same as what you are describing. We females wore the typical white shirt and pants with a pinifore(spelling?) trimmed in our school colors. The name of our school embroi...

Hi Camille! I took and passed my boards in January of this year. One of the most important things to remember is that when you complete nursing school you already know all the info you need to pass boards. I found computerized practice tests to be...

Thanks for all the input. Our crash carts, procedure carts, and emergency items will remain as they now are. Each room will have it's own pyxis so I can't see that lines will be an issue. Frankly, I feel like supply pyxis will be an uneccesary pain...

I guess I'm a minimalist like Heather! Left pocket has my cheat sheet, and pen. Right pocket has hemostats and scissors. Stethoscope goes around the neck. That's it. In the ICU where I work alcohol pads, tape, tegaderm and practically everything ...

I too must be naive because I have never heard of a script that dictates what you must say to a patient. How ridiculous not to mention insulting. We did attend an inservice on patient care and even had to take a test on how we would respond to comm...

Here in North Carolina pay ranges from $17.00 (new grad) to $25.00 per hour. At my facility pay is the same regardless of department. You can acquire more pay by climbing the clinical ladder.

I just took the NCLEX myself in January. I too was "freaking out". Just remember to relax and stick to studying "textbook information" not what you've learned through clinical or experience. I found that taking practice tests on the computer to be ...

At our facility the datascope representative gives an inservice 2-3 times a year on the IABP. She recommends turning the IABP ratio to 1:2 to check timing. By doing this you can see the dicrotic notch during an unassisted cycle. The balloon should...