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  1. Skin care question

    MedSurgeNewbie replied to MedSurgeNewbie's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    My sister lives in London and I get there bout every so many years - Small world I guess - now can I get my boss to pay for the flight? I am guessing no but it would be fun to see her rxn to the

  2. New grad seeks assistance with organization - all suggestions gratefully received

    MedSurgeNewbie posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hi new grad here - I have just moved from tele with 4-5 patients to med/surge where I have ten to 12 with an LPN doing teams sometimes and others like to split - we have who shift changes one at three...

  3. New grad seeks assistance with organization - all suggestions gratefully received

    MedSurgeNewbie replied to MedSurgeNewbie's topic in Medical-Surgical

    YEP how do you survive first year; without becoming ETOH dependant - one day at a time (lots of choclate helps too!) My weekended today to be honest it wasnt all

  4. New grad seeks assistance with organization - all suggestions gratefully received

    MedSurgeNewbie replied to MedSurgeNewbie's topic in Medical-Surgical

    THANKS!! its good to know, yea its been a week

  5. would you be a RN for $11.00/hr?

    MedSurgeNewbie replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    11.00 dollars umm no 20.00 is the ball park here in north east ohio - you can make more that 11.00 at

  6. How is a pharmacist unique in the care of patients?

    MedSurgeNewbie replied to Matt000's topic in General Nursing

    they provide on the spot expert advice! I'm a new grad and am on the phone to them nearly daily! If I have a question they are my second drug book plus if somthing is not kosher they can give me Ideas...

  7. Meds you hate to give....

    MedSurgeNewbie replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    this has been an awsome thread, I leanred tons thanks

  8. Dealing with family

    MedSurgeNewbie replied to rn undisclosed name's topic in General Nursing

    this is where i am blessed to have a supervisor that steps in and is happy to do so, unlike some of the nm i have read about on here she is on the floor and will happily run

  9. Nurses children and vaccinations, how do you feel?

    MedSurgeNewbie replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

    As a newbie I hope I am not out of order here - For school I was required to get proof of vac's well since I was a thrirty-somthing and my pediatrician has long since folded his tent I was required...

  10. Dealing with family

    MedSurgeNewbie replied to rn undisclosed name's topic in General Nursing

    I had a very involved out of state family, I got them all to agree that I would call "kidlette 1" and give her updates at the end of my shift (she was POA) and they could call her - it worked - I have...

  11. Skin care question

    MedSurgeNewbie replied to MedSurgeNewbie's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Wow that sounds wonderful, here there are ce's online but nothing as thourough as the training you have. I have been talking with our wound care nurse and hope to do some shadowing in the clinic on...

  12. What the heck is this doctor thinking? Actually not thinking!

    MedSurgeNewbie replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    Might be totally wrong here but I remember being told that if you take a Bp down too quickly it can cause CVA due to increased chance of clotting - the intern described it as sort of pooling that can...

  13. New grad seeks assistance with organization - all suggestions gratefully received

    MedSurgeNewbie replied to MedSurgeNewbie's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Most of the LPN's at my place prefer to split, with me doing the IV pushes and and meds on my half, many get offended if you want to do all the assessments - they are all very compentent and that is...

  14. New grad seeks assistance with organization - all suggestions gratefully received

    MedSurgeNewbie replied to MedSurgeNewbie's topic in Medical-Surgical

    thanks again! Things seem to be getting better - still have days where i feel like the worse nurse ever you could devote 24/7 and still never learn enough! med/surge is growning on me really you see...

  15. O.B. help!

    MedSurgeNewbie replied to nurseofalltrades's topic in General Nursing

    Breastfeeding is always a good one and there are TONS of things out there you can even grab a lactation consultant to come speak with enough notice they are typically happy to do so - I did mine on...

  16. Just where do our services end?

    MedSurgeNewbie replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    with that situation I compleatly get why, its so cool that you can do home health with peds - I have a ton of respect for you.. I cant phathom working on kids it would scare the heck outta

  17. Just where do our services end?

    MedSurgeNewbie replied to SCRN1's topic in General Nursing

    I am amazed at people theese days I just had family request my home phone for when I was off.. umm

  18. Hourly Rounding

    MedSurgeNewbie replied to neneRN's topic in General Nursing

    I like the idea in theory, so long as we have soild staffing- if I can use cta.stana's too - I wish in a way stna's could learn some basic charting and add to the notes - they could get more credit...

  19. New grad seeks assistance with organization - all suggestions gratefully received

    MedSurgeNewbie replied to MedSurgeNewbie's topic in Medical-Surgical

    glad to see I am not the only newbie!!is it me or do you feel the nursing gods are out to get you

  20. Don't want to do this anymore

    MedSurgeNewbie replied to AtlantaRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Sounds like we wrok in the same place, but we dont have computers,, I'm a new grad and its good to hear that its not just me. What is with the drink rules, they tried that at my place

  21. Skin care question

    MedSurgeNewbie replied to MedSurgeNewbie's topic in Wound, Ostomy, Continence

    Thanks For all the Tips! -somedays I feel like I need all the help I

  22. Effectiveness of alcohol??

    MedSurgeNewbie replied to Lady_in_red's topic in General Nursing

    Foud a few, I am not sure if you are looking for research studies or not I used this search in google Effectiveness of Alcohol preps in IV insertion This one was interesting...

  23. any comment?

    MedSurgeNewbie replied to unwanted RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have had good luck with getting sitters from a local college, early child-majors when my kids were younger - Now any student would like a job that fits there schedule, moring shift then afternoons...

  24. Student Nurse in search of a mentor!

    MedSurgeNewbie replied to Jgonzales's topic in General Nursing

    I am a new grad, not sure I can exactly mentor - but if you are looking for help I am happy to tell ya what I know

  25. Generational Differences: kindly share your opinion/experience

    MedSurgeNewbie replied to yuuki's topic in General Nursing

    . what generation do you belong to? genxer how long have you been a nurse? six whole months in your opinion what is your generation's strongest & weakest points (in terms of work ethics,...