2rntish

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  1. Please Help: Daily Nursing Care Plan/Medicaton Card Question

    2rntish replied to sad's topic in General Nursing

    remember kiss, keep it simple...don't rewrite the pdr on a drug card. most drug books have the critical, life threating ses, containdications...in bold. i also think it helps to write the information...

  2. Barcoding/scanning with students nurses

    2rntish posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone use the Bridge scanning/barcode system and if so, how do you deal with stident nurses? Our administration set it up to require a co-signature for student nurses. Every pill, shot,...

  3. Barcoding/scanning with students nurses

    2rntish replied to 2rntish's topic in General Nursing

    That's the way it was here before the "new, latest and greatest technology" was implmented. IT is a nightmare for our staff and the students. The school has already told us that they will have to go...

  4. Bar coding

    2rntish replied to pa-tricia's topic in General Nursing

    You still have a worksheet that you work from. All meds are listed along with times that they are

  5. Bar coding

    2rntish replied to pa-tricia's topic in General Nursing

    Our ICU went "live" last week. Most of us understood it would be a different animal. The bottom line is give the med to the patient. With our system you can always go back and document the time it was...

  6. Propofol

    2rntish replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    I am all for pt safety. There are things that happen in every hospital in the country ( even those with Gonzo nurse consultants) that put the pt at risk. Nurses must decide with seconds to think about...

  7. Bar coding

    2rntish replied to pa-tricia's topic in General Nursing

    Part of the learning curve for us was to figure out: the computer can not stop you from giving a med. Give what ever you have to when ever you need to. It is simply a documentation tool with several...

  8. Propofol

    2rntish replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    i just don't understand why you'd take on the extra headaches and liability--with no extra compensation. and, believe me, there is huge potential liability for you. i am an operating room nurse and a...

  9. Bar coding

    2rntish replied to pa-tricia's topic in General Nursing

    We started barcoding 2 months ago. It should provide some measure of safety eventually. Right now we have too many nurses focused on the computer and not on the

  10. What nursing shortage? Not around here...they don't need nurses.

    2rntish replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    Stop with the grassy knoll theories...It is nothing more than simple economics and a little white lie. 3 yrs ago our senior VP told us that we would cut 1 nurse per shift (no big deal, right....

  11. Men in Nursing

    2rntish replied to NeuroNP's topic in Men in Nursing

    I can add one more to Teeituptoms list; to get off of an asphalt paving crew in the middle of the summer, in the southern part of the good ole US of A. I was dying. There are no bad reasons to go into...

  12. LPN's who can't pass NCLEX-RN??

    2rntish replied to KacyLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen this happen to several LPN-RN students. The one thing that most are in agreement on is that as a practicing nurse (LPN) you know and understand the real world and what it takes to survive...

  13. Propofol

    2rntish replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    Kinda slow today. Don't be

  14. Propofol

    2rntish replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    If anyone is still on this thread....We use it every day in our Endo rooms. RN pushes, Doc is in room (in dept somewhere) We avg 40-50 cases a day. I can recall 2 that required intervention (resp...

  15. What nursing shortage? Not around here...they don't need nurses.

    2rntish replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    There is not a nursing shortage...Just a shortage of patient

  16. Pyxis vs. Omnicell....Comments?

    2rntish replied to Nai'aHI's topic in General Nursing

    Just converted from Pyxis to Omnicell...no difference. Anything is better than waiting for pharmacy to

  17. Design the Ideal Nurse

    2rntish replied to zenman's topic in General Nursing

    No confirmation needed please. If you haven't tried it yet...go for the ACLS EP. Great program. I was surprised. Last time I tried a Randy on someone was when I gained a deeper appreciation for pain...

  18. Design the Ideal Nurse

    2rntish replied to zenman's topic in General Nursing

    Hated losing to LSU in the Sugar Bowl. Loved the Tiger fans passion for the game. They were more impressive in the stands than the team on the field. Randy, you gained ground...must not be all bad. It...

  19. Design the Ideal Nurse

    2rntish replied to zenman's topic in General Nursing

  20. Design the Ideal Nurse

    2rntish replied to zenman's topic in General Nursing

    As long as it is not an LSU tiger...go girl. Randy, I give up...said my piece...we are worlds apart...always will be...your PERCEPTION of reality is a little different than mine, that's OK with...

  21. Design the Ideal Nurse

    2rntish replied to zenman's topic in General Nursing

    Do the schools advertise as a "2 year degree" or is this a term that some people apply so they can look down their nose at "US" and feel good about themselves??? If the BSN program only takes 4 years...

  22. Design the Ideal Nurse

    2rntish replied to zenman's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Randy, How in the hell does LIBERAL ARTS help a nurse in a rural setting when the neorificet Dr is 30 minutes away and you have a 12 gauge shotgun hole in your abdomen or in the middle of an...

  23. Design the Ideal Nurse

    2rntish replied to zenman's topic in General Nursing

    I like your answer Snowfreeze. Are those ADN, BSN, or MSN

  24. how many times can a human be defibrillated?

    2rntish replied to TinyNurse's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    You might ask some cath lab nurses. I have seen quite a few more than 4. With several survivers that still bring us cookies on their "special

  25. Design the Ideal Nurse

    2rntish replied to zenman's topic in General Nursing

    The only thing I got (other than a different set of initials) out of my ADN-BSN bridge was in statistics. I found more ways to skew numbers than I ever thought possible. I have not trusted a survey or...