AnnieNHRN

AnnieNHRN has 10 years experience and specializes in med/surg, ER, camp nursing.

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1. do not return camper form

   AnnieNHRN replied to radams03's topic in Camp

   From my experience, it is up to the Director of the camp to decide who returns and who is listed "DNR". Good communication between the nurse, counselors and the director would make it clear on who is not appropriate to return.. But it is still up to ...

2. MRSA precautions in the ER?

   AnnieNHRN posted a topic in Emergency

   I am wondering how your ER deals with contact precautions. On the floors we place all pts with any MRSA/VRE history on contact precautions. In the ER this is not even looked at! I often don't even find out a pt has a MRSA history until they are admi...

3. Jacked Up Sodium

   AnnieNHRN replied to OutlawNurse86's topic in General Nursing

   Did they check her for Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Hypersecretion (SIADH)? That can cause low sodium.

4. Hypothermia, inside the unit, any ideas?

   AnnieNHRN replied to Finallydidit's topic in Geriatric

   Pts with spinal cord injuries have a harder time regulating their temperature, especially when their fighting an infection. He might have a brain stem injury/stroke, which would cause temp control issues.

5. 16 fired for HIPAA Violations

   AnnieNHRN replied to DesertRN2's topic in HIPAA

   They did fire doctors. "All 16 have been fired and they range from doctors to supervisors to staff nurses, not only at Ben Taub, but across the entire hospital district." I should print this at work and see if this will stop all the people looking up...

6. texting at work

   AnnieNHRN replied to questionsforall's topic in Professionalism

   That's the problem! How totally sad. What ever happened to just doing the job you're being paid to do?

7. Herniated disc and work restriction

   AnnieNHRN replied to AnnieNHRN's topic in General Nursing

   Just wanted to update: My very kind manager has agreed to let me go back to work with the lifting restriction! I am very lucky. This of course will have to be temporary. Will see my neurosurgeon in a couple of weeks to hopefully get the restriction l...

8. Herniated disc and work restriction

   AnnieNHRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am recovering from a herniated disc L5-S2 injury (not work related). Have been off of work for the last 2 weeks and got the OK from my neurosurgeon to go back to my Med/Surg job with a 30 lbs lifting restriction. I will be seeing employee health to...

9. Looking for advise on career change into nursing.

   AnnieNHRN replied to techjob4u's topic in General Nursing

   Don't get discouraged. Yes, right now the job market is not rosy for nurses as well. But in a couple of years things will be better again. The good thing about getting your LNA is that you'll be able to work 7-3 and go to school in the evening, meanw...

10. How long did you oriented as a new nurse?

    AnnieNHRN replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think for a hospital setting, between 6 and 12 weeks is a good period of time to get a good foundation. Depends on the nurse. Does she have previous hospital experience, etc? I know nursing homes often only provide 2 days - 2 weeks. Yikes, scary IM...

11. Help! Suggestions needed.

    AnnieNHRN replied to dhwilson506's topic in General Nursing

    Doctor's office?

12. DNR question

    AnnieNHRN replied to getoverit's topic in General Nursing

    I think what happened here is that the family did not have a clear plan in place with the doctor when she was made a DNR. This is the time when a doctor should talk about what the family's/pt's wishes are. What can they expect during her last days/w...

13. How nursing has changed over the years...

    AnnieNHRN replied to nurse2be2010's topic in General Nursing

    :smackingf

14. How nursing has changed over the years...

    AnnieNHRN replied to nurse2be2010's topic in General Nursing

    To prevent bedsores we were told to rub all pressure areas with every repositioning... totally contradicted today! Didn't give much/if any IV pain meds. Demerol/Vistarel IM was the drug of choice. The average Pt took only about 1/3 of the meds a Pt t...

15. Pain Scales

    AnnieNHRN replied to dekatn's topic in General Nursing

    I understand your frustration. Since all your documentation is on paper, is there space on your vital signs/flow sheet to document pain meds and levels? That makes it easier for the next shift to see when meds were given and to assess pain levels ove...