debthern

debthern

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  1. POST OP NAUSEA -which drug do you like?

    debthern replied to Fairlythere's topic in General Nursing

    we have had the anesthesiologist come in and give scoplamine IV but only after we had given the whole orificenal of other drugs with no relief. I have had patients just say just let me go home I am...

  2. Stragegic Partnering

    debthern replied to kkaz_17's topic in General Nursing

    chs as in carolina healthcare system or another chs? if it's carolina pm me and I will answer as many as I

  3. POST OP NAUSEA -which drug do you like?

    debthern replied to Fairlythere's topic in General Nursing

    that seems like a pretty big dose of dilaudid but we do use demerol 12.5mg to stop

  4. pay practice

    debthern replied to tom t's topic in General Nursing

    not here we work 36 full time but get paid for

  5. Pyxis in Never wrong?

    debthern replied to BlearnRN's topic in General Nursing

    that's a good idea cause I know that in ours that if the drawer failed it cancelled the transaction and if the nurse took it out already it would create a

  6. Pyxis in Never wrong?

    debthern replied to BlearnRN's topic in General Nursing

    yes it can be wrong...If the person who filled it made a mistake it can definitely be off count. At the hospital where I was manager we only counted once a week and we often found mistakes that we...

  7. Do you take call?

    debthern posted a topic in General Nursing

    We are opening a new unit and I was wondering if anyone had any creative way that they do

  8. suctioning peds?

    debthern replied to love2shop's topic in Pediatric

    When I worked in the NICU we used what we called Baby Booger grabber (they were really bbgs) they are similar to bulb suction but used trach suction if we needed to go deeper which the docs highly...

  9. Study finds decline in nursing faculty primary barrier to nursing program expansion

    debthern replied to VickyRN's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I agree but they totally have to do

  10. Study finds decline in nursing faculty primary barrier to nursing program expansion

    debthern replied to VickyRN's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    We were just discussing this at work the other day. Maybe they should consider dropping the requirements to teach to the BSN

  11. Need Information About Charlotte

    debthern replied to twinkle's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    what kind of info do you want I will try to help.

  12. Yikes! I failed the NCLEX!

    debthern replied to ShennieRN2B's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Sorry you didn't pass this time but keep your chin up and better luck next time. My manager failed twice before she passed and it didn't hurt her career

  13. We made it, I'm a Registered Nurse!

    debthern replied to onesunniegal's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congrats!!

  14. Need Information About Charlotte

    debthern replied to twinkle's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I will be working in the pacu at levine can't

  15. When does weekend shift diff start/end for night shift

    debthern replied to nicuRN2007's topic in General Nursing

    ours starts at 7pm on Friday and runs until mon at

  16. Need Information About Charlotte

    debthern replied to twinkle's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I was gonna say the same thing there are many places to live...are you working downtown? do you have to take call? will you have to live in a certain distance from the hospital? Are you looking to...

  17. Applying DVT prophylaxis in PACU

    debthern replied to gentle_ben_RN's topic in PACU

    our patients have scd's in the or but are disconnected and come out with just the sleeves and then we have to hunt down pumps and hook them back up, we very seldom use the shoe things unless the...

  18. Holding overnight (or even days at a time)

    debthern replied to RNPamP's topic in PACU

    We never hold patients overnight but we do function as overflow if the floors or icu's are full but all we do is supply the space they have to bring their own

  19. Average hours an RN works a week

    debthern replied to james2007's topic in General Nursing

    full time at our hospital is 36 hours but we can work up to 60 if we

  20. Accused of being racist - how to handle?

    debthern replied to Susan9608's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a patient who was in his 70's a couple of weeks ago who was very hateful to me just with general rude comments, who said to me why are you so mean to black people? I said I am not being mean I...

  21. post-nephrectomy nutrition?

    debthern replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    our post transplants go from clears to a regular

  22. Nursing Assistants in PACU

    debthern replied to mustangsally1988's topic in PACU

    depends if they are cna l or cna ll. The ones transport patients and do a lot of running. the ll's can insert foley's do glucose testing, set up iv's

  23. Need Information about Asheville and NC Mountains

    debthern replied to marsh101's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I also heard that we are opening a satellite of Levine's Children's Hospital in Hickory this summer if you are interested in ped's

  24. Best shoes ever?

    debthern replied to redraccoon's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    our hospital has banned all shoes with holes in the top because they have decided they are against the infection control policy. I love my crocs and hated to see them go, they are truly the one shoe I...

  25. Need Information About Charlotte

    debthern replied to twinkle's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    check out Carolina's healthcare and Presbyterian's site's they are the two main hospital systems I think on the floor the ratio is 5 to 1 in the PACU our's are 2 to 1 unless they are icu then they are...