preciousnurse

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1. Have you ever felt that you have too much work to do for just one nurse

   preciousnurse replied to debbie17368's topic in Medical-Surgical

   We do our fair share of our job and everyone elses also. We take care of anywhere between 3-6 patients on day shift. MED- SURG nurses are nortorius for taking on a whole slue of responsibilites,...

2. charge nurse duties?

   preciousnurse replied to shannonRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Our job as charge nurse from 7a-7p consists of signing off doctor's orders and putting the orders into the computer. We usually do not take any patients however float between and help the other nurses...

3. Admission paperwork

   preciousnurse replied to deespoohbear's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Where do the patients go after they leave the ER? DUH, we are busy

4. Assigning patients to rooms on Med/Surg Floor?

   preciousnurse replied to Mito's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Mito, It is a hard chore sometimes when it comes to room assignment especially for us because our rooms are not private. Like deepoohbear says, keep infectious patients together, etc. We have some...

5. mask for MRSA?

   preciousnurse replied to Flynurse's topic in Infectious Disease

   ADDITIONAL NOTE: the patients that are cultured are ALL nursing home residents!! Sorry forgot to add that little

6. mask for MRSA?

   preciousnurse replied to Flynurse's topic in Infectious Disease

   They have cultures done upon entering our facility and then get a chlorhexadine bath. The cultures have to come back negative three times at 48 hours before the precautions can be discontinued. We...

7. RN's removing surgical drains

   preciousnurse replied to conniejean's topic in Medical-Surgical

   Yes, I have pulled surgical JP drains and removed central lines and staples. I can say that the first time my manager told me I could pull a central line, I was so nervous that I made her do it and...

8. Ever feel like the med/surg unit is the hospital dumping ground?

   preciousnurse replied to deespoohbear's topic in Medical-Surgical

   I work on a 32 bed step down unit and know that it is sometimes a dumping ground. Women's Care cannot take a patient because they are infectious ,however they may only have one patient. I have had ICU...