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  1. Dirty Utility room/area

    sediaz replied to smoddra's topic in Infectious Disease

    If CMS were to survey the facility you would probably be cited for mixing dirty with clean. On our IC environmental rounds sheet, we have to check the clean utility rooms and ensure that nothing...

  2. Plastic bags hanging on computers.

    sediaz posted a topic in Infectious Disease

    The portable computer workstations we use do not have drawers. The nurses are hanging plastic bags from the side to store flushes, insulin syringes and such. The problem is they do not remove the...

  3. Help with IV Potassium administration

    sediaz posted a topic in Patient Medications

    I had a pt who needed yet another Potassium run. She told me that it had burned when a previous nurse had run the potassium. Being a new nurse, I went seeking advise on what rate to run the...

  4. Unit Champions

    sediaz posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I'm the Unit Champion on our med/surg floor. As the designated "cheerleader" I'm looking for ideas to encourage better participation in our daily 'huddles'. I'm also supposed to help my co-workers...

  5. Unit Champions

    sediaz replied to sediaz's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We aspire to be a magnet hospital so therefore group huddles are to be done daily. If you miss the daily huddle then you're supposed to read-and sign- the huddle sheet that you missed. We receive a...

  6. Nursing Diagnosis

    sediaz replied to MsSocalRN's topic in General Nursing

    Someone told me that when I'm stumped to try and work backwards. Example: The TIME MEAUSURED OUTCOME (The Goal)l for this dx would be: Pt will feed herself safely during hospital stay. What...

  7. 1/2NS +20meq KCL and urine output

    sediaz posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Backstory. . .pt admitted for pneumonia. Hx fr 5 years ago included a mass in her colonwith mets to liver. Her eyes were very jaundiced. A physician mentioned to me that cxr showed worsening...

  8. Anyone Else Always Anxious?

    sediaz replied to NewCanadianNurse12's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I've been licensed since 3/08. Other nurses will see me "stressed" by the craziness of the moment on the med/surg floor and the usual word of advise is simply "breathe". I was standing next to a...

  9. specialty beds for patients

    sediaz posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Embarrassed myself and got hauled into my directors office because I didn't follow procedure re how my facility utilizes air mattresses. I have started shifts with patients already on specialty beds...

  10. manifestations of stress as a new RN

    sediaz posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I thought Nursing School was stressful; especially the Skills Tests and Exam days. I graduated in January 2008 and by June had gone from an almost size 16 back down to a lovely size 12. I attributed...

  11. Need specific info for my Plantar Fasciitis

    sediaz replied to NTPinky's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I went to a podiatrist who dx my foot pain problem as plantar fascitis. He showed me how to use water proof tape to fashion a "support slipper" on the sole of my foot which gave me relief....

  12. Starting Nursing At 40...am I Too Late???

    sediaz replied to SunnyBeach_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I started back to school at age 50 while working 3 part-time jobs that fit around college classes. I may well have been the oldest in my nursing school class of 51. I was 54 when I passed NCLEX and...

  13. HELP! Preceptor pb + time list.

    sediaz replied to CSNS's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I love SoundofMusic's schedule!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm going to copy it and use it. I hope it will help me "anchor" the shift. There's so much going on during the med surg day shift and this schedule beats...

  14. Am I too old to go to nursing school and into a nursing career?

    sediaz replied to is58tooold's topic in General Nursing

    I'm 54 and should graduate from an ASN program this semester. You want it? Focus and go for

  15. Pandemic News/Awareness.

    sediaz replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Indigo, I'm a fourth semester nursing student and am taking my Trends in Nursing class. We have to do a presentation and I decided to focus on the respirators that nurses would be wearing while...

  16. Nurse Personality

    sediaz replied to trapped_in_light's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I'm taking a Trends in Nursing class and one of the modules has to do with 4 personality types: Driver; Analytical; Expressive; and Amiable. I think we're studying this so as to understand how to...

  17. Is it too late for me?

    sediaz replied to FinderKeeper's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a 4th semester Nursing student and will graduate this December. I will be 54 1/2 when I take the NCLEX and be settling in as a "Real" RN as I celebrate turning 55 next June. You can do