southerngirl67

southerngirl67

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  1. Inpatient vs. outpatient dialysis

    southerngirl67 replied to gam3rchic's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I have been an hd nurse for 11 years. I started out in outpt. I am now an acute nurse. I suggest working with chronic patients for a while before you transfer to the hospital. Outpatient units...

  2. Smoke Free

    southerngirl67 replied to Crux1024's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital has been smoke free since March 1. They offer stop smoking assistance to employees who smoke, and offer patches, etc. to patients. There is no smoking allowed on hospital property, or on...

  3. protocol for achieving hemostasis

    southerngirl67 replied to urrRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Tipstops are small round pieces of gelfoam that are attached to foam tape. They are about the size of bandaids and were $1.00 each last time that I

  4. hospitalists

    southerngirl67 replied to fronkey bean's topic in General Nursing

    We have 2 MD's and a NP. I absolutely love our hospitalists. They are wonderful to work with. They trust us, and we trust them. I am much happier when they are taking care of my patients than when...

  5. New Grad interviewing in Dialysis

    southerngirl67 replied to 81Bubbles's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Glad that I could help. If you need encouragement, let me

  6. New Grad interviewing in Dialysis

    southerngirl67 replied to 81Bubbles's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    You are very fortunate to have that much training. Get your feet wet in it before you start reading any materials. The website for American Nephrology Nurses Association might be helpful. I am not...

  7. protocol for achieving hemostasis

    southerngirl67 replied to urrRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I work in an acute unit. We use tipstops. Unfortunately, they are not usually available in the chronic units. They are cost prohibitive at $1 each. I am not sure that the acute unit that I worked...

  8. is dialysis less stressful than med surg

    southerngirl67 replied to lillady1225's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    It is very dependent on the unit that you are working

  9. New Grad interviewing in Dialysis

    southerngirl67 replied to 81Bubbles's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    You will either love dialysis or you will hate dialysis. I would under no circumstances go into acute care without EXPERIENCE! I have been a dialysis nurse for 10 years. I tried to leave once, but...

  10. protocol for achieving hemostasis

    southerngirl67 replied to urrRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Acute or

  11. What is the nurse to patient ratio in your facility?

    southerngirl67 replied to Colima's topic in General Nursing

    At our hospital, it is 1:5-6 usually with 1-2 cna's and one unit secretary 7-3 with 1 cna and a secretary 3-11. 11-7 has 1 cna. The same number of nurses with each

  12. did I or didn't I?

    southerngirl67 replied to annaedRN's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I promise it will be okay. I have been a nurse for so long that I had to take a test for a day and a half, then I had to wait 6 weeks for my

  13. Aspiring Nurses: Why not Med School??

    southerngirl67 replied to muurman's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You are comparing apples to

  14. Just needing some reassurance

    southerngirl67 replied to Happeetxn's topic in General Nursing

    You are very smart to get out of that

  15. what do you all think about 12 hour shifts?

    southerngirl67 replied to emmycRN's topic in General Nursing

    I personally don't mind 12 hour shifts, but I think 3 in a row should usually be the

  16. Violating a Code Status...

    southerngirl67 replied to Haunted's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, it all comes down to the family and the MD. There has to be an order on the

  17. Code Red/Code Blue/Code whatever....what do you have/what are they for?

    southerngirl67 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Code Adam is our newborn abduction. Code blue-resiratory arrest code green-external disaster Code red-fire Code yellow-bombthreat code black-bad weather code strong-lifting help code orange-evacuate...

  18. allowing parents in OR?

    southerngirl67 replied to penguin2's topic in Operating Room

    Parents are not allowed in our OR. Too much liability. As a matter of fact, family members that work in the OR are not allowed back there during

  19. Help with the life of a surgical consent!

    southerngirl67 replied to lostpinesornurse's topic in Operating Room

    I think it is at least 48 hrs in

  20. Loans, Debt, Contracts & all that bad stuff...

    southerngirl67 replied to DaughteroftheKing's topic in General Nursing

    Just make sure that you go ahead and pay it off as quickly as possible. It is very easy to consolidate your loans. When you do that, you end up having student loan payments for years and

  21. Would you tell another facility you worked elsewhere for 1 week?

    southerngirl67 replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with everyone else. RUN, RUN, RUN!!!!!!!! I would not tell the new facility. I also would not go

  22. Smile if you DON't HATE Nursing!

    southerngirl67 replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    If you go into nursing, it has to be because you are "called" to do it. It cannot be for the money, because it is not that much money. To the nurses who chose nursing for the correct reasons, it is...