gospursgo07

gospursgo07

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gospursgo07 specializes in Endoscopy.


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  1. Should I accept this position? I need advice!

    Thanks so much everyone! I think just hearing some reassuring words helped me realize what I pretty much already knew. I appreciate yalls input greatly. Again, thanks for all of the well wishes....
  2. Hello everyone, I am looking for some advice, so if you would be so kind... Let me give you a little background. I have been a RN for 4 yrs, 2 yrs in the unit where I am now. I have been taking over...
  3. question for endo, PACU, OR, OPS, and other nurses!

    Thanks for all of your replies! So for the pre-op aldrete score..what score do you give for the BP? I thought the paramaters were +/- 20% pre-medication BP, etc? How do you give a score for the 1st...
  4. Hello all! I work in endoscopy. A question came up during a staff meeting about the Aldrete score. As I understand it, the Aldrete score is used to asses the pt after sedation or a procedure. This...
  5. PIV rotation for pedi pts?

    thanks for all of your replies!!! my mind can rest easy now! :) she is doing much better now, and should be home at the end of the week. thanks again
  6. PIV rotation for pedi pts?

    Hello all, I have a question for you pedi nurses, or anyone who can offer some insight... My 5 year old niece is in the hospital and is getting IV antibiotics and fluids. She was admitted Friday...
  7. Dry Drowning?

    Im an not sure if there has already been a post about this so if so, I apologize. Just about every one of my family and friends with small children have called me (suprise, suprise) in the last day...
  8. Agency Credibility

    I was looking to try home health as a change from Med-Surg (been there 1 1/2 years and the stress of 7-8 pts is killing me). A friend of mine works for an angency here in town and wants me to come see...
  9. PICC line in IVDA pt

    from what ive been told, the other guy was giving him cigarettes in return for the
  10. PICC line in IVDA pt

    yeah, i have also had a couple of MDs write orders such as "pt does not have hospital privelages". They do find a way to "sneak out" though. We one time had a pt who had a morphine PCA pump....would...
  11. PICC line in IVDA pt

    Quick question... I see PICC lines on a regular, daily basis. I work in a county hospital and deal with a lot of pt's with drug abuse issues as well, some even homeless. I have seen a couple pt's...
  12. Is nursing for me?

    Try volunteering at a hospital. I went to a private high school and we had to have so many "service hours" per year to graduate. At the time, my mom suggested I work as a "candy-striper" or hospital...
  13. Is My Hospital The Norm??

    Sounds like we work at the same hospital!!! I was ready to quit last week....I do 12's and it was my week of 3 in a row. I had a group of 7 pt's; 2 with Heparin gtt's, 2 with chest tubes, one with...
  14. Want others to know...and learn

    my :heartbeat aches for you and my prayers are with you!! come to texas!!! we love new nurses on our floor!!! Good luck in all you
  15. job change process

    hello all!!! I have been working on a med-surg floor now for a little over a year, and I love my job. I love interacting with my patients, their families, and my fellow nurses. Everyone is so nice on...