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  1. Pyxis - The Ultimate Fomite

    Piki replied to Turtle in scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    try wetting your finger tip with a drop of water first, almost always

  2. Contact Isolation

    Piki replied to payang0722's topic in General Nursing

    At any given time we have at least several people in contact isolation on our floor at the hospital. When we do accu-checks, we use the plastic bag that holds the gown as a cover for the accu-check,...

  3. Where do you get your CE (continuing education) hours?

    Piki replied to Bruce_Wayne's topic in General Nursing

    We get enough ISUs and mandatory classes at work to cover the CEU requirements in our state (which is 30 hours to renew every other

  4. What kind of holiday bonus do you get?

    Piki replied to cbcle's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing! You're lucky to get a

  5. Survey For My Senior Project! Please Take a Few Minutes to Answer These 5 Questions

    Piki replied to Formyseniorproject's topic in General Nursing

    1. How long have you been a nurse? 3 years 2. What motivated you to choose nursing as a profession? After being disillusioned in the corporate world in a high paying career, and then being a SAHM to...

  6. Took Care of a Patient with MRSA Today

    Piki replied to HappyMeNow's topic in General Nursing

    I cannot count the number of times we've had patients on the floor (we also routinely swab nares for MRSA upon admission/discharge) that have ended up having MRSA, or C-Diff after being on the floor...

  7. Health Care Bill

    Piki replied to VerbalGrl715's topic in General Nursing

    Re: the "letter" from Dr Stephen Frazer, here it is on snopes.com

  8. Largest med pass

    Piki replied to twokidsmom,rn's topic in General Nursing

    wow, that's an early time of day to be passing so many meds. Here our daily meds are typically ordered at 0900 and 2100. Usually more a.m. meds. Certain meds are given @ 0730, such as protonix,...

  9. You know you're Old School when...

    Piki replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not old school (been an RN only 3 years) but we still do 3 glass cycles on our post TURPs or prostate surgery patients. I've also used granulex spray, so it can't be totally old school. It's...

  10. IV piggyback

    Piki replied to buttons4's topic in General Nursing

    Protocol at our hospital is that larger bags of IV antibiotics (say 250 cc or higher) can be run as primaries as long as you flush before and after with saline. Smaller bags we will run with a small...

  11. What kind of personal medical equipment are nurses allowed to use at the hospitals?

    Piki replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Why would you want to buy and bring in your own medical equipment? Glucometers every place I've seen have special hospital docking units to download blood sugars into the computer. Every patient...

  12. Med/ Surg Patient to Nurse Ratio

    Piki replied to pilpusher's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I cannot imagine having 9-12 patients on a med-surg floor! Yikes. I work surgical/tele med-surg, typically on days we get max 5:1 patients, sometimes only 4 (but you know you will get the first...

  13. Are there nurses out there that actually LIKE Med-Surg?

    Piki replied to LeLeeFNP's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto except I work on a surgical floor and definitely prefer surgical patients over medical! We do get medical patients as well and of course many surgical patients come with many medical...

  14. Wow that was stupid!!

    Piki replied to nrsman1's topic in General Nursing

    At our hospital, Respiratory is responsible for putting patients on their Cpap/BiPap and checking to make sure the equipment is working. Glad you called respiratory and no harm was

  15. Am i too old to start aiming for a nursing career

    Piki replied to rompril's topic in General Nursing

    Just to add to the chorus.... No, no, no! You are not too old. I went back to school for my 2nd career in my late 30's and graduated nursing school @ age 41. 34 is young! I thought for sure I'd be...

  16. How many miles/minutes do you drive to work?

    Piki replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I'm about 22/23 miles away (depending on which sidestreets I take) - mostly interstate driving though, takes me around 25-30 minutes (depending on stop lights on the

  17. New Grads and Clinical Hours

    Piki replied to ilovenursing2009's topic in General Nursing

    1200 for a Diploma based

  18. If pay was not an issue, would you still be a nurse?

    Piki replied to Elizabeth K.'s topic in General Nursing

    Most days, yes, yes I would.... Let me clarify... I hold a bachelor's and a Master's in other fields, and worked in the corporate field for a while. It's not all it's cracked up to be, definitely not...

  19. No More Fingersticks for Techs!!

    Piki replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    the RNs have always done them

  20. Allheart phone number FOUND

    Piki replied to joyflnoyz's topic in General Nursing

    I too have used allheart before with no problem... until a few months ago... I ordered just plain white and blue scrubs and it took almost 2 months for all of my order to arrive. Very frustrating...

  21. Do you give your 10 AM meds at 8 AM?

    Piki replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, who has the time?? I know at that time I am busy making first rounds and assessments. If they have a 7:30 (usually something like insulin or maybe a protonix drip, or PO) or 8 a.m. meds I...

  22. NG tubes

    Piki replied to Emilysmom2, RN's topic in General Nursing

    We deal with NG tubes all the time on our floor (lots of bowel surgeries and bowel obstructions). To check placement we use audible air injection. You have to unhook the NG tube from the suction,...

  23. Nurses, do you thank your CNA/PCA/Nursing Assistant daily?

    Piki replied to gonzo1224's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I always thank the CNAs every shift. I always appreciate the little things they can do for me (and vice

  24. Why do you give IV nexium and protonix slow?!

    Piki replied to Craychek's topic in General Nursing

    We give all of our protonix IV in piggyback bags to be run over 30 minutes. Nexium isn't given at our hospital but where I did many of my student clinicals, it was the drug of choice and we gave it...

  25. How many hours do you work each week?

    Piki replied to swimincatz's topic in General Nursing

    Part time - I work 20 hours a week (12 and an 8) - surgical