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  1. Are you an introvert or extrovert?

    Piki replied to jessi1106's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Mostly introverted with a streak of extrovert in me. That comes out in work and with patients. But when I sit down to do my work at the nurse's station, I pretty much just sit there and get my...

  2. Calling all Surgical/GI Colo Rectal Nurses!!???

    Piki replied to julsywulsy's topic in General Nursing

    Our floor is very similar to yours except we have telemetry as well, and we do get other surgeries such as TURPs, ENT, etc. But the majority of our surgeries are GI/Colo/Rectal. Our ratio for days...

  3. What's your patient load?

    Piki replied to guest64485's topic in General Nursing

    I can't imagine having 6-8 patients on days. That's nuts. Post surgical. Days/eves 4-5. Nights never more than

  4. work dilemma, 2 12's or 3 8's???

    Piki posted a topic in General Nursing

    I need some honest input. Anyone that has worked rotating shifts, I'd love to hear from you especially. I work part time - 24 hours per week. Right now I work both days and eves, in a post-surgical...

  5. work dilemma, 2 12's or 3 8's???

    Piki replied to Piki's topic in General Nursing

    You can work 3 12's night time steady if you want, or steady nights (either 5 8's, or 2 8's and 2 12's) - but no one can work steady daylight - you either have to rotate if you want 12's day/ night or...

  6. Surgical Nurse vs. Cardiac Nurse???

    Piki replied to palmettogirl's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a fairly recent grad (18 mos) and started on a surgical telemetry floor. So we get a bit of both (mostly surgical pts, the occasional medical pt, surgical pt that needs telemetry, etc). We are...

  7. full time requirement for part time

    Piki replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    Not true at the hospital I was hired at, actually there are several of us that were hired as GNs in PT

  8. Reposting Tonsilectomy question...

    Piki replied to smstar1996's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't peek thru the rest of the answers but this question and the answer is an NCLEX type question. The answer is A b/c in case of any emesis, you would immediately turn the child over onto their...

  9. Did you study for your NCLEX...?

    Piki replied to DanielleJ_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I took the test 2 mos after graduation but like others mentioned we had mandatory study sessions and questions on CD rom during the last term plus after graduation I did questions online and in...

  10. don't call me dumb...

    Piki replied to lmc512's topic in General Nursing

    I was just going to say the same thing. Central lines are venous and you can run fluids, TPN, push meds (I shudder to think what would happen if you tried doing that with an art

  11. catheter

    Piki replied to lpnurse!'s topic in General Nursing

    I would have answered #2. 1 - wrong, b/c by irrigating (which at least at our hospital requires a dr's order) you are likely contaminating the bladder with germs that came into the catheter when it...

  12. How many of you were older when you went into nursing?

    Piki replied to ohcomeon's topic in General Nursing

    Another second careerer here. Have a BA from 1987 and a M.S. from 94, and went back to nursing school in fall of 2004 and graduated last spring, 2007. 41 when I graduated. I thought I'd be one of...

  13. Can I work part-time as a new grad.?

    Piki replied to ARRR10's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was hired on as a part time new grad last year. I work .60, which is 24 hours weekly (3 8's). I'm sure this depends on the hospital. The larger city hospital systems (2 in our region) would not...

  14. What PRN meds do you give a lot?

    Piki replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    Zofran and Dilaudid or Morphine IVP (post surgical floor), percocet or vicodin PO. I have never given demerol PRN although we carry it in our narc cabinet. For those that can't take morphine or...

  15. Salary at UPMC in MICU - HELP!

    Piki replied to SweetCakesCCU's topic in General Nursing

    I know of an acquaintance that transferred there with 18 mos experience into one of the ICU's and works the weekend option (36 hours fri/sat/sun) and makes $32 an

  16. Best place in US to be an RN?

    Piki replied to solneeshka's topic in General Nursing

    I lived in Houston for 19 years, it is a great place housing wise, but the traffic and the weather are both horrific (heat and humidity, 90+ you can expect from about April thru October). I never...

  17. General Nursing Poll...What is the nurse to patient ratio at your hosptial?

    Piki replied to Polly Dipcya's topic in General Nursing

    Days: usually 5:1 (sometimes 4:1 tho you are more likely then to get the first admit) Evenings: same as days Nights: 5-7:1. Days we have a charge nurse and usually 4 RNs. If we are full, then a day...

  18. iv dilaudid

    Piki replied to cupcake25's topic in General Nursing

    I work a post surg med-surg unit and we go through alot of Dilaudid. Morphine as well, but I'd say they're about equally

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

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

    Without reading thru all the replies, in a nutshell, no you are not too old at 40 to start. I graduated last year at almost 42 (and valedictorian, to boot). I thought I was going to be the oldest in...

  20. A year in...and trust me, it gets better

    Piki replied to MelBel's topic in First Year After Licensure

    That's wonderful. Good for you! I'm a month shy of my year anniversary and I agree, it's gotten much better. When I look back at the things that scared (for lack of a better term) me when I first...

  21. Unit Secretary Doesn't Know Scope of Practice!

    Piki replied to Okami_CCRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm surprised the UC could even use the machine, b/c in our facility (and in others where I was a student) you have to put in your operator ID by scanning your badge, and then scanning the patient....

  22. Can graduate nurses work before passing boards?

    Piki replied to Aspen1's topic in General Nursing

    PA is the same as NY. You have to apply for your temporary license and then it is good for a full year. But most GNs don't wait a full year to test, just a few months at most. It is up to the...

  23. Do you start your own IVs?

    Piki replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto. I'm still a newbie (almost a year) and we did get to spend 2 hours with the iv team during orientation (probably started 4 iv's then) and then I've probably started about half a dozen on my...

  24. Diploma RN Programs

    Piki replied to zooz's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely not true. I graduated from one last year! There are quite a few in my area in fact... I can name 4 just within this major metro

  25. Gotta good "poop" story? I do.

    Piki replied to st4304's topic in General Nursing

    I know this thread is years old but I do have a quick poop story (don't we all). This one I call "The Phantom Poop" Took care of an elderly gentleman, totally A&O, maybe a tad forgetful, but he...