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  1. Question for ADN's

    nursbee04 replied to LADYFLOWER's topic in General Nursing

    I took over a full load per sememster. It took me exactly three years. Two semesters for prereqs, then the nsg program was two years. Most of the people in my program that went part time took 4-5...

  2. Post-Its from the edge

    nursbee04 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Administration - It has come to my attention that you have no idea what goes on in your facility and are completely out of touch with what is feasible to expect from your staff. Please get a...

  3. What's your favorite procedure?

    nursbee04 replied to javanurse2000's topic in General Nursing

    Starting IVs and doing

  4. Housekeeping/Isolation Rooms

    nursbee04 replied to nursbee04's topic in Infectious Disease

    I am familiar with my P&P, I am just curious about other facilities in comparison to the one I work

  5. New Slant on ADN vs BSN: are ADN programs anti-intellectual?

    nursbee04 replied to NurseFirst's topic in General Nursing

    Please please please PLEASE don't encourage or cultivate this attitude with your students! Can I ask why this is accepted as the "general perspective?" Do you think we just call the ABG's to the...

  6. Starting IV's

    nursbee04 replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    I don't go by veins I can see, and even if I can see them, I still feel them. Good veins have a lovely spongy sort of feel. It just takes a lot of practice, you'll get the hang of it sooner or...

  7. Nursing Research/The RN's Role

    nursbee04 replied to jamy's topic in General Nursing

    1. What is your educational level ASN 2. What is your perspective on nurses doing research and what do you see as your role? Have you ever been involved in a research study, either the...

  8. 1950s nursing

    nursbee04 replied to colrainrn's topic in General Nursing

    i can't really say firsthand. i work in the icu, i've never worked with her. i know she's not one for joking around and i've heard although she is soft spoken she is an iron-rule type. btw,...

  9. 1950s nursing

    nursbee04 replied to colrainrn's topic in General Nursing

    -The hospital I did my first medsurg clinicals at in 2002 still uses two flat sheets, and the open side of the pillowcase CANNOT face the door. All the nurses are required to wear all white with 100%...

  10. Complete HB, bradycardia, and hypertension

    nursbee04 replied to zacarias's topic in General Nursing

    (I may not be remembering this right.) COxSVR=BP If the CO goes down, then the SVR goes up to compensate. If the SVR goes down, then the CO increases to compensate. Am I way off base? So could the...

  11. What if all docs had to nurses first?????

    nursbee04 replied to MryRose's topic in General Nursing

    True, there should be a zero tolerance type of policy in place for ALL employees, but physicians will always be treated differently, because GOD FORBID they should take their services to another...

  12. What if all docs had to nurses first?????

    nursbee04 replied to MryRose's topic in General Nursing

    (I assume you are quoting PAC's post in the first paragraph.) Please, please please excuse me if I have misunderstood your post - If I have I apologize in advance - but: Why would it be cause for...

  13. Why do RN's with ASN and BSN make the same?

    nursbee04 replied to cancergirl's topic in General Nursing

    Hey now! Be

  14. Why do RN's with ASN and BSN make the same?

    nursbee04 replied to cancergirl's topic in General Nursing

    If I concentrate really hard, will you be able to guess what I'm thinking? My weight? My mother's maiden name? :) Just kidding. Really :chuckle Really, though- what exactly differentiates these...

  15. Refusing to be trained for "Charge"

    nursbee04 replied to Butternut's topic in General Nursing

    i did charge as a newbie...about four months after graduation...and don't think i didn't have the supervisor on the phone anytime i was unsure about something---nine times outta ten the supervisor was...

  16. Why do RN's with ASN and BSN make the same?

    nursbee04 replied to cancergirl's topic in General Nursing

    I had a nursing management class in my ADN program (yes, it was a full semester and not combined into another class...probably not as intensive as a BSN program, but still) and I think it was very...

  17. Oxygen Tank Storage

    nursbee04 replied to proudmommielpn's topic in General Nursing

    Our crash cart has a place for an O2 tank to be strapped in, and we also keep an extra tank in a wheeled carrier just in

  18. How important is a BSN?

    nursbee04 replied to greerster's topic in General Nursing

    It shouldn't make people mad because it is not condescending and does not imply that BSN's are better nurses than ADN's or Diplomas, like so many other arguments for BSN entry level do. It is...

  19. Challenging Hospital Dress Code

    nursbee04 replied to jaycieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, but this is a major issue. It has to do with respect and professionalism. Now, if they are willing to pay, I will wear it, but when they require me to pay for scrubs embroidered with the...

  20. Challenging Hospital Dress Code

    nursbee04 replied to jaycieRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, but this is a major issue. It has to do with respect and professionalism. Now, if they are willing to pay, I will wear it, but when they require me to pay for scrubs embroidered with the...

  21. Med-Surg Topic of the Week ..... CHANGE

    nursbee04 replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Our unit is moving away from total care. I hate, ABSOLUTELY HATE passing meds for 14 patients at a time (had 16 the other night. I have developed a whole new respect for nurses who do the med nurse...

  22. Med-Surg Topic of the Week ..... CHANGE

    nursbee04 replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Our unit is moving away from total care. I hate, ABSOLUTELY HATE passing meds for 14 patients at a time (had 16 the other night. I have developed a whole new respect for nurses who do the med nurse...

  23. Challenging Hospital Dress Code

    nursbee04 replied to jaycieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in your boat, too. But not only do they want us to purchase our own ugly scrubs, they want us to have them embroidered with the hospital name in bold above our name and title - which we also have...

  24. IV potassium

    nursbee04 replied to limabean's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You did the right thing. If YOU as a nurse had hung the K+ and it went in wide open and the pt developed an arrhythmia or arrested, in court YOU (not the doc who wrote the order) would be held to the...

  25. Come Play the Build a Better Hospital Game!

    nursbee04 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I experience reality EVERY night :chuckle . I am charge plus a full load of pt's. Last night I had seven pts total care, no aides, just me. I think that the nurse manager should pull one shift per...