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  1. Some advice regarding a nursing instruuctors integrity

    shiccy replied to pinkfluffybunny's topic in General Students

    It may also benefit you in getting the charge nurse's side of the story. Nothing elaborate, but a "When I asked if (your name) was interested in injections, she excused herself and attempted to get...

  2. Dr's giving orders at bedside

    shiccy replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    One little phrase to remember: "Do you want me to write that as a verbal?" This MAKES him/her say yes/no. I'd have a hard time signing that write up. If he's in front of the patient telling him the...

  3. Funny doctor orders

    shiccy replied to laurenicoleRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    I had a person at least ASK before ordering something ridiculous... A patient was to be NPO for an extended period of time and the fresh resident was looking at this persons MAR. She said, "I'm new to...

  4. ACLS=not having to have BLS?

    shiccy replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    I know this is a "national" cert, but could they be different region to

  5. ACLS=not having to have BLS?

    shiccy replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Nursing

    BLS is included in ACLS ... if we have ACLS they give us the certs for

  6. Night Shift Pros and Cons

    shiccy replied to Kaychell's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked nights for three years. I started out in orientation on days and HATED it with a passion. I hate waking up (always have, always will) and would rather sleep in a bit than wake up early....

  7. Pre-Employment Physical Exams

    shiccy replied to MMurse's topic in General Nursing

    Most of the time it's clearing you and saying that at your current physical condition you're able to do your expected tasks in the way they need to be accomplished. Most contain an eye component, I...

  8. Funny doctor orders

    shiccy replied to laurenicoleRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    LMAO I would have taken his 'orders' made a copy secretly while he was still on the unit, and then, while in front of him, say, "*** IS THIS TOILET PAPER DOING HERE?!" *place in the allshred bin* ......

  9. Funny doctor orders

    shiccy replied to laurenicoleRN's topic in Nursing Humor

    "It's kinda dark in here, anybody have a

  10. turning down job position

    shiccy replied to dedicate's topic in General Nursing

    It'd be shady if they did have the ability to do that sort of checking. AFAIK they're correct. The only way they'd know is if you told them. Hopefully your personal things pan out and you're able to...

  11. Synthroid makes the heart beat faster?

    shiccy replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm ... well ... if you read the link, tachycardia and HTN are clearly listed. I'm not trying to sound like a jerk, but there are many people that don't use their resources. Thinking logistically...

  12. Synthroid makes the heart beat faster?

    shiccy replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    Best sources for information for this type of thing is: 1. Nursing drug book 2. MD 3. Pharmacist You can even search for "Synthroid side effects" in google and you might find something there. I even...

  13. A legality question about pay

    shiccy replied to Amberjade's topic in General Nursing

    Any state that *I* have ever been in has an obligatory ON SITE RN / LPN. They don't have to know they're there, but they have to be able to be called if need be. Most likely they were in an office...

  14. A legality question about pay

    shiccy replied to Amberjade's topic in General Nursing

    Our state has medication aids that are able to do everything except VERY certain meds in ECF /

  15. Hospital choosing new IV pumps....any advice or input would greatly appreciated!

    shiccy replied to luv2rsq's topic in General Nursing

    We use Alaris as well. The ability to take channels from one patient that doesn't need 4 channels and putting it where its needed it awesome. They're MUCH more intuitive than the older pumps we have...

  16. Bogazici

    shiccy replied to Bogazici's topic in General Nursing

    I am not closely comprehending most of what is going on, but I will say that yes you *can* have a license in more than one state. Also some states have reciprocities with others so you can have a...

  17. Japan needs nurses, STAT

    shiccy replied to betakurt's topic in General World

    If it was lucrative enough I might consider it, but there's also the 'not knowing the language' thing From what I remember in school it was Japanese (but may have been Korea) that their people value...

  18. questions on wound care

    shiccy replied to fiffy's topic in General Nursing

    We sometimes use alginate for wounds, but all suggestions and opinions are typically from wound specialists. If it's not granulated after this long, is a debridement

  19. Just moved to Toledo! What salary should I expect and is this salary negotiable?

    shiccy replied to JumpingJackRN's topic in General Nursing

    Our market is pretty saturated in the Toledo area, so negotiations will probably get you nowhere... that said, $23-24 I believe is starting,

  20. patients family photographing your badge?

    shiccy replied to melgrek's topic in General Nursing

    Don't know if someone has said this or not, but our ID's have barcodes on them w/ the #'s at the bottom of our employee ID's. Our employee ID's are step one of being able to do things for getting into...

  21. several prn pain med

    shiccy replied to Rk222's topic in General Nursing

    Three things: 1 Vicodin is 500mg Tylenol. If he/she gets 2, that's a gram. 4 grams in a 24 hour period is the max r/t acetaminophen max. This means 8 tabs or typically 4 doses of med per patient....

  22. termination for expired acls

    shiccy replied to benito1978's topic in General Nursing

    We had an instance of an RN that was put on a final for documentation reasons. Per HER account (I wasn't involved, but heard it second hand) she filed a grievance, was sat in front of the manager(s),...

  23. Patient Abandoment

    shiccy replied to miss_c's topic in General Nursing

    Wow I think you need to find out what your max hours for shift is. I'm in OH and it's 16 w/ at least an 8hr break between shifts. I would NEVER imagine this happening to somebody. I personally would...

  24. 15 yr old misdemeanor a thorn in my side!

    shiccy replied to LB49er's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    I had been terminated from a job in my distant past. I'm truthful about this. I don't get into details on paper, because if they don't meet you they'll never know what kind of person they'll get or...

  25. when to report/notified....

    shiccy replied to MissRed's topic in General Nursing

    FWIW in our facility the RN is the only one that is able to call a physician. I do not know if this is a "State Law" issue, or just hospital wide. I would assume that it'd be the latter b/c aids, even...