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1. interferon question

   niteshiftnurse replied to trogdor's topic in Gastroenterology

   I take Rebif for MS, which is an interferon, and they say you should have your liver enzimes checked every 3 month. Other than that, you could have flu like symptoms after each injection. tylenol...

2. nurse patient ratio on nites

   niteshiftnurse replied to niteshiftnurse's topic in General Nursing

   I work med/surg with renal pts , oncology and anything else they send to the floor. no aid for upto 18 pts 2 nurses and a charge.....by the way,the charge nurse doesn't take patients...their decision...

3. nurse patient ratio on nites

   niteshiftnurse posted a topic in General Nursing

   what is your nurse patient ration where you work on the night shift. mine can be upto 8, which I believe is dangerous because they don't consided the aquity of the

4. Drs. handwriting - Can you read it well?

   niteshiftnurse replied to RN2007's topic in General Nursing

   I have had times that "no one" can read the hand writing, not even the people in the pharmacy. I have even had to hold the order upto the ceiling lights and read it backwards. As a rule, when I call...

5. documenting short staffing question

   niteshiftnurse replied to angelbear's topic in General Nursing

   we were always told that any incident reports go to the director of the floor. My question is.....what happens when the director doesn't turn in the incident report. We also work under terrible...

6. Oncology RN with cancer

   niteshiftnurse replied to lgoins's topic in Oncology

   I am a nurse and had lung CA 3 years ago. My situation was a little different because a doctor had known and never told me. I didn't find out till a year and half later. I was pretty devistated. No...

7. clinic nurses-late patients?? What to do?

   niteshiftnurse replied to luvbug's topic in General Nursing

   The other side to this is what if the doctor is running behind????? I have been seeing a neurologist for the past 3 1/2 years and its nothing for him to be 3 hrs behind, even if you have a 10am appt....

8. How long does report take?

   niteshiftnurse replied to RNnites's topic in General Nursing

   Good grief.....an hour and a half??? With me, if I had the same patients and there wasn't any drastic changes during the nite, it only takes about 30 minutes. If I am getting report from the day nurse...

9. Math Placement Exam

   niteshiftnurse replied to suzy253's topic in General Students

   try this web site..

10. Who transcribes med orders?

    niteshiftnurse replied to AHarri66's topic in General Nursing

    Unit secretary. nurses do 24hr chart check and catch anything the secretary

11. Cold Pot????

    niteshiftnurse replied to RNsweetie's topic in General Nursing

    Me thinks it sounds like COPD. As you know, the docs all took Chicken Scratch

12. Bonus Pay

    niteshiftnurse replied to rreed's topic in General Nursing

    We get 150.00 extra per pay if you work an additional shift and come in 4 hrs

13. Pneumatic tube systems....

    niteshiftnurse replied to deespoohbear's topic in General Nursing

    love it when it works, hate it when it goes

14. why do some nurses forget that they were once students?

    niteshiftnurse replied to geleesa's topic in General Students

    GOD BLESS THE

15. LVN/LPN scope in your unit?

    niteshiftnurse replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    check with SBN. In florida LPN's are not allowed to hang blood or give ANY pushes, except heparin flushes. SBN says "its not in your scope of