nici1978

nici1978

Med/Surg and Wound Care, PACU

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  1. What do you think are the current major problems in nursing?

    nici1978 replied to Barras's topic in General Nursing

    so basically you mean me as a german nurse?

  2. Aides and Nurses - Different Outlook, Lack of Understanding

    nici1978 replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    i was a nurse for 4 years in germany before my dh and i moved to the us when i first started working on a med/surg unit i was following another nurse for some time the first day i ever worked on the...

  3. Aides and Nurses - Different Outlook, Lack of Understanding

    nici1978 replied to Weeping Willow's topic in General Nursing

    i had a wound care tech once that helped doing dressingchanges in a very busy wound care clinic, he once dropped sterile gauze on the floor picked it up and wanted to place it on the patient before he...

  4. LPN First or Straight to RN

    nici1978 replied to vpfeffer's topic in LPN to RN

    i would go straight to RN, it is always easier to go further right away if you start something

  5. Need Help with Blood Administration

    nici1978 replied to peds4now's topic in General Nursing

    i have been doing it the same way, that is how i learned it some times after the blood is running for a while you will have some airbubbles in it ( not all the time) than in my facility we runn again...

  6. How many nurses want their children to be nurses too?

    nici1978 replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    if my kids do decide to go in to the health field i will support them, but i will also tell them what it is really like to be a nurse or a doctor

  7. swab stopcock before IV push?

    nici1978 replied to RNcathlab's topic in General Nursing

    i am for swabbing, i was taught that in school way back than, i usually wait a couple of seconds for the alcohol to dry and than acess what ever port i have if you have questions about things like...

  8. have you given supppository to stoma?

    nici1978 replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    i have seen it many times and done it many times mostly you give an fleet enema

  9. Difficult IV stick - Update!

    nici1978 replied to Krissiana's topic in General Nursing

    good luck, keep us

  10. Gastric Bypass: trading one set of problems for another?

    nici1978 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    i do think it is somewhat an easy way out, what about exercise and eating right not dieting, that helped for a friend of mine, she lost over 100p in a little bit over a year and all with a...

  11. Wound Care--"It itches!" Patient scratches around wound

    nici1978 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    just to let you knoe aquacel is not a debrider it is in fact a dressing with silver in it, it is a collagen a debrider would be your panafil or you accuzyme for itchy skin around wounds use chloderm...

  12. Code Gone Wrong

    nici1978 replied to h20rn's topic in General Nursing

    actually the german language works that way

  13. new grad looking to move to Tucson?

    nici1978 replied to LivewellRN's topic in General Nursing

    i have to agree, do not go to tmc also i did not and do not speak spanish, usually you will have at least 1 other person on your unit that speaks it personally i would move to the university area, it...

  14. What MD speciality do you find the most difficult to work with?

    nici1978 replied to nurturing_angel's topic in General Nursing

    i would say the most difficult md's are you general surgeons they seem to be very hot tempered but that is just my opinion

  15. Co-sign Insulin?

    nici1978 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    i have to say i like the idea of cosigning, in my facility we cosign subq insulin and trips also all heparin and pca, epidural , it does not make me feels stupid or like i am a bad nurse, no i think...

  16. new grad looking to move to Tucson?

    nici1978 replied to LivewellRN's topic in General Nursing

    i did not have any problems while working in tucson, the people are usually very friendly and the weather is nice i say go for it, there are plenty of jobs out there i would consider going to the...