JRD2002

JRD2002

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  1. Confused about schedule, orienting every saturday

    JRD2002 replied to jam2007's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I would ask your manager. Your orientation schedule may be different from what your work schedule will be, but you still need to know for

  2. Help!! New Nurse in Distress..

    JRD2002 replied to buffscotty's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you don't have a job at the end of graduation would it really be such a big deal. Re-read your post. It seems to me that you have already answered your own question. You said that you know that...

  3. Most Common IV Push Meds on Med-Surg

    JRD2002 replied to nurseJ88's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yeah all of the ones mentioned above are the ones that I push most often. I also dilute everything and push everything slowly even if you might not have to. Nexium is one that should be pushed over...

  4. Young Nurses?

    JRD2002 replied to MelBel's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I started working in the lab right after I turned 18. Almost everyone of my patients would ask my how old I was, how long I have been doing it, where I went to school. Well I had no experience and...

  5. Your first Code Blue

    JRD2002 replied to MMARN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I have been to many codes. I have only been nursing for a little while but I worked for the hospital laboratory for over 5 years and we were required to go to codes anywhere in the hospital....

  6. I send pt home with heplocks!!

    JRD2002 replied to luce2008's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yeah pretty easy to overlook especially since around discharge most patients get antsy in the pantsy and try to rush you along. Just curious but what did you do...tell the come back or give them...

  7. are they supposed to know this by now?

    JRD2002 replied to labrador4122's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I love that you said this! BTW nursing school is great but it really only lays a foundation. I am sure that we can all think back to a time when spiking an IV bag wasn't something we could do with...

  8. My poor poor handover :(

    JRD2002 replied to AussieKylie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We still do face-to-face at changes of shift. We also sign off on charts as we go through any new orders. It is not uncommon for our reports to take 10-15 minutes for 6 patients. Many of the nurses...

  9. physical assessment

    JRD2002 replied to rn2b5's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You should always auscultate bowel sounds before performing palpation. If I heard hypoactive bowel sounds I would mark on the assessment hypoactive and then palpate. Don't auscultate after palpating...

  10. Did I abandon my patient?

    JRD2002 replied to LauraMT's topic in First Year After Licensure

    At my facility we have to sign off on the chart at the bottom of the last physician order at shift change. This is to done by the nurse leaving and the nurse coming in and makes sure that the nurse...

  11. Would you marry a female MD?

    JRD2002 replied to cgun101's topic in Men in Nursing

    I would as long as I didn't have to work with her. In my experiences it has never been good to work in close proximity to someone that you are

  12. Need Help w/my Sociology Paper

    JRD2002 replied to jman21050's topic in Men in Nursing

    That's really kind of offensive. I would get a new thesis because I don't think anyone would say that we are looked down upon by society as a whole. Sure we have our share of jokes at our expense...

  13. How do you deal with female patients?

    JRD2002 replied to Dr.Nurse2b's topic in Men in Nursing

    I respect the patient's wishes. Every once in a while I get a woman who won't let a man be her nurse. Much more often a female patient is okay with having a male nurse as long as he is not the one...

  14. Help with ER blood draw order and tube color!

    JRD2002 replied to pedsRN121's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was a phlebotomist for over 5 years and the order of draw absolutley affects the results. If you were to draw an EDTA tube (purple or pink) before you collected the tube that was going to be used...

  15. Need advice on attire

    JRD2002 replied to Seank's topic in Men in Nursing

    I would do a search for websites that supply shoes for chefs. They are on their feet the entire time they are working and most of the time their shoes are non-slip. Their shoes also tend to look...