fsaav

fsaav has 1 1/2 years experience and specializes in Pulmonary med/surg/telemetry.

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1. Charting blooper

   fsaav replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Nursing Humor

   Some things I've read in ER notes: The patient was recently diagnosed with "ear and double bowel syndrome." (Irritable bowel syndrome) The wound was urinated with normal saline. These always crack me...

2. Malpractice Insurance?

   fsaav replied to Jmiami's topic in General Nursing

3. Critical patient scenarios

   fsaav replied to pinkkitty11's topic in General Nursing

   I know this is a question from school...but I love the idea of keeping a thread like this going with other possible scenarios. I love reading answers like this from experienced nurses because, as a...

4. question about CF??

   fsaav replied to mentalhealthRN's topic in General Nursing

   I was watching House a couple days ago and the doctor excused himself because he needed to go hang a new IV bag for a patient...it made me giggle

5. What do you read to keep current?

   fsaav posted a topic in General Nursing

   I graduated 3 months ago, and I was just wondering what sources you use to keep current on nursing issues. I'm mostly thinking new research, procedures, etc. rather than the political side of things....

6. Admission orders

   fsaav posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone, I'm a new nurse and I'm in the process of trying to fine tune my organizational sheets to save time throughout my shift. One thing that I'd like to make more efficient for myself is...

7. Scrubs that are stretchy and are available in petite

   fsaav posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

   I'm looking for scrubs that are made of stretchy material that are also available in petite sizes in pants. I found NuDimension which seem like the kind of material that I'm looking for but I can't...

8. Can't believe how quickly the time has passed...

   fsaav posted a topic in General Nursing

   I just want to thank everyone who participates in making this site wonderful. I started coming here when taking my nursing prerequisites years ago and then started following the threads religiously...

9. Can I be a nurse if I'm not a morning person?

   fsaav replied to wannabeanRN90's topic in General Nursing

   I'm not a morning person at all either. I just love nighttime so night shift works a lot better for me that way as well as just more convenient for me since I have school-aged kids. However, I...

10. Nursing Care Plans

    fsaav replied to SkinnyLatte's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on the facility where you work. At my hospital we use computerized charting and the expectation is that each shift will complete care plans. This includes a problem list and whether the pt...

11. Questions for New Grads

    fsaav replied to lifelearningrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    1. When did you graduate? Will in Dec 2010 2. Do you have a BSN or ADN? ADN 3. Are you still looking for work? No 4. If not, how long did it take you to find a job? Applied to the unit that I did an...

12. Filter needles...are they necessary?

    fsaav replied to fsaav's topic in General Nursing

    I thought the same thing, but once I realized that absolutely NO nurses on the floor that I was on use them I wanted to check. It's one thing for a few nurses here and there to take shortcuts but it...

13. Filter needles...are they necessary?

    fsaav posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm about to graduate in 2 months and I know there are things that are different in the real world than "textbook." I see nurses on the floor do so many things differently than what I'm taught and...

14. Compatibilities of IV piggybacks

    fsaav replied to fsaav's topic in General Nursing

    I can't tell you enough how much I appreciate all the responses and explanations. It makes me feel better to know which way is correct and

15. Compatibilities of IV piggybacks

    fsaav replied to fsaav's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all so much for your help. RNMeg-Yes, my hospital does have Micromedex. I use it for information on the drugs themselves, but I've never realized there was an IV compatibility tab. I...