AmyBRN

Hi, Just an FYI. I have been going to a Chiropractor for my back, and felt relief from migraines with just a few back adjustments. She said it could be that some of my migraines could have been from neck misalignment, even though I didn't have neck ...

Another repeat dream, is that your running around taking care of your patients, only to realize that it's 200 and you didn't know you had another patient(s).

OMG!!! I thought I was the only person with weird dreams. My problem is I sleep talk and walk. One dream I had was my patients femoral Aline was dislodged and I was putting pressure on it to stop the bleeding, only to have a fight with my husba...

Guess he'll have to stop drinking margarita's while showering.

Hi, As a fellow migraine sufferer, I think that you should take whatever medication works for you. When I just started my current job, I told the employee health PA that I have migraines. She just asked if any of my medications for the migraines w...

I'm interested to know too!!

A few weeks ago I was passing a bottle of Calcium Carbonate around to my fellow RN's because it smelled soooooo good! I also like the smell of liquid zantac and benzoin. Mucomyst and cat pee antibiotics (you all know the ones) are the worst! Of cou...

Regarding PALS, as a PICU nurse. I went to take it after a year of PICU experience (maybe a little longer than I should have waited but...). I think that the PALS class is very interesting, but also very hard. You need to have hands on experience for...

HI!! I just started at St. Francis, and I'm hired for there OR program. I'm very excited to start working there. They hold their RN's up to high standards and expect a lot from you, but in the end it makes you a better nurse. I honestly feel that I w...

Hi jetson. Just an FYI, those areas that your considering seem pretty far away from each other to me. (From me, 20 min. to Glen Cove, (being all backroads are the only way to get in and out) Northport is about 40 mins from me on the parkway and Port ...

I am a NCC graduate from the nursing dept. It is a VERY hard program. My husband will attest to the nights I was up, working on my careplans, at 5 am, crying because the printer stopped working!!!! AHHH the memories. It is a hard program, but rewardi...

I'm going to be training on the 8a-4p shift. Once I'm off of orientation I will be working 1200-0030, 3 days a week, no 4th day (which is what they do at someother area hospitals). I was also told that you have to sign up for 5 8-hour call shifts a m...

I agree that this website provided lots of great help, in preparing for my interview, I searched WAYY back. Great information, great tips to anyone else looking to go into OR nursing and preparing for an interview. I will be an OR nurse starting Marc...

Hi, I fairly new to these boards, and have been looking around the OR boards, because I'm interested in working in the OR. Well, I had an interview today, and I don't think that I did so well. :smackingf I didn't ask a lot of questions, as they cover...

I was given an interview with a group of 3 people in the OR. I was asked questions like Why do I want to work in the OR?, What is a typical day like where you work?, What are your positve attributes/negative attributes? Name a few adjectives that des...

Just to let you all know... I got the Job!!! Thank you for your support! I will be starting OR orientation Mar. 4th!! Yeah!!!!

Weight of a dry sponge - weight of the wet sponge. the difference in grams is the amount lost in ml's. Example: Dry sponge - 5 grams sponge with blood -15 grams the difference is 10 grams which equals 10 ml's of blood/ or whatever. We also do this fo...

Where I am here's the run down of what happens on nights. Baths and weight always on nights, except healthier kids whose parents will do it on day shift. Meds: depends on the child with how many meds they get, but in the icu, after the med is order ...

Hi! I have my ASN, and I currently am attending Excelsior college (www.excelsior.edu) for my BSN. I am currently doing some of the pre-requisits. As far as I know, for the nursing portion there are no real 'clinicals', I think you have to teach a...

I have a little over a year experience in a PICU near me, and at times I to feel like I'm running around like a chicken with out its head. I'm organized, and I go with the flow, but alot of times I am 'slower', basically my time management skills are...

I know that this is an OLD post, however just thought I'd share something. I've never been officially allergy tested, but I am DEFINETLY allergic to shrimp, (hives, itching, difficulty breathing). My mom is a nurse also and when I was a kid/teen I w...

:doh: OMG, I can't believe that, this is good information, and will sure to label lines more carefully. As someone posted earlier, MOM is white, and why wouldn't you stop to think before giving that, but Propofol is an IV med that is also white. How...