Gr8Dane

Gr8Dane

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  1. peripheral IVs

    Gr8Dane replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    Unless you have like an 18 gauge in, I have never seen an IV after an hour or twos insertion able to draw blood back, since we dont maintain our PIV's with help just saline

  2. Congratulations! You are going to sensitivity training

    Gr8Dane replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    No thanks lol, docs might pull that card on me

  3. Nursing Habits: Sleeping Pills

    Gr8Dane replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    My Sleeping Pill Policy: If theres a sleeping pill ordered, its added into the 2100 med pass lol Unless their in some sort of distress, but even then I may give it to relax them pending on situation...

  4. Florida Hospital cesnses seem to be very low...

    Gr8Dane posted a topic in General Nursing

    *EDIT* Sorry about my spelling lol.. I work in acute med surg now for 5 years, and this is absolutely the slowest I have ever seen us. Our census atm is 14 patients on a 40 bed unit Med/Surg Unit!...

  5. The all important question! Do MD's remember your uniform color schemes!

    Gr8Dane posted a topic in General Nursing

    A few years ago we went from wear whatever you like scrubwise to wear this solid color only so MD's, pts, and pt families know whom you are. To this date, most of the MD's, none of the patients, and...

  6. morphine,dilaudid,demerol

    Gr8Dane replied to EJSRN's topic in Patient Medications

    Lot of seekers also don't like phenegran mixed in with their demerol, ruins the buzz for them. Hince why I say 50mg to every 100mg of Demerol minimum, makem

  7. morphine,dilaudid,demerol

    Gr8Dane replied to EJSRN's topic in Patient Medications

    Because it lasts longer and is stronger? And gives a nice buzz to the pt. Hince why its the drug of choice for

  8. What's your patient load?

    Gr8Dane replied to guest64485's topic in General Nursing

    MedSurg: Days-6-8 Nights-7-8 Free charge on Days, Charge takes load on nights. No

  9. Florida Hospital cesnses seem to be very low...

    Gr8Dane replied to Gr8Dane's topic in General Nursing

    I worked for CCA for two days and quit. The shift was horrid 12am-8am, pay was good, work looked like a piece of cake, but no 12 hour

  10. Florida Hospital cesnses seem to be very low...

    Gr8Dane replied to Gr8Dane's topic in General Nursing

    I am wondering if nursing homes are staying packed. Seems that might be the most secure bet till I get my

  11. Just Because You're a Nurse

    Gr8Dane replied to Jaybird310's topic in General Nursing

    I just shrug my shoulders and tellem to call their Doctor in the morning if they

  12. Any IPN grads out there that actually found nursing work?

    Gr8Dane replied to WifeOfANurse's topic in Florida Nursing

    What part of Florida are you in first

  13. Ratios in Florida

    Gr8Dane replied to ERRNJunkie's topic in Florida Nursing

    Are there even ER ratios here in Florida? I dont think we have pre-defined ratios for any setting to be honest but I could be

  14. What should I do? Very confused.

    Gr8Dane replied to jlove06's topic in General Nursing

    Florida Hospital is very good especially their college, however, also competitive and thus they do not pay very much after you finish, just a lil FYI. A friend of mine with 5 years RN experience and...

  15. Florida Hospital cesnses seem to be very low...

    Gr8Dane replied to Gr8Dane's topic in General Nursing

    I may have to work at a nursing home Wanted to get a few years med/surg experience before making that move but it looks like 1 year nursing experience (LPN) will be all I'll get prior to the switch....

  16. Blind new parents. Biggest challenge ever!

    Gr8Dane replied to rn4babies63's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a case of the blind leading the blind.. Just joking had to say it lol Good luck with this

  17. Whom else has gotten jobs based off of being a guy?

    Gr8Dane posted a topic in Men in Nursing

    I have to admit since becoming a nurse back in January I have had no issues advancing and now getting a new job. At the hospital I worked at I got whatever I wanted practically as far as scheduling...

  18. Whom else has gotten jobs based off of being a guy?

    Gr8Dane replied to Gr8Dane's topic in Men in Nursing

    Jor simply come to the United States if you can. I have had the pleasure of working with many filipino nurses. I live/work in Florida so I would not recommend coming here unless you must....

  19. Should New Grad work for Agency/private duty

    Gr8Dane replied to Butterflybee's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    No and do not accept the job if you do. Find a job in acute med surgical, even if its a long commute. You need one year or close to it before doing agency. Im also sure they require some sort of...

  20. Flu Clinics-LPNs Should Investigate

    Gr8Dane replied to pagandeva2000's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have my resume up on Monster and have gotten close to 20 e-mails from different flu shot clinics. I never responded to any but this does make sense what you are saying and thank you for the post....

  21. Telemetry Staffing Ratios

    Gr8Dane replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Type of Hospital: Community Type of Unit: CVPCU/NeuroTele/CCU/PCU Number of beds: Neuro: 40 CVPCU: 16 PCU: 28 CCU: 24 Number of patients each has: Neurotele-1:5/1:6 CVPCU-1:3/1:4 PCU- 1:4/1:5 CCU-...

  22. Had some labs done on Friday....results have me worried...

    Gr8Dane replied to justme1972's topic in General Nursing

    Talk to your doctor not nurses on this site. Hyper CA can mean countless

  23. Perineal anxiety

    Gr8Dane replied to caliber's topic in Men in Nursing

    Ugh nothing that I perfer doing male caths, but I hate the often tidious search for the lusive female meatus. I feel like a damn miner hunting it down

  24. Do transilluminators work on dark skin or obese adults where you

    Gr8Dane replied to ghost's topic in General Nursing

    I've found them near worthless most of the time. Not worth the money

  25. Whats your facilities policy on isolation for MRSA, CDIF, VRE, etc?

    Gr8Dane posted a topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital we do the following: MRSA can go together (Even if its old w/ new MRSA) CDIFs can go together VRE is isolated alone. TB is in special iso of course alone. The reason I ask: A Doctor...