ekanderson80

I have a scrub jacket, I am disappointed with it. Instead of the patch pockets, it has rounded side pockets and I swear everything wants to fall out of my pockets. Plus, while the fabric design is cute, the cut is more towards a juniors fit.

I have had alot of changes in my life since graduating in December. I moved from the large city that I lived in my entire life, to a much smaller community two hours away to be with my fiancee. Past boards, started a new job and career, built a house, and got a new puppy. With all that being said, I can say that I have had more than my fair share of abdominal pain and gi upset "episodes" (you fill in the blank).

Hi Everyone Just an update. I forgot to mention that this patient was a dialysis patient as well. So my thinking with not restarting maintanence IVF was "OK makes sense since she is just going to be dialyzed tomm.(Friday) anyways." This patient makes no urine, etc etc. So I came back in last Saturday, same patient there. She was still SL, actually no IV access, since she was such a difficult stick. I had no idea why she STILL had be in the hospital, since we where managing the patient the same exact way as prior to admission, but it was an easy patient. Anyways thanks for all the replies!

I currently live in smaller community in northeast Nebraska. I am a new grad (Dec 07) with 4 years of CNA experience. I did not get any increase in my hourly wage for my CNA experience. I currently make 18.75 an hour (and I have my Bachelor's degree...makes my head hurt!!). In Omaha, I was going to be making between 19.50 and 20 and hour with credit for my CNA experience. I would just write "negotiable" for expected salary. That way, they get to speak with you regarding prior employment credit, where new grad start off, etc, etc. Good Luck

Honestly, I did not go back during my chart check to the original cardizem order. I did not think twice about the saline lock, but I guess I should have gone back to the original cardizem order to see if the cardiologist d/c'd the IVF.

I am worrying about something one of the day nurses asked me before I left this morning. One of my patients last night was on a Cardizem gtt which was d/c'd yesterday on day shift. The day nurse converted the patient to a saline lock. While I was in report, reviewing the Kardex, I noted that prior to the initiation of the Cardizem gtt there were IVF ordered. During my chart check that night, the order for discontinuing the Cardizem gtt did NOT include orders to resume the IVF. I continued to the leave patient saline locked. Then today's day nurse asked me increduously why the patient was saline locked since IVF were listed on the Kardex. I said the IVF were order prior to the start of the Cardizem gtt. No resume or new IVF fluids were ordered yesterday and calling a MD in the middle of the night to simply resume IVF is frowned down upon. The day nurse said she would talk to cardiologist about. Maybe I am too tired now, but did I make an error? Help!