Miami NightNurse

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  1. Discharge teaching post cath

    Miami NightNurse replied to jordangregory's topic in Cardiac

    Plavix is generally given after a stent placement. I just had a stent placed and my blood is so thinned out I coughed hard and my eyeball was bloodshot for days but I still have to take the Plavix or...

  2. Discharge teaching post cath

    Miami NightNurse replied to jordangregory's topic in Cardiac

    They can not submerge the access site for atleast 5 days-No Bath, no swimming. I'm a diabetic so when I had mine I waited 2 weeks before I submerged it. They also can not lift over 5 lbs for 6 weeks....

  3. Funniest thing a confused pt. has told you...

    Miami NightNurse replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe this was just funny at the time but the funniest thing I ever heard a patient say was a 96 year old lady we were teaching to use an Incentive spirometer-- she sucked on the Incentive spirometer...

  4. Miami New Nurse Job Advice

    Miami NightNurse replied to icecream_coldstone's topic in Florida Nursing

    I think all nurses should get some basic Med-Surg under their belt before they go to ICU etc. But then again if ICU makes you happy then go for it. I work for Baptist. I truly believe we have the...

  5. "You put me and my unborn child's life at risk"

    Miami NightNurse replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you wrote this Doctor up. I would have told her not to speak to me like that but then I've been a nurse for a long time and probably get away with more. But I would definately write it up....

  6. Did Hillary really say nurses are glorified sitters ?..... No fact to support

    Miami NightNurse replied to time4meRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    One thing I've learned being a nurse is that nurses love to talk ?X!T. Hillary is not a stupid woman. A comment like that could only be made by an idiot. It is common knowledge that there is a...

  7. What do you mean I didn't get a raise........

    Miami NightNurse replied to MoriahRoseRN's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work we have evaluations every 3-6 months just to let you know how you are doing and then a yearly evaluation on the anniversary of your hire date, on this yearly evaluation you recieve a...

  8. Aquapheresis

    Miami NightNurse replied to cardiacnurse05's topic in Cardiac

    I work on a Cardiac Stepdown unit and we have all just gone through the training to use the aquadex Flexflow machine to do Aquapheresis. However, so far it's been a week and no Cardiologist has been...