emmakirst

emmakirst

ortho/vascular post-op

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  1. Newbie

    emmakirst replied to labrador4122's topic in Orthopedic

    :yeah:Glad you enjoy ortho. I've been working there for almost 2 years. I agree, nights are nice compared to busy

  2. New here, need some advice

    emmakirst posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hey there, I'm new to this message board, it's great. I'm a RN been working for 3 yrs in ortho/vascular post-op nursing. I've applied to an ccnp and am looking for some help in the interview. The...

  3. Why do people think the hospital is like the Holiday Inn Express?!!! LONG...

    emmakirst replied to shoegalRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh that drives me nuts. Patients get so demanding. I could never be like that. I know when I had my last baby *3mos ago* I didn't want to ask for pain meds, I waited until the nurse came in to check...

  4. Change of Shift?

    emmakirst replied to RNBelle's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, we tape record report and when there is enough day staff on, I'm out the door. They do talk and whatnot but we all leave usually around 7:05am. Same as for

  5. How many patients are you assigned?

    emmakirst replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Orthopedic

    On our floor we have about 6-7 per

  6. Coumadin vs. Lovenox after joint replacement

    emmakirst replied to natkat2816's topic in Orthopedic

    Our ortho doc use either the warfarin protocol or fragmin. They never use lovenox or

  7. Night Shift Woes

    emmakirst replied to crb613's topic in General Nursing

    You are not alone. Nights are good and bad. Good in the sense that it's not as crazy, no Dr rounds, fewer new admissions and people generally sleep. but the bad part is that I feel hungover after...

  8. Administering IV meds

    emmakirst replied to maryjane1216's topic in General Nursing

    I work on an Ortho floor and a lot of patients have PCA's, i've only seen it a few times ordered, only if there is an allergy or sensitivity to it. It meaning morphine or some other

  9. Administering IV meds

    emmakirst replied to maryjane1216's topic in General Nursing

    I work on an Ortho floor and a lot of patients have PCA's, i've only seen it a few times ordered, only if there is an allergy to it. A lot of times the ortho docs order torodol too to help with pain...