JBizzleRN

JBizzleRN ADN, RN

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  1. Common skills needed for med-surg

    JBizzleRN replied to bld24's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Sounds like you need a new preceptor. I precept new grads and students and I LOVE questions...of course as long as you don't ask them while I'm doing chest compressions on a man..save that question...

  2. Average salary for travel nurses?

    JBizzleRN replied to ChickenJoyRN,BSN's topic in Travel

    The average salary depends on your location and specialty. You get paid less(most of the time) in the South, than say you would in Northern California. Most companies required 1 year experience in...

  3. cranberry juice and ptt

    JBizzleRN replied to buddiage's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I don't know...I did have a patient drink Cranberry juice and her HCT came up like 3 points..she even said it would before she started drinking

  4. Port's and PICC's:????

    JBizzleRN replied to sweetspirit's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Some say flush with heplock, some say flush with saline...some say lay flat for 15 minutes...some say lay flat for 30 minutes...FOR D/Cing PICC Lines... As far as ports at our hospital we flush with...

  5. Repositionin q2 hours...

    JBizzleRN replied to Mary C's topic in Medical-Surgical

    You can try and try but you will never be able to do all that you want to do to your patient..seriously. I mean it's hard enough to find time to teach them to cough and deep breathe or teach them how...

  6. Milking a JP drain?

    JBizzleRN posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I've been a nurse for about 1 1/2 years working on a busy med/surg floor. A question arose the other day however, I noticed a the drainage in the JP drain tubing was looking rather thick, I asked...

  7. What would you do if you had a Clean Utility Supply Room at home?

    JBizzleRN replied to b2sai's topic in Nursing Humor

    I could help my drunk friends recover faster with an IV and bag of saline. :-) Forget the foley caths...maybe a condom cath (of course you gotta be a man to use that one I guess)...but yeah straight...

  8. Who gives your baths?

    JBizzleRN replied to mom2cka's topic in Rehabilitation

    I worked on a Rehab unit for about 6 months. It was the responsiblity of the nurses to get the baths so yeah that fell on the CNAs, usually at night on this particular unit. OT did give the occasional...

  9. Question on pt with a picc line and infusing blood and TPN

    JBizzleRN replied to 1_Dedicated_RN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Well I would have probably stopped it also, I guess depending on the patient. I mean you could throw them into fluid overload if they have CHF or other problems of the like. I mean depending on how...

  10. Lap Chole post op care

    JBizzleRN replied to NPJohnson's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Usually our Lap Chole patients go home the same day unless there we some complications. A lot of the gas does get trapped in the abdomen and people complain of pain even though they have a PCA. The...

  11. Flowsheet for Continuous Bladder Irrigation

    JBizzleRN replied to JNT'smom's topic in Medical-Surgical

    WE just make our own columns on our I&O sheets. Not the most professional looking thing you've ever seen, but it works and has that "we care for you" look to it since it looks handmade :) Of...

  12. night shift not offering enough experience

    JBizzleRN replied to NurseNature's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I used to think the same thing. I actually started out on night then went to days for about 9 months. Now i"m back on nights. It really just depends on your patients and what you get for your...

  13. First mistake hanging blood

    JBizzleRN replied to ambersnight's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's gonna happen. What I usually do is just program a 15 minute infusion so the pump starts beeping if I don't get back in time to take my 15 minute vital signs. Then I bump the rate on up during...

  14. For nyck76

    JBizzleRN posted a topic in Travel

    Hey, nyck76, I had a question or two, possibly three for you. Well actually to anybody with any good information for me.... I am currently looking into travel companies and I noticed through an old...

  15. Chest Tube Air Leak

    JBizzleRN replied to middlekane's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Quick thought about chest tubes...the more and more chest tubes I take care of the more I realize that some nurses are getting slacked in their precautions....I go in a room there is no vasaline gauze...

  16. Help On giving a pt bolus

    JBizzleRN replied to 1_Dedicated_RN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I agree with the above. On our pumps we just set the K rider to go in at it's speed concurrent with the primary IVF (if it's compatbile)...of course if you have a renal patient or CHF or some other pt...

  17. Questions about CAPD

    JBizzleRN replied to small_potato's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Just make sure to empty them out before you send them off to surgery :-) .............otherwise you will get a nasty phone call from the

  18. Irrigating foley catheter

    JBizzleRN replied to nursenatalie's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We also use normal saline to irrigate the foleys. Question for you though, do you irrigate gently or rough? One particular urologist on our floor will chew you out if he sees you irrigating...

  19. Surgical nurse questions!

    JBizzleRN replied to oldiebutgoodie's topic in Medical-Surgical

    3 post ops in two hours? LUCKY!! I work a Med/Surg floor on days and it's nthing for us to discharge 5 or 6 and get 3 back in the same hour...granted they are supposed to wait 30 minutes between...

  20. Why do Male Nurses Complain about Scrub Color & other Inconsequential Issues?

    JBizzleRN replied to AmaurosisFugax's topic in Men in Nursing

    haha...you are correct they really don't. I have dark blue

  21. Why do Male Nurses Complain about Scrub Color & other Inconsequential Issues?

    JBizzleRN replied to AmaurosisFugax's topic in Men in Nursing

    Well, our floor just switched to Aqua Blue scrubs...and I refuse to wear them. It looks like something the Easter Bunny pooped out. I still wear my white scrubs. I just don't look so good in aqua...

  22. UAB ER nurses

    JBizzleRN replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Must be nice to have the time to stop and make

  23. consent for surgery - who's job is it

    JBizzleRN replied to MIRockstarRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    On our floor, we only get the consent if we know the doctor has talked to the patient about the surgery. We ask the patient if they have any questions, if they do we won't get the consent signed,...

  24. My starting ratio...

    JBizzleRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hello to everybody! Let me give you a little background information about myself. I graduated from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2007. I currently work on a Med/Surg floor in Hattiesburg,...