stella123 rn

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  1. How Rude!!!

    stella123 rn replied to stella123 rn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I did not really say anything. I seriously did not know what to say. I think I mumbled something like "Nursing is really had work." In thinking back, I should have just made a joke or something....

  2. How Rude!!!

    stella123 rn replied to stella123 rn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I certianly did not mean to "whine" about it on the board. I was more dumbfounded than insulted. It really is not bothering me that much. Like I said I just can not believe he said that. Sorry but...

  3. How Rude!!!

    stella123 rn replied to stella123 rn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Did Hillary Clinton really say that? WOW!!! I still think he was

  4. Urinary output

    stella123 rn replied to Paige Turner RN's topic in General Nursing

    It depends on what your patient is there for. Do they have IV fluids running? Did they have lasix in the morning? What were the vitals, hydration status? Also it is to be expected that they have...

  5. How much do you make?

    stella123 rn replied to plumrn's topic in General Nursing

    RN 21.66 hour 1 1/2 years Med/surg

  6. Npo

    stella123 rn replied to Sue McGann's topic in General Nursing

    Often times we have a patient who is NPO before surgery and the doc will write may have zestril etc... with sips of water. Even just an hour before surgery. Our doctor's are good ar writing...

  7. Jvd?

    stella123 rn posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is there a good way to assess JVD? I know it may be simple and a stupid question, but I have a major problem with it. We seem to have a lot of fragile patient's that come in with pneumonia or...

  8. Npo

    stella123 rn replied to Sue McGann's topic in General Nursing

    I am in

  9. Npo

    stella123 rn replied to Sue McGann's topic in General Nursing

    Same for my hospital. The doc has to write NPO except meds, NPO except ice

  10. Vital Signs and Medication

    stella123 rn replied to bulletproofbarb's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I ALWAYS check VS before administering meds. I always do vitals at the beginning of the shift and then in 4 hours. Med pass times are 1700 and 2100 so it works out just fine. We start out shift at...

  11. Post-op vital signs and assessments

    stella123 rn replied to blue280's topic in General Nursing

    We do q1/2 hour x 4, q 1hour x4, then q4 hour for 24 hours. Head to toe assessments. Sometimes I do think this is overkill for a stable patient. Especially when they do not get any sleep if it was...

  12. Surgical consents

    stella123 rn replied to Cheyenne RN,BSHS's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work the surgeon will go in and give about a 30 second explanation of the surgery and then write an order for a consent. We go into way more detail when we are witnessing the signature. I...