francine79

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1. experiencing burnout less than a year in

   francine79 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I will have been a nurse for a year in May and I must say that it has gone very well for me. I never experienced the horror stories that I have heard about a person's first year in nursing. However,...

2. Tell us what a *stellar* nurse you are!

   francine79 replied to porterwoman's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I probably saved a patient's life by taking the steps necessary to getting them transferred to the unit when they should have been transferred several hours before, probably even on admit. The...

3. Tips for nurses in their first year of nursing

   francine79 replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

4. Tips for nurses in their first year of nursing

   francine79 replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I have only been a nurse for a little over a month. And I know one of the biggest fears is having to call the Doctor. So far I have had great success in not having a doctor yell at me (even the one's...

5. 11 Postpartum Nursing Diagnosis, Care Plans, and More

   francine79 replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Students

   Here are several that I have found: Effective breastfeeding Ineffective breastfeeding Interrupted breastfeeding Disorganized infant behavior or risk for Readiness for enhanced organized infant...

6. Preceptorship in ER

   francine79 posted a topic in Emergency

   It is getting to be the time when I have to decide where I want to do my preceptorship. I really want to do it in the ER or in an ICU. However, I am worried because I know to be a nurse in the ER you...

7. meds that should never be given IV push

   francine79 replied to newgrad2005's topic in General Students

   Vistaril is not allowed to be given IV, however it is apparently given that way at

8. drug math HELP!!

   francine79 replied to Browneyedgirl's topic in General Students

   Ok, I figured it out the tubing size by working backwards. For #1: Your tubing is microtubing (60gtt/ml). You need to first find out the rate that your solution is going at. To do that you need to...

9. drug math HELP!!

   francine79 replied to Browneyedgirl's topic in General Students

   What size is the tubing you are using to infuse the solution. The amount of medication received depends on the size of the tubing that is being

10. Who attends/attended Indian Hills Communtity College

    francine79 replied to S.N. Visit's topic in Indiana Nursing

    I work with a couple of nurses who went to Indian Hills. I haven't heard much about what they thought about their program. The only thing they have said is they wished they would have been able to...

11. Hippa info. please

    francine79 replied to plumrn's topic in General Nursing

    The policy at our hospital is the patient has to come up with a password upon admission. Then they are told that they need to tell family members, friend's, etc. the password if they want us to give...

12. Hippa

    francine79 replied to francine79's topic in General Nursing

    jemb, Obviously the patient has to agree to the disclosure of information, but what I was trying to emphasize is the fact that these family member's were nurses at other institutions and when told...

13. Any Words of Wisdom- Starting 1st Sem.of Nursing School

    francine79 replied to StudentNurse04's topic in General Students

    When taking tests always remember, that if your patient is not breathing, NOTHING else matters. That one can help you answer several questions. Also, when learning about disease processes and...

14. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    francine79 replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    when your patient's family member is a nurse and they act like you are completely stupid and think their family member is getting horrible care because they are the best nurse in the

15. Hippa

    francine79 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Within the past week I have been yelled at by 2 different patient's family members that happened to be nurses. They wanted to look at the patient's chart and I stated that to comply with HIPAA there...