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Hello, I am new to this blog, gave my notice at hospital that I have been working at for 19 yrs on May 7th and will be starting my orientation with Hospice on June 21st. I have been looking in this direction for a long time, and have finally made th...

Have a new issue to discuss about our IR, he places drainage tubes and now he has told us it is our responsibility to " check on the amt of drainage daily the pt. is putting out so we will know when to remove the drain." I have been working in this ...

As an RN being the patient can be quite frightening, especially in these times, 4 years ago I had a colectomy and was very nervous about being in the hospital. Nursing isn't what it used to be, and I can say I have had nurses come out and tell me th...

It's too bad nursing has gotten into the business for making money and not caring anymore.......what happened to responsibility to the patient???

I don't know what is being taught in nursing school anymore but it isn't Nursing 101...............fundamentals of nursing, taking care of the patients is what you are supposed to be there for, boy what do we have to look forward to when we are patie...

Iluvivt, I have a question for you since you have your CRNI, what information if anything specific do you have on the placement of Midlines? I work in a special procedures department and have been there for 2 years and we place PICC lines but have ...

not sure how to PM you??????

This is for Radnurse55, hello I found you here and I am also from Bradenton, started in Radiology in October 2007..........boy is it different, but I needed to keep my synapses going after working in OPS for almost 10 yrs doing pretesting for surgery...

Tell me does it sound a bit much for 2 RN's to do special procedures with the IR and different areas of radiology, plus do all the PICC/MID line insertions for a hospital with 319 beds......................I am worn out...............any suggestions?...

I have started them without tourniquets before also, the other day I placed a PICC line and found after I went to remove the tourniquet that I forgot to tie it......but it went in fine.........if you do things enough sometimes it's like you can do it...

Couldn't find your other 6/9/08 blog, wondered what it was about?????

He is self employed and has been trying to get things going in our native plant nursery but ppl just aren't buying, and the economy is really bad......no jobs in the paper either her in Florida..........are you a hospice nurse, also? It's not cause ...

I hate to say it but I think the Management is eating their RN's more than we are eating our own........I love teaching new skills to younger nurses. Feel free to e-mail me if you have any questions I may be able to help you with........and good luc...

I agree with you regardless of how anyone chooses to live their lives it's not up to us to judge, we all came to this earth the same way and we all deserve respect and dignity...........I hate to say but I have worked with many judgemental nurses and...

I work in radiology been doing IV's over 20 yrs and started with 18 G straights in OB, now doing PICC/MID lines also, totally different than starting IV's but yes it is important to have all your equipment ready. Once the tourniquet is on have the p...

I have been an RN since 1987, starrted out in L & D for 8.5 yrs., moved to Med/Surg for 2 yrs all on the night shift then had a day job I applied to for outpatient pretesting for surgery. I had also applied to Hospice at that time but the positi...

dianah, I will definately present these questions to the US Supervisor and my Director. We don't have a department manager for special procedures and I don't believe we have a head radiology tech either......CT & MRI, US, and radiology have sup...

Dianah, could you please tell me if it is within the scope of the US techs to assist the IR in the performance of thoracentesis and paracentesis without the nurse present. This is what I have been told is going to happen at our hospital........he al...

I'm not sure but I am also in Florida.......they have alot of different laws and I think they make them up as they go along LOL.....and they get away with enforcing them......Florida is a work at will state, so in other words I guess they feel that i...

dianah, we do go to breast care, US, CT, and our own area doing all the procedures with the IR, plus the PICC/MID insertions, there isn't an IV team, they did away with that years ago.....but I am hoping they start it again.....patients come to us af...