miss81 BSN, RN

miss81 has 8 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Surgery, Tele, OB, Peds,ED-True Float RN.

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1. narc waste a little long

   miss81 replied to ohmeowzer's topic in Patient Medications

   Yes, but at the rate we go through bottles of Propofol we'd never have a cupboard big enough.

2. narc waste a little long

   miss81 replied to ohmeowzer's topic in Patient Medications

   They're still not locked drugs where I work. Ativan is used left, right and center but it's in the patient's own drug drawer. As far as I know we don't have any issues with that. But I guess I may not...

3. I have a BSN, but never passed boards

   miss81 replied to nmmorgan15's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   A member of my family has a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing and works as a drug rep. for a pharm. company. She does not need a nursing license. She hated floor nursing and decided to take a different...

4. How often do you get called and asked to work on days off?

   miss81 replied to limonada's topic in General Nursing

   Everyday and sometimes

5. what items could you not go a nursing shift without?

   miss81 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   A Coke Zero AND a Diet Dr. Pepper, tape by the miles, stethoscope, lexicomp on computer or iPhone and lots and lots of

6. E.D nurses "set up to fail"

   miss81 replied to nurs2012's topic in Emergency

   My close friend started work in the ER straight out of school. She was thrilled then, but it's 10 years later and she will tell you that she would never recommend it. She will say that she can't...

7. What nurses do (poster)

   miss81 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   i guess it's a good thing we have housekeeping staff 24/7... i don't know where i would find the time to being mopping up all the spills, blood and pee or plunging all the "you know what"! i think...

8. What nurses do (poster)

   miss81 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I guess it's a good thing we have housekeeping staff 24/7... I don't know where I would find the time to being mopping up all the spills, blood and pee or plunging all the "you know what"! I think...

9. What nurses do (poster)

   miss81 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Funny! But I can't say that a mop is ever a tool that I use as

10. Epic (Nursing) FAILS!

    miss81 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Humor

    I Was helping another nurse change out a pt in the ER. Once we had him changed he said, "oops, sorry!" The nurse I was with asked, "Sorry for what?" The patient said, " for pooping again." We looked...

11. hypertensive emergency?

    miss81 replied to conscientiousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    She is a grown woman. You're not a junior high teacher. You give her your opinion, the info about consequences and the option to leave without penalty, and the rest is up to her. Even if she was in...

12. "Alphabet Soup" After Nurses' Name?

    miss81 replied to Arianna727's topic in General Nursing

    Nobody says a word about the lawyers, doctors, profs/instructors and other professionals that have these credentials on their name tags, but when it's a nurse we "eat our own". Geez, be proud of how...

13. Questionable staffing in L&D vs Nursery

    miss81 replied to new2manage's topic in Ob/Gyn

    This is what we do at our hospital. We don't really have a nursery, just an area with a few isolettes for sick babies. Our babies are taken to there mom as soon as the admission assessment is...

14. Intraosseous Infusions- anyone using it yet?

    miss81 replied to GinaCat's topic in General Nursing

    We use them in an emergent situation for both adults and paeds until we can get another line. I find it works well for a short time, but they tend to leak and are very painful. That's my

15. Wound Dressing

    miss81 replied to agrj's topic in General Nursing

    Not in my hospital (except for VAC dressings or packing). That is a Registered Nurses order/intervention. We use our own judgement for type of dressing (i.e. mepitel, silvercel, aquacel, etc.). We...