miss81

miss81 BSN, RN

Surgery, Tele, OB, Peds,ED-True Float RN

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  1. How is there a shortage?

    miss81 replied to Luularoo's topic in General Nursing

    There is a shortage when I am (canada). Our hospital actually had to go to several foreign countries (far far away) to recruit RN's. No LVN or CNA shortage though. And we will take new grads with a...

  2. It's Not MY Responsibility to Get YOU Home...

    miss81 replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Emergency

    If they are from a nursing home or personal care home we call the home and tell them to arrange a ride for the pt, that is there "HOME." If not, there is an on call social worker that we call and...

  3. Nitrous Oxide in the ED...

    miss81 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi All, We are currently in the (very) preliminary stages of possibly creating a protocol for N.O. use by RN's in our ED for sedation during minor procedures. RN's use it daily in the L&D...

  4. NS with Union Questions

    miss81 replied to jesskidding's topic in General Nursing

    from my experience with my union: 1) yes, the union is specific to the hospital. the hospital/employer has an agreement with that union and it usually is exclusive. 2) yes, that's the point of a...

  5. Nitrous Oxide in the ED...

    miss81 replied to miss81's topic in General Nursing

    We already use nitrous oxide in our L&D dept, but I guess you would be the right person to ask about this considering where you work! Do you know where I can find any resources to use for...

  6. Tattoos and nursing

    miss81 replied to ryanna112's topic in General Nursing

    Funny, I can think of three of my managers that have tats on their feet and they go around all day with sandle type shoes on, very proud of their art work. I have a tat on my leg that never shows at...

  7. Nitrous Oxide in the ED...

    miss81 replied to miss81's topic in General Nursing

    yes, i know about the side effects and contraindications for the gas (we use it daily for our l&d pt's) but i guess i have never really paid attention to the altitude aspect of possible...

  8. Unsupportive 'team' members

    miss81 replied to Chixie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I sympathize with you! Had the same problems when i first started on our surgery unit. Also, I can't believe that you have 14 pts to 1 RN... that's nuts! I had a pt go septic and the doc comes up to...

  9. Nitrous Oxide in the ED...

    miss81 replied to miss81's topic in General Nursing

    dthfytr, did you complete a course or module re: administration of N2O? Can't seem to find any

  10. Nitrous Oxide in the ED...

    miss81 replied to miss81's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I'll have to check out how altitude affects nitrous oxide! Thanks! We are at sea level here! BTW... I should not have used N.O. for short... that my make ppl think I was referring to Nitric...

  11. Nitrous Oxide in the ED...

    miss81 replied to miss81's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, and I did look through the previous posts and found that most of the links in the posts no longer work and many of the posts are 5-10 yrs old!

  12. This is making me nervous

    miss81 replied to reddellrn's topic in General Nursing

    Do any of the pt's need to be turned? I wouldn't be doing that alone! 1 RN with 8-10 patients is about the ratio we have on our surgery unit BUT you are never alone! There are 3 RN's on the unit, 3...

  13. This is making me nervous

    miss81 replied to reddellrn's topic in General Nursing

    So are you there completely by yourself? Is there anyone else with you like a CNA, PCT,

  14. New to ER and getting CEN?

    miss81 replied to bbie17's topic in Emergency

    Here in Canada we have to have a accumulate 3900 hrs in our specialty area before we can apply to write the certification exam. Is there some requirement like this that you must meet before you can...

  15. NS with Union Questions

    miss81 replied to jesskidding's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in Canada so perhaps it's a little different here. We pay dues (approx $27/cheque). We are not treated any differently 'cause they are required to follow the rules of our contract... period! You...

  16. NS with Union Questions

    miss81 replied to jesskidding's topic in General Nursing

    I TOTALLY agree... I've worked both and I'd rather be unionized. One other cons is that we use "seniority" for job advancement. CAN be good for nurses that have been at the same facility for a long...

  17. Nursing a Profession or Vocation?

    miss81 replied to kalevra's topic in General Nursing

    Well the "V" in LVN stands for "vocational," so I'd assume it's a vocation. According to the Texas Practice Act RN's are "Professional Nurses" and LVN's are "Vocational Nurses." It defines the roles...

  18. Morphine Authorization

    miss81 replied to Tropigirl05RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thanks for your explanation, I understand what you are talking about now! Still weird to me tho'... like GM2RN said, if a Nurse with a brain, a license and assessment skills AND a Doc with a brain and...

  19. Morphine Authorization

    miss81 replied to Tropigirl05RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Ok, I understand that but I was wondering more along the lines of "WHY" they wouldn't authorize it? It'd those situations that contingency is

  20. Morphine Authorization

    miss81 replied to Tropigirl05RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Where I work Pharm has no say in the matter. Can you tell me why they would have any authorization to say "No"? (just

  21. NS with Union Questions

    miss81 replied to jesskidding's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a shop steward for our union... I may be able to answer your questions. I became part of the union here as it was mandatory in order to work with my health

  22. Physically abused by resident

    miss81 replied to Poi Dog's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We had a psych patient do this to the nurses on our Mental Health Unit for years and the Psychologist (who thinks these ppl are his children) told them that they can't do a thing about it 'cause the...

  23. First RN job & it's pay

    miss81 replied to Stephen.Stevens's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Sorry, meant to say "Diploma RN's"... my

  24. Almost Fired !

    miss81 replied to AlmostBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I would not be able to work in such a terrible environment. Why the hell did she email your manager about a red iv site? If you documented that the site was within normal limits last time you assessed...

  25. What was that?

    miss81 replied to Art_Vandelay's topic in General Nursing

    We accept gift cards all the time from patients as a thank you.. for coffee, food, and one pt even gave every nurse and doctor on our floor tickets to a concert to say thank you! Most of the time they...