miss81

miss81 BSN, RN

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

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  1. All nurses

    miss81 replied to Juwon's topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering, is that considered full time??? Do you get paid for any more shifts??? That works out to 18 shifts in 6 week! A full time RN at my hospital MUST work 21 shifts in 6

  2. Can an RN travel on an airplane with detox patient?

    miss81 replied to heather8228's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not involved in this area of work but I wouldn't think that the counsellor should be the one to assess and tell you when the pt needs meds! That's a nursing judgement, based on YOUR assessment and...

  3. Pregnant ER nurse

    miss81 replied to Nrsstudent09's topic in Emergency

    Also, we have pt's come to the ER from time to time needing their methotrexate injections (community health not available or they are from out of town). I'd try and avoid that too. I know there is a...

  4. My patient suddenly begings c/o pain in the right side, around the rib cage.

    miss81 replied to emmanuil's topic in General Nursing

    Can you give us a little more

  5. Anti-Intellectualism/Autonomy in nursing

    miss81 replied to felineRN's topic in General Nursing

    Totally opposite on our Psych unit. If the nurses didn't do therapy, they wouldn't get any! Our RN's listen and provide coping strategies and distraction techniques as they see appropriate to pt's....

  6. Prefilled Heparin/Lovenox syringes and cosigning

    miss81 replied to pjdksmith's topic in General Nursing

    Wow... I like learning about what other facilities do. We don't need co-signatures for anything except narc discards. If we did we'd never get our meds done. Hard enough to find someone to help you...

  7. Anti-Intellectualism/Autonomy in nursing

    miss81 replied to felineRN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked M/S for a longtime before changing to Critical Care. Our Doc's are never "in the vicinity," especially in the night time. They are home in bed and we have to call them. So from the time we...

  8. Anti-Intellectualism/Autonomy in nursing

    miss81 replied to felineRN's topic in General Nursing

    FelineRN... I totally agree! If I had a GI bleed who was bleeding out and the surgeon showed up @ 2am with the pt circling the drain and I say, "Oh, and since it took you fifteen minutes to get here I...

  9. Low Census - Is it Happening to You

    miss81 replied to Miranda50's topic in Ob/Gyn

    In my province, thanks to our collective agreement, we can't get cancelled. If they hire us full time then they have to pay us (and we work) full time! They can either give is time off (at our own...

  10. CBIs

    miss81 replied to divaRN*'s topic in General Nursing

    nursing 6207- That is exactly what they are for, clearing clots, but that is only one of the reasons. They are also used immediately post op (eg. TURBT) to apply pressure in the bladder to prevent...

  11. Is a baby nurse..

    miss81 replied to JM RN's topic in General Nursing

    Our L&D nurses rotate from "Case Room Nurse", the RN who us taking care of the woman while delivering. The "Baby Nurse", who receives the baby as soon as they are delivered (usually whoever is...

  12. Pronouncing someone with a pacemaker

    miss81 replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Cardiac

    Had this happen today. Our cardiologist says, "You can't turn off that pacer unless you rip it out of his chest!!!!" Now an ICD is a totally different animal all together. That can be deactivated with...

  13. Calling residents affectionate names?

    miss81 replied to LPNweezy's topic in General Nursing

    I think it depends on the culture of your area. It's not really strange here. Everyone calls everyone "Dear." A lot of small old fishing or logging towns. It's a pretty small place and seems like...

  14. All Nurses

    miss81 replied to Queen33FutureLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I'd expect them to do their job without having to be reminded time after time. Despite what some may believe, we do NOT have the same job. I don't expect to do her/his job, just as she is not expected...

  15. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    miss81 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Me: What brings you to the ER today? Patient: My belly button smells! Me: Ok... do you have your belly button pierced? Pt: No Me: Ok... is it draining anything? Pt: No Me: Do you have any pain? Pt:...

  16. Best Nursing Salary with the Lowest Cost of Living

    miss81 replied to itsme583's topic in General Nursing

    Living in smaller town atlantic Canada an RN with 10 years experience makes around $78,000 (before income tax). That's about $38 bucks an hour. That is in my area. We are in desperate need of RN's in...

  17. funny things coworkers say to each other!!! lol

    miss81 replied to ninaricci's topic in Nursing Humor

    As a new grad one night shift, at 4am, another nurse and myself were cleaning up one very messy "code brown" (you know the type where you need the fingernail cleaner and all) and she looks up at me...

  18. Rules for the ER (long)

    miss81 replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    This one is for the Canadian ER nurses... If you come to the triage room with a Tim Horton's in your hand then you're getting a level 5... if you had time to go to the drive through BEFORE the ER then...

  19. Door to ct time for strokes

    miss81 replied to nurse ninja's topic in Emergency

    I wish we had this stoke alert! Sometimes our patients never get CT's (especially in the night) because our ER docs have to call the radiologist at home in the night time and the Neurologist at home...

  20. Morphine shortage?

    miss81 replied to Lunah's topic in Emergency

    I wish our pharmacy would fill our syringes for us...hahaha We stock 2mg, 10mg, 15mg, and 50mg vials. We used to fill a syringe and save the unused morphine for that patient if they needed more...

  21. Nursing at St. Anthony's Hospital...INFO NEEDED

    miss81 posted a topic in Florida Nursing

    I Have an interview with St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Petersburg this week for a new med/surg unit opening this month. I am NOT a new grad (most info on here is for new grads), I have 6 years RN...

  22. Complain more please! It is just an hour!

    miss81 replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    WE DON'T GET PAID FOR IT! Management says, "What goes around comes around and over the years it evens out..." It

  23. Meditech ER Software

    miss81 replied to Michael Froebel RN's topic in Emergency

    We are using it in the ER for many things except nursing notes. We use it for order entry and PCI for looking up radiology, u/s, lab reports, Etc. We use it for looking up H&P's, notifying...

  24. Foley cath anchoring device

    miss81 replied to Snickers418's topic in General Nursing

    We have a cath-secure. Sticks to the thigh and has a velcro piece that wraps around the cath. to keep it from pulling tight. We use it for drains too!...

  25. Team Leader and Charge Nurse Differences

    miss81 replied to snowmaiden2005's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital the Team Leader and Charge Nurse are the same thing in the day time. The team leader works 8-4 and is the "charge nurse". After 4pm there is an RN who acts as the charge nurse. Only...