miss81

miss81 BSN, RN

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...

  16. Ever see "FULL LET" for code status?

    miss81 replied to shygoofyone's topic in General Nursing

    Funny... I never really thought about the use of different terms. I moved to the US briefly and some of my co-workers laughed (not in a mean way) at some of the terms I used! For example, Johnny...

  17. singing?

    miss81 replied to butterfly134's topic in General Nursing

    I know of an LPN student that was observing in the OR that started singing... according to the OR staff/doc it was the strangest thing and totally inappropriate. She is no longer in the program... I...

  18. Whats the most money you made in a year? Fun thread

    miss81 replied to Juwon's topic in General Nursing

    $82,000 last year... staff float pool nurse with 8 yrs experience (very, very little OT). Be a little more this year with the raise we got in

  19. Filter needles for glass vials?

    miss81 replied to jrsmrs's topic in Patient Medications

    Never seen a filter needle, ever! Not in nursing school or since I've been working for almost 10 yrs (in med-surg and critical care). And, all of our narcs come in

  20. Your introduction to your patient

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

    A lot of the NA's where I work wouldn't do this because most of them say that they don't what the pt's to know their names because "they won't stop ringing their buzzer for me and it'll seem like I...

  21. Fundal check

    miss81 replied to Mary C's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Over the next few shifts, keep an eye on weather she starts producing breast milk. That could be a clue that she has not expelled all the placental

  22. Shoulder dystocia

    miss81 replied to mormor's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We have some old fashion Docs that will ask you to perform fundal pressure! That's a BIG NO NO! There is a place and time for it, but this is not it! I guess they don't get the mechanics of how the...

  23. Shoulder dystocia

    miss81 replied to mormor's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Stole my answer! hahaha! Great one at that... Our educator just did a great presentation on these

  24. How many of you have a BSN

    miss81 replied to johnny depp23's topic in General Nursing

    BN here! (My province does not have a BSN program as the Nursing faculties are autonomous. They are not associated with the Science faculty (same with the Pharm. faculty). No more RN diploma program...

  25. VA Manager not allowing annual leave

    miss81 replied to Chamae01's topic in General Nursing

    Funny, "Annual leave" always seemed to be a Canadian term to me! We have to submit A/L for Summer in the Winter and vice versa. We have a list for each unit and an RN progresses "up the list" each...