AMarie85

If its an open wound then I use sterile technique.... If it's dry gauze over an incision then I place the sterile side of the gauze over the wound without touching it.... Yes I keep it as sterile as I possibly can.... When a patient comes back a week...

I hate shift wars.... At night we have more patients. There is some quiet time from about 0000 until 0330 when lab comes in a wakes everyone up. And there are nights when I don't sit down. Last night I had a patient pull out his NG tube three times (...

We have check boxes on our computer charting program so I usually check.. IV site check done; side rails up X2; bed locked and low; call light in reach; HOB flat (or up 30 degrees or whatever); Knee high PCDs on bilat; Activity: sleeping

Nursing school is incredibly tough. They make it this way in an attempt to prepare you for a tough job. While nursing is rewarding there are many times when our job is pretty hairy. I'm a new grad and I have to say at this point I'm finding my job a ...

Surgical patient with a fever??? Give them their IS and see if that works..... TCDB, OOB just as other posters have said.... These are the best nursing interventions before even having to give tylenol or call for an order for blood cultures..... (usu...

I had a wound care nurse tell me one time that wounds are already populated with bacteria found on the patient's skin and that research shows there is no need for sterile technique.... That being said I also agree with the previous poster who said th...

Can someone tell me why our facility policy has now changed to IV site and tubing changes to every 96 hours???? Has research shown that this should be the new standard? It used to be 72..... I would think this is an infection risk.... (exceptions are...

Hello, I'm Adrienne I'm a new grad and I work the night shift on a 26 bed surgical unit.... (I'll go to days in about 5 weeks) We get all surgeries in the hospital except orthopaedic surgeries.... our unit is a bariatric center of excellence and I'm ...

It's impossible to know everything about every drug.... especially uncommon drugs... That being said .... If a patient asks me about a medication I always print out a facts sheet and go over it with them.... Nurses aren't behind on their knowledge......

Thank you so much for your advice.... I'm doing much better now.... I'll be graduating next friday and I'm really excited about that.... I am also assured that wherever I work I will get a good six to twelve weeks of training so it will be like start...

I am about to finish my last day of nursing practicum and I'm realizing how difficult this job is and I don't know what to think about some of the things that I have experienced. I just want some guidance or advice or maybe just some understanding of...

I'm also on the job search.... I have to say I get discouraged everytime I read these posts..... I will graduate May 8, 2009...... I've applied to all the hospitals in my area.... (there are alot of them... I'm in the heart of Florida where everyone ...

I'm just about to graduate and I've been doing my nursing practicum.... I've learned this..... Everything that goes wrong is the nurse's fault.... I've already gotten used to that idea.... We do the best we can in situations like these....

I'm in Florida and all the girls I am graduating with this May including myself are freaking out because the hospitals aren't hiring like they have been. They're mostly hiring internally and have only a few positions open.... We're hating it because ...

The good thing about being a nurse is that we all know the benefits of breastfeeding babies...I think it's great because our coworkers are probably the most supportive of breast pump breaks...I couldn't imaging working in an office or something and h...

That's one of the reasons I work nights... Semiprivate rooms are crowded with beds and chairs anyway...Add four visitors per patient and it's chaos...Visiting hours are over after my shift begins and boy am I glad when they anounce that visitors have...

I'm a Nurse Tech at a hospital and I have a question about one of my patients... I don't know all of the details because I don't get alot of info...You know just ADLs how the patient ambulates, ect... I reported a low pressure at midnight on a woman ...

I don't think she was on a PCA... And I absolutely had trouble waking her up... I really couldn't, she slept right through me getting her vitals.

Well, in the nursing home I think they're still charting on paper... But in the hospital we chart on computer and it's MUCH easier... There's an IT dept that educates new hires on the programs... I like the one we have at work... McKessen... (Does an...

It sounds like you already have learned from your mistake... And your patient was fine... So go to the meeting and get it over with (tears and all), and you will soon be able to move past this. I hear in nursing school all the time that every single ...

I'm an RN student and a tech on the med surg unit and I also have been witness to some "bad habits" that nurses get into... (Injections with no gloves, reinserting foleys after they've been in the vagina, ect.) I don't say anything I just note it so ...

I have to say that I'd like to begin working in an environment where patient care is a team effort instead of a battle between seasoned nurses and new nurses... I did my clinicals at a hospital where most of the nurses though I was a nuisance for ask...