NurseyPoo7

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  1. jehni1000

    NurseyPoo7 replied to jehni1000's topic in General Nursing

    What?

  2. what is the normal salary for a new grad RN

    NurseyPoo7 replied to tumnus's topic in General Nursing

    As a new RN, I worked at 2 places.. a private-pay ALF and a medsurg/tele/stroke floor. the ALF, I got paid like $24.50 or $24.75, I cant remember which one. The "differentials" were like, 50cents for...

  3. dumbest things you have done as a new nurse

    NurseyPoo7 replied to nminodob's topic in General Nursing

    Yea,

  4. "That girl was just sitting there the whole time, doing nothing!"

    NurseyPoo7 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I wish I could but our IT dept blocks EVERY website. I cant even get on the CDC's

  5. "NEVER Events"

    NurseyPoo7 replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, this is an old

  6. Is being neuro certified appropriate for us?

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Some nurses on our stroke unit would like to get their CNRN - however, this is a stroke unit that also takes MANY med surg patients (usually total care, PEGs, traches, hx of CVA, etc.). We also just...

  7. CNRN in a non neuro ICU setting.

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know there is a specific neuro message board here, but I am posting this in this section in hopes of getting more responses. Some nurses on our stroke unit would like to get their CNRN - however,...

  8. Night Shift Neglect.

    NurseyPoo7 replied to Magsulfate's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, the night charge has her own group of patients. How can the night charge be responsible for the 30 patients we can have on our unit + do meds/assessments/ADLs for her own

  9. ICU fighting admissions?

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone else seem to experience when a patient has orders (even if written by the MD) to be transferred to an ICU bed, sometimes ICU will send nurses/resp therapists to the floor to "check out"...

  10. Test result question...please help!!!

    NurseyPoo7 replied to Tech_2_RN's topic in General Nursing

    The poopy cards, as one of my old nursing instructors called them, check for OCCULT blood. Occult, meaning hidden blood. Whats the point in testing something for hidden blood if the blood is obvious?...

  11. Darvocet vs Percocet

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    When you call an MD/PA/NP, what exactly makes them prescribe certain pain medications over another. I understand if its an inflammation deal, they may go with an NSAID depending on the pts hx, but in...

  12. Nursing and Traffic Violations?!? SERIOUSLY

    NurseyPoo7 replied to Spoiled627's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of the fire co. around here have people who are NOT EMTs drive the ambulances. Of course, there are only volunteer fire depts around

  13. HELP!!! ATT: Incomplete Address

    NurseyPoo7 replied to chickikay's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't post my address on the internet like

  14. Are all newer nurses scape goats?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to kambra's topic in General Nursing

    um, illegal!false

  15. Nursing Unions

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I've seen plenty of you mention nursing unions. I live in DE but work in MD and have yet to hear anyone around my work or nursin school mention a nursing union. How do you find out if there is one? Is...

  16. When to call out sick

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    What kinds of symptoms do you usually know for certain whether or not to call out? Sore throat, temperature above ___?, N/V/D? Do you call out for a common

  17. ICU fighting admissions?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in General Nursing

    I see your point. If you were an ICU nurse and were told there's a new admission and their respirations were 6/minute, what could a med surg nurse do? I think sometimes as a Med Surg nurse, you almost...

  18. tele and chest compressions

    NurseyPoo7 replied to casi's topic in General Nursing

    You should. If you tap with your finger on one of the leads it actually rings as "V Tach" on the monitor sometimes. Sternum rubs can do it sometimes, too. Thanks for remote tele for callin Rapid...

  19. Worried about passing NCLEX after Kaplan due to low scores

    NurseyPoo7 replied to nclexparanoid's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took two of the practice NCLEX exams from KAPLAN... one I got in the 70%s and the other I was like 65%... I ended up passing the NCLEX with 75

  20. Did AIDS patient can share same room with other patient?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to Ilikelemontea's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes threads like me make me wonder if its a

  21. Sooo tired of patients complaining about foreign nurses' accents....

    NurseyPoo7 replied to nervousnurse's topic in General Nursing

    How about when the nurses accent is so thick I cant understand anything she says in report and often have to ask her to repeat things 4

  22. "Comfort Measures" vs. "Comfort Care"

    NurseyPoo7 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is there a difference? What is it? A patient is on "Comfort Measures" - O2, IV ABT, no morphine drip. Nurse called MD regarding something & mentions comfort measures/care and MD chews her out...

  23. A nurse wants to endorse a product. Is it ethical?

    NurseyPoo7 replied to Anxious Patient's topic in General Nursing

    I dont understand the connection between nursing and margarita mix. Is she trying to give the impression the mix is

  24. Eating at the nurses' station

    NurseyPoo7 replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    When I work nights, most of the time I dont have anyone to watch my patients for 10 minutes, let alone a half hour. Keep in mind, the other nurses need to have someone watch their patients and our...

  25. Nursing Unions

    NurseyPoo7 replied to NurseyPoo7's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I've never heard of Laurel Regional Hospital . I work in the eastern shore of MD, east of the bay