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  1. Looking for Advice-New Grad, 8 patients?

    LLawsor520 replied to RNRapunzel1029's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I agree with you Carrie MTC. I worked at a hospital that did not have magnet status (meaning that there was not a limit to how many patients that were assigned to nurses at any one time). As long as...

  2. HATING MED/SURG

    LLawsor520 replied to pale_pilsen's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I empathize with you. My first med-surg job was very caotic not to mention I had a preceptor who always disappeared during my shifts. I felt the same enormous demands pulling me in different...

  3. surgical step-down unit staffing ratios??

    LLawsor520 replied to SSDUPOK's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hi Kentucky24, You mentioned that your shifts last 14-15 hrs. Does you management ever threaten with write-ups for getting off late? Some hospitals do even though they are adding more tasks..very...

  4. Questions about per diem agency work

    LLawsor520 replied to NeuroNP's topic in Agency Nurses

    I switched from staff nursing to agency nursing (2.5 yrs now) and it's not that bad. You take a few tests to get started in the area of your nursing expertise and then the agency will sign you up for...

  5. Career Options/Advice

    LLawsor520 replied to derekfitness's topic in Nursing Career

    Hello Jahra, I was kind of glad to read about what's going on in hospitals on the management/healthcare side because I was thinking of making changes in my career too. Job stability is definitely...

  6. What Oregon Nursing Agencies to Use?

    LLawsor520 posted a topic in Agency Nurses

    I am with an agency, Maxim, that I haven't been getting a lot of assignments since I reestablished employment two weeks ago. I just added another agency, Integrated Healthcare, who has been a little...

  7. What Oregon Nursing Agencies to Use?

    LLawsor520 replied to LLawsor520's topic in Agency Nurses

    Well after getting layed off from my last hospital job, I decided to get back into school and start working towards my BSN. I was too bitter about hospital MS politics so I just decided to go back to...

  8. Hospitals cutting back??

    LLawsor520 replied to Abbi4155's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Yeah, we received that same talk about our hospital loosing money and that they would try to keep staff. I was the last hired and first to let go. Now I am doing agency work w/ a couple of agencies....

  9. success of clomid use

    LLawsor520 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    If a woman has used clomid twice two months in a row, shouldn't that be enough to raise the progesterone level to ovulate and get pregnant? She had a negative ultrasound of the ovaries and pelvis and...

  10. success of clomid use

    LLawsor520 replied to LLawsor520's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thank you very much,

  11. low diastolic BP after giving PRBC

    LLawsor520 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    After administering 2 units of PRBC, the Pt's DBP was 40 with a normal SBP. Should I have called the MD? Pt no longer had a temp of 100F like two hr earlier when notified

  12. low diastolic BP after giving PRBC

    LLawsor520 replied to LLawsor520's topic in Medical-Surgical

    The DBP had not been running in the 40-50s. They were in the 70-80s. Would giving lasix and morphine (occasionally for a fx) have anything to do with the unusual DBP? The SBP was 120s, I

  13. Oregon Providence Hospital's New Hire Compreh. Based Assess

    LLawsor520 replied to LLawsor520's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thank you very much for your quick response. It is funny you say my preceptor should focus more on those types of patients that I did score higher on because I am not with a preceptor anymore. The...

  14. Oregon Providence Hospital's New Hire Compreh. Based Assess

    LLawsor520 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I am a 1 yr nurse and just became employed at Providence Hospital-OR. I just took their Comprehensive Based Assess Test and have to retest next month. Just looking at the results, I answered more...

  15. New agency nurse .. is 40 patients normal ?

    LLawsor520 replied to ilostmymuse's topic in Agency Nurses

    I moved to Oregon after working at a hospital for 7.5 mths out of college and could not find a job due to not enough nursing experience past 1 yr and had to revert to agency nursing. I had a few...