Mommy&RN

Mommy&RN BSN, RN

Med/Surg & Hospice & Dialysis

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  1. Are you doing this at work?

    Mommy&RN replied to vivasmom's topic in Emergency

    giving nebs no drawing own labs central lines yes, peripheral sticks, no starting your own iv's sometimes running own blood gasses no cleaning own rooms no walking pt to radiology, ct etc sometimes...

  2. removal from life support question

    Mommy&RN replied to Erika LPN's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/01/000113080008.htm the clinical examination includes an evaluation of overall responsiveness, brain-stem reflexes, and apnea testing. the patient should be...

  3. Strange encounter at flu shot clinic

    Mommy&RN replied to newtress's topic in General Nursing

    NOWAY NO HOW!!! The corporate office would NOT have liked that at

  4. Are these really correct examples of ANA med-surg certification questions?

    Mommy&RN replied to allthesmallthings's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Yes, those questions are representitve of the ancc

  5. How do you deal with suspected addicts?

    Mommy&RN replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    If it is ordered, and not gonna make you code, and it's time, I give it. It isn't my place to try to tell someone else they aren't in pain. Personally, I am prescribed a benzo for SLEEP, but if the...

  6. Male nurse in L&D

    Mommy&RN replied to tony2353's topic in Ob/Gyn

    As long as I get professional care, I don't care what the anatomy is of the nurse, tech, MD, EVS, maint, diatary person has. I was admited on Monday at about noon, and did not deliver until Wednesday...

  7. How do you like to be acknowledged at work for a good job done

    Mommy&RN replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    My favorite is when a patient simply asks, "will you be here tonight to take care of

  8. ER wait time clocks????

    Mommy&RN replied to bonestAx's topic in Emergency

    My thoughts come from the city that I live in. There is only one "system" doing the billboards, so they aren't very close together. You only see the sign to the closest ED, so you have no idea if...

  9. ER wait time clocks????

    Mommy&RN replied to bonestAx's topic in Emergency

    Having heard your kidney story may change my thoughts, but here was my previous thoughts. "If you need to know how long the wait is, chances are that is not were you need to be seeking

  10. Certified Nurses

    Mommy&RN replied to JSBoston's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.nursecredentialing.org/GeroManual.aspx For geri

  11. Certified Nurses

    Mommy&RN replied to JSBoston's topic in General Nursing

    Which cert do you want to sit

  12. Certified Nurses

    Mommy&RN replied to JSBoston's topic in General Nursing

    ANCC has the option of purchasing the study guide for the exam you want to sit for. There are MANY CEUs in the book. I have the med-surg cert. There were 80 CEUs. Granted it isn't cheap, but you...

  13. um this does not seem right

    Mommy&RN replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

    It is not part of a transporter to do anything with the IV (medication). Simply let the nurse know, and that is

  14. Question about Sliding Scale insulin

    Mommy&RN replied to qwertz's topic in Patient Medications

    The line break happened on a bad spot. It reads.

  15. Med/Surg certification question

    Mommy&RN replied to tokmom's topic in Medical-Surgical

    With ANCC, you get 3.5 hours and 175 questions. 25 of those questions are not

  16. What's the issue with med surg?

    Mommy&RN replied to BABYJADE06's topic in General Nursing

    I love being a med/surg nurse. Our unit is typically staffed at 1:5-6. I do weekend nights, and our charge is great about splitting up isolation pts. We do mostly GI illness, GI surgery, bariatrics,...

  17. Question about Sliding Scale insulin

    Mommy&RN replied to qwertz's topic in Patient Medications

    We had one doc that recently stop using this s/s. (thank goodness) 145-100=145 45/20 =2.5 So this order has nothing to do with the hospital protocol order, because the protocol is not what he

  18. How many other nurses do you work with?

    Mommy&RN replied to rob4's topic in General Nursing

    34 bed surgical floor. when full, we usually have 6 RNs, 3 techs, and a unit clerk. The lowest we go is 2RNs, but if census is that low, there is usually a floor closed and the staff share the...

  19. mistake on heparin??

    Mommy&RN replied to marriednextmonth's topic in General Nursing

    Huh? The question is about heparin gtt. Our protocol has a sliding scale for heparin. For example: ptt >100, turn off gtt x 1 hour. Decrease dose by 50units per hour (or 100 based on wt). Then...

  20. mistake on heparin??

    Mommy&RN replied to marriednextmonth's topic in General Nursing

    Our Protocol is set to where you can't put in Scheduled PTTs until pt is theraputic. When there are boluses/rate chages happening, it is the current RN's responsibility to order next lab

  21. Take off your pants...

    Mommy&RN replied to 313RN's topic in General Nursing

    Awesome!!!

  22. e-MAR headaches!!!!!

    Mommy&RN replied to UnionRN2's topic in Patient Medications

    We also use Cerner, I really like the Emar on it. 12-24h to have meds entered is INSANE!!!! We very rarely have a 2 hour wait. Our physicians still write paper orders, we scan to the pharmacy and...

  23. Morbidly obese residents

    Mommy&RN posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have a question for y'all. How many of your facilities accept pts over 500 or 600+ pounds? We have a pt who no longer needs acute inpt care there has been some difficulty in finding a facility to...

  24. Here are the top 5 drugs administered by allnurses.com members

    Mommy&RN replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    In the past 3 shifts, I gave every single one on the top 10

  25. Night shift sleep schedule

    Mommy&RN replied to DreamyEyes's topic in General Nursing

    I work 7p-7a. I really try to do all my shifts together. So, if I work Sa, Su, Mo for example, I stay up late Fri. Try to get 5 or so hours of sleep. Then I lay back down between noon-1 and try to...