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  1. WA state nursing-pt ratios

    rose28164 posted a topic in Washington Nursing

    Hello......I am moving to WA in Jan from CA. I was wondering what the ratios of pts to nurses are up there. Here in CA on tele floors we can have no more than 5pts to 1 nurse. I am pretty sure that...

  2. Is nursing for me????????????????

    rose28164 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been a nurse for 9 months now, and my heart still races every night before I go to work. It almost makes me sick to my stomach I am so nervous. It come in sperts. Sometimes I am okay, but...

  3. Help!

    rose28164 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Well, I have been a nurse for 8 months. Everything was going fine until a couple weeks ago when I started making stupid, careless mistakes. The other night I was going through my orders and looked...

  4. heparin and lovenox?????

    rose28164 posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My hospital has a protocol to flush triple lumen caths with 2.5cc of heparin, divided among three ports. So I followed the protocol and flushed. Then the next night I was off and laying in bed and...

  5. New Nurse..........

    rose28164 posted a topic in General Nursing

    :uhoh21: I have been a nurse for 7 months now and was just wondering if it ever gets easier? When I first started out on my own I was terrified. I work on a tele floor and would watch the monitors...

  6. I got placed on clinical probation today. *sob* *sob*

    rose28164 replied to sad's topic in General Students

    Well thats just stupid! Dont sweat it! Keep your head up and just be SUPER careful with all that you do! When I was in my 3rd semester in OB my pt asked me for some asparin and I went into the room...

  7. 6 mos. exp v. 1 yr. exp

    rose28164 replied to pedineuronurse's topic in Nursing Career

    I think that you should base it on your relationship; how strong it is and what your future plans are with him. Also look into hospitals in that area, and apply to them and interview with them. I...

  8. heparin and lovenox?????

    rose28164 replied to rose28164's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    YES!!!!!!!!!! This helps. I am a new grad (well a nurse of 7 months) and I am usually so carefull with what I do. I have been worring about this for days! I just dont want to get written up or get my...

  9. heparin and lovenox?????

    rose28164 replied to rose28164's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I was just concerned because I know your not suppossed to give a combo of heparin and lovenox, or coumadin........basically any combo of blood

  10. heparin and lovenox?????

    rose28164 replied to rose28164's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I was just concerned because I know your not suppossed to give a combo of heparin and lovenox, or coumadin........basically any combo of blood

  11. heparin and lovenox?????

    rose28164 replied to rose28164's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    No, the protocol is flushing with heparin, but my concern is that the pt was getting lovenox inj. and I flushed their ports with

  12. heparin and lovenox?????

    rose28164 replied to rose28164's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    No, the protocol is flushing with heparin, but my concern is that the pt was getting lovenox inj. and I flushed their ports with

  13. heparin and lovenox?????

    rose28164 replied to rose28164's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My hospital has a protocol to flush triple lumen caths with 2.5cc of heparin, divided among three ports. So I followed the protocol and flushed. Then the next night I was off and laying in bed and...