LilRedRN1973

LilRedRN1973

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  1. They Think I'm Working Christmas??

    LilRedRN1973 replied to jodyangel's topic in General Nursing

    My facility pays holiday pay for the 7pm to 7am shift beginning 12/24 and the 7am to 7pm shift starting on 12/25. The staff that works the night of 12/25 does not get any holiday pay. It is like...

  2. Holiday gift for manager?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to RNPamP's topic in General Nursing

    I love, love, love doing holiday baking and making things like candied pecans, truffles, pumpkin muffins, chocolate covered pretzels, and my cranberry walnut cookies. So I put together baskets for...

  3. Vap

    LilRedRN1973 replied to GrnHonu99's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    We do everything that the first poster responding does (except the subglottal suction...I do suction my patients prior to putting their head down but it's not protocol)...and here is a picture of what...

  4. red-heads and bleeding?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to MyEBee's topic in General Nursing

    I know that redheads need up to 20% MORE anesthesia than folks with other color hair and that supposedly we have a higher tolerance to pain (tell that to my hubbie!), but I've not heard the bleeding...

  5. Policy on IV tubing/bag change?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to climberrn's topic in General Nursing

    We change our IV tubing Q 96h, actual peripheral IV can stay in for 96h, TPN gets new tubing and filter Q 24h, and propofol is changed Q 12h. I guess we are one of the only facilities that wait so...

  6. New Grads - Rotten Shifts?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to MililaniMom's topic in General Nursing

    I started out working nights and would have requested nights had they given me a choice (here, it's by seniority and there are nurses who have been biding their time for years to do straight days)....

  7. Ok, silly/strange uniform question...

    LilRedRN1973 replied to fleur-de-lis's topic in General Nursing

    I bought white and black ones from Old Navy a while back. Inexpensive, made with Lycra, comfortable and form fitting under my scrubs. I bought 3 white and 3 black so I wouldn't have to do laundry in...

  8. Approximate Narc. count?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to garciadiego's topic in General Nursing

    Ours comes in little sealed cups, much like our Milk of Mag and potassium (liquid form) does. Single dose, no measuring required. The only exception is Roxicet, which pharmacy sends up in prefilled...

  9. Cold weather causing pneumonia? *vent*

    LilRedRN1973 replied to wannabesedated's topic in General Nursing

    My mother-in-law was just diagnosed with pneumonia and she's convinced it's because went and mowed the lawn without earmuffs or a jacket (it was about 50 degrees out). Then both my father-in-law and...

  10. Ever give yourself a flu shot before?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I practiced injections on myself in nursing school and am married to a former Infantryman to used to practice IV's on himself. If nobody else was around to do it, I'd happily give myself the...

  11. Peace Corps and Nursing?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to slou!'s topic in General Nursing

    One of my nursing classmates left right after passing the NCLEX to do a volunteer nursing position over in Africa or South America (I can't remember which one). I remember her saying she would be...

  12. Fentanyl/Versed on locked pumps ?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to SusanRN321's topic in MICU, SICU

    Our PCA pumps use a 30ml syringe. We run all narcotics through a PCA. I've been in my ICU since 2003 and have NEVER seen a narcotic gtt unless it's locked inside a PCA going at a basal rate or if...

  13. Children, Husband/wife, JOb and Nursing school??!!!

    LilRedRN1973 replied to RNsoon!'s topic in General Nursing

    When I went through nursing school, I had a 3 year old, a 6 year old, and a husband who worked 12 hour night shifts. Add to that a part time (24 hours a week) night job and a crazy ex wife who...

  14. Is it normal to be this exhausted after a 12 hr shift?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to lannisz's topic in General Nursing

    I know exactly how you feel! I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis about 1 1/2 years ago (just weeks after graduating NS) and when I was working three 12-hour shifts back to back, I was useless...

  15. Noc-shift blues

    LilRedRN1973 replied to Nurse`Chief~Chickie's topic in General Nursing

    I know what you mean about never seeing your significant other. I am married and our work schedules are completely opposite. My hubbie works Sunday through Wednesday from 7am to 7pm and I work...

  16. Is Everybody Moving to California?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to Sheri257's topic in California Nursing

    California will always behome for me. I moved away from my home town of Santa Barbara almost 2 decades ago and regret it. NOw it's near impossible to move back, especially on an RN's wages. I...

  17. Is 26 too old to go back to school?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to anouk's topic in General Nursing

    You're NEVER to old to keep learning. I went back to school to become a nurse and earned my BSN in 2005. I am very happy I did this--it was quite an accomplishment for me with all the obstacles I...

  18. I'm starting to get a bit "scared" about my position as new grad in ICU

    LilRedRN1973 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I will be beginning my 3 week (yes, you read that right, 3 week) orientation in the ICU on June 6. We actually will be doing a week of didactic/computer and meetings, then 3 weeks of working with our...

  19. sexual assault nursing

    LilRedRN1973 replied to 1st edition's topic in Forensic

    Do a search for Forensic Nursing and many of your questions will be answered. We don't have many Forensic RN's in the area where I live, but I've been interested in forensic nursing since I had...

  20. ICU Charge Nurse with Assignment, What do you think??

    LilRedRN1973 replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    Our charge never takes a patient assignment. We actually have 2 ICU's that are split up by about a 2-minute walk from one part of the hospital to the other. In once ICU, we keep all our Trauma...

  21. Getting "Called Off"

    LilRedRN1973 replied to peds4now's topic in General Nursing

    In the area where I live, getting called off varies by facility. The place where I work, I have never seen anyone getting called off but at the hospital 30 minutes south of here, my friend was only...

  22. What to think....

    LilRedRN1973 replied to shananin's topic in General Nursing

    Our school had us write essays about why we wanted to go into the field of nursing, just in case there was a tie with points. I was 4th alternate on the list all the way until orientation in August....

  23. What is a charge nurse??

    LilRedRN1973 replied to scubadooII's topic in General Nursing

    Recently, I discovered something that makes me nervous. I work in an ICU and noticed they were "training" someone for nocs charge. Why am I nervouse? Because he graduated the same time I did (May...

  24. Possible move to Houston

    LilRedRN1973 replied to NurseLacy's topic in General Nursing

    I grew up in Houston and my grandmother was treated at MD Anderson. I have the highest respect for that facility and if I were living back in Houston today, wouldn't want to work anywhere else in the...

  25. Does anyone else feel like...

    LilRedRN1973 replied to allthingsbright's topic in General Nursing

    I loved this website when I was going through school! I learned so many useful hints, tricks, books, websites, etc. It was my salvation through school...LOL! It was nice to know I wasn't the only...