LilRedRN1973

LilRedRN1973

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  1. IV push rates

    LilRedRN1973 replied to fleasle's topic in General Nursing

    Our Med-Select instructs you on how to dilute the medication and how fast to push it (i.e. pepcid....it states to dilute in 5ml of saline and push over 2 minutes). Melanie =

  2. Do you call your patients by first or last name?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I work in an adult trauma/medical/surgical ICU and most of our patients are not able to tell you their preference. If they are much older than me (I'm 32), I usually address them by their last name...

  3. Self Scheduling: Help me prove the nay-sayers wrong.

    LilRedRN1973 replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

    4 weekend shifts a month, meaning you must work 4 days a month that are Fridays, Saturdays, or Sundays. Melanie =

  4. Self Scheduling: Help me prove the nay-sayers wrong.

    LilRedRN1973 replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

    1. How many beds do you have? 32 Beds (ICU: medical, surgical, and trauma) 2. How many nurses play into the total mix? Hmm..not too sure, but I think it's around 150 or so (and there are travelers in...

  5. Help- White Nursing Pants!

    LilRedRN1973 replied to AbDz41's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I wore flesh colored underwear all through school and you could not see my underwear. One of my classmates, on the other hand, decided to wear her brightest, hot pink thong underwear on more than one...

  6. Mom's in the hospital... (it's a little long)

    LilRedRN1973 replied to nursejohio's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, how I can relate to this! In my 3rd semester of nursing school, my father-in-law was diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia. It hit the family really hard because I married into an incredibly...

  7. What is your salary?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to daniele72's topic in General Nursing

    I make around $4400 and have been an RN for 5 months in the ICU. And I live in Nevada. Melanie =

  8. How long between graduation, NCLEX and working?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to okapple's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I was hired in February to start as a Graduate Nurse in June (right after graduation), but it took the BON over 2 months to issue my IP (their screw up). So I didn't begin my new job until August,...

  9. Sometimes it isnt good to be a health professional

    LilRedRN1973 replied to Noryn's topic in General Nursing

    As someone who has had about $15,000 of work done in the past 2 years, I feel for you. I've had tissue grafting (they cut slices of tissue from the roof of my mouth and stitched them to my gums...

  10. Yankauer Suction Cath

    LilRedRN1973 replied to TLC RN's topic in General Nursing

    We have yankaurs that have little plastic sleeves you push down when you want to use them and then push back up to cover the part that actually goes inside the patient's mouth. We put a "Change" and...

  11. New grad in las vegas

    LilRedRN1973 replied to cambria80's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work north of you (Reno, NV) and my base pay is $25/hr; with my noc differential, I am making $27.41/hr. The hospital in Carson City pays about $2/hr and also offers weekend differential (which my...

  12. I can taste that

    LilRedRN1973 replied to monkeyman1000's topic in MICU, SICU

    I've had several oral surgeries in which I received Versed and Fentanyl. The periodontist told the RN to give me 2mg of Versed and within seconds of connecting her syringe to my IV, I had this...

  13. Lupus

    LilRedRN1973 replied to katheriner's topic in General Nursing

    I am 32 and was diagnosed with RA in June 2005 (one month after graduating RN school). Needless to say, it's been a struggle with pain and depression. I have good days and bad days. My sympathies...

  14. Losing your license in Nevada?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to jayrelic's topic in Nevada Nursing

    I don't like it either. My nursing instructors are all against it as well. When I was going through school, they stated that it had problems that needed to be worked out, just as CA does. We spent...

  15. is it worth driving 20 miles to work to get paid 6 dollars more?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm...well, I live 5 minutes from a hospital that pays a base pay of $28/hr plus night and weekend differential. But I drive 25 miles (which takes me 35 minutes from my front door to the parking...

  16. Just a question from a student

    LilRedRN1973 replied to tes85's topic in General Nursing

    See my post in "First Year in Nursing" about both my patients dying on the same shift. I cried and did not have a problem with it. I also went to the memorial service and it was a much needed...

  17. Need some advice

    LilRedRN1973 replied to BeachBoy's topic in General Nursing

    I am married to a former Infantryman (Ft. Hood, TX- 1st Calv. Div) and say thank you for serving our country. My husband would still be in would it not be for a serious knee injury that resulted in...

  18. My 16-year-old wants a navel piercing

    LilRedRN1973 replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I pierced my navel when I was 25 (I'm now 32) and never had a problem with it. It was done with surgical stainless steel, a capture ring, and it healed up quite nicely within a month. I had to sleep...

  19. Signing new grad contract?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to kurlykay's topic in First Year After Licensure

    All of the new grads in the ICU had to sign a contract stating that should we leave before 2 years, we would have to pay back $2500 (supposedly the cost of training us). We also had to agree to work...

  20. new grad starting in critical care

    LilRedRN1973 replied to watsondr's topic in General Nursing

    The route I took has been a great learning experience for me and I feel has prepared me well for my specialty. I started in the ICU after my first semester of school as a Critical Care...

  21. Wanted RN .7, or .6, or .3

    LilRedRN1973 replied to NO1_2NV's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I just put in my request to go from a 1.0 to a .9 (WOOHOO). It's only one day less a month but than one day is precious to me, my husband (who works three or four 12-hour shifts per week) and my...

  22. Graduating in May...

    LilRedRN1973 replied to Erica1019's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I graduated in June 2005, but had a job by the first week of February (contingent upon my passing school, of course). They wanted my application in by the first week of January, when I returned for...

  23. Both my patients died the other night...my first ones

    LilRedRN1973 replied to LilRedRN1973's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The ICU supervisor stayed over until 1am the other night, just to check in and see how all of us noc shifters were doing. She sought me out to ask how I was dealing with all of this. I told her...

  24. Did I Make a Big Mistake?

    LilRedRN1973 replied to RNLauren05's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I feel much the same way the OP does....I truly don't get much time with my husband. Here is my scenario: My H works 12 hour shifts as well at a prison. He is gone from 6am until 7:30pm Sun-Tues and...

  25. nurses with rheumatoid arthritis (long-ish)

    LilRedRN1973 replied to sphinx's topic in General Nursing

    I just want to say I know how you feel. I graduated nursing school in June 2005 and was diagnosed at age 31 in July of 2005. I have been working in the ICU since August and there are those shifts...