LSRNgrad2008

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  1. Stroke Question

    LSRNgrad2008 replied to scubadooII's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry for typos---it's wee hours of the am for me....

  2. Stroke Question

    LSRNgrad2008 replied to scubadooII's topic in General Nursing

    Is your book talking about someone with a CVA, or someone with a CVA and unilateral neglect syndrome. There is a difference as mentioned in ealier posts. If it's a straightforward CVA, approach from...

  3. Dr.s throwing their weight around...............

    LSRNgrad2008 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Well I know older Docs hate the idea that the days of a nurse standing up to salute them, making their coffee and lighting their cigarettes are over.......but......they are! How do you guys handle...

  4. Please list your opinions on this subject i am dealing with.

    LSRNgrad2008 replied to 49*1's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think that filing bankruptcy will necessarily affect your job search per say, but it will affect your life. I would be hesitant to do this. Look at possibilities, you are young, so going...

  5. Dr.s throwing their weight around...............

    LSRNgrad2008 replied to LSRNgrad2008's topic in General Nursing

    lol....I agree, but sometimes I can't help but get defensive and have a chip on my shoulder....I need to get over

  6. Dr.s throwing their weight around...............

    LSRNgrad2008 replied to LSRNgrad2008's topic in General Nursing

    It was MRSA isolation, and as I stated I am not debating that isolation is isolation, I should be gowned or not. My point to my thread is how he handled “disciplining”

  7. Dr.s throwing their weight around...............

    LSRNgrad2008 replied to LSRNgrad2008's topic in General Nursing

    MRSA

  8. Egos....insecurities

    LSRNgrad2008 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have to chuckle.....at how many nurses feel the need to be superstars.....I say come to work do your job and go home. I had a pt...in a nutshell post op....had 3 small lap incisions and a jackson...

  9. Egos....insecurities

    LSRNgrad2008 replied to LSRNgrad2008's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, she's one of those people that HAS to be right..and be the shining star.....that's ok with me.....I don't need to be that way. I had also given him a pillow to splint his abdomen (he had a lap...

  10. What liability coverage do you carry?

    LSRNgrad2008 replied to nursecass's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Eeeekkkk...... Well for $50-100/yr it's worth it. You may not "get sued" in the end but liability insurance pays you if you have to be out of work pending an investigation if your license is temp...

  11. ? Why are people saying that nursing is tough? i dont understand whats so hard about

    LSRNgrad2008 replied to Jelet's topic in General Nursing

    You could also try taking an EMT class. It's usually pretty short 8-15 wks long you can try that out to see if you even like working with people, blood, guts all that. Then if you still think about...

  12. about NCLEX pass rates...

    LSRNgrad2008 replied to 09nurse's topic in General Nursing

    That is an incredibly low pass rate. The schools that I had to choose from had pass rates in the high 90's. I would check around for

  13. Vent and need advice please.

    LSRNgrad2008 replied to aerorunner80's topic in General Nursing

    As far as the microwave thing, it's a fine line because we want patients family to assist in care of their loved one......and it should start in the hospital.....if they know where the nutrition room...

  14. What liability coverage do you carry?

    LSRNgrad2008 replied to nursecass's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    same NSO

  15. Vent and need advice please.

    LSRNgrad2008 replied to aerorunner80's topic in General Nursing

    there are so many things that you have no control over. try to spend your energies making yourself the best nurse you can, rather then focus on things around you that you can't control. you will not...

  16. Portacaths

    LSRNgrad2008 posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hi All, I am a new grad and recently finished orientation. I had a pt with a portacath that was already accessed with a huber needle, and had a pigtail extension with D5 1/2NS with 20 KCL running....

  17. Portacaths

    LSRNgrad2008 replied to LSRNgrad2008's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Thank you so much for the info. I'm glad that what I did was ok, even though the other nurse would have done it different, all the while still being fine protocol-wise. It's just tough b/c even...

  18. PLEASE HELP! Rude Co-workers...

    LSRNgrad2008 replied to gemini81sg's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well it sounds like you are doing everything that you can to be a great nurse and coworker.....I say just keep trucking along because you worked too hard to get where you are and you deserve to be...

  19. PLEASE HELP! Rude Co-workers...

    LSRNgrad2008 replied to gemini81sg's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yeah it's hard because each shift thinks they have it worse than the other. Unfortunately each shift has it's own battles. I work 3rd and I am hardly bored, but I also work in ICU and when/if I have...

  20. Portacaths

    LSRNgrad2008 replied to LSRNgrad2008's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Thanks, I will contact the educator, I did call the oncology floor I was on 3rd shift but no one there really new for

  21. Change of shift report

    LSRNgrad2008 replied to SAL51's topic in General Nursing

    I tend to still pass along that stuff, because if lung sounds are clear on my shift and then all of sudden they are not, or if bowel sounds were present and then not it's still good to give the next...

  22. PLEASE HELP! Rude Co-workers...

    LSRNgrad2008 replied to gemini81sg's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well I am a new grad working about 4 months. I do find some of the same problems, and I believe it would be anywhere you go to some degree.....the whole concept that we learned in school "nurses eat...

  23. Change of shift report

    LSRNgrad2008 replied to SAL51's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new grad and the change of shift report was tough, we did partial verbal and partial taped, and in ICU they do mostly tape report. Anyway we use SBAR and it's a printed form at the nurses...

  24. Portacaths

    LSRNgrad2008 posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Hi All, I am a new grad and recently finished orientation. I had a pt with a portacath that was already accessed with a huber needle, and had a pigtail extension with D5 1/2NS with 20 KCL running....