RNKPCE

RNKPCE

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  1. Did You Hear About This One?

    RNKPCE replied to hbscott's topic in General Nursing

    IamRN You are right I meant the Rwave, silly me:) dawngloves: yes you are using o2 during the code but during the defib it is turned off and then back on. They are now teaching the chant " one I'm...

  2. Did You Hear About This One?

    RNKPCE replied to hbscott's topic in General Nursing

    In v- fib there are no t waves it is sometimes called a bag of worms, in v tach there are t waves. Cardioversion there are t waves and the person is shock in synch with their t

  3. Did You Hear About This One?

    RNKPCE replied to hbscott's topic in General Nursing

    Just refreshed my ACLS and they are making turning off 02 during defib mandatory due to chance of fire. They said there has been many cases of a fire starting if o2 left turned on while defibbing. I...

  4. Charge pay

    RNKPCE replied to kastas's topic in General Nursing

    We don't have set charge people, it is rotated with no rhyme or reason as to who is put in charge( other than being trained to charge). We get 5% of our base pay so roughly $2/hr for doing

  5. ICU or stepdown?

    RNKPCE replied to Gldngrl's topic in General Nursing

    ICU. The only unit that does the drips you mentioned as well as the frequency of vitals and other

  6. What are Ca salaries really like?

    RNKPCE replied to creeves's topic in California Nursing

    SF Bay Area Actually I read the contract wrong it is $34/hr as new grad, with most senior nurse making about $44/hr. They have narrowed the difference between new grad and senior nurse by increasing...

  7. What are Ca salaries really like?

    RNKPCE replied to creeves's topic in California Nursing

    New grads would start at $35/hr where I work in Cal. They would get 10% diff for eves, 20% for nocs, 10% for weekends, 5% for charge. The current contract expires the end of March. I think some...

  8. Questions about working weekends...

    RNKPCE replied to jetta1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    10% of base hourly rate for

  9. rotating/night shifts-how do you do it with a family?

    RNKPCE replied to hartsbur's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know anyone who actually rotates shift anymore, and only knew one person who I went to school that ever did it. Yeah working weekends, off shifts and holidays can be a drag but the positive...

  10. Union vs. Nonunion-Worth Dues Paid?

    RNKPCE replied to allsmiles's topic in General Nursing

    Have only worked at union. I pay $12/ every 2 weeks. It is the same amount no matter how much you work. We are an open

  11. Most dreaded Dr.'s orders

    RNKPCE replied to BBFRN's topic in General Nursing

    I swear to god this was a real order Please milk member 2x per shift so swelling might go down and foley can be inserted in am. We haven't let the doctor live that order

  12. Question About Ratios

    RNKPCE replied to Sheri257's topic in California Nursing

    They have cut CNA's at the hospital I work at. The ones that are leaving have their last day this Saturday. We aren't even meeting ratios all the time. Last night our night shift had 7 patients each...

  13. Nurses with children.....

    RNKPCE replied to SnowymtnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I started 3/5th eves after my dau was born, then 1/2 time after my son was born, now 2/5th because the kids are older and have more homework and activities. The weekdays which is now one day a week my...

  14. Nurses and Vasovagal Responses

    RNKPCE replied to msummar_smc's topic in General Nursing

    While working as an aide I passed out while assisting a nurse put in a foley. I don't know if I vagal-ed. I do know that the curtain was pulled and I was kind of nervous( I was a relatively new...

  15. father is dying of cancer

    RNKPCE replied to heatherbless's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Actually BarbPick we did have hospice. He found out he was terminal Jan 22nd, hospice was involved as of the 24th. They were good at providing material things such as a hospital bed, commode, oxygen,...

  16. father is dying of cancer

    RNKPCE replied to heatherbless's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Went through this last Feb with my dad. It was the hardest time of my life. The last week still seems like something out of a bad dream. My dad had lung ca with mets to his brain. The last week he had...

  17. Hubby has to go for a Stress Test....

    RNKPCE replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    After the test he will have peace of mind. Either it won't be his heart or if it is then he could possibly have coronary interventions to correct. All of this is better than having an MI. You don't...

  18. Flu Prevention in Hospitals

    RNKPCE replied to prairiegirl's topic in General Nursing

    We have signs at the nurses station that say "cover your cough" the sign is triangular shape and there are mask inside the sign that visitors can wear. I have seen one visitor so far wearing a

  19. YOUR 3 hardest areas of nursing school

    RNKPCE replied to Sunshine78's topic in General Nursing

    med-surg all that pathophysiology and my instructors were hard. psyche- we did these things called process recordings. I never got good grades on them- if you were creative and understood the...

  20. Please Reply If You Love Your Watch.

    RNKPCE replied to EyesForward's topic in General Nursing

    Timex Rush watch, has a easy to use countdown timer on it. You can set it for 15, 30, minutes ect so if you need to go back and check a pt. The other night I had to give iv diltiazem followed in 30...

  21. is this too good to be true?

    RNKPCE replied to twins428's topic in California Nursing

    You'd be lucky if you could find a mid size starter home in the San Fransisco Bay area for the high $200,000. I live in the South Bay in a nice area but not considered the affluent area in the South...

  22. Trouble with transcutaneous pacer

    RNKPCE replied to Celia M's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Did you also have the cables from the tcp machine hooked up to the patient? On our tcp you have to have the machines cables hooked up as well as the tcp pads. Not just your leads to your bedside or...

  23. pay scale- why so hush hush??

    RNKPCE replied to lanilpn's topic in General Nursing

    It kind of reminds me of treating people for pain. It is far better to err on the side of maybe medicating a drug seeker(someone just want the other effects of pain med) than to withhold pain med from...

  24. pay scale- why so hush hush??

    RNKPCE replied to lanilpn's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with Jenac about two nurse that have the same experience and one is a team player and one is not, but they make the same salary per hour. That always has gotten to me. But would I trade merit...

  25. Saline flushes or Blood

    RNKPCE replied to gwenith's topic in General Nursing

    I have never given much thought to why we hang saline, but many of the above reason makes sense. Though if we have a transfusion reaction I would get a new tubing set up of saline because you wouldn't...