annreese

annreese

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  1. BD nexiva catheters?

    annreese posted a topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone had any experience with the bd nexiva catheters? They have the extension tube attatched. It seems like a novel idea but has anyone had any problems with

  2. hospira symbiq pumps?

    annreese posted a topic in General Nursing

    We were talking about these today, I looked it up online they seemed pretty cool, has anyone used these? Can they support more than just one

  3. Which Healthcare system ?

    annreese replied to NWRN09's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I have actually worked in all three systems that you spoke about. I have not worked at kaiser for a long time, but I was not all that impressed, maybe its changed, the doctors at that time did not...

  4. Allergies in Eugene?

    annreese replied to Canadian Girl's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I have such bad allergies in the spring and summer, I will come into work with my eyes swollen up and i'll have to spend the first 20 minutes with a warm washcloth over my eyes. Im in portland but I...

  5. ICU directly after nursing school.

    annreese replied to LiveYourDreams's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Hm, I know all of the nurses on my unit have alot of experience, in fact the nursing population here is more or less more experienced except for med/surg which hire more new nurses. The other portland...

  6. looking for an apartment in NE Portland , Oregon

    annreese replied to ukmelai's topic in Oregon Nursing

    NE eh?? nothing against them although I think youll find some better choices in SW. try

  7. Telemetry nurse moving to Portland, Which hospital does Tele nursing well?

    annreese replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in Oregon Nursing

    haha tuality kind of has a bad rep, there sort of a small little hospital waay out there in hillsboro, I would not want to work there. St v's now your talking, I would consider it one of the better...

  8. Nursing pay in Portland!!

    annreese replied to smarge117's topic in Oregon Nursing

    pay here is more or less commensurate with experience, there is also (at least at my facility) a preference for BSN's, I only only one ASN here. In addition I would say the job market in portland is...

  9. African Americans in Oregon

    annreese replied to Codeda's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I think oregon gets a reputation for being a bunch of hicks, its quite distressing, I've lived here my entire life and have never even met anyone resembling that stereotype. As far as racism goes,...

  10. Morphine PCA Shortage

    annreese replied to rntg's topic in General Nursing

    I just found this:

  11. my pyxis nightmare..

    annreese posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay so my hospital has been migrating towards taking medications out of the pyxis units more and more for about a year. It started off they took out the controlled drugs, than the expensive one,s...

  12. my pyxis nightmare..

    annreese replied to annreese's topic in General Nursing

    Well I spoke with the nurse administrator today, he didn't know and thought it was ridiculous too and he said he would speak with the pharmacy who are responsible with filling it. Hopefully I will get...

  13. my pyxis nightmare..

    annreese replied to annreese's topic in General Nursing

    We don't have med rooms here.. what do you use them

  14. my pyxis nightmare..

    annreese replied to annreese's topic in General Nursing

    definitely a time killer. We can draw up our own from the patients IV bag if they have one, we do still have syringes. But why should I have to, I really don't understand the logic, I understood when...

  15. my pyxis nightmare..

    annreese replied to annreese's topic in General Nursing

    I actually somewhat understand the underlying logic. They are trying to integrate the pharmD into the whole process, we input the orders into the computer, they go down to pharmacy, pharmacy overlooks...

  16. promethazine+lidocaine?

    annreese posted a topic in Patient Medications

    How many of you mix lidocaine with your phenegran for IM injections? I had a physician ask me to do that today....I have never done that before. I didn't have a chance to call the pharmacy, and the...

  17. anesthesia bags

    annreese posted a topic in General Nursing

    so it has been a long time (like 10 years) since I have used an anesthesia bag, I didn't think we even stocked them for adults (usually a peds thing). How are these set up, how do they come. We have...

  18. anesthesia bags

    annreese replied to annreese's topic in General Nursing

    These are the ones I am pretty sure we carry or at least it looks like the same setup http://www.cardinalhealth.com/us/en/distributedproducts/ASP/3772-WSN.asp?cat=med_surg eh.... but these are more...

  19. anesthesia bags

    annreese replied to annreese's topic in General Nursing

    No I am not a CRNA, it sure would be helpful if I was. Im working in a new (for me) CCU and they just seem to love the anesthesia bags, there everywhere, with every BVM there's an anesthesia bag. They...

  20. vents and cpr

    annreese replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    dealing with vented patients alot, in my experience the policy has always been to remove the vent and bag them. yes it takes another pair of hands, yes its inconvenient, but it removes the possibility...

  21. Choice of patient monitor

    annreese replied to annreese's topic in General Nursing

    nobody? eek, maybe I need to reconsider my

  22. Choice of patient monitor

    annreese posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am looking for some help in choosing the replacement patient monitor for our surgery center. Right now now we have narrowed it down to the GE dash 3000 and the propaq cs monitor. They both have a...

  23. IM question.

    annreese replied to linzz's topic in Patient Medications

    IM injections being phased out? eek thats scary. It reminds me of an incident a few months ago when my mother was in the hospital (not mine), the nurse came in to give promethazine. I expected her to...

  24. Was this a med error?

    annreese replied to aquamarineyesRN07's topic in Patient Medications

    I probably would have redrawn it and made sure to document it. I suppose if you mixed it adequately it shouldn't be a problem. Also what did you do with the remaining 5? Make sure you document that...