memesuzRNC

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About memesuzRNC

Have been RN since 1991. Experience in NICU, Hospice, Home Health. Now working in Transfer Center doing bed management/taking calls from outlying areas for transfers in via ground and new helicopter

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  1. ? regarding pain management....

    memesuzRNC replied to luvmy2angels's topic in Hospice

    One thing to keep in mind is that some time patients are in so much pain or struggling so to breathe that once their pain or breathing is relieved and they are finally more comfortable they are able to let go and they pass away very comfortably and "...

  2. Any ideas for unrelieved N/V

    memesuzRNC replied to spoiled28's topic in Hospice

    We used to find that the scopolamine patches worked great but now we use atropine gtts for teminal congestion. I had a patient that was obstucted and MD Anderson had given him all the big guns in IV's and I tried Scope patches and some ativan subling...

  3. Does anyone love their job?

    memesuzRNC replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    I rec'd a note from one of my patients that actually went through the unit manager. She mentioned 3 of her nurses and just ranted over all of us for making her recovery happen. I work on the rehab unit. She called me her "sympathetic helper". Made me...

  4. Pt assignement of 7 or more in rehab

    memesuzRNC replied to SusanRehabRN's topic in Rehabilitation

    Thanks for your wisdom. I know you are right and I hate to tell you but I came from a desk job and we have yet to have any training in transfering or lifting a patient! They (administration) have talked about doing some training but we just do the b...

  5. Does anyone love their job?

    memesuzRNC replied to Lisa CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    Hi! I love nursing or at least I would if we were allowed to have a managable load of patients along with enough CNA's to where we would be able to do nursing like it should be done. At least like most nurses see that it should be done. This would be...

  6. Do employers want BSNs or does it matter?

    memesuzRNC replied to KarenAR's topic in New Nurse

    I am new to this forum and wanted to say to all of you out there to go straight from your ADN or diploma program to at least the BSN program. I would give anything if I had just started my BSN basics early on before I got so old. I got my ADN the yea...