BarbPick

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  1. maintaining FL RN license

    BarbPick replied to Henryk's topic in Florida Nursing

    The Nursing Process:

  2. feeling overwhelmed: Cardiac RN to now Postpartum

    BarbPick replied to rndiva1908's topic in Ob/Gyn

    What is different this job change is you already know how to be a nurse. You know how to budget your time, complete your charting etc. The assessments are actually the same. If you do mother baby,...

  3. IV drip rate calculation us a microdrip

    BarbPick replied to PHCnMS's topic in General Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/forums/showthread/t-45046.html This is an old IV calculation thread from this

  4. IV drip rate calculation us a microdrip

    BarbPick replied to PHCnMS's topic in General Nursing

    mini drip is very easy to remember. each mini drop per minute is equal to the same amounts of ml's per hour. 60 gtts per minute is equal to 60 cc's/ml's per hour. 125 drops is 125 cc's or ml's per...

  5. Change of shift report

    BarbPick replied to Idaho Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like nurses just might get off duty on time. No as long as all papers are shreaded in the nursing unit. All hospitals around here have shreaders in the nursing

  6. patient lingo...

    BarbPick replied to athomas91's topic in Emergency

    A Child told me she had sixty five roses She has cystic

  7. Advice please..

    BarbPick replied to trish820's topic in General Nursing

    RN's have a larger choices of positions and shifts to choose from. There are less LPN slots and limits to the areas you can

  8. travel nurse local???

    BarbPick replied to heatherbless's topic in Travel

    The most used staff relief agency in Miami is called Medical Staffing Network. They are everywhere. Besides for their travel department, the local makes contracts for 3 12's a week for 13 weeks, to...

  9. This is sposta happen to someone else

    BarbPick replied to BarbPick's topic in Cardiac

    Thank you. I am glad I didn't have to do this alone. I brought it to the BB because I never plan my own care, something about a lawyer who defends himself has a fool for a

  10. travel nurse local???

    BarbPick replied to heatherbless's topic in Travel

    I drove the 55 miles each way from home, I said what the travel agency suggested I

  11. This is sposta happen to someone else

    BarbPick replied to BarbPick's topic in Cardiac

    It didn't seem real. I was totally perplexed that this is why every two years we go to class, get down on our knees, and we used to say change on three next time. Even worse thoughts came to mind...

  12. LVNs in oncology

    BarbPick replied to Megs's topic in Oncology

    Come to Florida, we have room for you in Oncology here. According to the florida nurse practice act, If you have taken the course and I am close by, you can give all the drugs you are checked out...

  13. Wasting Blood

    BarbPick replied to CCURN's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with all for 5 cc's except for groshong caths. It takes a good 10 cc's of saline to force open the valve, and 10 cc's to close and clean

  14. travel nurse local???

    BarbPick replied to heatherbless's topic in Travel

    I asked that of the travel company I used. They said you have to be 50 miles away to receive all the benefits, they also said that for some reason (hint hint) mail boxes etc was a popular place to...

  15. Is this common practice?

    BarbPick replied to manna's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I have not had children, but my husband had epidural steroid injections 3 times and each doctor made me leave. They said less time the open spine is exposed to bacteria, the better. He wore a mask...

  16. Peds/OB rotation concern

    BarbPick replied to PSUNURS05's topic in General Students

    In my baccalaureate program, I had a total of 2 days in Peds. All I did was rock a baby who would could not be comforted. Clinical is just exposure to the area and give you an idea how things work....

  17. Anybody familiar with Kaplan College Forensic Nursing Certification?

    BarbPick replied to BBFRN's topic in Forensic

    No it just felt like it. There were so many clinicals and

  18. Anybody familiar with Kaplan College Forensic Nursing Certification?

    BarbPick replied to BBFRN's topic in Forensic

    my last comment, I had to go every other saturday for what seemed like a life

  19. Research paper help

    BarbPick replied to beachbeanb's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Try the topic of End of life care. Talk about living wills, fluids at the end Vs no fluida, feeding tubes VS no feeding tubes. How death is faced by the different religions. End of life care is now...

  20. Anybody familiar with Kaplan College Forensic Nursing Certification?

    BarbPick replied to BBFRN's topic in Forensic

    Mine is given once a year from the state medical examiner. I paid the same tuition as if I were in Community College. I do not feel this should be done by distance. You have to see it to learn it. I...

  21. Anybody familiar with Kaplan College Forensic Nursing Certification?

    BarbPick replied to BBFRN's topic in Forensic

    I am reading from my Certificate. It says that the Designation of Forensic Nurse Specialist has been acheived and is approved by The Florida Bar The Florida Board of Nursing InterQual Certified...

  22. I passed!

    BarbPick replied to NurseDixie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I guess you need to change your screen name on here. The future is now

  23. Clep Exam

    BarbPick replied to BarbPick's topic in General Students

    Thank you for bringing my point home. The exams are given frequently in community as well as university testing centers. I took them cold, maybe if I finally learned it wasn't Thomas Jefferson who...

  24. Protocols for Central Lines Dressing Changes

    BarbPick replied to HoJo's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    You need a copy of the INS Infusion Nurses Soceity Standards of Practice http://www.ins1.org/ You are exposing those lines to too much infection, at the least they should be every 3 days for...

  25. Omg!!!

    BarbPick replied to Ortho_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The Computer has to give someone the full test