Nursey103 ADN, RN

My infusion center is not associated/attached to any clinics (only associated with my hospital). We strictly do infusions/injections/labs/port flushes. We have an assignment. We each take 1 patient per hour that has already been assigned by th...

1. I stop the chemo and hang a new bag/line of saline. My co-workers all jump in when there's an HSR so if I'm stopping the pump, another nurse is already priming the NS, another grabbing the vitals machine, another grabbing the HSR meds. 2. ...

You can work in a med/surg oncology unit to learn how to start IV's, maintain PICC's, access/maintain ports. You'll get chemotherapy experience if that's the kind of infusion center you want to work in. You'd also be giving lots of blood products t...

I think 8 weeks is plenty to hone in on IV insertion skills. If they're that desperate then at the end of the training period, if you don't feel ready, I would simply ask for more training days. If you're part of the IV team, it sounds like that's ...

I've been an RN for a little over 9 years now. I started out as a new grad at my current hospital and I've been on 3 different floors. I've done basic med/surg, step-down unit with trachs/vents, and now I'm on a surgical step-down unit with a focus...

Just browsing through posts & came across yours. I'm also looking to transition away from bedside & thought about GI lab or something similar. Did you end up making the transition??

Young patient. Allergies: Compazine, Reglan, Zofran, NSAIDs, Haldol Patient "fired" me because I wouldn't push his Dilaudid 1.5mg & Benadryl 50mg (both IVP) together. I told him I would give his Benadryl 30 min. apart. He literally yelled, "they ...

I get like that too...some weeks I can be happy & get lots accomplished & then there are weeks I'm in bed every night I'm off & just feeling miserable. I just ride out the lazy/tired/yucky days. If it continues, can you switch to dayshift...

I've always worked nights so I can't say personally but quite a few co-workers have made the switch to days & say they never regretted it....they felt like they had a life again...hope that helps...good luck!!

I also believe in universal precautions....those that wear gloves for everything because wearing gloves is still cleaner than your clean hands.....do you also wear gloves when eating?! I mean...imagine those filthy hands touching your food....

I've seen a doc do vasectomies in the office every week never washing his hands before/after...in fact I never saw him wash his hands period....disgusting!!!!! I didn't work for him but he used our office space some days...thank God he finally retire...

Smallest # I've seen was 9cc

I wouldn't be entering orders for pain meds without the doc giving me specific orders...that's practicing medicine & out of our scope of practice....I value my license too much...

I doubt the nurses in porn are talking or taking breaks....well, I guess they probably are taking breaks...but I doubt there's too much talking! LOL

Bump...? Also considering Brandman...anyone have any feedback?? Thanks

One thing I find hard on my relationship is working nights. I don't sleep w/ my fiance hardly at all anymore...unless I manage to switch to a day schedule on my days off but sometimes that's hard. We have opposite schedules...it's tough

I don't think there's a magic number but one of our urologists likes us to send the JP fluid for creatinine if there's more than 100cc out in 8 hrs. If you feel the output is really excessive, you can ask your CN & possibly call the doc if you'r...

Having to work 2 shifts in order to get paid for ONE holiday....argh!!!

So, I have a patient with daily drsg changes & we've been using paper tape. His skin is so irritated I don't know what to do! The wound is on his coccyx & he is ambulatory so it needs to stick properly to him. I've tried using tegaderm but i...

Hmmmm....I don't now how he would feel about snug fitting underwear...but I can ask him LOL! I'll also look into gel bandages. I can't use Kerlix b/c it's right on his coccyx......unless I make underwear out of Kerlix....

I work nights & know what you mean. Only a few of our docs come in early before shift change but if they don't (we don't have residents either) I write them a note along with pass on my findings/recommendations to the dayshift nurse. Now, they ...

Soooo......there is talk about possibly unionizing our hospital. I've heard people don't like unions but I really don't know why. Can anyone give me some pros/cons of unions?? Thanks!!!

On my floor, the nurses give report to the PCA's. We tell them diet, VS freq, void/foleys, drains, etc. If something changes throughout the shift, I'll update them either verbally or if I'm busy, I'll page them. I follow up throughout the shift. It...

I didn't not give the cocktail because it's "not enhancing his well-being"!!!! They're both sedating agents, he was not on oxinet, & I didn't feel safe giving the combo together. Period. I practice that way on all my patients. He was not an exce...

I wasn't trying to judge or cure his addiciton. My mother was an addict & I know from personal experience you can't help someone that doesn't want help. I wasn't witholding his pain medication. I was practicing safely & wanting to give his m...