Shellsie

Shellsie

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  1. Nurses Tooooo!

    Shellsie replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    nurses are the eyes and ears of the doctors i guess we didnt go into nursing to get the credit or glory...its kinda like that silent pat on the back from yourself when you see that patient get the...

  2. CNA's in Med-Surg

    Shellsie replied to FutureRNMichael's topic in Medical-Surgical

    our cna's do vitals, i&o, empty drains, foleys etc, give baths, feed pts, record meal intake, post mortem care, they can d/c tons of things...some have given enemas.....i think a cna that makes...

  3. Can LPN's take phone orders?

    Shellsie replied to Tweety's topic in Florida Nursing

    lpns can take phone orders here.... they cant initiate blood, initiate care plans, give iv pushes, or do admission

  4. Who transcribes med orders?

    Shellsie replied to AHarri66's topic in General Nursing

    heres how it goes in our little hospital 1. md writes order 2. unit secretary enters orders in computer that need entered and writes the med orders on the MAR. she places the chart on the rack 3. the...

  5. Id Badges

    Shellsie replied to tatoome33's topic in General Nursing

    our name badges say First name RN whole name department /title we have a reward system where if you get so many good "comment cards"...

  6. I'm a little PO'd

    Shellsie replied to Todd SPN's topic in General Nursing

    i think that the way things are right now, nurses in general make more money in a nursing home, then md office, then hospital. i always say im in the wrong line of work if i wanna make money....my...

  7. Good nursing shoes

    Shellsie replied to doularoz's topic in General Nursing

    i personally wear a good pair of walking/training sneakers....skechers, nike are my favorite and they are so comfotable and dont make my feet hurt...i have found that nursing shoes have too much...

  8. Come On!!

    Shellsie replied to ainz's topic in General Nursing

    The poor poor me attitude sometimes cant be helped when you understaffed and underpaid and you have patients going bad and 6 admissions and 5 discharges and you are drowning with no support....I think...

  9. Discharge instructions

    Shellsie replied to Kathy L's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Do you have an existing form? The best way to convert to computerized forms is to work off of current forms. If you dont have a current form we have one that works pretty well at our facility (paper...

  10. How much do you make?

    Shellsie replied to plumrn's topic in General Nursing

    wow.....i suddenly feel underpaid......maybe its the small rural hospital i work at. i make $18.59/hr ( not including shift diff and weekend diff) i have 3 1/2 years