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  1. passing meds for 57 residents??

    rnto? replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Our ratio is 1 nurse:30 patients during the day and 1:60 at night. Depending on the shift, 57 would be alot. Can you talk to admin? There are state mandated ratios that need to be met. You could...

  2. new MICU job, pregnancy, and swine flu

    rnto? posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    (I hate the moniker 'swine flu, but anyway). I was offered a job in a MICU, which I really want to do. I'm also trying to get pregnant with my first baby and have been reading about pandemic flu...

  3. what else could be going on with my patient?

    rnto? posted a topic in General Nursing

    So, I work in a rehab/sub acute unit and was covering a 3 hour stretch (after working 9 hours previously in a different location). this woman had just been admitted, and I got a brief report about her...

  4. wanting to switch to Burn ICU from LTC

    rnto? posted a topic in Critical Care

    I've been a BSN-RN for 1.5 years. I did med-surg for 6 months and am currently a charge nurse at a sub-acute facility. I worked as an aid in a PICU and MICU/SICUwhile in nursing school, and this kid...

  5. repost: new ICU job, pregnancy, and swine flu

    rnto? posted a topic in General Nursing

    Oh my! (I hate the moniker 'swine flu', but anyway). I was offered a job in a MICU, which I really want to do. I'm also trying to get pregnant with my first baby and have been reading about pandemic...

  6. have I ruined my chance for different specialties?

    rnto? posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been a wknd. supervisor at a rehab/LTC facility for a year, after doing med surg for 8 months right out of school. I happened into this job b/c I had to get off of night turn (really bad for my...

  7. have I ruined my chance for different specialties?

    rnto? replied to rnto?'s topic in General Nursing

    I would like to do full time but I feel bad leaving my current job, and pay scale. Is it the same with med-surg? I do have med surg

  8. New nurse...resume question

    rnto? replied to oguesswhat's topic in General Nursing

    I wrote my license number. Like classicdame said, that says it all! Congrats

  9. input on meeting with boss requested please!

    rnto? posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am an RN/BSN with 1.5 years of experience. I've been a weekend supervisor at a 150 bed subacute/long term care facility for almost a year, and I also have med/surg experience. My job on the weekend...

  10. input on meeting with boss requested please!

    rnto? replied to rnto?'s topic in General Nursing

    hey, thanks for all the encouragement! My boss said she would fix the situation with my raise-I will now get a raise on my weekend sup. rate as well. I will also be picking up overtime on different...

  11. I made a doctor mad at me.

    rnto? replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    Brush it off. You did the right thing. It won't be the last time you get yelled at, believe me. It's THIER problem, not

  12. input on meeting with boss requested please!

    rnto? replied to rnto?'s topic in General Nursing

    My raise turned out to be 3 dollars a week, b/c they didn't give me a raise on my supervisor rate. There are many, many ads for nursing jobs around

  13. input on meeting with boss requested please!

    rnto? replied to rnto?'s topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much for your reply. I guess I need validation. As nurses, I think we get hung up thinking we aren't supposed to ask for things, just keep giving. I'm dreading this, but I know it will be...

  14. Broken arm and the emergency room

    rnto? replied to AprilRosedw's topic in General Nursing

    If the patient knows they are a hard stick and is suggesting, hey, they usually have good luck here, it's just stupid, imho, to ignore it. Maybe they're not a hard stick and maybe you don't see...

  15. From the NY Times-Medical Myths

    rnto? replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    So, green mucus is OK? I'd really like to see the documentation supporting

  16. "Fired for NO Reason"

    rnto? replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Nursing Professionalism

  17. can't get ahold of family

    rnto? posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I work in a sub-acute unit as a supervisor. I just sent a woman to the ER with chest pain radiating to left shoulder, severe. Her son is the only contact listed, with only one number listed. I left 3...

  18. How Will Universal Health Care Change Nursing?

    rnto? replied to arelle68's topic in General Nursing

    Am I the only one picturing a small man with large mustache and an

  19. "my mom has diabetes, but why is her blood sugar so unstable?"

    rnto? posted a topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes I feel like I'm just banging my head against a wall trying to educate some people. Mom's blood sugar was 366 this afternoon. Her metformin and glucophage are on hold because she was...

  20. ADN --> other Bachelors?

    rnto? replied to Di Deanna's topic in General Nursing

    Go for it! You'll have a great background as a nurse, and I don't think anyone in their right mind would hold education against you. I WISH that I would have pursued a double major in biology(my...

  21. documentation and getting MD orders

    rnto? posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a weekend charge RN in a sub acute facility. It is my job to get report from the nurses on the floor, determine what to do/if I need to call the doc, and then recieve and write orders. This AM I...

  22. documentation and getting MD orders

    rnto? replied to rnto?'s topic in General Nursing

    update: DON told me to get orders for the benefit of the patients. One of the doctors was asking specs about the behavior, I had to apologize and expain that I had no idea, etc. I talked to night turn...

  23. documentation and getting MD orders

    rnto? replied to rnto?'s topic in General Nursing

    thank you so much. The night turn supervisor acted like I was the one in the wrong. I'm anxious to hear what my ADON says, too. More than likely she'll blow it off, and act like it's nothing, although...

  24. URGENT! prolapsed uterus or bladder?

    rnto? posted a topic in General Nursing

    So, I'm at work right now in a LTC facility. We have an elderly woman with a prolapsed something-don't know if it's uterus or bladder. Doc said to push it back in. Can I do that as a nursing measure?...

  25. URGENT! prolapsed uterus or bladder?

    rnto? replied to rnto?'s topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the quick responses! I love allnurses.com. Well, I actually didn't have to push anything anywhere because once we put her in bed and in reverse trendelenberg, it, er, went back up. Then a...