we have to double check our insulin doses even for 1 unit. our narcotics we dont have to have a witness unless we are wasting. another nurse has to sign our waste and witness it. i think this is a good and safer way to practice in theory, but really,...
I graduate in August and just got my preceptorship placement. I am assigned to do 170 hours in the ICU. I put in a request for L&D or pediatrics but didn't get it. While I feel that ICU experience will be great for my boards...i am scared to DEA...
thanks everyone for all of your suggestions! i appreciate it and i think it will all be helpful these few weeks before i begin. i am starting to look forward to it :)
Athena, thank you very much for the reference. I will definitely take a look at it! And I am getting more and more ok with being in the ICU after talking to many other students and RN's. I know it will be a great experience for me:) Jamie
jamieousn replied to TaylorNursing's topic in General Nursing
good suggestion on counseling !!!! at my school it is 12 bucks per session. it has helped a lot and it makes it convenient to schedule appt's around class time.
jamieousn replied to TaylorNursing's topic in General Nursing
hey....reading your post reminds me so much of myself. i am not married..but in the last 4 years my life has fallen apart. i am a senior in the nursing program and sometimes i dont know how i made it!!! to sum it up...throughout the program my house ...
jamieousn replied to jamieousn's topic in Student Assist
thank you both for the reply!!! so i guess i was doing it right but just needed to wait a little longer or reposition/have pt drink water. thanks again!
i dont know if this is a stupid question or not....but a nurse wanted a UA from a female pt with a foley..she told me she clamped the tubing and to go in and get it. i had never gotten one before but figured it was easy so just went in to do it. i kn...
jamieousn replied to jamieousn's topic in Med-Surg
yeah i realized after I sent this that it should be tissue since it is a stage 3!!thanks for your help, i really appreciate it....im starting to piece it together a bit better now. these papers are killing me!!
Hi there, im a nursing student and I need a little help. I am writing a nursing process paper on a pt that has type 2 DM. He has decubiti heel ulcers infected with MRSA and peripheral neuropathy in his legs. I want my priority dx to be about skin int...
jamieousn replied to 2bnurse_it's topic in Med-Surg
I'm still a nursing student...so im even less help! hahah. but i think for a.fib the biggest thing you are worrying about is the pt having a stroke...with a.fib blood is going to be pooling in the heart..which could lead to clotting and then the clo...