RochesterRN-BSN

RochesterRN-BSN BSN, RN

Psych, ER, Resp/Med, LTC, Education

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  1. What is a day in the life of nursing like?

    RochesterRN-BSN replied to katy81's topic in General Nursing

    Goth I think that varies hugely depending on the kind of nursing/setting......ICU vs. ER vs. floor nursing, adult vs. child, psych vs. L&D or post-partum, Dialysis or OR....I think the daily tasks...

  2. When student nurses come for clinical.....QUESTION....

    RochesterRN-BSN replied to pink2blue1's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry but I never wore gloves when giving heparin (its been a while since I did medical nursing-now I am in psych ER).......thats just me, not a big deal. And I am not a new nurse. ....I do have to...

  3. Curious about debit from accelerated BSN programs

    RochesterRN-BSN replied to woodlandstar's topic in First Year After Licensure

    your best bet is to find a program that is associated with a hospital....I did an accelerated BSN in Rochester NY at the U of R and there were a few people in my class with their first Bachelors in...

  4. Curious about debit from accelerated BSN programs

    RochesterRN-BSN replied to woodlandstar's topic in First Year After Licensure

    4 years is not an accelerated program.......not what OP was referring

  5. Care Plan help... CHF and Altered Mental Status....

    RochesterRN-BSN replied to jayebird28's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Was her urine checked.... 88 YO with MS changes......her dementia progressing vs. a UTI. And the low respiratory rate is concerning...the narcotic? We see a lot of older folks in psych and we end up...

  6. Rochester NY

    RochesterRN-BSN replied to lc3's topic in New York Nursing

    Try Craigslist.........Uof R accelerated grad here myself in 2003--the first year they opened the program. I work at Strong/U Of R now in the Psych ER per diem and see you guys often when you come for...

  7. Buying a Stethoscope

    RochesterRN-BSN replied to _Angel_'s topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    That's my preference.....the only time you might want a different one is if you plan to do something like cardiac and want to spend extra for a higher powered one special for cardiac or a small one if...

  8. University of Rochester

    RochesterRN-BSN replied to 3Triages's topic in New York Nursing

    Let me know if you want to live not right close to the school and I can direct you on the towns and how far they are.........I grew up on the East side of Rochester, Fairport and now live in East...

  9. University of Rochester

    RochesterRN-BSN replied to 3Triages's topic in New York Nursing

    I would suggest Craigslist.com many will say near UofR right next to the ad or in it....Let me know if I can be of help. But I would try there first. You can look too at...

  10. Common Labs help

    RochesterRN-BSN replied to Jnsaxton's topic in General Nursing

    Oh and.....BTW...They need to do a chem 14 or 20 to get the liver fx.....as oppose to a 7. This will give you the electrolytes, liver fx, renal fx, etc.....and too if she is depressed and not been...

  11. Common Labs help

    RochesterRN-BSN replied to Jnsaxton's topic in General Nursing

    TSH...for sure. can explain new depression so you should always rule out. Some docs like to do a CBC with diff to be sure there is no infections, check liver funtion, etc. for a

  12. NO NURSING JOBS!!!

    RochesterRN-BSN replied to JaqRN's topic in Nursing Career

    hell I am an experienced nurse and can't find work.....well work that won't mandate nights that is......doing just per diem when I can get it..... I'm really starting to think....nursing shortage my...

  13. The Truth Behind the "Nursing Shortage"

    RochesterRN-BSN replied to greenjungle's topic in International Nursing

    Interesting.........I personally am an RN and looking for work.....I am only doning per diem now as I could no longer handle being being mandated to work a min. number of night shifts--mentally and...

  14. Lasik mistake??

    RochesterRN-BSN replied to rn4babies63's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah I had it done and worked the next day eve shift. My vison was fine, had to use the drops every 1-2 hours or so but other then that no problems. Everyone is different though so I would not worry...

  15. Any samples of report sheets?

    RochesterRN-BSN replied to ddds's topic in Psychiatric

    I don't know of any actual resource for this...I always made my own....though I'm in psych ER now so I don't use them anymore. The set up is different but I did use one everyday on inpatient. I,...

  16. Alcohol Intoxication.

    RochesterRN-BSN replied to ghost's topic in General Nursing

    I work in psych ER and so we get the drinkers sent to us A LOT. We do CIWAs on every patient that we suspect or have report from the patient of ETOH use regularly-- We have psych docs that specialize...

  17. Possible Pedo patient and underage visitor

    RochesterRN-BSN replied to zoopnever's topic in General Nursing

    Okay ummmmjust to play the devils advocate here.........curious as to if this would be the same kind of reaction if this was a 35 yo female patient with her child, cuddling. Would that seem as weird?...

  18. morphine IV

    RochesterRN-BSN replied to breaking_dawn's topic in Emergency

    Stupid question as I know these are both narcotics but I am in psych now and it's been a while since I give a lot in the way of these meds.......but are they chemically the same just one more potent?...

  19. Care Plan Help - Is Anxiety r/t hallucinations appropriate to use?

    RochesterRN-BSN replied to TexasGirl24's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yes...as hallucinations are a symptom not an actual disease or disorder. They can be caused by several medical conditions, meds or as part of a psychiatric diagnosis........44 is a little on the old...

  20. Confidentiality Dilemmas.....

    RochesterRN-BSN replied to WannaBeNrse's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The first sounds good to me the second...well keep in mind you can always call a social worker and discuss this with her and ask if she minds seeing this patient. Giving a card with the number for ABW...

  21. leaving inpatient psych nursing...

    RochesterRN-BSN replied to kele24's topic in Psychiatric

    if by staffing issues you mean less nurses and higher number of patients per nurse as well as higher incidence of violence without the staff to safely handle it---then you can tell the person...

  22. Stupid question...why can't we start IV's in PICC arm?

    RochesterRN-BSN replied to mama_d's topic in General Nursing

    Don't really know really.........never needed a PIV once the PICC was placed. Maybe an ICU nurse here would know since that is where they tend to run 15 different things at the same time! lol ....or...

  23. long term effects of lyme diease

    RochesterRN-BSN replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    Found this and it goes into the psych findings more then many of the others.... What are the Symptoms of Lyme

  24. The Nervous System Game Ideas???

    RochesterRN-BSN replied to Holly5477's topic in General Students

    I was a health teacher before a nurse and Jepardy is a fun way to learn and study again later

  25. Can mental illness be cured?

    RochesterRN-BSN replied to Meraki's topic in Psychiatric

    Wherehastimegone: I will say this...I don't tend to use that wordage a lot actually......I am more apt to give report to a doc--we do the evals were I work--I have a 30 YO White female with a remote...