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  1. What are your common psych prn meds?

    chad75 replied to lovinghands's topic in Psychiatric

    Its varied from facility to facility I have worked in. One of the most common though is the infamous 5 or 10 and 2, Haldol and Ativan. I have noticed as of late alot of facilities are switching to...

  2. Are Timeouts really Seclusion?!?!?

    chad75 replied to Tracyhbrn's topic in Psychiatric

    Well, you probably shouldn't be putting a patient in seclusion if they aren't a danger to themselves or others, so that issue pretty much solves its self. If they are a danger to themselves or others...

  3. Flushing Ports

    chad75 replied to nightingale's topic in General Nursing

    Aye, I thought we were discussing triple lumen SC's and

  4. Cocaine and Urine Drug Screens

    chad75 replied to robred's topic in General Nursing

    Well I was going by what you said, "Unless they check your hair" Then "anything you've done in the past 6 or so months shows up " I think I misunderstood what you were trying to say, I thought you...

  5. How much $ do RNs start out at?

    chad75 replied to Doug85's topic in General Nursing

    New grads for the first year are notoriously shafted in the pay dept. I would take an educated guess that the average new grade pay is from 14-30 $/hr depending on where you live (30 being in the...

  6. How much $ do RNs start out at?

    chad75 replied to Doug85's topic in General Nursing

    New grads for the first year are notoriously shafted in the pay dept. I would take an educated guess that the average new grade pay is from 14-30 $/hr depending on where you live (30 being in the...

  7. Cocaine and Urine Drug Screens

    chad75 replied to robred's topic in General Nursing

    Misinformation city lol. A google search will give you the specifics, but as a general rule *Most* things are not detectable after about a week (but everyone is different and metabolizes said drugs...

  8. Cocaine and Urine Drug Screens

    chad75 replied to robred's topic in General Nursing

    Misinformation city lol. A google search will give you the specifics, but as a general rule *Most* things are not detectable after about a week (but everyone is different and metabolizes said drugs...

  9. Flushing Ports

    chad75 replied to nightingale's topic in General Nursing

    In every facility I have been in we always flushed with just about 5cc of NS or about 3.33 cc's in each one since some nurses get lazy and only want to use 1, 10cc syringe :chuckle . Part of the...

  10. Flushing Ports

    chad75 replied to nightingale's topic in General Nursing

    In every facility I have been in we always flushed with just about 5cc of NS or about 3.33 cc's in each one since some nurses get lazy and only want to use 1, 10cc syringe :chuckle . Part of the...

  11. How do you all like the pain scale???

    chad75 replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    Think long term, if someone has worked to very high doses of narcotics they have been on them chronically. Depression Anorexia/Malnutrition Liver Damage Addiction Injury related to lack of painful...

  12. How do you all like the pain scale???

    chad75 replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    Think long term, if someone has worked to very high doses of narcotics they have been on them chronically. Depression Anorexia/Malnutrition Liver Damage Addiction Injury related to lack of painful...

  13. not counting narcotics anymore

    chad75 replied to Betty_SPN_KS's topic in General Nursing

    Color me shocked, having worked agency and being an avid job hopper I've been in lots of different facilitys, I have never been somewhere that didn't count all controlled drugs. Some even counted...

  14. not counting narcotics anymore

    chad75 replied to Betty_SPN_KS's topic in General Nursing

    Color me shocked, having worked agency and being an avid job hopper I've been in lots of different facilitys, I have never been somewhere that didn't count all controlled drugs. Some even counted...

  15. How do you all like the pain scale???

    chad75 replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    HUH? You are saying constipation is the only side effect of chronic high dosage opioid

  16. Average pay for RNs in Arkansas?

    chad75 replied to Fesler's topic in General Nursing

    I work in Pine Bluff as an LPN in house agency contract (PM me if you want to know specifics). 27.00/hr base, 18% night and 12% weekend shift diff. I average about 34.00$/hr as an LPN. The RN's in...

  17. Question about the use of restraints

    chad75 replied to LauraLou's topic in General Nursing

    With sats in the low 70's and with no other more experienced/ nursing supervisor to refere to I would probably try and stall him until I got MD clearance to either let him leave AMA or place him on a...

  18. hairstyles on nurses....your opinion

    chad75 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    Appropriate hair for nurses? Umm clean and not unkempt. If you have long hair and there is a chance of contamination while performing a sterile procedure (OR) you should probably restrain your hair...

  19. How do you all like the pain scale???

    chad75 replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    *Derail ahead* We truely live in a supersize society, we are near brainwashed to want bigger portions of everything not just food. The only thing to couteract that is education. The extra half...

  20. How do you all like the pain scale???

    chad75 replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    I don't like the adult pain scale. If you get many people with chronic problems, they near curse at you when you ask them to rate their pain. I also don't think its neccesarily accurate, it seemed I...

  21. WA Nurses

    chad75 posted a topic in Washington Nursing

    Hi all, Posted this in the LPN section, then noticed that we have state specific forums too :). Any RN's or LPN's that could answer my questions? I used to live in WA (before I became a nurse) and...

  22. WA Nurses

    chad75 replied to chad75's topic in Washington Nursing

    Thanks tntrn, Life is too short to get caught up in title drama I'm afraid WA has phased out LPN's in their hospitals as a rule (which I'm fine with by the way). I enjoy my job as a member of the...

  23. WA Nurses

    chad75 replied to chad75's topic in Washington Nursing

    I guess if your in it for the prestige, you picked the wrong career, thanks for the relevant info

  24. Which RN program (full-time) to choose in the East Bay area

    chad75 replied to Vivi's topic in California Nursing

    Thanks vivi, that was very

  25. Bay area pay scales, WOW

    chad75 posted a topic in California Nursing

    I was browsing around a bit because I'm seriously considering moving to the bay area. With the cost of living being so high out there I was trying to determine if I could make it. I wound up at the...