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I have finally landed an interview for the OR in the small community hospital I work at for the first time in nearly 5 years. I do not have OR experience or surgical floor experience (unfortunately); but we occasionally get post ops on our unit, mos...

i was pulled into the office the other morning after my shift and was talked to by my NM bc i "smile too much" WTH???!!!

No. insulin bags should only contain insulin. K is usually included in whatever primary solution like NS with 20kcl for example.

in the LTC facility i worked at, it was policy if the res was not injured and was stable, then the MD could be notified by fax, but it had to be within 24hrs. POA's we notified at a reasonable time. if they were injured (minor like skin tears etc), ...

i love that you learn something new EVERY day. even if you've been in nursing for many years; there is always something new to learn

wow!! u guys are all lucky!! 2nd and 3rd shifts each get $1. i work 1900-0730, so I only get to collect $12 dollars per night total. weekends we get a whole whopping $1 more on top of our already generous differential.

everyone in my facility is allowed to wear whatever color they want. we all have extra large ID tags that hang under our badges in contrasting colors (dark green with white lettering) that say RN, Tech, Secretary, Chaplin, etc. the only rules we hav...

my husband and I have separate coverage thru our jobs right now bc its cheaper this way. he used to carry the insurance until he got laid off and lost AWESOME coverage (FREE insurance with very very low office and hospital copays with NO deducatbles...

i have never heard of this.... we have pts who routinely receive both. we also have instances where they are on IV cardizem and amio. depends on the pt and the outcomes (or lack of) they are experiencing. I havent seen it often, but i have had a f...

WOW!!! i would LOVE that! my floor there is usually 2 or more admits waiting for us in the ER at the beginning of our shift, and then they usually dump on us again 30 min before our shift ends too...

we recently had a similar pt experience as the OP.... came in with CHF, on dopamine gtt, could hardly breathe or maintain sats on cannula with massive generalized edema. well guess what... was refusing assessments, new meds, lasix, foley, xrays, lab...

:eek:im sorry, but were did you go to lpn school?? i went to college on and off for 7 years, changed my major a couple times, ended up getting my lpn and returning again for my rn for less than 7,500! not that it matters, but iowa does not recogniz...

sorry for posting twice, but i tried to edit here and it was all messed up! and i cant figure out how to delete this

our NM got rid of our COWS. reason- they're bulky and look ugly. we all have to haul laptops all over with us, which is kind of a nuisance when you have like 10 things to carry into you PIA room and u wanna limit your times in and out and get it ...

glucose 6. pt was alert, oriented and came rolling into the ER (by private car) eating ice cream

just wondering... is it the 'norm' in your department/facility to have a different preceptor every day??? we are assigned to ONE preceptor while on days, then ONE at night. someone can not be a preceptor til they go through a course also. the right...

thats prolly why we dont get anything... anyway they can screw you over, they will... last year 30 some people got told 2 days before Christmas there jobs were terminated and they were to pack up and be out at the end of their shift that day. merry ...

i have to work tonight... sounds like its going to be "fun" too... they called me time after time after time last night to come in on my night off i get tomorrow "off" and then have to work sat and sun, along with new years eve. new years eve i am...

nothing.

1.75/hr

i wear the ones from walgreens. i think they hold up pretty well. i usually hand wash mine for between shifts, and then once a week throw them in the wash with my towels or whites to keep the stains to a minimum. low heat to dry, or air dry. i ha...

i am assuming you are going to UIHC? what area are you going to be working in?? maybe i will send some of my pts our your way-- sounds like you are doing cardiac?

who knows how long it will take... if they even call me for an interview. i have been trying on and off for 4 years to get into a OR, weather it be where I work or at another facility. i hate to sound negative, but I'm not gettin my hopes up at all.

wow... eerily similar!! we do not have art lines in our unit. but our management is pretty much the same.. oh look, PCU has an empty bed, theyre short staffed and drowning, and in the middle of a code... but they have 3 beds open and guess what, the...

6 vessel. same pt had a total of 9 stents placed in his grafts since then. CABG was maybe 5-6 years ago