HyperSaurus, RN

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  1. Relocating to Portland?

    HyperSaurus, RN posted a topic in Oregon Nursing

    Hello all, I'm currently a Michigan resident with 1 year's experience in medical/oncology with telemetry. My husband and I are considering relocating to the Portland area. What is the job market like...

  2. Relocating to Portland?

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to HyperSaurus, RN's topic in Oregon Nursing

    Swinging back around to create another shortage...of jobs or

  3. D50 for blood glucose protocol vs juice/snacks, your thoughts

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to Billy_Ruben's topic in General Nursing

    I would follow your facility's protocol. That said, my facility's policy states that if low, but alert, feed the pt rather than use

  4. 1st contract after "right to work" legislation

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to exit96's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Our contract is up in June and we have a tentative contract that has been ratified--it would seem the contract has mostly stayed the same with a couple of improvements. I was actually surprised, there...

  5. first night shift over

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to sasrn0988's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Nights and days (and afternoons) are all quite different shifts with their own set of difficulties. It sounds like you didn't have a super great preceptor either, especially considering it was your...

  6. Nights and weekends as neede

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to Rexie's topic in General Nursing

    Rotating shifts are a rarity in my area. I work straight nights and love it. The only people I know of that work a rotating shift are the contingents--they can choose which shifts to pick up where...

  7. Quick Head to Toe Assessment

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to ProbowlerRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Introduction (gives you a tid/bit for orientation, as for pain at same time), heart/lung/bowel sounds (good time to check incentive spirometry use, cough, flatus, bowel movements prn), palpate abd,...

  8. Calling Code Blue in ED

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to becca001's topic in Emergency

    Christy1019- No codes called in OR. I have no idea why codes are called in ICU, ED, ect. I do know at a recent code I responded to (as recorder), the ED nurse said she hadn't had a code in 7 months. I...

  9. Calling Code Blue in ED

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to becca001's topic in Emergency

    har...apparently I already posted to this thread. God-bless night

  10. Phone, cell, beeper and texting.

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to imintrouble's topic in General Nursing

    We have text paging during the day--text with concern and physician calls back with orders. At night, we have an on-call hospitalist and resident who we just

  11. How high have you seen??

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to Tarabara's topic in General Nursing

    I had a DKA transferred to my floor from ICU. Initial blood glucose

  12. What's the biggest mistake you've ever made as a nurse? What did you learn from it?

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to Mini-Murse's topic in General Nursing

    2nd day on orientation, I was orienting with one of the LPNs. We were hanging a lasix drip, which was not programmed in our alaris pump library. The label wasn't very clear on the rate,--we ended up...

  13. Love or hate your IV pumps?

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to steffimarty's topic in General Nursing

    Alaris--I love them. The pre-programmed library is nice (guardrails, ect), they are pretty easy to use, setting up boluses is quick, and you can easily add another channel (assuming one is

  14. I don't know how long I'll be able to do nights...

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to violet_violet's topic in General Nursing

    I work 8 hour nights--it works out to about 5 shifts one week, 3 shifts the next, 5 shifts one week, 3 shifts the next. I don't think I could enjoy doing 5 shifts a week every week. That would be...

  15. Please tell me that there will be a day

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to NC4RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You had three weeks orientation as a new grad to a med/surg with tele

  16. New nurse feeling overwhelmed and miserable!

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to RN2012Newbie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a night shifter with team (Rn and LPN) nursing on a medical with tele unit with 8-12 patients, 7 months off of orientation. It does get better! Here's my routine: 2300--get report 2330--LPN looks...

  17. Top Issues with Your EMR

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to InformaticsRN.MA's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We use McKesson Paragon. It can be a pain in the tush at times (areas to chart not being consistent, resulting in double charting, or hard to find information). I would love to use Epic or Cerner, but...

  18. Doubts as a new grad med-surg nurse

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to nightowlRN89's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Nexium is not a histamine 2 blocker--those would be zantac, pepcid, tagamet, ect. Nexium, as well as prevacid, prilosec, aciphex, and protonix, are all proton pump inhibitors. Both H2 blockers and...

  19. You might be a night shifter if...

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    When day shift starts arriving at 0645 and turn on the lights, and you think "wahoo! quittin' time!" When you wonder if your neighbors are judging you for taking your dogs out at 5 in the evening and...

  20. What are some important abbreviations I should be familiar with?

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to NursingBro's topic in First Year After Licensure

    LOL ( little old lady), FOS (full of ....). Just kidding. We have a list of approved abbreviations for orders, but we also have abbreviations that we use for report and such. Others we use include:...

  21. new grad on med-surg

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to nurseGi's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Go with an open mind and be prepared to learn. Nursing school gives you a framework, but you learn a lot once you're actually on the floor. Ask lots of questions, look things up, and figure out who...

  22. insulin per sliding scale

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to kirschbalb's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We hold all oral anti-diabetics as well, d/t interaction with contrast

  23. Would you trade a great team for an easier floor?

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to RNlmk's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Nope. I work a very busy medical with tele floor, and while we have quite a bit of turnover (new grad RNs who just don't ike the controlled chaos), the team we have is great. I won't stay on this...

  24. Has anyone tried team nursing? Opinions?

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to circularstaircase's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work a medical with tele floor on nightshift with the team format. On nights, we can have up to 12 patients with 1 RN, 1 LPN, and 1 aide. On days and afternoons they can have up to 8 but usually...

  25. Does your hospital ID badge have your first AND last name on it?

    HyperSaurus, RN replied to Deetail's topic in General Nursing

    First and last. Can't say that I care too much. The only patients that I care about seeing/knowing my last name are prisoner patients, and I have to take my badge off anyways before entering their...