SteffersRN87

SteffersRN87 BSN, RN

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  1. Would you have given the meds??

    SteffersRN87 replied to **LaurelRN's topic in General Nursing

    Those endocrinologists! If you give the meds and the patient becomes hypoglycemic, they yell. If you don't give the meds and the patient becomes hyperglycemic, they yell. I usually follow the RN...

  2. Future Nurse Educator!

    SteffersRN87 posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Hello everyone! I am posting because I want to become a nurse educator. A little bit about my background - I worked as a patient care tech for 5 years and have been a RN for almost 2 years. I have...

  3. Future Nurse Educator!

    SteffersRN87 replied to SteffersRN87's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Thank you for your reply! I actually have the advantage of working on a short stay unit. We see EVERYTHING, and I mean EVERYTHING! Our primary specialty is hematology/oncology and every aspect of...

  4. Help with Nursing Diagnosis

    SteffersRN87 replied to cupcakesncream16's topic in General Nursing

    In nursing school, our med/surg instructor required us to present with three nursing diagnoses and appropriate care plans for each patient. The requirement included: one potential problem (risk),...

  5. Nursing questions

    SteffersRN87 replied to jmarce09's topic in General Nursing

    midnight when? send me a private

  6. What was your route to get where you are today?

    SteffersRN87 replied to kikipania's topic in General Nursing

    First of all - I always wanted to be a nurse! I did average in high school. I attended a nurse assistant training program during afternoons of my junior and senior years through a career and...

  7. Is it really that bad out there?

    SteffersRN87 replied to MsSocalRN's topic in General Nursing

    With 7 months to go, I would not suggest going into another field. After all, you've come this far! See if you can get you foot in the door right now by applying for a nurse assistant position....

  8. Need help with priming PCA tubing

    SteffersRN87 replied to Soneshine's topic in General Nursing

    I work in the outpatient/observation setting and use PCA pumps every now and then. Your facility should have some kind of orientation book or guide for PCA use. The hospital where I work gives us a...

  9. Any Good Information Sources about BMT Nursing

    SteffersRN87 replied to Satya B's topic in Oncology

    I work in the outpatient oncology setting, so I see patients from mobilization through post-transplant follow-up (minus the actual transplant - we very very rarely do them). I came to oncology from...

  10. New Male Nurse x 5 months and still anxious..super dooper anxious!

    SteffersRN87 replied to NewDude's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You have two options... #1 - start taking Xanax or Valium OR... #2 - try another speciality I started off in a medical ICU (lots of resp failure, sepsis, GI bleeds, DKA) and had HIGH anxiety. My...

  11. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    SteffersRN87 replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    Good one! I did work in an ER while in nursing school... one of my favorites from there was... "I have 8/10 abd pain... can I have something to

  12. How to become a nurse manager

    SteffersRN87 replied to Mommy Of Two 87's topic in General Nursing

    First of all, and this is a pet peeve of mine, you cannot become a BSN. A BSN is an educational credential. You can become an RN with a BSN credential. With that out of the way... Most management...

  13. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

    SteffersRN87 replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

    I might just be a bit irritable... But I have been on nights this week with some very high maintenance patients. My co-worker and I were joking about some things that patients and their families do...

  14. Is it easier for the new graduate nurses with bachelor to find jobs>

    SteffersRN87 replied to beachbutterfly's topic in General Nursing

    I am a preceptor on my unit. I have precepted diploma, ADN, and BSN nurses. I can tell you that from personal experience, diploma nurses have better critical thinking and clinical

  15. Opinions on staffing and patient safety

    SteffersRN87 replied to katieipfw's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with classicdame. I work outpatient oncology. Typically we get 4 to 6 patients at once. And, we are assigned patients as they come in. It usually doesn't work out too bad, but sometimes...

  16. Scrub requirements

    SteffersRN87 replied to JamesCohen's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Where I work, RN's wear all white with the option of a colored or white-based printed jackets. The exceptions to that are - ER wears navy blue , ICU's wear steel green, and OR and maternity wear...

  17. carbo/taxol/avastin order of admin

    SteffersRN87 replied to mykidzmom's topic in Oncology

    I work outpatient oncology and our focus is blood cancers. I would try www.chemoregimens.com and see what it has to say. We check all of our chemo orders against the site to make sure it is a valid...

  18. MedSurg vs. Other.......

    SteffersRN87 replied to PatiencePlease's topic in General Nursing

    I do not believe in the med/surg rule of thumb. Do what makes you happy!!! I began in ICU and found out that I hated sputum and trying to see how much Ativan I could give to a patient going through...

  19. Starting new tele job soon

    SteffersRN87 replied to heaverboo's topic in General Nursing

    This is a pretty good site for learning rhythms... http://www.rnceus.com/course_frame.asp?exam_id=16&directory=ekg (if you need help learning them, send me a private message - I was a monitor...

  20. Question: Why don't hospitals color code the scrubs?

    SteffersRN87 replied to DolceVita's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital utilizes the following dress code: RN's - all white with a print or solid color jacket Secretaries - all navy blue PCA's - light blue tops and white bottoms ...the rest of the hospital is...

  21. The reality of educating patients about their meds

    SteffersRN87 replied to DolceVita's topic in General Nursing

    I work outpatient oncology and invasive procedure recovery. I do take the time to do patient education, but not as extensively as in nursing school. For all of our invasive procedure patients (heart...

  22. Please define "bedside" Nursing.

    SteffersRN87 replied to Di Deanna's topic in General Nursing

    I HIGHLY recommend working as a nurse aide while you are going to school. The experience helps tremendously with clinicals and your future career as an RN. I worked as a multiskilled health tech for...

  23. Things you'd LOVE to tell the doc and get away with it....

    SteffersRN87 replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    Would you rather just write and order that says "do not call me in the middle of the night, just let the patient die..."? Why don't you let the patient punch you, and then maybe order some...

  24. Reccomend a gender neutral title to replace "Nurse"!

    SteffersRN87 replied to keithjones's topic in General Nursing

    my boyfriend titles himself

  25. ICU night shift nurses - how do you organize your shift?

    SteffersRN87 replied to MB37's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked in ICU, I worked a lot of 7p to 7a. I got report and then looked over orders and labs from that day. We had MAR's that printed out for each shift, and I would hi-lite my meds times....