SteffersRN87

SteffersRN87 BSN, RN

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  1. Night Shift: What are your sleep patterns?

    SteffersRN87 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work steady night shift. I would work Sat, Sun, Mon, Tues (12's) on my weekend to work. I would then be off until the following Mon. I felt that clumping days together worked out fairly...

  2. Giving Lantus insulin when patient is NPO

    SteffersRN87 replied to retiredlady's topic in General Nursing

    According to an endocrine doc at my hospital, Lantus has no "peak" so you can give it if the patient is NPO. I would definitely hold the sliding scale insulin. If they are super ski high >300,...

  3. Weight gain in Nursing School

    SteffersRN87 replied to 2bnurseforce1's topic in General Nursing

    I probably gained 15 pounds... all from Pizza Hut while doing clinical prep... I at least tried to eat healthy things while sitting in

  4. What we do

    SteffersRN87 replied to CABG patch kid's topic in General Nursing

    My boyfriend and I have this discussion all the time! We are both nurses, by the way. My mom has a perfectly clear understanding of what I had to learn and go through in nursing school to get where...

  5. I am confused what to choose

    SteffersRN87 replied to summit09's topic in General Nursing

    I took NCLEX in August and passed! I used probably 10 different books for review and practice ?'s. Kaplan is by far the most similar to the actual

  6. "Acute" Care v. "Critical" Care

    SteffersRN87 replied to nyforlove's topic in General Nursing

    acute care is basically the hospital settings... med/surg, telemetry, oncology, ortho, ICU... we treat acute problems in the hospital... chronic issues get sent to a long term care facility......

  7. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    SteffersRN87 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Every time I see my paycheck and all the money that goes towards taxes, I can't help but think of all the dingbats using up our tax dollars for ER visits. Get a PCP. The most ridiculous... a high...