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NewNurseAlert

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  1. many drugs one syringe

    NewNurseAlert posted a topic in General Nursing

    as a student and intern i always pulled my IV pushes into different syringes, flushing between each and every one. Now I am on the floor and see nurses mix IV pushes. This would be more time effective...

  2. many drugs one syringe

    NewNurseAlert replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in General Nursing

    I double checked the morphine and ativan should be alright, so long as it goes slow. I had a pt that needed this almost every hour so i felt pretty comfortable. some people need reglan and opiates...

  3. many drugs one syringe

    NewNurseAlert replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty sure we do have a policy, and it probably defers to

  4. fosamax max

    NewNurseAlert replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i found out via incident report, several people got written up because of poor communication/documenting. I was exempt because I am new, but I don't blame the med-aid, it looked like a daily order on...

  5. fosamax max

    NewNurseAlert posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    i just found out that a confused medaid gave a pt on my floor fosamax yesterday and today, thinking it was a daily med and not once a week. also, she gave it with food (breakfast) instead of on an...

  6. Shingles pain

    NewNurseAlert posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had a pt in LTC who suddenly complained of unbearable abdominal and back pain. I palpated her abdomen, it was firm and painful in the RUQ and visibly knotted. I didn't have any prescribed meds to...

  7. Shingles pain

    NewNurseAlert replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in General Nursing

    I thought maybe it was a bowel obstruction. The charge nurse felt the shingle pain was due to muscle spasms and the ativan was being used as a muscle relaxer. She was prescribed oxycontin ER to handle...

  8. Shingles pain

    NewNurseAlert replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in General Nursing

    lol I need new fingers because I meant RLQ but typed RUQ. Funny, huh? Hey it was a long

  9. Shingles pain

    NewNurseAlert replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in General Nursing

    No, sorry, she is already known to have

  10. Shingles pain

    NewNurseAlert replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in General Nursing

    no fever, still has appendix, 80 year old female. Also, what is the risk of transmission with shingles? I understand the chicken pox vaccination helps prevent it, but isn't it true anyone who has had...

  11. New job, old scene

    NewNurseAlert posted a topic in General Nursing

    I recently got hired into a facility as RN. Well, it has been brought to my attention that a coworker, who I've worked with in the past, has been saying negative, un-work related, things about me. I...

  12. New job, old scene

    NewNurseAlert replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks. I got the "message" from a few people to watch out for her because she does not like me. It stems from an incident in the past where she got reprimanded, although the trash she is spreading...

  13. Orientation losing it's flavor

    NewNurseAlert posted a topic in General Nursing

    I accepted a job at a SNF, the best one around. During my brief orientation, I observed hostile behavior between staff members and lazy CNAs. It reminded me why I didn't want to go to A SNF. I told...

  14. Orientation losing it's flavor

    NewNurseAlert replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in General Nursing

    Another thing that has me wondering about this place...the RCM was scheduling me with nurses to orient with, she said she was particular about who did the orientation, than she put me with someone...

  15. I'm not really a nurse until I sign "RN" after my name

    NewNurseAlert posted a topic in General Nursing

    I passed my boards and am still looking for work. Everyone keeps telling me that I need to "network". I say BS!!! I'm so irritated. WHy is it about who I know? WHen looking for a nurse they need to...

  16. I'm not really a nurse until I sign "RN" after my name

    NewNurseAlert replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in General Nursing

    I know and it's so mean!! That must be a huge part of it. I can't tell you how many people have said "Wow, you're going to be a nurse, people will be begging you to work for them". Haha, maybe later,...

  17. I'm not really a nurse until I sign "RN" after my name

    NewNurseAlert replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you I am not trying to bash networking. I am frustrated. I actually have quite a bit of health related pre-nursing work experience, good references and great grades. The main employer in this...

  18. I'm not really a nurse until I sign "RN" after my name

    NewNurseAlert replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in General Nursing

    It's true, in my town, it's a popularity contest, and I'm not even a runner up. I am trying not to be bitter about those who got in, but the fact is, there's a handful of us that have been left out,...

  19. I'm not really a nurse until I sign "RN" after my name

    NewNurseAlert replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in General Nursing

    I am discouraged because I have not landed a job as an RN. My work history and references are solid. People in my class who are less qalified than I are floating into jobs because they know the right...

  20. I'm not really a nurse until I sign "RN" after my name

    NewNurseAlert replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in General Nursing

    I understand, connections are useful for people that have them. Is it fair for people that don't? Is it right that people don't get jobs because they failed to befriend with the right people? I am a...

  21. Shaking in my shoes

    NewNurseAlert posted a topic in General Nursing

    I passed my boards but am not getting hired. I had one good interview but they backed out after checking references. I don't know what's wrong, I feel like I have a black X next to my name. During...

  22. Shaking in my shoes

    NewNurseAlert replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in General Nursing

  23. hour long seizure-what was this?

    NewNurseAlert posted a topic in General Nursing

    -New grad in the ER, a patient comes in by ambulance, in severe pain, with the left side of the body from the neck down convulsing. The pain was relieved with 10mg Valium, but convulsing did not...

  24. hour long seizure-what was this?

    NewNurseAlert replied to NewNurseAlert's topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking some sort of encephalopathy. Would that have shown up on the CAT scan? Labs were unremarkable, the only med he used was methadone for pain. Usually for a siezure you protect the...

  25. Applying for a new job

    NewNurseAlert replied to PAERRN20's topic in General Nursing

    Good