~Mi Vida Loca~RN ASN, RN

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    Change in Matrix: pros and cons

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to nursej22's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, well our whole hospital uses the matrix and the night nurses get up to 6 patients on all the other floors as well, except ICU. Unlike the rest of the hospital though if we don't have peds...
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    Change in Matrix: pros and cons

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to nursej22's topic in General Nursing

    I am not on a cardiac floor but with our matrix if I only have 3-4 patients then there is not an CNA. We can have a CNA for 4 hrs if we have 8 patients and we can have a CNA for the full shift is we...
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    Useless "charge" nurse

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to MEDICJOHN's topic in General Nursing

    That must have been difficult.
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    FYI for CO nurses - UCH and PVHS are merging

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to klone's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Yes in the end I am very grateful that I did get to experience so many different places. The only hospital I didn't get to do clinicals in was MCR. I heard it is great with all the bells and whistles...
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    Float ICU RN to Med-Surg?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to mturner88's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I would definitely look into it. (the census based stuff) before locking down a job. It would really suck to get a job and start having all your student loans to pay and stuff (if you have any but...
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    Pain control in narcotic addicted pt

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to dankimal's topic in General Nursing

    That is weird. I have heard a lot of good reviews on it. I figure it would ease some of the pressure when I lie on my side. I used to have a tempurpedic mattress topper and that helped but it got...
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    Useless "charge" nurse

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to MEDICJOHN's topic in General Nursing

    He must have transferred from the Tele floor at a local hospital here. Except when he was here he wouldn't even answer the call lights.
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    New grad looking to relocate to Colorado and looking for advice

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to theald's topic in Colorado Nursing

    I have to agree 100% with this post. The job I got 27 people interviewed for. No one else locally had their licenses yet that were a new grad. Had it been about 3-6 weeks later that number would have...
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    FYI for CO nurses - UCH and PVHS are merging

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to klone's topic in Colorado Nursing

    I have done clinicals at 3 of the 4 local hospitals in our region. Your statement of saying in absolute terms that they NEVER EVER have more then that on ratios is simply not true. I did my senior...
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    Float ICU RN to Med-Surg?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to mturner88's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I spent more then 1 semester there. I also did my Senior Practicum there as a Float. I live in a cul de sac of about 8 houses and 4 of my neighbors work for PVHS. I have lived here for 5 years and...
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    General Rant.

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to delabeaux's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe it just really varies from school to school because I HAVE been functioning as a Nurse from my first day on the floor. I just had a safety net provided if I needed
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    General Rant.

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to delabeaux's topic in General Nursing

    Actually when interviewing for my job they wanted to know the different types of floors I had been on. They wanted people that had seen a variety of different things in their clinical experience. I...
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    Is anybody else tired of the nurse practitioner craze?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    It's great to have thought provoking conversations. I love them. But it's a big turn off when you start trying to dictate peoples replies. "Don't reply if you are going to say this or that" "Only...
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    Pain control in narcotic addicted pt

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to dankimal's topic in General Nursing

    That's pretty much it in a nutshell. I know in school we learned that the rate of opiate addiction from someone that took it when they really had pain was very low. Maybe they do enjoy the "high" but...
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    Pain control in narcotic addicted pt

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to dankimal's topic in General Nursing

    Is it the 16th yet? I need a
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    Pain control in narcotic addicted pt

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to dankimal's topic in General Nursing

    LOL There has been many of days when I was hurting bad but I looked at how many pain pills I had out and new I had to ration it out so I tried to just tough it out and maybe OD on Motrin and stuff...
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    Pain control in narcotic addicted pt

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to dankimal's topic in General Nursing

    I also wanted to touch on Leslies story. I had a patient about 30 years old that was in for PID and possible other things going on. She had an order for Q2hr Dilaudid 1 mg and a percocet order that...
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    Pain control in narcotic addicted pt

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to dankimal's topic in General Nursing

    I so badly want to get a Temperpedic bed. I can only sleep on my side but it hurts my hips so bad from the pressure. I have tried numerous beds and it doesn't matter, that pressure is still there and...
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    Pain control in narcotic addicted pt

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to dankimal's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, I deal with chronic pain. I have a high pain tolerance. My baseline is probably a 3. So on a good day I still have pain. But no one would no looking at me. I don't show any signs of being in...
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    Pain control in narcotic addicted pt

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to dankimal's topic in General Nursing

    Except that there are many things that can cause pain that might not be something Physically obvious. People that also have chronic pain are good at looking normal while in pain because it's just what...
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    Float ICU RN to Med-Surg?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to mturner88's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have worked with nurses that got more patients then that at that very same hospital, just because the website says that, doesn't make it
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    FYI for CO nurses - UCH and PVHS are merging

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to klone's topic in Colorado Nursing

    Yes PVHS has been very big on focusing on their awards. It's just been this past year that a lot of changes have started being made and that a lot of the seasoned nurses are becoming very unhappy....
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    Is anybody else tired of the nurse practitioner craze?

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    NP's have made it very possible for me and my kiddos to get into the doctor for minor things in less then 6-8 weeks. Now if I had serious problems I would see an MD. But I think NP's have their place...
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    General Rant.

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to delabeaux's topic in General Nursing

    I am confused a little. I was hired as a New Grad, but I was functioning as a nurse day 1. I just orient with another nurse for 12 weeks. Once they knew me and got comfortable they had me function as...
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    "The Golden Hour"

    ~Mi Vida Loca~RN replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmmm I have never heard of this. I will have to see if my facility has a policy around this. I have never known a patient to be admitted to our unit during that time but I don't know if it's because...