sabRN2b05

sabRN2b05 BSN, RN

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  1. Need help drawing labs from PICC line

    sabRN2b05 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I was always taught to flush with 10cc NS, pull back 10cc blood, discard, and then draw (same way you're doing it). Our hospital policy is flush with 20cc NS after blood draws. We also flush with 1ml...

  2. Pubic hair

    sabRN2b05 replied to nurseJLoo's topic in General Nursing

    :yeahthat:

  3. Pubic hair

    sabRN2b05 replied to nurseJLoo's topic in General Nursing

    Not to mention the CRAPPY, CHEAP razors most hospitals stock don't help with this . When I was a nursing asst, I would let family members know how cheap the razors were and ask them to bring in...

  4. Please explain to me why people think this is weird?

    sabRN2b05 replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I have to ask....what are OASIS forms? And, what kind of motorcycles do you like? My husband's hobby is

  5. The Phone Rang!! The Phone Rang!!!

    sabRN2b05 replied to thumperRN's topic in General Nursing

    Can I add to the happiness? :biggringi :balloons: I got accepted into the ICU!!! WOO HOO! I have wanted to do critical care since I graduated nursing school last year (did my preceptorship there). I...

  6. Patches

    sabRN2b05 replied to CoffeeRTC's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know that we have to do that in MS....can anybody enlighten me? I date, time, and initial patches, dressing changes, IV changes. Guess it was ingrained (sp?) in me in nursing school to do...

  7. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

    sabRN2b05 replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

  8. Volume in 1 unit of blood?

    sabRN2b05 replied to RNinRubySlippers's topic in General Nursing

    Volume at our hospital is

  9. I didn't get all this education to wipe behinds!

    sabRN2b05 replied to SeekingNur's topic in General Nursing

  10. What do I need in my pockets?

    sabRN2b05 replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Have a nurse that I work with that has one of those...pretty cool. When I was a tech, I carried a pen, scissors, a pen light (what can I say, I was a nursing student! - sometimes the only one on the...

  11. pain in the ***

    sabRN2b05 replied to sunshineonleith's topic in General Nursing

    :yelclap: $29.99 everywhere I've

  12. Another Five Star Visitor Thread

    sabRN2b05 replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I personally love the family members who bring in their spiral notebooks and write down EVERYTHING!! And then look at your badge and say, what was your name (how subtle!) Of course, I hold it out so...

  13. pain in the ***

    sabRN2b05 replied to sunshineonleith's topic in General Nursing

    Will your nursing school allow you to wear Crocs (without the holes?) That's the only thing I have found (tried New Balance, Skecher, Nike) that I can wear and my legs don't feel like they weigh 50...

  14. Pet peeves!

    sabRN2b05 replied to ADN 2002's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses who give crappy reports!! Nurses who don't chart and/or label an IV (or dressing changes!) with a date! Unit secretaries who can't screen phone calls! I'd sort of like to know who I am about...

  15. Starting Pay for Bilox/Gulfport area

    sabRN2b05 replied to cynt77's topic in General Nursing

    I work at Memorial. Starting pay for a registered nurse (new grad) when I graduated in May 2005 was $17.50. The hospital recently gave raises across the board for all staff. I now make 18.75hr....

  16. Nurse's Aid acting as a Nurse

    sabRN2b05 replied to jalvino1's topic in General Nursing

    At the hospital where I work, nursing assistants wear wine colored uniforms hospital wide and nurses wear white and/or unit specific colors. On my unit, we have "orientation boards" in the pt's room...

  17. How to call a code?

    sabRN2b05 replied to EyesForward's topic in General Nursing

    At our hospital, it is a "code 7"...weird, huh? Most places it's a code blue. I am not sure why it's like that....we either call ext 3600 or 0 for the operator and tell them to call the code overhead....

  18. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    sabRN2b05 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I have a few but they haven't happened in the hospital setting, really. When I was in nursing school, I lost my father to pancreatic cancer (January 14, 2004). I didn't expect him to make thru the end...

  19. Anyone worked @ Ochsner in New Orleans, LA?

    sabRN2b05 posted a topic in Travel

    I am looking into an opportunity with Nurse's Choice. The assignment is @ Ochsner in New Orleans. Just a little nervous being that it will be my 1st traveling assignment (telemetry unit). Any opinions...

  20. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    sabRN2b05 replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    I'd like to work at your

  21. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    sabRN2b05 replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    I've worked for Tenet..know the

  22. adn graduate

    sabRN2b05 replied to mitch8lem's topic in MICU, SICU

    Thanks for the feedback. I spoke to the ICU Coordinator the other day and she told me they require one year experience (I will make my one year anniversary in May). She also told me that they would...

  23. OBOY!....did I date myself today!!!!!

    sabRN2b05 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry...didn't mean to offend

  24. OBOY!....did I date myself today!!!!!

    sabRN2b05 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Never thought about a scalpel!! Guess I need to make some friends with the surgical

  25. OBOY!....did I date myself today!!!!!

    sabRN2b05 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Ever washed out gloves and reused them? My mother-in-law is 77 and a retired RN...she can remember doing this!! I am a newer RN (will make my 1 year anniversary in May). I have seen several different...