locolorenzo22

locolorenzo22 BSN, RN

Ortho, Neuro, Detox, Tele

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  1. Drug spreadsheet

    locolorenzo22 replied to ICAN!'s topic in General Students

    if you're talking about every drug....good luck. i set up a excel program for careplans that had drug name, classfication, nursing interventions, action, dosages, and precautions. But that was just...

  2. Stop eating my food!

    locolorenzo22 replied to FloridaRN09's topic in General Nursing

    last week, i gave up my weekend to sit with my grandmother while my dad went out of town to a wedding....the upshot was on Monday when he came home, he'd brought some really good wedding cake home...

  3. family is too grossed out to hear about my clinicals

    locolorenzo22 replied to msdeannah's topic in General Students

    lol....its tough for my finance, not only am I a nurse, but her mom is a nurse too, we work the same shift on units right next door to each other. We'll usually talk about work and she'll leave the...

  4. Ok I dont like ortho

    locolorenzo22 replied to Sirapples's topic in General Nursing

    im always partial to calling in the ortho surgeons to make them gauge the pressure on a suspected compression sydrome patient(only happened once at 2AM, but hey, the female nurses told me thanks for...

  5. Ok I dont like ortho

    locolorenzo22 replied to Sirapples's topic in General Nursing

    now, I work ortho...and I like the routine, I like being a expert at potential complications, and fixing people after horrible car wrecks, accidnets, etc. But I also work neuro, and have detoxes and...

  6. A bit discouraged

    locolorenzo22 replied to CaptCrunch's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I second the don't judge the entire hospital by one section. I love my current floor, ortho/neuro/detox, and detest med/surg. I always think about moving on to the ICU, but I just don't know. I get...

  7. Crimes vs Torts

    locolorenzo22 replied to AmericanChai's topic in General Students

    I always figured out that if it had intent, it was a crime... Ignoring symptoms or not performing a duty...client choking not doing the hemlich manuever because of ignorance, a tort....but the...

  8. Walking Rounds

    locolorenzo22 replied to rntg's topic in General Nursing

    we are to start this soon as well...the opinions/tips are appreciated. we are going to have a form that gets transferred from nurse to nurse, with hx, drs, etc on it and the abnormals checked or...

  9. Hospitals cracking down on who can enter

    locolorenzo22 replied to kbm318's topic in General Nursing

    only limitation at mine is one visitor per ER patient....wish that could transfer to the

  10. Barocde Scanning

    locolorenzo22 replied to jacquessyndia's topic in General Nursing

    our medication system uses barcodes to scan ALL meds. If you give a scheduled med without scanning and chart, you have to document that A)the drug wouldn't scan or there was no barcode. or B) that...

  11. The "woes" of 12 hr. Shifts

    locolorenzo22 replied to thegreenmile's topic in General Nursing

    I have to say.....12s are fine...but sometimes when your shift is rough you start getting pressed.... I work a 2nd job...12s there as welll.....I've worked now about 9 out of 10 nights....went home 6...

  12. Night Shift

    locolorenzo22 replied to newmale2nursing's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I've been a nighter for 3-4 years.... I have darkened room tinting on my bedroom windows. I eat a half bag of popcorn or 2 pieces of WW toast with PB before bed. I sleep from 7A-3P when I'm...

  13. First Semester Clinicals--anyone else need to vent?

    locolorenzo22 replied to ZenStudent's topic in General Students

    let me tell you a story... I started clinicals with NO patient care expierence....not even a CNA. I worked as a activity director, with little medical care. so fast foward to clinicals....I was told...

  14. Topics for Clinical Question Paper?

    locolorenzo22 replied to usmcsweetheart's topic in General Students

    "why do we monitor blood sugar on diabetics?" "why do we use the 7 rights?" the countless questions are out

  15. How do you feel about this?

    locolorenzo22 replied to 1TachyRN's topic in General Nursing

    anyone else notice during that video...that both patients had surgery that are usually related to being overweight? Back and knee? That's fine at home...but what of the patients on NCS diets...what...

  16. Who has responsibility

    locolorenzo22 replied to pooh16246's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I would NEVER give a med if it was initaled already...if I had a doubt, I'd call if I had to...if they don't call..I would rather be

  17. How do you feel about this?

    locolorenzo22 replied to 1TachyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I also felt complled to sign up and comment....I doubt someone in pain or unhappy with their stay magically gets better because they got some chocolate chip cookies.... I am a Registered Nurse, which...

  18. Teaching time management

    locolorenzo22 replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in General Nursing

    I used to come in that early...like 30 minutes...then the DON was there and told us that we were not allowed to do anything related to work without punching in...something about the EEOC...just be...

  19. Please recommend your NCLEX RN and HESI review book

    locolorenzo22 replied to NotTheSexyNurse's topic in General Students

    i would second saunders...the computer exams and the big paper book were a big help...I focused on sections based on what we did in class...and then I also tried the comprhesive exams for the hesi...I...

  20. boy issues in nursing school

    locolorenzo22 replied to brokenroads27's topic in General Students

    (from a guy perspective)...I thought to myself on the first day "wow, there's a lot of good looking girls in this class..." Found out that most were in relationships or they were married, or not...

  21. VENT: scantron error

    locolorenzo22 replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Students

    better you get used to it now....NS is tough and they generally do NOT take excuses..no matter what. Go slow, be careful, and do your

  22. Is it ok to call CNA's nurses?

    locolorenzo22 replied to jean36's topic in General Nursing

    CNAs are not "nurses"...however, it could be said that they are changing their career to "nursing" because it is a description of the field as a whole...I make sure that patients know I'm their nurse,...

  23. Former CNAs who are now nurses

    locolorenzo22 replied to emmasma's topic in General Nursing

    I did...was a CNA on the same floor that i work on now...did it for 3 years. It took some getting used to. I'm responsible for more with less patients...usually about 5-6 things. sometimes my...

  24. What would you do?

    locolorenzo22 replied to shoegalRN's topic in Emergency

    document the facts...make sure your name is not noted...and just go with it. Too many nurses are scared to document because they don't want to make trouble...but it's the only way to change some...

  25. Is there an RN here willing to participate in my interview?

    locolorenzo22 replied to lindsmith88's topic in General Nursing

    feel free to pm me as