locolorenzo22

locolorenzo22 BSN, RN

Ortho, Neuro, Detox, Tele

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  1. What should I do?

    locolorenzo22 replied to squee-gee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A) Was the patient's pain under control after the dose? B) You read it back and verified it...and checked the book, and checked with pharmacy, and made sure it didn't harm the patient. C) Why didn't...

  2. Start classes on 29th...still no support!!!

    locolorenzo22 replied to Want2BARN2010's topic in First Year After Licensure

    YOU are the best judge of what you can do and what you want to do. It would be nice to have the support, but you can't always find it. Keep your dream in your heart and you will achieve what you put...

  3. May 2008 grads....how are things going?

    locolorenzo22 replied to marilynmom's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well, I got hired on the floor I was a CNA on for the 2 years of school...and my boss and I were talking today and I'm going, "you know what? I'm glad I didn't have to go to another floor and figure...

  4. Are family members asking you for med advice?

    locolorenzo22 replied to dorselm's topic in General Students

    I always tell family that well, I'm not a doctor..but here's what your med does. Also, when it comes to medical advice...well, what did your doc

  5. Nurses will do the CNA job

    locolorenzo22 replied to bongids's topic in General Nursing

    That's it. Often CNAs are given horrible ratios to work with...even worse than the nurses. I do what I can, when I can, but I don't know how I'd survive without them. If I had less patients(like in...

  6. I'm so Excited

    locolorenzo22 replied to babyphat's topic in General Nursing

    congrats. Don't lose sight of the prize, take some time, but study for the NCLEX! Isn't it nice to know you don't need to lug books everywhere now? Now you just need to lug your work stuff

  7. CRAP! I didn't renew my illinois nursing license

    locolorenzo22 replied to syuhas's topic in General Nursing

    You should only have to pay a little extra for being late...and you probably want to pay for rush processing...you shouldn't need CEs. IL just required 20 CEs with the license starting in 2010. Just...

  8. Lasix post transfusion.

    locolorenzo22 replied to IngyRN's topic in General Nursing

    well, personally, I had this just the other week, as I had to push lasix after 4 units of FFP....I felt more comfortable flushing the line with a flush, clearing it, and then pushing then med, then...

  9. $8000 to lock down my 2yrs of life?!

    locolorenzo22 replied to Tzu911's topic in General Nursing

    Both of our local hospitals offered 5000 a year...up to 2 years, for 2 years of working for them afterward. However, I felt that was locking you into a particular health system, giving you no chance...

  10. Calling out sick

    locolorenzo22 replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    I've had many days in the last two weeks where 2-3 nurses have called off.....and then the management tells us that the "extra" pay for picking up shifts is going away. Something about the hospital...

  11. Magnet Hosp?

    locolorenzo22 replied to daisymurphydog's topic in General Nursing

    I hear that...supposedly our hospital lost 700,000 last month....I can think of a few ways to cut

  12. Advice for student nurses

    locolorenzo22 replied to luna21's topic in General Nursing

    As a student, you should be actively looking for different things to do at clinicals...even if it's not your patient, you should be wanting to do/assist in MANY different procedures. Work-wise, being...

  13. how do you improve morale in a unit?

    locolorenzo22 replied to jennifers's topic in General Nursing

    our unit based council is doing this....however, I feel like the manager has left it all up to them, and has no interest in doing that themselves....At our last work meeting, we were asked "what would...

  14. Magnet Hosp?

    locolorenzo22 replied to daisymurphydog's topic in General Nursing

    I was telephone interviewed by a very reputable hospital in the chicago area that has magnet status...and despite my qualifications, I got the sense that new grad "ADNs" are not welcome there...due to...

  15. Administering heparin and insulin SQ

    locolorenzo22 replied to melvinsgirl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I tend to give insulin in the arms, as it's a place most patients won't reach/use at home....heparin/lovenox is always given in the stomach...you could have used the thighs as well...plenty of places...

  16. hello everyone! i need a little advice.

    locolorenzo22 replied to kayboggie's topic in General Nursing

    Career-wise you see everything...from the sweet LOLs who tell you thanks for taking care of em, to the guys who don't understand why you can't give them "samples" of their pain meds, and why the doc...

  17. Hourly Rounding/pain management?

    locolorenzo22 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey, all...just curious about how the following items have worked for other hospitals and staff.... I had a work meeting yesterday....and we had quite a few items brought up. 1. Apparently the new...

  18. Forgetting things...

    locolorenzo22 replied to mcknis's topic in First Year After Licensure

    we're only human...if it's something that isn't going to kill a patient..we have to deal. I realized the other day I forgot to mention that a patient was on a bicarbonate drip for 6 hours after a...

  19. Pseudo-seizures

    locolorenzo22 replied to Lucyinthesky's topic in General Nursing

    see this is a very interesting question...I work on a neuro/detox unit, and we had a detox patient who continually was trying to walk off the floor, get pain meds...etc. I was standing with the tech...

  20. Scared to talk to Doctors

    locolorenzo22 replied to jam0516's topic in General Nursing

    I always run in my head...A)do they want x, y, z? B)Am I calling them for results or meds? C) Do I need to know something...am I calling them to tell them what's going on? And go from there. They...

  21. What made u realize u wanted to be a nurse?

    locolorenzo22 replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    My grandmother was a nurse for 35 years in a factory....she was always the "go to" person if anyone was sick...countless days on the farm getting treated for chicken pox, etc.... I have 2 aunts who...

  22. Going back to school!

    locolorenzo22 replied to gentlegiver's topic in General Nursing

    You're never too old to fulfill your life....you bring a different perspective, and lots of patients do welcome the different view from the younguns...plus as a new grad, they'll think you've been a...

  23. Throw some tips and tricks at me.

    locolorenzo22 replied to Mary C's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When it comes to care, I usually just think in my head... i.e. ok, I've got 8AM meds for this guy, he had knee sx, I need to take a dressing/iodine in to change that, give him a antibiotic for after...

  24. discharge/new admits

    locolorenzo22 replied to gaylordfocker2002's topic in First Year After Licensure

    well, it depends...we use computer charting... Overall, it usually takes me about 15-20 minutes in the room with a new admit to get all the information I need....another 5-10 minutes to get...

  25. How many hours per week do you work?

    locolorenzo22 replied to spicychickensandwich's topic in General Nursing

    I work 3 12 hr shifts a week (5-5:30)...usually works out well, and it feels ok. However, I'm usually wiped out by the end of a shift...there are always things to do...help answer lights, check...