locolorenzo22

locolorenzo22 BSN, RN

Ortho, Neuro, Detox, Tele

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  1. First day with hospital wide computer charting!

    locolorenzo22 replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    our hospital has ships that we use to carry meds in a locked drawer, and chart at the bedside...also have portable handhelds to use for iso rooms and so forth...when it comes to insulin, it is...

  2. Just took my NCLEX..Yikes :S

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

    I hear ya brother..I took mine and it stopped at 75...thank god. But, just cause it was 265 doesn't mean a thing...you may have just been "confusing" the computer...you could have been the ones who...

  3. NIGHT SHIFT - advice to new grads going to work 3 12s a week

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

    I work 36 hrs a week...and usually NEVER 3 in a row, if I can help it.. I usually have to unwind on computer or TV or music for 1-1.5 hrs after work...sleep for 6-7 hours, get up, shower, eat...

  4. Beer on a patient's dinner tray?

    locolorenzo22 replied to JaredCNA's topic in General Nursing

    yep...I work on a detox floor...and it's tough to try to make the old alcoholics go without...we usually have to med them up a

  5. Nclex Is Over!!!!

    locolorenzo22 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Ok, so I really think I did ok...but until I get results, who knows? It shut off at 75, and I felt like I had at least 15!!!!! alternate item questions....kaplan said those are considered higher...

  6. Nclex Is Over!!!!

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

    Not worth the $400 in my opinion...I had developed the stratagies from a 50 buck kaplan book from barnes...and I felt like I did more questions from saunders instead...but in the long run...Sure, why...

  7. NCLEX help

    locolorenzo22 replied to sweetart4988's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Speaking as someone who took the NCLEX yesterday, I am somewhat nervous....and was before I took it. However, I did questions, studied the rationles, and just KNEW that I didn't go through the last 2...

  8. Morning Shift

    locolorenzo22 replied to Okami_CCRN's topic in General Nursing

    wow, I was going to ask if we work at the same place..... Seriously, I always approached work like this "A) I know I do a good job when I'm on the clock. B)I'll clean up what I can from the morning...

  9. Novolog Flexpen

    locolorenzo22 replied to widi96's topic in General Nursing

    See at our hospital the whole "you don't know if a client is going to self-medicate" means that you can NEVER leave any medication at the bedside. Everyone's got their own drawer for extra meds like...

  10. Twas the night before NCLEX...

    locolorenzo22 replied to locolorenzo22's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thanks, all....NCLEX is now over. It shut off at 75 questions, and I felt like I got a lot of "higher-level" alternate items, math, etc...like almost 20. So I'm hoping I knocked it out of the...

  11. Twas the night before NCLEX...

    locolorenzo22 posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Twas the night before NCLEX, and all through my apartment, post its and index cards are saying "no laments." I know I know it, but I still can't help feeling as though my brain's gonna melt! I'm...

  12. Nurse Aoi: something to watch on your off

    locolorenzo22 replied to wishiwereanurse's topic in General Nursing

    So it's reality

  13. And today's specials are...

    locolorenzo22 replied to NurseWannabe1129's topic in General Nursing

    It took time...I am starting as ortho/neuro nurse, and plan to someday go on to do ICU/nursing

  14. which professor would you pick?

    locolorenzo22 replied to mashamontago's topic in General Nursing

    You know...it depends on your personal style of learning and how YOU relate to patients....and it's tough to say unless you've had them before....so I really don't think we can give you advice on...

  15. How to write a nursing GOAL?

    locolorenzo22 replied to Lema's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    No....a goal must be specfic and measureable...your goal does not fit. AMB figure into writing a nursing diagnosis.... So a better way to write that goal would be Client will reduce smoking to less...

  16. Do nurses get mad when..

    locolorenzo22 replied to ProLogic's topic in General Nursing

    I have no problem if the family is behaving themselves, and if I don't have to trip over 3 kids on the way to the patient....most family members are understanding enough, that they move if they see...

  17. I'm SOOO Unmotivated!

    locolorenzo22 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So, NCLEX is less than 48 hours away....and I'm SOOOO unmotivated....anyone have any ideas how to get myself back on track? My plan is to do 1000 questions today....300 tomorrow by 2PM, and then I'm...

  18. Sitter questions

    locolorenzo22 replied to xoloveinautumn's topic in General Students

    Firm, consistant removal of their hands, constant reorientation, etc....is ok....SHOVING is not! that is

  19. Sitter questions

    locolorenzo22 replied to xoloveinautumn's topic in General Students

    Yep...if you are a CNA sitter you are expected to do all personal care for a patient....change them if incontinent, stop them from pulling out lines, don't let them get up if they have a hip...

  20. Charting Issues that Really Bug Me!!!

    locolorenzo22 replied to al7139's topic in General Nursing

    it is nonexistant, hence "impaired"...because they don't have a gait...they are NOT able to ambulate

  21. Techs checking O2 sats

    locolorenzo22 replied to 1TachyRN's topic in General Nursing

    See, I can understand techs not being able to do anything to correct a o2 sat...i.e. put o2 on, etc....however, just getting the number is not a problem...I always wait for 15 secs after I put on the...

  22. Men can't give complete baths?

    locolorenzo22 replied to stelon's topic in General Nursing

    Unless someone is SO completely confused they cannot bathe themselves, they most certainly can wash parts of themselves....I will NOT do what you CAN do. You are here to get better, not lose all...

  23. Verifing my IN license by Illinois

    locolorenzo22 replied to megnmc1's topic in General Nursing

    Hi...I just filled out my app to license by exam. You can go to the IL department of professional regulation...http://www.idpr.gov from there you can click on the RN profession, it takes you to the...

  24. Doctors come for procedures bad time

    locolorenzo22 replied to litbitblack's topic in General Nursing

    I hear ya....we have one doctor who was putting on call lights at 5:05 for nurses for his patients because he wanted the nurse! Well, shift change is happening, the CNAs answer lights, and you're...

  25. Bad night with a heparin drip...

    locolorenzo22 replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    GEEZ! OK, I'm not going to bead a dead horse, but still....uhh, baseline aPTT, coag times, some measurement, bleeding going on, NOBODY NOTICES? I'm saying "write-up" to ENSURE something gets...