gizelda196

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  1. IV Pepcid (Dumb Student Nurse Question)

    gizelda196 replied to BirdFeederLady's topic in General Nursing

    I worked at a Hospital where pepcid was given slow IVP (over 3 min). It was policy. It was packaged by Pharmacy in 10cc syringes .At that hospital we also gave cefazolin and ceftriaxone like

  2. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    gizelda196 replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Nursing Humor

    :rotfl:

  3. Received this email today and I am steamed!!!

    gizelda196 replied to MomBSN's topic in General Nursing

    I'll admit.I laughed my butt off! I could relate to the whole thing. "the heart sounds"

  4. report to the ICU

    gizelda196 posted a topic in Emergency

    Just curious How do you give report to the ICU. Do you give verbal, written ,fax it up to them, or do they just read the md and nursing notes off the

  5. report from the ER

    gizelda196 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Just wondering How do you recieve report from the er? Is it verbal , writen, faxed, or do you just look it up in the computer and you can ask questions

  6. report to the ICU

    gizelda196 replied to gizelda196's topic in Emergency

    Thank you all. The reason I had posted this was because the other night I had an er nurse tell me that "We don't give report anymore" well this was news to me that an ER nurse doesn't give an ICU...

  7. What punishment should this nurse get?

    gizelda196 replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

    no one here has ever nodded off? not even for one teenie weenie sec while sitting with your charts at 4am and it is so quiet and next thing you know you are drooling and the alarm next to your head...

  8. An ICU nurse manager told my wife that her Med/surg experience was hurting her!?

    gizelda196 replied to Roland's topic in MICU, SICU

    I was a med surg nurse for 10 years before I went to the unit. 10 years of very fine assesment skills came with me . It is not that they lack skills what they lack is resources and...

  9. fresh post op amputee

    gizelda196 posted a topic in Orthopedic

    Hi all, can anyone tell me what a typical fresh post op bka care set of orders would be? do you routinly place limbs up on pillows and for how long? we are discussing this at work right now. we dont...

  10. 5 items

    gizelda196 replied to design_student's topic in General Nursing

    I like the velcro idea for scopes! I carry around short legs! I am 5 feet tall. even petites are to long. so don't forget us short people when you are in on

  11. 5 items

    gizelda196 replied to design_student's topic in General Nursing

  12. Shoes???

    gizelda196 replied to MarylandNsgStudent's topic in First Year After Licensure

    new balance for me. I love them because they are wide in the toe have great arch surport and are sooooooo comfy. Some travel nurses come thru with Zcoil. I tried them on it they felt weird and one...

  13. I Can't Sleep!!

    gizelda196 replied to perfectbluebuildings's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Some times I cant sleep either. It happens. Benadryl works at that point! Just don't take it to late. Please put the baseball bat away. This stuff happens. As you go along and get more comfortable in...

  14. Do You Have a Bad Back from Nursing?

    gizelda196 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Neck hurts more than my

  15. They didn't teach me this in nursing school and I could have killed someone!

    gizelda196 replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    oh boy levo neo tpn propofol ns antibx lab draws.cvp pressures(don't ask no swan) we are a small community hospital we cant do CVVH or IABP but we do allot of Quinton's. and push ALLOT of bicarb,It...

  16. Safe Staffing Ratios for Massachusetts?

    gizelda196 replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    HEY dave here is a link to start your research on what safe ratios can do

  17. Safe Staffing Ratios for Massachusetts?

    gizelda196 replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

  18. Safe Staffing Ratios for Massachusetts?

    gizelda196 replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    WEll , In my hospital they are paying hundreds and thousands of dollars to use an agency nurse or an international nurse. They also use things like 10,000 $ sign on bonus. But they do nothing for...

  19. Safe Staffing Ratios for Massachusetts?

    gizelda196 replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

  20. They didn't teach me this in nursing school and I could have killed someone!

    gizelda196 replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    in the icu access becomes an issue. sometimes i have a patient with 3 triple lumens,and it is still an issue. you always roll your eyes and say yes doctor when the doc says "don't forget to save a...

  21. BSN vs ADN Education?????

    gizelda196 replied to Traumatized's topic in General Nursing

    :deadhorse

  22. Safe Staffing Ratios for Massachusetts?

    gizelda196 replied to pickledpepperRN's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    WE also broke off from the ANA.(MA)I have followed what the ANA has been advocating and at this point I believe our break was the correct decision. I have been emailing legislators regarding the MHZ...

  23. Please HELP - case study

    gizelda196 replied to Christian_SN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Have they interogated the pacer? Has he been

  24. am I beyond hope?

    gizelda196 replied to BandEmom's topic in General Nursing

    I have suffered from depression for years.(I posted on this some where else). Take care of you. If you need to work to live, find a easy job out of nursing. I waited tables and I loved it.It was hard...

  25. what can nurses do besides "nurse"?

    gizelda196 replied to Candidnt's topic in Nursing Career

    I have been wondering that very same thing lately. I was thinking of going back to waiting tables ,but I now have a "Nurses attitude" and will probaly get fired very quikly and frequently. So just...