AnnaN5

AnnaN5

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  1. Pushing Dilaudid?

    AnnaN5 replied to chacmool's topic in Patient Medications

    Our Dilaudid is all IVP, I have actually never seen it given

  2. No One Dies Alone (NODA) Program

    AnnaN5 replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital has this program as

  3. Cinical sites, greeting cards and gifts

    AnnaN5 replied to misplaced1's topic in General Nursing

    I always wondered that myself. It got kind of pricey when I was in nursing school that every 8 weeks we gave a card & food to the floor we did clinicals on and we got a card & gift for our...

  4. Just hate those navy blue scrubs

    AnnaN5 replied to esthomprn's topic in General Nursing

    My first job out of school was at a hospital that required the nurses to wear navy or white. I thought navy was horrible until about a year ago I switched to a hospital that requires their nurses to...

  5. Are your Nurse to patient ratios changing

    AnnaN5 replied to vivicaq's topic in General Nursing

    Ours has changed a bit. I work on a 45 bed cardiac unit. On nights we can get up to 5 patients but most nights we would have 4 or 3 plus a new admission. You could go quite a long time without...

  6. Sick of core measures

    AnnaN5 replied to WindyhillBSN's topic in General Nursing

    We use core measures at our facility and on my cardiac unit we pretty much see all of them: stroke, MI, CHF, etc. There is a core measures sheet on the front of every chart but it is the case...

  7. Changed my schedule 3 days before I work it...

    AnnaN5 replied to jeslynhatRN's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately this is a pain but I would just go with the flow since you are new on this floor. Does your hospital/union have a policy about posting of schedules? Our union requires that are...

  8. Accelerated ADN Programs in MI

    AnnaN5 replied to starmickey03's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I think LCC is one of the only, if not the only, accelerated ADN program in Michigan. It is a pretty competitive program and admission is based on a point scale. You get so many points for gpa,...

  9. Insurance - The Latest Outrage

    AnnaN5 replied to Vito Andolini's topic in General Nursing

    Does your spouse need the insurance through your work? Our health insurance at work is similar, a bargain for just the employee and employee/children but employee/spouse is kind of expensive. My...

  10. IV Dilaudid problem patients!!!!!!!!!!!

    AnnaN5 replied to mina123's topic in General Nursing

    I had a scary situation during my last stretch of days on. A chronic pain patient was on our cardiac unit due to a PE and was transferred to us from med/surg unit. She came up with a Dilaudid PCA...

  11. Difference Between Leukocyte Poor and Washed RBC's???

    AnnaN5 replied to RenaissancemaN's topic in General Nursing

    There is a difference between washed and leukocyte reduced. The majority of all RBC products will be leukocyte reduced. They are filtered after collection at the blood bank to remove leukocytes when...

  12. your opinion, as a new rn to an experienced one? night vs day

    AnnaN5 replied to erin01's topic in General Nursing

    You will find that no matter how much you accomplish during your shift there will always be a nurse on the next shift who isn't happy with what got done. It doesn't matter if you are a new nurse or...

  13. Rant: others sitting in on lectures

    AnnaN5 replied to Veruka's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I would bring it up to the instructor. Does everyone take the same exams? I have always had classes that the instructor tailored the exam to their lecture so unless they are taking the same exam I...

  14. Is this too much or am I crazy...what are your units like?

    AnnaN5 replied to emersushea's topic in Cardiac

    I'm surprised by how many people work on floors who don't have to get insulin drips, that would be great. I worked on a medical floor before and we got a ton of insulin drips, we have a pathway and...

  15. Changing uniform policy

    AnnaN5 replied to ISHYRN's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Alot of hospitals are switching to color coded uniforms. My first job out of school required navy or white scrubs with no prints which I thought was horrible. Then I switched to my job I am at now...

  16. Anyone have news of U of M RN-BSN-MSN revamp?

    AnnaN5 replied to Circejane's topic in Michigan Nursing

    After you complete NUR 300 (Transition to Professional Nursing) they award you 34 NUR credits for your ADN classes so that takes care of a big chunk of that 45 credits required at UM-Flint. You do...

  17. Anyone have news of U of M RN-BSN-MSN revamp?

    AnnaN5 replied to Circejane's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I am doing UM-Flint's RN-BSN program. It was really easy to get in, you can start every semester, and the program is completely online. I was planning on also doing the MSN program but they are...

  18. Being called off.

    AnnaN5 replied to kimmie518's topic in General Nursing

    I work at a union hospital and we have guidelines in our contract regarding low census. If the census is low and they need to low need nurses for the upcoming shift then they start at the top of the...

  19. Pros/Cons to Working Night Shift

    AnnaN5 replied to madden52's topic in General Nursing

    You generally get paid a little extra. Our hospital pays $2/hr extra for nights but other places pay more. You generally have to deal less with families, case management, doctors, etc and have to do...

  20. RN with a Master's Degree; what is the salary, etc?

    AnnaN5 replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    Bedside nurses pretty much get paid the same regardless if they have an ASN, BSN, MSN. Some hospitals offer a small incentive, like $1.00/hr if you have a higher degree. The benefit of having the...

  21. Health Insurance for Students

    AnnaN5 replied to tifflat19's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Are you under the age of 30? A good plan if you are just looking for major medical is the Young Adult Blue plan with Blue Cross/Blue Shield. http://www.bcbsm.com/myblue/plan_youngadultblue.shtml I...

  22. MSU or LCC?

    AnnaN5 replied to cowan19's topic in Michigan Nursing

    GVSU and UofM have programs like that and I think there are a couple more. It is kind of tricky right now because they are phasing out the MSN and making them all DNP programs so all the schools are...

  23. MSU or LCC?

    AnnaN5 replied to cowan19's topic in Michigan Nursing

    I got a BS in Human Bio fom MSU and my ADN from LCC in their accelerated nursing program. I was in the first group of accelerated students and I loved the program. The reason why I chose to go the...

  24. RN's giving report to CNA's?

    AnnaN5 replied to AnnieNHRN's topic in General Nursing

    On our unit the RNs give report to the oncoming RN and the CNAs give report to the oncoming CNAs. I personally catch my CNAs and give them a quick overview of the patients we have together. Let...

  25. Change dosing time - electronic charting

    AnnaN5 replied to *ac*'s topic in General Nursing

    I would just call down to pharmacy and ask them to permanently change the dosage time. We have to do that sometimes for patients who have a med ordered daily that our pharmacy automatically times for...