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This is why I love Infusion Nurses!

Now thats what needs to be written on the whiteboard!:chuckle

You can find your answers at your states board of nursing website, including whatever state you choose to move to.

Not the case in my ER. Consistently hitting well above our monthly patient census, compared to last year. Our director will be getting a big bonus!

We are consistently seeing more pts every month. My director will be getting a great bonus.

OK....yes there have been several "office romances", we work long hours and we spend a lot of time together, so it seems natural that people would eventually hook up. However, we do not have any Mcdreamys and we aren't making out in the linen closet.

Very unprofessional. It has become such an issue at my facility that we were given a heads-up that a new policy regarding cellphones, ipods, and what nots, is coming. In the ER many of us have emergent apps/programs on our phones that we use, but that will probably not be affected. Of course if we continue to update our facebook page during a cardioversion that might change.

Yep we are doing the AIDET stuff too...let me guess, is it a CHS facility? We have recently placed boards in our er rooms, although we have not been asked to write down our experience. My reply is usually "Today's my first day" when they ask me how long I have been a nurse, right about the time I'm putting in their IV.

I know people are not going to like my reply....but it doesn't matter. Both schools are great as well as many others. Does UNCC have a nursing program? Years from now its not going to matter. What will matter is a valid RN license without limitations, a solid work ethic, current certifications, great references......you get the idea

Nursing school is not easy. I imagine if English is your second language you could have more of a challenge. Was this question really necessary?

All-right, had my powwow with our educator and infusion. The Power Loc Safety Infusion set is the brand/style of Huber needles that we use, and implanted ports may be accessed using these devices. However, we only place the sticker (a label on the outside of the package) on the extension set if it is a Power Port. I did not make this clear in my earlier post. The label/sticker indicates that this is a confirmed Power Port.

UhOh....not the case at my facility and my educator takes pride in our infusion education. I will have to do some homework and a powwow c my educator.

Our docs & myself often prep then don sterile gloves.

I was on a travel assignment when my L4-L5 herniated....I could not believe the pain- not only in the lowerback but in my right lower leg! I rested and medicated, watching the clock anxiously awaiting my next ibuprofen & Tylenol. After a few days of that I got physical therapy, and could not believe the difference p one treatment. I was able to complete my assignment, but I took 3months off before returning back to work. I continued c my back exercises, lost some weight and was able to return to the ER without incidence. Good Luck!

I'm just going to share what worked for me. Any CD. I would go to the library, so not to be distracted, and do the questions. I used the Cds because it was most like sitting for my NCLEX. I went through them often and exchanged them c others. I don't know why but the books did nothing for me. After doing the Cds, I was able to get an idea of what they were looking for. Good luck

You are not washed up, you're giving up! It is disappointing to read that after 6yrs of nursing you are seriously thinking about a minimum wage job. We make decent coin, and the diverse possibilities that nursing has to offer.....you just haven't found it. Don't know how to give and IM or take a B/P, read a book, it hasn't changed. Being a nurse doesn't mean "hands on". I am saddened by your post, we are heroes and not many people can say that about their job. We are heroes!

Wow, I have never heard of a medication aide. Where are you employed, a private office, hospital? What is the scope of practice, is it different from LPN?

Wow I am disappointed to see this policy go into place. When placing an IV in the ED, I routinely draw a rainbow for lab, and of course depending on s/s, cultures, lactic acid..., I noticed that p we began using these new vacutainers, which attached to the IV cath, there was an amazing relationship to 22g IV cath and hemolyzed blood. I started using a syringe for blood draws c my 22g and fixed that problem. I agree c Larry77, a little education goes far. And sometimes I think it is the lab!

Our Huber needles have recently been changed out to Power Loc Infusion sets, c various gauge & lengths. However, while our implanted ports will be accessed c this device, it does not mean that the port is a PowerPort, and c/out that card, or the identifiable large raised triangular surface we can recognize, I would not infuse CT contrast. On another note, I don't know if any of you come across the old Mid line PICC, we have a few chemo MDs still using these, our facility recently came out c a P&P stating Do Not Use and I believe INS is asking us not to use these.

During 2008 I worked part-time for a Health care services- Home Infusion Co. I worked independently educating, maintained various IV devices, and monitored pts IV therapies. I loved it! Unfortunately I could not trust that I would get consistent hrs and remained in the ER dept, eventually quiting the part time thing. I also could not get use to on call, (never worked on call) so to get a phone call late in the evening because someone didn't know how to change out the batteries in their pump got to me. I did see where there are a lot of independent infusion facilities in the lower 48, so working in a hospital is not always the option.

Ok, trying not to read too much into the question....and going c the information available....my answer is 1. Of course I would like to change my answer if s/s change.

Yeah is right! My hands are so dry & cracked from my obsessive flu washing that they bleed...which isn't completely bad because my pts think I'm a holy stigmata kind of nurse doing some holy healing, others just freak out and ask for a different nurse. But seriously folks....My facility is asking pts/visitors c flu-like s/s to wear a mask, conveniently located at entrances. And we are now excluding children under the age of 12 in pt care areas.

Just this past weekend I had one of our (non emergent) frequent fliers....I had come out of a code and saw that her call light was on, she informed me that the MD had ordered her meds sometime ago and she had not received them. I told her it was unfortunate that she was not my only pt. and I was busy saving a life but now I would save hers and get her meds.

Who puts their GPA on a resume? I agree with MBARN08, inform your director, HR, and whoever else wants to know. And thank them, thank them for their time, consideration, and for any additional information they may have given you. Smile and nod, a lot.

WOW, nice downer, but I assure you this pt did not have ALS.