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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 t...

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...

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 limitat...

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 ...

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 da...

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 ...

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...

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 attache...

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...

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 h...

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 ...

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 unf...

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 l...

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