Achoo! LPN

I was able to assist on a dressing change today of a guillotine amputation to the lower leg. I had no idea physicians amputated this way in this day & age. What an amazing thing to see! I may never see anything like it again. Wow. We did chemical...

Delegation on Nursing. Has anyone received an invitation to this??

Here in WI MA's are utilized in clinics. The duties can include all of the front office work, but they are usually utilized in the back office. Duties include patient check in with vital signs, assisting the doctor with exams, minor procedures, blood...

I had an opportunity at work to start an IV and failed after 3 tries. My confidence has been shot down. I was able to get a blood return, so I must have punctured through the back wall. I am not sure what I can do to improve my chances next time. I w...

Vistaril is cery caustic to the tissues, so I always Z track when giving Demerol./Vistaril injections.

Our resource nurses work day or PM shifts. They only take a pt load if someone is sick or we get a lot of admissions. They take off orders, assist with the codes in ER, assist where needed, take admission if it is busy, do rounds with the MDs, and ar...

I have given it IV piggyback, but never push. Definately document everything.

I took Pharmacology and Maternal/child through MATC, and management through Western tech college. If you are a visual learner, I'd recommend taking the Health Alterations in class. The lectures and slides made all the difference for me. The others I ...

One person on my floor ( Med surg) is the " code nurse" for the shift. That means if we get a code, we go down and supposedly our job is to stand back and be the messenger between what is going on in the trauma room with the family, since they have E...

They decided to let him go once he got to the other hospital. I coudln't imagine a good qulaity of life the way he was when he left. I'm sure iot was for the best. It was a great learning experience though and we know that we did all we could.

Meditech is a computer software program used by hospitals. I do not know if there is anything online avaiable for teaching purposes. I was taught on the job during my first week of orientation.

I work med/surg and we always have opportunities. Direct admits need 1st lines, but there are also patients whose lines go bad, or it has been 4 days and they need a fresh one.

I have been on my own for 3 weeks now on med surg. Here we call it the " trenches". It's alot. Alot of patients, alot of new orders, alot of tests, labs, surgeries, hanging blood, and most people have many health problems, nit just what they are in f...

Check out the employee opportunities listed with your local hospital websites. Most of them are affiliated.

Day 6:30-3:30 PM 2:30-11:30 Nights 11:30-7:30

1/21/08 Med/surg/peds and still feel I don't know much! LOL

I am going to the ICU :) I am meeting up with my preceptor on Wednesday. It looks like I'll be doing some 12 hour Sunday shifts to get my time in. I need 80 hours in, is that typical?

I am in my 3rd week of orientation, and a student had one of my patients. Her instructor was busy ( this was my instructor last semester!), so she asked me to pass meds with her because she needed an RN with her. I felt like such a phony! Granted I f...

Lasix, morphine, narcan, phenergan, benadryl. Those are the biggies.

We have an hour window between when the drug is ordered. We can give an hour before or an hour after.

It's so refreshing to see this post! I am orienting on a med-surg floor, and although the hope is to hve a 5-1 ratio, we have had up to 7-8 on the day shioft and it scares the crap out of me! I have only been there 3 weeks, and I have had up to 4.

Congratulations!!! I started my job Jan 21st and I was told they plan on us being alone in April. I'm so nervous about it, as that will only be 8 weeks on the floor.

I started this week- EEK! It's mostly been the orientation stuff, but we did go down to ambulatory surgery and practice IV's for a few hours. Next week I start on the floor with my preceptor. So much information!!

I haven't been with my preceptor yet either- ha! Funny how that happens!

Day 2 and I was already assessing and passing some meds by myself- eek!