StayLost BSN, RN

CVICU, CCU, Heart Transplant

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  1. StayLost

    I'm pretty sure my preceptor thinks i'm done

    StayLost replied to Deetermined's topic in General Nursing

    I have been working for a 1.5 years now. During my residency, I remember going home and calling my sister and telling her "this woman hates me"! No matter how hard I tried or how well I did something,...
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    nursing school notes

    StayLost replied to sbostonRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I tossed mine. Only thing I really kept from school was my study guide for NCLEX, which I never have looked at since taking the exam. Honestly, I haven't opened my text books either. I believe the...
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    New entry-level Masters program at U of A!!

    StayLost replied to Cid13's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I have my undergrad from University of Arizona College of Nursing. We were encouraged to apply to the graduate program right out of school. A number of classmates applied shortly after graduation...
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    BLS or ACLS new Grad

    StayLost replied to beatrice1's topic in General Nursing

    You must have a valid BLS card for your ACLS certification to be valid. If you are certified in both BLS and ACLS and your BLS card expires, your ACLS certification becomes invalid until you...
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    JCAHO & legible signatures w/ noting orders

    StayLost posted a topic in General Nursing

    One of the big topics of my unit's staff meeting the other day is that now JCAHO is requiring the nurse's signature to be legible. My hospital is suggesting that nurses get stamps made with their...
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    You shouldn't be visiting this ICU patient if . . .

    StayLost replied to Rabid Response's topic in MICU, SICU

    This happened on my unit when I first started working! Pt named girlfriend to make decisions instead of the wife! I'm not sure about the exact details, but I think wife had her husband moved to...
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    Who starts IV's at night at your workplace?

    StayLost replied to NoblePath's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Don't call the ICU nurses on my unit. All of our pt's come to us with IV's already in or central lines. I put in an IV maybe once every month and a half, and it usually ends up with an order for a...
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    calling ALL newly licensed NURSES.......[3yrs<]

    StayLost replied to NURSESrMEAN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Passes NCLEX on Feb 1, 2010. Moved to San Antonio, TX right away. Got hired March 15th in an ICU here. Great job market in
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    therapeutic hypothermia

    StayLost replied to Phylis's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    We use the Arctic Sun on my unit & no skin
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    Just started in ICU, am so overwhelmed!

    StayLost replied to ToughLover's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just hang in there, be safe, & let your preceptors attitude roll off you like water off a duck's back. Soon enough you will be doing your own thing! The first day being alone in the ICU, I was...
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    What's your hospital policy on blood transfusions?

    StayLost replied to ADNRN1410's topic in General Nursing

    My facility also has smart pumps, which we use to administer blood. we don't have any gravity
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    Let the chaos begin....family initiating rapid response teams

    StayLost replied to sistasoul's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, but I think that giving a pt's family access to Rapid Response is a bad idea. Assessing the need to pull an ICU nurse away from his/her assignments to respond to a pt on a different floor...
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    How many of you NGs are on nights?

    StayLost replied to netglow's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When I finished my ICU internship, I was to begin working nights like the majority of interns do. It's slower for a new grad & it usually helps fill the night positions that most nurses don't care...
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    Dating someone from within ???

    StayLost replied to johnny depp23's topic in General Nursing

    HA! Nah..but I enjoy being
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    Dating someone from within ???

    StayLost replied to johnny depp23's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing aside, is it really ever a good idea to date someone you work with? What is that saying... "Don't s*** where you eat"
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    Are smart pumps smart?

    StayLost replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    One of the greatest benefits is if you are titrating a drug that is measured in, lets say mcg/kg/min, it will do all the calculations for you. You can titrate by either ml/hr or mcg/kg/min instead of...
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    BLS vs. CPR/AED??

    StayLost replied to eyoliver's topic in General Nursing

    The American Heart Association's BLS for healthcare Professionals is universally the preferred/required class for hospital
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    Help with the Ca BRN re:disciplinary actions

    StayLost replied to nursejla's topic in California Nursing

    Why don't you call the BON & ask
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    thank you letter?

    StayLost replied to changedmind's topic in General Nursing

    Hospitals usually have a policy. At mine, a nurse can receive $75 dollars worth of gifts per calendar year. Food doesn't count, so take-out Thai food for the whole unit is always
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    Should I just lie?

    StayLost replied to grateful2010's topic in General Nursing

    The reason that you are not getting hired is not your graduation date, it's that you have 0 experience. It's hard times for new grads & unfortunately that is the category you fall
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    Associates vs. Bachelors

    StayLost replied to mamacashew's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    As a nurse working in a big medical center in a 700 bed hospital, and with the shortage of new grad positions, 95% of the interns are bachelor degree prepared nurses. Unlike the recent past when...
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    TPN, Chemo and double lumen central line

    StayLost replied to jteaff's topic in Patient Medications

    as the other poster said, I would have placed a PIV to run your other meds rather than stopping the
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    Calling briefs "diapers"....*vent*

    StayLost replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    It's not about customer service-- it's about a persons dignity, & trying to maintain
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    Calling briefs "diapers"....*vent*

    StayLost replied to cherrybreeze's topic in General Nursing

    THAT IS MY BIGGEST NURSING PET PEEVE! Thanks for this
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    CCRN, CEN or CEN, CCRN

    StayLost replied to ERNurseScott's topic in General Nursing

    RN means that you have been tested and found to be safe to practice at the entry-level. Specialty certification is an accomplishment that takes many years of hard work & allows our clinical...