LouisVRN

LouisVRN RN

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  1. student with vasovagal problems

    LouisVRN replied to pabrocc's topic in General Nursing

    Are you sure you aren't pregnant? This happened to me my first semester in nursing school, while at a LTC, helping a guy eat an egg sandwich, I had to book it into the hall and sit with my head...

  2. What to give a nurse when they retire?

    LouisVRN replied to psychnurse25's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I really like the scrap book idea. I am at work so much I think of a lot of them as family. The spa idea is good if they are into that type of thing. My husband got me one of the Vermont Teddy Bears...

  3. "I am sorry - I refuse to float to Peds!"

    LouisVRN replied to abbaking's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I completely agree with you. I'd rather risk a job than my license. I work med/surg, although primarily it is surg. We have occasionally had patients 12-17 s/p appy and some nurses refuse to take care...

  4. Does your phlebotomist ask you to draw blood from a PICC line for them?

    LouisVRN replied to koinurse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Ugh I totally agree working in a hospital, I tell my patients with a PICC line NOT to let lab draw

  5. New Student, Need some survey questions answered by an RN. Help please!

    LouisVRN replied to rooked's topic in General Nursing

    1.) what is your educational background? i have a bsn and one class shy of having a bs in psych 2.) how did you decide on your area of nursing? i worked there for my leadership and management (last...

  6. Can a shy student become an effective nurse?

    LouisVRN replied to sunshine5889's topic in General Students

    I'm a fairly shy person as well. However, I love nursing. I love what I do and that tends to show. What I do if I just don't know what to say is "Do you have any questions I can try to answer for...

  7. Prioritizing patients

    LouisVRN replied to obfuscate's topic in General Nursing

    If I were you I would re-examine Case scenario 2. IMO I've found that family members are invaluable as resources as they are much more familiar with the patient and more likely to notice subtle...

  8. Dr's giving orders at bedside

    LouisVRN replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    I will only do it in the case of an emergency and then I tell will usually tell him, here sign this while I go get X, Y, Z

  9. Paying for priority

    LouisVRN replied to HamsterRN's topic in General Nursing

    All our patients get private rooms. They may get special robes, but so do some of our other patients. I believe the person who stays the first 24 hours can arrange to have food brought in to them if...

  10. Paying for priority

    LouisVRN replied to HamsterRN's topic in General Nursing

    We have a similar thing at my hospital. Actually...it sounds about the exact same. I really don't mind. It sounded much worse on paper than in actuality. In reality most of the "donors" are kind,...

  11. how do u cope with blame game

    LouisVRN replied to PRETTYODD's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not quite sure I'm understanding your post entirely. So I will try to break it down. You feel comfortable with your "team" but feel that there are bullies over your head? What are they bullying...

  12. Gift ideas for nursing staff?

    LouisVRN replied to KB24's topic in General Nursing

    Bagels! Bagels ALWAYS go over well and aren't as unhealthy as

  13. males vs females as new RN's.

    LouisVRN replied to yahoo1's topic in General Nursing

    I think it depends on region as well as shift and specialty area. I work nights on med-surg, and personally I can say I like having at least one guy on the crew with us. They tend to be less involved...

  14. Need help with this vague patient safety question.

    LouisVRN replied to obfuscate's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Definitely on the right track, IDK this answer could go on for 20 pages or more. There are a lot of things that you'd do to provide for a patients safety in general, monitor vital signs, monitor for...

  15. Brain surgery last week, then coming to ED for pain. Wait 4 hours to be seen.

    LouisVRN replied to happy2learn's topic in General Nursing

    Just playing devil's advocate here. Sometimes things do get lost in translation "nausea/dizziness" is not an ominous presenting complaint. As a matter of fact we once had a patient admitted with the...

  16. How to keep track of Dr orders?

    LouisVRN replied to PRETTYODD's topic in General Nursing

    We are piloting something where I work where nurses will be responsible for looking at all orders together so nothing is overlooked and anything that is necessary can be clarified at that time. We...

  17. Is your nursing practice guided by nursing theory and research based evidence?

    LouisVRN replied to kurume830's topic in General Nursing

    I would like to say as a bedside nurse I am always looking for the latest EBP that could effect my practice. Maybe it has to do with my being the chair of our shared governance council and I'm always...

  18. BSN in Psych

    LouisVRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have one credit left to take for my BSN in psychology which I did concurrently with my nursing BSN, except when during my first rotation of nursing clinicals I found out I was pregnant and decided I...

  19. BSN in Psych

    LouisVRN replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a full ride educational scholarship, they paid for all my classes and I had some additional scholarships that covered all the books/rent etc. Before I got married/pregnant and had my son I used...

  20. BSN in Psych

    LouisVRN replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    It would be a BS in Psychology, I already have my BSN

  21. Social Interacting, work and becoming an RN

    LouisVRN replied to scott.andrew's topic in General Nursing

    The math you need as a nurse is very basic, simple algebra. If you are uncomfortable even with that once you start working it is usually not difficult to identify the "resources" on your unit. Seek...

  22. Things that should be banned in acute care.

    LouisVRN replied to november17's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Yeah our patients definitely like the "hospitality" my hospital enforces. You want a PB&J sandwhich at 2 am? Umm...well I guess I can go down get security to let me in to the kitchen and make...

  23. A question to new grads...how satisfied are you with your new salary ?

    LouisVRN replied to Back2Nursing09's topic in General Nursing

    In AZ about $25/hr with $4 for a shift differential. Now with our continued competency program and a few raises I make about $34 after almost two

  24. iv infusion

    LouisVRN replied to bonhic's topic in General Nursing

    These are things that you will have to figure out on your own once you finish with school. I recommend if you are not good with math to get some tutoring, the math in nursing is critical that it is...

  25. Floor nurse to ER nurse. Help please!

    LouisVRN replied to BrayaRN's topic in Emergency

    How do you know anyone is "faking" anything? Especially pain? While patients may not always manifest pain the same way I'd be hard pressed to know someone if definitely faking it. Also I hope by back...