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  1. What's your hospital policy on blood transfusions?

    bear_mom replied to ADNRN1410's topic in General Nursing

    We have the Alaris pumps and all PRBC's are supposed to be infused with the pump. I like it better than the gravity tubing we used to use.

  2. Externships worth it in long run?

    bear_mom replied to akmt's topic in General Nursing

    During my externship I really learned a lot, my preceptor allowed me to grow and learn. Also during that time the manager of the floor I worked on liked what she saw and offered me a position. On the...

  3. Advice w/ administering meds

    bear_mom replied to Nursey103's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Doctors can't write an order like that anymore at our facility, the order would be like this: Darvocet N-100, 1 Q4 hours for pain 1-3, 2 Q6 hours for pain 4-10. When we are discharging patients on...

  4. What To Chart After "pt. vomited"

    bear_mom replied to brownbook's topic in General Nursing

    Here too. I might chart "Pt with lg emesis, Zofran given", but that isn't a given.

  5. online RN-MSN w/ BS in non-nursing field

    bear_mom replied to momentum's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Loyola University has an on-line bridge

  6. Another nurse bites the dust due to facebook

    bear_mom replied to siringe's topic in Nursing News

    Am I the only one who works at a facility that has a policy regarding social networking sites? About a year ago, the hospital came out with it and while I don't remember the specifics of the policy,...

  7. Holiday Scheduling

    bear_mom replied to scoochy's topic in General Nursing

    We have a roatation set up, each nurse works one summer and one winter holiday. Rotations are: Memorial Day and Thanksgiving, 4th and Christmas and Labor Day and New Years. So every three years you...

  8. Equipment stores in Metro Detroit or Saginaw?

    bear_mom replied to RNstdntSVSU's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Career Uniforms in Saginaw has a decent selection scrubs, shoes and equipment. I buy my shoes other places though, as I like the Dansko and none of the scrub/uniform places around here carry them....

  9. Missed fingerstick

    bear_mom replied to CC918's topic in General Nursing

    How do know how to treat? Sliding scale is based on a pre-meal blood sugar, not a blood sugar taken after eating.

  10. How do you handle phone calls from family/others?

    bear_mom replied to Lola77's topic in General Nursing

    If they don't have a PIN number then I don't give out any information and cite patient privacy. If they don't have the PIN number and the patient is A&O or there is family in the room, then I will...

  11. Moving to Michigan....

    bear_mom replied to kidzrn2002's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Holland is a great area to live in (personally, I much preferred living on the west side of the state). Holland has a smaller hospital, but you are fairly close to Grand Rapids which has several...

  12. Resources you bring to work?

    bear_mom replied to srknurse's topic in Medical-Surgical

    You can still carry flushes around???? Since the beginning of the year we haven't been able to carry extra flushes, you can have one in your hand if you are going somewhere to use it. Apparently they...

  13. Team Nursing

    bear_mom replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    We are going the opposite way, in the last few years they have been phasing out LPNs at our facility and going to primary nursing. In Sept we going to a new staffing model of 1:5 for RNs and 1:12 for...

  14. Really dumb externship question,etc..

    bear_mom replied to ERsn's topic in General Nursing

    I worked as an extern before my last year of school. The program I worked at was great - it was 12 weeks long. For 9 of the weeks you followed your RN for 2 days and on the 3rd day you got to go to a...

  15. staffing/scheduling

    bear_mom replied to scrn68's topic in General Nursing

    Ours is overtime, requests, on call, turns. We have been getting HR'd frequently lately (that will change greatly as just had a voluntary seperation and lots of nurses left) and full time/part time...

  16. ADN nurses with other BS degree

    bear_mom replied to njmomstudent's topic in General Nursing

    I have an ADN with a BS in enigneering. I have been accepted to, and started a bridge program for my MSN. I only had to take 2 undergrad classes before starting my masters' classes. I don't know...

  17. Rude nurse may have helped me to be a better nurse

    bear_mom replied to StrwbryblndRN's topic in General Nursing

    She said she was out of PACU. I know they don't give anything to the patient in the recoovery room, but she said she was in another room and her spouse was with

  18. Rude nurse may have helped me to be a better nurse

    bear_mom replied to StrwbryblndRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand the no water thing, espically as an outpatient. I work on a surgery floor and almost everyone can at least have ice chips when they get back on the floor. The only ones who can't...

  19. do you skip your lunch break routinely?

    bear_mom replied to Leelee2's topic in General Nursing

    I almost always take my breaks - the first two at least, dinner not always (I eat again when I get home anyway, so I then eat two dinners). We get three breaks, 2 15 minute breaks (breakfast and...

  20. What does a nurse extern do?

    bear_mom replied to stitches87's topic in General Nursing

    It is probably different for every state/hospital, but when I was a nurse extern I was with a preceptor. I was able to do anything my preceptor was comfortable with, except pass meds. I did...

  21. What is your policy in DVT prevention following joint surgery

    bear_mom replied to starbin's topic in Orthopedic

    Ours depends on the surgeon. Two use Coumadin. Two use Lovenox. One uses Arixtra. One uses just aspirin. Most use TEDs, one doesn't. All of them use some form of compression boot.

  22. Any RN's applying to MSN/NP prog without a BSN???

    bear_mom replied to khrissi17's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I'm currently doing a bridge program where I only had to take two undergraduate classes and as long as you pass with a 'B' then you can go on to MSN classes. If you go straight through it will be 7...

  23. What is the maximum number of patients per nurse?

    bear_mom replied to Info(RN)matics's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Goal is 4 patients per RN when working alone, but occassionaly we have 5 patients is there is a large influx of ER admits/unknown OR patients. If we are team nursing (with a LPN) we can have 8/9...