Flo. BSN, RN

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  1. Flo.

    Scrubs - what do you wear?

    Flo. replied to pinkiepie_RN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I love fun prints on tops. Unfortunately my hospital decided to color code staff. I personally think colorful or printed scrubs make the nurse look more approachable and human. One poster said that...
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    photographic memory real??

    Flo. replied to kitty222's topic in General Nursing

    Photographic memory refers to the ability to recall information exactly as it was written or seen. It is basically like your mind takes a photo of the page and stores it for later use. People are born...
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    Chronic lateness- what is that about?

    Flo. replied to xtxrn's topic in General Nursing

    Chronic lateness can also be a sign a
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    Hiding meds in food: illegal?

    Flo. replied to gilmet's topic in General Nursing

    It is not that it is illegal to put medication in food. It is that is illegal and unethical to hide medication in food and to trick a patient into taking something that they refused. This situation...
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    No nursing shortage: roll call!

    Flo. replied to gigglymo's topic in General Nursing

    Denver, CO - no nursing
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    Hospital wars in Denver

    Flo. replied to nurse2033's topic in General Nursing

    What about P/SL and Rose? I consider them downtown. I think it is fine to move hospitals. Compared to other major cities land is abundant around Denver. I think it makes sense for the hospitals to...
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    Float ICU RN to Med-Surg?

    Flo. replied to mturner88's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    As an ICU nurse I think you should be able to handle any pt a M/S floor throws at you. After all in the unit don't you see everything? I get that the ratios are not what you are used to but these pts...
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    Implement a RADICAL IDEA! "Medical plan of care."

    Flo. replied to nurseprnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think we have bigger fish to
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    DVTs!

    Flo. replied to KalipsoRed's topic in General Nursing

    On my floor we encourage them to get up and walk around to prevent to formation of new blood clots as the pt has proven they are prone to
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    Should I stay or should I go?

    Flo. replied to gobux90's topic in General Nursing

    One yr experience seems alittle too soon to be a charge nurse. You would be the go to person for all floor concerns. Do you think that you are ready for
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    Dating another RN?

    Flo. replied to Guest03/15/15's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't worry about it. Go have
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    Nursing + Size/Strength

    Flo. replied to breezy7's topic in General Nursing

    My job required me to take a pre employment physical in which I had to lift 50#. So if you are working out just try to get to that number and you should be
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    Tips for getting SCIP measures completed on time. (Foleys)

    Flo. replied to IfnotnowWhen's topic in General Nursing

    We have the Foley police which consists of a few RNs that monitor Foley's and central lines. They will hunt you and the MD down until that Foley comes out. That is their whole job. I work ortho and...
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    Nurses eating and drinking at the nurses station

    Flo. replied to Yiggs's topic in General Nursing

    If I don't drink when I chart then I hardly have time to drink all day. When I first started mgmt tried to stop this behavior but after yrs of no change in the staffs behaviors they relented and only...
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    Can I legally read TB tests and give injections to family and friends?

    Flo. replied to cyb3rRN's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have your own malpractice insurance? The difference between you and a lay person giving a acquaintance an injection is that you have a license. You would be responsible for any
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    Are we overworking the CNA's or are we lacking teamwork?

    Flo. replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I think the easy answer would be for the CNAs to tell the charge RN if the pts primary is unavailable. Having the RNS check vitals is taking away a major job responsibility of the CNAs and...
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    PICC Lines - To clamp or not.

    Flo. replied to raskol's topic in General Nursing

    The brand my hospital uses has a tag attached that says "do not clamp", so I
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    Which Healthcare fields ARE hiring?

    Flo. replied to loveblossom's topic in General Nursing

    My area has a critical need for OTs. If I only knew that 5 yrs
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    Is this fair??

    Flo. replied to cna23's topic in General Nursing

    If you don't take a break, they have to pay you. Otherwise they are setting themselves up for a big lawsuit and fines from the
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    How important is statistics in nursing and nursing school?

    Flo. replied to miyhaka's topic in General Students

    I have a BSN and never took stats. It has not impacted my nursing practice. But then again, maybe I don't know what I'm
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    If YOU were the patient, would you feel comfortable...

    Flo. replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The mattresses that I am used to don't absorb anything. They are
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    Help with PRN medications

    Flo. replied to belle005's topic in Patient Medications

    Always try to keep on a schedule with a chronic pain pt and depending on your specialty all your pts. I work ortho and try to get everyone to take some thing q4-6hrs otherwise the pain can out of...
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    Do all Nurses need Malpractice Insurance

    Flo. replied to beatrice1's topic in General Nursing

    I heard that the only nurse that doesn't need malpractice insurance is one that works for the VA. As it would be extremely hard to sue the government. Anyone else hear
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    latex allergy or just the adhesive?

    Flo. replied to brownbook's topic in General Nursing

    I would not say that someone had a latex allergy based on that. Latex is in so many of our products that unless someone truly had an allergic rx I would not be so quick to flag them as having one....
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    Who really belongs in the bed...

    Flo. replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    One day I charted the wrong year all over my charts. It was about 10yrs off. A very nice doc caught it but boy was I embarrassed. I still don't know how I managed to do