Sun0408 ASN, RN

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    Application under review?

    Sun0408 replied to 2016Grad's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Kinda sounds like your app is on the back burner for now. You still haven't graduated or taken boards yet. An offer this early may be a but premature on the hospitals part. Just wait it out, if...
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    Amiodarone

    Sun0408 replied to BecomingNursey's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Pushing something over 10 minutes in a code setting is too long. Hell in most cases by the time you finished pushing it the pt would be dead and long gone. Brain tissue as well as heart tissue is...
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    Trauma team requirements

    Sun0408 replied to joyful_wanderer's topic in Emergency

    I'm in the ICU. We are required to respond to the ED if a level one trauma comes in or if multiple traumas come in at the same time. We require one year in our unit before taking TNCC. Once you have...
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    Trauma team requirements

    Sun0408 replied to joyful_wanderer's topic in Emergency

    I will post back later. Time for
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    StaRN internship program?

    Sun0408 replied to vettechgrl's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The pay is only low while you're on orientation. Once you're done, you're pay is adjusted to the hospitals starting rate. If you are new it is a good program. You learn te basics before hitting the...
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    Can scud and foot pumps be put back on a patient if they have been off for several hours?

    Sun0408 replied to Lkate's topic in General Nursing

    This is nothing to freak out over!! Calm down. You found them off and put them back on. That's really all you can do. His risk is roughly the same due to him being immobile right
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    When a contract hospital needs me to have more skills than I do....

    Sun0408 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Travel

    That's what I was getting at too ms boogie. I was waiting for a clarification. I'm thinking the OP maybe confusing Aline's with central
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    When a contract hospital needs me to have more skills than I do....

    Sun0408 replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in Travel

    OP what do you mean you've never hooked an A- line up to a monitor and only used it for medication administration?? The last part is what I'm really confused
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    Nursing Ratio's in Charleston Area?

    Sun0408 replied to Loloberry's topic in General Nursing

    Normal for the area. I'm in Myrtle Beach and for a floor pt that's pretty normal. Sometimes up to 7-8. Step down/ PCU is typically 4:1. ICU is typically 2:1 if staffing is good. However, it's not...
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    The Story of Jahi Continues

    Sun0408 replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    I hate to laugh but you are right. I was just making a point from the families point of view on all the blankets previously
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    The Story of Jahi Continues

    Sun0408 replied to EaglesWings21's topic in Nursing News

    I don't think they are hiding them. I think the blankets are used to help keep her warm. Sometimes you will see pics with blankets wrapped around her head, we do this in the ICU to help keep the pt...
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    Which tape to use?

    Sun0408 replied to mindofmidwifery's topic in General Nursing

    If you're at work ask a senior nurse or your charge. It really depends on the type of wound, the pts skin and how long the dressing needs to be on. If the skin is fragile sometimes I will dress the...
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    Piggyback meds

    Sun0408 replied to ernurse77's topic in Patient Medications

    I still wouldn't run nitro as a piggyback. If the pt needed a bolus then set one up. If u bolus through the same line you mentioned the pt would also get a bolus of the nitro still in the line. With...
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    Piggyback meds

    Sun0408 replied to ernurse77's topic in Patient Medications

    I would not piggyback heparin or nitro or any other type of gtt. I piggyback things that will run in an hour or less, usually antibiotic or things like mag or K if the pt has a central line....
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    Dobutamine Drips at home

    Sun0408 replied to ash12345's topic in Home Health

    I've never heard of such gtts used in the home. That doesn't say much since I'm not a HH nurse. Lurking to see other response. I do have concerns about this tho. Who's gonna monitor the pt and how...
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    The sloppy image of nurses today

    Sun0408 replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Me thinks the whip it's are frying some brain
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    Woman Died After Being Arrested fo Refusing to Leave Hospital

    Sun0408 replied to herring_RN's topic in Nursing News

    Why wasn't the doc treating Ms. Dawson not placed on leave. Another question I have is about the panel to create best practice.,no nurse is selected to be a part of that. Anyone else find this...
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    Question on roles in code

    Sun0408 replied to nursingchick111's topic in Critical Care

    Agree. More details are
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    Malpractice Insurance

    Sun0408 replied to RNnowFNP's topic in Advanced Practice

    I like having my own period. I would rather have it and not need it then the other way around. I'm not sure of the cost if your working as a NP but for me as a RN, I will continue to spend that 100.00...
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    ICU RNs floated to floors?

    Sun0408 replied to jamisaurus's topic in Critical Care

    No pay difference from the floor to ICU where I work either. We do get float pay of 1.00 more an hour when ever we float outside our unit. We get people from step down sometimes but not often....
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    Medication error

    Sun0408 replied to EDRN32's topic in Emergency

    I've seen that happen with alaris pumps. It was with dopamine !! Scared all of us at the bedside to death. Some times the door looks closed but it's not allowing the contents to free flow into the pt....
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    WGU statistics completed in 1 wk

    Sun0408 replied to $$ICU-RN$$'s topic in Western Governors University

    I will be taking that one soon. Ive completed 4 of the 5 tasks to complete biochem!!! Hoping to get through the nutrition class before the end of my term. I've heard people do it very quickly
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    To Leave or Not to Leave

    Sun0408 replied to rnbsnmsn's topic in General Nursing

    I would stay long enough to get the PTO cash
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    Arterial sticks and analysis

    Sun0408 replied to heinz57's topic in Critical Care

    We have istat machines in our
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    Would you hire an MUSC grad over anyone else?

    Sun0408 replied to lowkey_44's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in SC and a MUSC nursing degree holds no more weight than any other competent school in the state. I didn't go to MUSC and I had no problem getting a job with my CC