rjflyn

rjflyn ASN, RN

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  1. are there hospitals with NICU in Michigan?

    rjflyn replied to marisha20's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Just one thing the University of Michigan doesnt call it the NICU- thats their Neuro Intensive Care Unit. Its named after a large money contributer like alot of other things. Its the Holden ICU...

  2. Makes you wonder about NCLEX boards now

    rjflyn posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is this the same company that does nursing board testing? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060408/ap_on_re_us/sat_error_lawsuit

  3. Makes you wonder about NCLEX boards now

    rjflyn replied to rjflyn's topic in General Nursing

    My thoughts are that I agree the BON's audit everything pretty well and stay on top of things pretty close. It should make them take a close look the next time the contract comes up for renewal for...

  4. What exactly do you do as an ER nurse?

    rjflyn replied to vegnurse21's topic in Emergency

    My best answer to your question would be to see for yourself. Find out what night is typically the busiest in your particular facility and see if you can spend a shift observing. I personally would...

  5. Blood Transfusions: How fast do you go?

    rjflyn replied to Genista's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Personally I have ran a unit in as fast as it could be squeezed in, a matter of 2-3 minutes on trauma patients. I have heard as long as several hours when a unit is split by the blood bank and each...

  6. Socal RN thinking of moving to South FLo

    rjflyn replied to dzylzyRN's topic in Florida Nursing

    Personally I dont really think it makes that much difference. i have worked in several hospitals in the last 15 years or so. A couple of them have become magnet hospitals since. Neither from talking...

  7. Need help with code protocol

    rjflyn replied to ConfusedRN's topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    Actually the best money spent is going to be on purchasing an AED and training your staff in its use. As ACLS is one of those skill that if you dont use it frequently you are going to lose it. For...

  8. Scrubs for Short People!

    rjflyn replied to Pinky2's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    CUstom made scrubs. Im not sure where exactly to get them but if you seach here there is actually a recent scrub discussion that has a like to said site.

  9. Bad reaction to TB test

    rjflyn replied to LearningRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like a positive to me. As far as Florida how true. WIth the large number of transient/mobile, non-native, undercared for persons going through our hospitals it isnt suprising that more of us...

  10. Question about being a bone marrow donor

    rjflyn replied to sahmof2's topic in Oncology

    Most of your questions can be answered at http://www.marrow.org

  11. Socal RN thinking of moving to South FLo

    rjflyn replied to dzylzyRN's topic in Florida Nursing

    As the other posters have noted Melbourne is actually considered central Florida. As with most hositals you hear good and bad about them all, everyone thinks the grass is greener at the other...

  12. Postural Vitals

    rjflyn replied to Rhonda V's topic in General Nursing

    Generally it is 2-3 mins between position changes. Also note pts signs and symptoms with the position changes, I have seen pts with no significant changes in VS but so lightheaded they almost fall....

  13. 140 mg lopressor with no effects to me.

    rjflyn replied to ak47m203's topic in General Nursing

    Actually looking at my drug reference the dose range for hypertension for Lopessor is 100-400mg a day. In my typical work setting ER for MI we give 3-5mg doses each five mins apart. This is then...

  14. Latex Allergies

    rjflyn replied to Fran_Nurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Slowly more and more hospitals are going latex free. I work ER and our Emergency Nurses Assocition has the position that all ER's should be latex free. As an example- we had a patient come to one...

  15. Fiths disease exposer in l&d nurse

    rjflyn replied to mugwump's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Actually I was just reading about this disease a little while ago because a patients parent was talking about it with me last night. Anyway most adults have already been exposed to this disease as a...

  16. Strange places to draw blood from!

    rjflyn replied to allenmob's topic in General Nursing

    We once resusitated a patient using an IV established in a vein running across the ladies breast. In certain instances one takes what one can get. Routinely no this is not a place one who look....

  17. help for addictions to pain meds......

    rjflyn replied to Misty1's topic in General Nursing

    Sadly sometimes one can only help those who want to be helped. Often times you can only get a person to realize the need help after something bad occurs. One would think that your "close person"...

  18. Groin Prep for Cardiac Cath

    rjflyn replied to sguthland's topic in Emergency

    For what it's worth I have yet to work in an ER where I am taking care of a person that is actually having an acute MI alone. If the cath team asked i'm sure that someone could get to it if given...

  19. Can You Detain a Patient Just For Being Manic?

    rjflyn replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Because he made the comment of wanting to kill himself to the right person.

  20. TO those who movedto FL

    rjflyn replied to Nursetob2005's topic in Florida Nursing

    I have been here as a traveler. I started early hearing that it was going to be slow- expecting 2-3 months. I had the temp in a week and the perm was in my hands in a month. They do FBI finger...

  21. allnurses.com tshirt ideas?

    rjflyn replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    10 Years Connected All Nurses .

  22. Can You Detain a Patient Just For Being Manic?

    rjflyn replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Well since I am in Florida I can provide the OP and others a little insite. First of all a Baker Act is the Florida process that allows a licensed physican or certified law enforcement officer to...

  23. How long is maternity leave in the US?

    rjflyn replied to Marra Jade's topic in General Nursing

    All fine and good, but I wonder what happens to ones skills in a years period of time. In the time of rapid tech changes going back after that much time off I for one would be lost.

  24. A Question about GTPAL (Pregnancy Codes).

    rjflyn replied to DJ Trance AZ's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well when I learned it parity ment fetuses carried live to 20 weeks gestation and beyond. Personally i think the whole G P A bla bla bla bla bla just needs to go away, who are we trying to fool...

  25. ER Treatment

    rjflyn replied to Caligurl's topic in Emergency

    In my experence "dental emergencies" get triaged pretty low. More often that not they are fairly staight forward as far as ED goes. Pain meds, PCN and send them home with strong encouragement to...