nicetomeetyou

nicetomeetyou specializes in Medical-surgical.

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1. New grad please excuse the silly question

   nicetomeetyou replied to lsafy's topic in New Nurse

   Well we dont diagnose as nurses, but physicians arent always aware of everything, so if the patient did start developing edema on their feet and SOB thats information that needs to be passed on

2. Lab orders not did not get ordered! :(

   nicetomeetyou posted a topic in New Nurse

   I found a job as an RN on a med-surg floor, and I love it so much. One day I came to work and the RN i was supposed to be working with called off. I had to take care of 6 patients on my own, and 2 on telemetry. They got another CNA to come in, but I ...

3. interventions?

   nicetomeetyou replied to nicetomeetyou's topic in Med-Surg

   Thats an awesome answer, thank you so much. It makes perfect sense to determine why the blood pressure is climbing in the first place. Thanks again for your feedback, I really appreciate it!

4. interventions?

   nicetomeetyou posted a topic in Med-Surg

   This is probably a dumb question, but its been bugging me for a couple days. What are some nursing interventions for the acute management for hypertension? Atleast until I can get a doc on the phone? I had a patient the other day whose bp was within ...

5. IV Push Questions from nursing student

   nicetomeetyou replied to glovedgoddess's topic in Student Assist

   We flush before and after administration of an IV push because thats the protocol at my hospital. Ofcourse it's different everywhere, and obviously if you had a fluid restricted patient they most likely wouldn't have fluids running anyway.

6. Nurses Eating Their Young

   nicetomeetyou replied to Doc Lori, R.N.'s topic in Relations

   This was so great. I'm new grad and just finished orientation in my hospital. While a couple of the nurses I worked with seemed to not like the idea of precepting, I took it as exhaustion and I really felt for them. I was fortunate enough to work wit...

7. IV Push Questions from nursing student

   nicetomeetyou replied to glovedgoddess's topic in Student Assist

   If IV fluids are running, I always flush before and after regardless of compatibility... there are usually standing orders that say "to flush before and after administration of IV medications" and I hardly ever have a patient who is just running norm...

8. Pharmacology is kicking my butt!! Help!

   nicetomeetyou replied to avaloncar's topic in Student Assist

   Its impossible to know what every single medication does, so you need to learn the major classifications of each medication (positive inotrope, beta-blocker, benzodiazepine, etc...) and learn general side effects of each. There are some drugs that ha...

9. Care Plan HELP

   nicetomeetyou replied to NurseJen26's topic in Student Assist

   The way I got through care plans is just looking at the essentials. And you are gonna do this as an RN in a hospital but you wont get the time to look them up in a book lol. Whats her history, is she healthy, secondary diagnoses, family hx, then go t...

10. Employed '09 and '10 grads: Are you where you wanted to be?

    nicetomeetyou replied to Lovely_RN's topic in New Nurse

    yeah I actually ended up somewhere really good for me but itwas far from what I expected. I found a job after submitting about 100+ applications. I had to drive 6 hours to go to my interview and another 6 hours (12 round trip) for the health screenin...

11. Does anyone else find this offensive?

    nicetomeetyou replied to megan3485's topic in General Nursing

    wasnt trying to offend anyone. just stating my opinion

12. Your Worst Mistake

    nicetomeetyou replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new grad have been working for a few months now, but I made a really idiotic mistake. I was giving an SVN treatment, and the o2 was running at 6L. I stayed with thr patient throughout the treatment, and after it finished I started talking to he...

13. Seriously...

    nicetomeetyou replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    make the material more easily accessible. or make it a part of the admission process.

14. Does anyone else find this offensive?

    nicetomeetyou replied to megan3485's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that it is very offensive. I think LPN's do not get enough credit for their achievements and what they bring to the field. I know an experienced RN in our ER who is very outspoken and stated to my face that LPN's are pointless and are glorifi...