Gecko64

Gecko64 specializes in Acute long term, clinical, office, etc.

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1. Fired because of Facebook???

   Gecko64 replied to hairtocare's topic in General Nursing

   Our hospital just recently instilled a policy that no supervisor or staff of administration can accept friend requests on any social network site. We were in formed that our company has specialized technical staff members that are paid to scan and ov...

2. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

   Gecko64 replied to northmississippi's topic in Medications

   Heparin, lovenox, coumadin,ASA, plavix, protonix,metopropol, amarodarone, lisinopril, clondine, zofran,compazine,rennagel,reglan,lactelose,ducolax,sennokot,levaquin,vanco,flagyl,daptomyacin, dialtin,hydralazine,folic acid,vit B,Vit D,Vit C, Acute Car...

3. Maybe I'm just old and cynical, but....

   Gecko64 replied to KaroSnowQueen's topic in Relations

   I disagree...I am NOT there just for the money. I have to admit, where I work I stay because of the money is good, its a small facility and we are all like family. It takes a special person or nurse to work where I do because there is so much more to...

4. Compassion or reality for obese patients?

   Gecko64 replied to stefanyjoy's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a obese nurse.I have quit other bad habbits now working on the fat thing.Patients should be taught the same thing.I feel for them but only if they make a serious attempt to change their dangerous behvior.

5. First code situation...any suggestions?

   Gecko64 replied to wsuRN2009's topic in General Nursing

   Most important thing to remember, you acted and sent her to where she needed advanced care.You may not have been able to stop it.It may have been something which would have happened anyways.I have been part of a code recently with similar circumstanc...

6. Glad they are flooding the market with New Grads...

   Gecko64 replied to gentlegiver's topic in General Nursing

   you are so on the money. our facility has a patient census of 15 out of 55. as they make more demands on the staff, cancel more shifts (we are lucky if we get 2 per week for a full time nurse), scrutinize our work, and eliminate lpns from their work ...

7. what would you do?

   Gecko64 replied to jk6805's topic in General Nursing

   what you saw was wrong, but in no way am i trying to defend them when i say, maybe you do not have the whole picture. being new, co-workers develop a weird since of communication with each other, like maybe the two you mentioned. as those in the medi...