RoxanRN

RoxanRN

CCRN, CNRN, Flight Nurse

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  1. NursesRX

    RoxanRN replied to onegrumpyrn's topic in Travel

    I thought my first NursesRX recruiter was pretty shady. Because of him, I've been stiffed out of a recruiting bonus. My GF forgot to put my name on her application, but the recruiter (we had the...

  2. Travel and taxes..... Question

    RoxanRN posted a topic in Travel

    Mods...... If this isn't the right place, please move it. I am a traveling RN. Per IRS, unless I want to pay a ton of back taxes, I cannot remain in one state (outside of my legal state of residence)...

  3. Kansas City?

    RoxanRN replied to Travel4fun001's topic in Travel

    KS and MO are NOT compact states (wish they were). However, I'm hoping to travel into KCMO starting January. Nothing firm at this time. Feel free to PM

  4. Nurses Rx...anyone travel with them????

    RoxanRN replied to gofast!'s topic in Travel

    I have never worked an assignment for them. However, a GF has and was't too thrilled. The high dollar completion bonus lure kept diminishing the more interested she became in the company/assignment....

  5. Hospital cancelled my contract!?!

    RoxanRN replied to mrupp3's topic in Travel

    As a soon-to-be traveler, I'm loving all these threads!! I do have a question, though.... can I have written into my contract if I have no documented 'discipline' or 'personality' problems (like the...

  6. setting up EVDs

    RoxanRN replied to slholmes's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    What system do you use? How can you drain and get a pressure reading at the same time through the transducer? With the system we use, we have to turn the stopcock off to get ICP readings (as well as...

  7. Patients on Vacation????(long)

    RoxanRN replied to emsboss's topic in Emergency

    as a matter of course, my dh and i carry a piece of paper in our wallets listing next of kin, contact numbers (including contact numbers of someone outside the family), pmhx, allergies, meds with sig....

  8. SBAR Reporting in Critical Care

    RoxanRN replied to loriann's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Below is my opinion..... take it or leave it. My facility uses it for ER to ICU/floor report. Meaning, they call and tell us the SBAR is on the way (fax or pneumatic tube). No phone verbal report....

  9. Spoken of before

    RoxanRN replied to linkay77's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    No extra pay here, either.... even for CCRN and

  10. cpr training for nursing students- HELP!

    RoxanRN replied to nessa1980's topic in General Nursing

    If there were enough people close enough to me, I'd see what I could do about offering a CPR class. I'm an AHA

  11. Do you shower when you get off work???

    RoxanRN replied to luvmy3kids's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a night shifter and all I want to do when I get home is go to bed!! I shower when I get up. I wash my hands regularly at work and, if needed, change

  12. New to night shift

    RoxanRN replied to Cowboys_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Ambien and Lunesta are my friends (and lifesavers!!). I've never been able to sleep well... even at night. My schedule for when I work 2 or more nights (12 hour shifts) in a row... I try to nap for a...

  13. Cnrn

    RoxanRN replied to Jonty's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I agree, the test is hard!! It made NCLEX and CCRN look like cakewalks! :sofahider

  14. Management of hyperthermia in neuro patients

    RoxanRN replied to harrn's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Can you provide the citiation from JCAHC as I'm unable to find anything about it on their

  15. Dental Assistants Pushing Propofol etc...

    RoxanRN replied to Larry77's topic in Emergency

    This doctor is an MD as are the other doctors in the group. I have never heard of oral surgeons being anything other than

  16. Incometent Doctor

    RoxanRN replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    Because of the placement required for a Hare Traction splint (under the ischial tuberosity; the patient should feel as though they are sitting on in), it is not used on hip fractures. A Sager Traction...

  17. Dental Assistants Pushing Propofol etc...

    RoxanRN replied to Larry77's topic in Emergency

    My daughter had her wisdom teeth out 2 weeks ago. I was present for the 'induction' of the sedation. The oral surgeon (an MD, not DDS) started the IV and pushed the drugs.... propofol, ketamine,...

  18. RN to Paramedic Bridge Course

    RoxanRN replied to ironjohn929's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    my suggestion......... go to medic school (2 year degree) and go to rn school (2 or 4 year degree) - in whichever order you chose. personally, i think going the bridge route shortchanges you. there...

  19. Not brain-dead, but ripe for transplant

    RoxanRN replied to gwenith's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    We have had several DCD donors (and a few brain death) over the last several months. Working with our local organ procurement organization (OPO) has been quite interesting. They are a wonderful...

  20. Ethical ???

    RoxanRN replied to nurseguinness's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    So how is an experienced staff person supposed to handle something? You make it sounds as though no one can handle an ethical dilema. Personally, I would have been on the phone to the house sup to...

  21. need wichita hotel...

    RoxanRN replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    Take a look here....... http://www.google.com/maps?hl=en&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-42,GGLG:en&q=hotel+east&near=Wichita,+KS&sa=X&oi=local&ct=title If you have anymore questions, feel...

  22. Okay, Dumb question=Diluting meds

    RoxanRN replied to Fairlythere's topic in General Nursing

    After you've gotten your drug and dilutant into the same syringe, aspirate an additional 1-3ml of air to the syringe. Invert several times. I don't think you can mix it any more thorough. After...

  23. Okay, Dumb question=Diluting meds

    RoxanRN replied to Fairlythere's topic in General Nursing

    You keep talking about 10ml syringes.... Do you have 3ml syringes? They are marked in 0.1ml increments. I draw up the required amount in the smaller syringe and inject it into a larger NS filled...

  24. Long-term Care Advance Directive

    RoxanRN replied to djewel's topic in General Nursing

    Like I said, I've never worked in LTAC, only hospital. I know if a patient is a DNR at a NH and is admitted to me, I have to have an order written on the chart for DNR. I can't take the NHs DNR....

  25. Long-term Care Advance Directive

    RoxanRN replied to djewel's topic in General Nursing

    Please take the following with a grain of salt. This is arm-chair quarterbacking at its best (and I hate it ). And I have never worked NH/LTAC (those who have (or even a legal nurse) would be better...