StephRN08

StephRN08

oncology/BMT, general medicine

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  1. What's your favorite lip product for work?

    StephRN08 replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    Soft Lips! It is dirt cheap and they do have a few tinted

  2. Delegation Situation

    StephRN08 posted a topic in General Nursing

    First of all, here is a little background information... The hospital I work at is part of a large health sytem and is undergoing major changes. Many specialty areas, such as cardiology and...

  3. Mucomyst

    StephRN08 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone know of any tricks for administering Mucomyst PO? I have heard mixing it with grape juice hides the smell. Any other

  4. someone tell me it gets better after RN school???

    StephRN08 replied to rnintwo's topic in General Nursing

    I have a BSN and still wipe butts! This is something you need to cope with if you are interested in a career in nursing. This is simply what we do. Do I personally like working with urine and...

  5. how does JCHAO Patient safety goals prevent medication errors?

    StephRN08 replied to sginformatics's topic in General Nursing

    They would have DEFINITELY prevented this error! According to TJC, all high-alert medications are to be independently double checked by 2 RN's. This would include insulin. This means that both RN's...

  6. Teaching w/o a MSN in nursing education...

    StephRN08 replied to StephRN08's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Again, I am referring to having an MSN but not with a concentration in nursing education. This means having an MSN with a specialty in administration, informatics, research, etc. Is there anyone out...

  7. Teaching w/o a MSN in nursing education...

    StephRN08 replied to StephRN08's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I am referring to teaching with a MSN in an area other than nursing

  8. Undecided MSN

    StephRN08 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am in my first semester of graduate school. Right now my concentration is undecided, and I am devoting my first year of the program to the core MSN classes. I met with my advisor last week with...

  9. Undecided MSN

    StephRN08 replied to StephRN08's topic in General Nursing

    The school I am attending has only two options - education and administration. I went into the master's program hoping to gain exposure to more advanced content that would help me find my path...

  10. Antibiotic Situation

    StephRN08 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Today, I had a patient admitted with elevated LFT's, fever, and suspected gangrenous cholecystitis. She was ordered a STAT CT scan of the abd/pelvis and started on meropenem and vancomycin. Also,...

  11. Antibiotic Situation

    StephRN08 replied to StephRN08's topic in General Nursing

    This lady had terrible veins! We had IV team look and they couldn't find anything

  12. Antibiotic Situation

    StephRN08 replied to StephRN08's topic in General Nursing

    She was admitted last evening, so she received 9pm and 5am doses of both antibiotics. She was very symptomatic with her hemoglobin and had an extensive cardiac history. I started the PRBC's at

  13. Just got my BSN, but I don't feel any smarter

    StephRN08 replied to Le-Lee_FNP's topic in General Nursing

    I agree... I did not learn as much as I thought I would in my RN to BSN program. I took a physical assessment course and that was probably the most worthwhile one. I did learn about research,...