lisaow

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1. Administration of Prolixin and/or Haldol IM

   lisaow posted a topic in Psychiatric

   Help! I've started a new job and they want me to administer Prolixin and/or Haldol IM shots in a manner inconsistent with the Nursing Drug Admin books I reference. Specifically, according to the...

2. Are nurses treated badly?

   lisaow replied to -alice-'s topic in General Nursing

   although i'd heard that docs were nasty, i haven't found that to be true at

3. medication error?

   lisaow replied to strawberry2006's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   at the hospital where i work, we do the following, and we have a very low percentage of med errors: - take a polaroid picture of the patient upon admission and place it with the mar - put an arm/leg...

4. Will I ever be fast enough?

   lisaow replied to ladydame's topic in Emergency

   don't you dare compare yourself to someone who's been working the unit for 11 years. when you are learning, it never does any good to go too fast. be accurate first, then speed will naturally

5. Anxiety attack or not??

   lisaow replied to hospitalstaph's topic in General Nursing

   I would DEFINITELY go for a second opinion. I suffer from panic attacks, and although they feel physically awful, one has an inside sense that its "psychological" (does that make sense). I believe...

6. staffing on nights

   lisaow replied to donmomofnine's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   For a 33 bed peds specialty unit (some vents, some trachs, most with G tubes, all with some kind of neuro issue) we have 5-6 RN's plus one charge nurse (and 2-3 techs). Not bad,

7. CNA ? Is it really gross and why do we have to?

   lisaow replied to pristy's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

   Uh, you'd better get used to the "icky" stuff as an RN, too! Don't ever have the assumption that the techs should do all the "dirty work". If you were an RN on a unit with an attitude like that, the...

8. Nursing Instructors

   lisaow replied to earthlovers123's topic in General Nursing

   Honestly, as a recent grad from nursing school, here's my advice to you. It is fine to explore the many possibilities once you are an RN, but, you need to become an RN first. You might want to take...

9. 38 too old for school?

   lisaow replied to akanarn's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   :) You are only as old as you feel... I started nursing school when I was 37, and I just graduated in December! I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOO glad I followed through with becoming a nurse. If I had listened...

10. New Grad RN starting salary

    lisaow replied to newgrad2005's topic in California Nursing

    In Maryland, starting base is around 22.00 with 3 for evenings, 4 for nights and an additional 2 for weekends. 3K sign on, with 3 weeks vacation, 9 holidays, 2 "float days", 10 sick days, and 1-2 pay...

11. New Grad RN starting salary

    lisaow replied to newgrad2005's topic in California Nursing

    I guess it depends where you live, shift differentials, bennies, etc. Sounds pretty good for east coast, where I

12. Patient cheat sheet

    lisaow posted a topic in Rehabilitation

    hi! does anyone have a really good, easy, checklist-type of patient planning sheet they can share with me? i need to keep myself organized and on-track with my rehab patients (and their rehab...

13. What do you HATE to do at work?

    lisaow replied to mickeymouse1205's topic in General Nursing

    Emptying colostomy bags. I feel guilty saying it but, gosh they

14. Moving to DC/Maryland area?

    lisaow replied to goingCOASTAL's topic in Maryland Nursing

    :uhoh21: it's pretty expensive to live in the md/dc/va area. and compared to the cost of living, i don't believe rn pay matches here. plus, the traffic all around the tri-state area is terrible....