All_Smiles_RN

All_Smiles_RN

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  1. Wearing long-sleeved shirts under scrubs

    All_Smiles_RN replied to swan36's topic in General Nursing

    I thought people wore longsleeves to have less of their skin exposed to the "joys" of healthcare work ;-) I would, except I am always hot. Darn Florida weather

  2. Diagnosis Wenckebach- YouTube video

    All_Smiles_RN replied to agent66's topic in General Nursing

    Very

  3. Non smoking hospital: What is this?!!!

    All_Smiles_RN replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    The majority of the hospitals in my area have this no smoking anywhere on campus policy. My husband works for the sheriff's office and all employees are not allowed to smoke period to become an...

  4. !Please help this school nurse!

    All_Smiles_RN replied to intellinurse's topic in Cardiac

    Neurocardiogenic

  5. Pccn

    All_Smiles_RN replied to Princess Pam's topic in Cardiac

    http://www.aacn.org/certcorp/certcorp.nsf/vwdoc/pccn

  6. How long is the wait in your ER ?

    All_Smiles_RN replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    A small town hospital 20 miles from me has an advertisement above their ED door that says "Guarenteed to see the Dr in 45 mins or less". How do you guarentee

  7. boards need to regulate MA's

    All_Smiles_RN replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    You've pushed 50mg of Lopressor IV?? What procedure was this

  8. Collapsing Colleagues?

    All_Smiles_RN replied to Filine's topic in General Nursing

    Great job! In her time of need, you were there for her. That story gave me

  9. How do you arrange day care when you work 12 hr shifts?

    All_Smiles_RN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Hubby works days, I work nights to solve the daycare crisis. I work 3 days a week, he works 4 and we only have an issue two nights a week for an hour. My brother or mother will sit with the kids...

  10. How Many Patients Do Your Monitor Tech's Watch?

    All_Smiles_RN replied to Ace1's topic in General Nursing

    Each monitored unit used to have it's own monitor tech. Our monitor tech watched our 24 beds. Then administration had the bright idea to reduce the number of monitor techs by combining monitor...

  11. Tattoo's and nurses

    All_Smiles_RN replied to Blackspirit86's topic in General Nursing

    Keep them hidden. Its unprofessional if they show in my opinion. By the way, I have

  12. Electronic records and computerization:Improving care or creating more chaos?

    All_Smiles_RN replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am a huge fan of moving to computers. Our system goes back three years at this point. So I get a name of a patient coming up from the ED. I can read old H&Ps, consults, progress notes, cath lab...

  13. Parents of Handicapped or Ill Children

    All_Smiles_RN replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    My best friend has a 4 yr old daughter with cerebal palsy. She has a very functional form. She walks, talks, plays, and does all the things other children do. She goes to physical therapy and...

  14. Getting report from the ED

    All_Smiles_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, we have done away with telephone report for ED admits. In the past few months it was moved to computerized report; this is a non-permanent portion of the chart where the ED nurse types...

  15. BSN/MSN question

    All_Smiles_RN replied to fishchick72's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    State schools are much cheaper. Not to mention they are typically accredited by the NLN. Many of them offer RN to MSN programs. I know of at least 2 in my state. My advice, check out state schools in...

  16. Hi! I'm Tweety Your Critical Care Med Surg Nurse (Or long waits for ICU beds)

    All_Smiles_RN replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, I have to say they are good about moving a pt to ICU when things take a turn for the worse. Our problem is sending inappropriate ED pts to my floor (PCU) that should have gone to ICU....

  17. Do the day nurses clash with the night nurses?

    All_Smiles_RN replied to Sassybottom's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with

  18. Medi-Tech anyone?

    All_Smiles_RN replied to emsboss's topic in General Nursing

    Thumbs down to meditech. Reminds me of a DOS based program. I really like Sunrise XA, Windows based and very user friendly. These are the only two programs I've used in the hospital

  19. Will LPN's ever be utilized the way they used to be?

    All_Smiles_RN replied to kstec's topic in General Nursing

    They take full teams the same as the RNs do. As far as I know, the only difference is that the RNs push their IV meds. We work well together. The floor I work on doesn't have all the cattiness I hear...

  20. Will LPN's ever be utilized the way they used to be?

    All_Smiles_RN replied to kstec's topic in General Nursing

    I work at a level 1 trauma center and teaching hospital that hires

  21. teaching hospital/residents vs traditional

    All_Smiles_RN replied to mediatix8's topic in General Nursing

    I too love working at a teaching hospital. Typically, the residents answers calls quickly and will come to the floor if need be. As others have said, they are open to suggestions and don't blow you...

  22. Why oh why

    All_Smiles_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Why do the majority of confused patients end up naked? You walk into the room, and there they are, sans clothes. I just don't get

  23. Discharge Planning and CHF

    All_Smiles_RN replied to madwife2002's topic in Cardiac

    Pts have the right to refuse a foley or anything else. You can measure output with a urinal. It seems they acted appropriately by convincing him that a foley was needed the next day when his output...

  24. Hello Everyone!!!

    All_Smiles_RN replied to Tele_Nurse4u's topic in Cardiac

    Basic ECG, 12 lead, and

  25. Hospice position

    All_Smiles_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I posted this in the hospice and case management threads and have not gotten a response after a few days. Maybe someone can help me here. Can you give me an idea of how a typical day might go for...