janetrette

i am feeling overwhelming with the studying of the drugs that columbia wanted us to know. i understand knowing the side effects are important. but do they really ask you about drug interaction and the normal amount of dosage for the drug??? any input...

i am stress out. a different kind of stress from nursing school. i am torn btw working two hospital offering me two different positions. one is the ER position at a city hospital and the other is a med-surg unit on a private hospital. ER offers me ...

By Dec. 27, it's going to my 6th month evaluation and already I had been written up!!! My patient had a bone marrow aspiration biopsy and needed to keep NPO after midnight and he was keep NPO. It wasn't until the day during shift report I realized th...

is it true that no fingerstick to the finger of a mastectomy pt? [1side of the breast cut off] i know that no B/P nor IV but what about FS??? :balloons: just wanted to confirm!

How Do You Know If Er Nursing Is For You?

congrats. i know what kind of feeling it is. :balloons:

I had seen blood transfusion given 200ml/hr. No reactions and given on a 22 gauge needle. in our hospital, 20g is the number. I usually run the blood over 4hr. stay with the patient and start counting the 15min when the blood enters the patient body.

in my hospital where we work, "the nurses should write all 10 nursing notes on our patient." our ratio is 1:10. however, on crazy notes i just write the most important. if other patient are stable i won't write a nursing note. our hospital has both t...

WHEN... the other shift nurse leaves u with empty cart or a storm in the cart

i'm been working at this hospital on a med-surg floor for almost 7months. i love my night shift crew. but i have a hard time giving report to the day nurses. one of the nurses would laugh at me. for eg. i had this pt with dx of neutropenia and there ...

quick facts: going into my 9th month of med-surg nurse. im a new grad. been in charge 2x. usually patient load 10. the other we had to protest i had 13 patients and 1 was a direct admission with blood transfusion. im still studying, going to school f...

thanks for all the reply. i'm having trouble picking a hospital. what should i say to them why i wanted to quit after 9 month? why i didnt wait for a 1yr? doesn't it show how weak i am? i'm interested in the er by the way.

i knew i wanted to be a nurse because i wanted to do patient care.

oh no, the pt was dx with neutropenia. a cancer pt with all labs off the wall. she's only been a nurse for 3 yrs.

not that i know of...

bone marrow aspiration / biospy!

i graduate from bmcc dec 2004 since it was just last winter its competitive to get into the program. can you heard a 3.77 gpa to get in? it's insane. join a study group for support because there's no on in your family that knows what you are going th...

sometimes its whatever choice you have. like i gave an IM inj of haldol to a pt who was agitated into the vl. normally i would give an IM at vg. so it depends on the situation.

as a new grad, and a new nurse I think the best way to approach him would tell it to him honestly. Take a break for yourself. You need that break to help care for others. Make a general rounds of the patients. Give the assignments to the nursing aids...

is it true that heparin and lovenox cannot be given together?

i had given 20meg k with 250ml. if the patient complaint of pain just reduce the rate in half so it's less irritating. that's what i had been told to do.

- always carry a penlight esp if you're working at nights! - i carry a pad with me to jock down any things i need to remember. - print out a list of your patient names with id number if possible to carry in your pocket. so you don't look like a fool ...

it all varies from how much experiences do you have. they would gradly take new grads to med-surg, motherbaby, labor and delivery, peds, nicu, but not the er. i'm not quite sure about icu either.

i believe NYM offers a good length orientation for a med-surg floor. the problem i think with NYM is the patient ratio. between 10-13 patients. i am on a floor that carries 10-1 max. don't know if i am lucky or not. anyhow, pay for a night rn is abou...

i dont see a huge turnover at nym where as i heard maimodies has it instead. my friend enjoys her floors. i get to pick the unit meaning med-surg, labor-delivery but the actually floor - no.