I'm just starting in a new trauma/PACU/ICU live-in unit and I am trying to learn and re-learn a few things. I was hoping someone -- or several someone's -- could explain (as in-depth as we can go)...
Hey everyone, I'm a young guy 2 years out of school. I've just moved to Atlanta to start a new job and I was just wondering what all of you other nurses do to meet new people and have fun while still...
I actually just moved to Atlanta. I'm a young guy not long out of nursing school (2 years) and depending on the area, the starting pay seems to be around ~$23/hr for that amount of experience....
Grady Memorial in Atlanta? I have been looking at hospitals in the Atlanta area. I actually interviewed for a position in my current hospital for an ICU position and it has been 2 1/2 weeks and I...
Amen. I currently work on a cancer floor and this could not be more true. Once you have worked with cancer patients and their families (and you WILL work with their families haha), you will never...
I would definitely not stick it out. If you plan to do anything other than LTC or nursing home, you need to start getting med-surg experience under your belt. You should stay until you are able to...
There are a couple of things I agree with in this person's post. First off, I work on a Med/Surge floor with an entire wing dedicated to Oncology patients. I think that this will be beneficial to...
I feel it's generally a grey area at times. I usually look at patients as stable, stable at the moment (but soon to be unstable), and unstable. Someone with chest pain, diaphoretic, with an altered...
I work on a Med/Surg floor with an Oncology wing. As it stands, we generally get any and all patients who are battling cancer. That being said, there is usually patient on our floor who is either...
Oxycodone/APAP would be Percocet. Lortab would indeed be Hydrocodone/APAP. That would definitely be something they need to correct on your sheet... as that would directly impact your answer haha....
I don't think the OP is saying that he/she is 'settling' nor that they have no desire to learn. I think the situation is more of a lack in experience that the OP is worried about. I was in basically...
I know at my hospital we do a comprehensive check of the chart orders for at least the past 24 hours once per shift. I don't know if this is an actual policy but it is certainly a good practice....
Let's get right to it shall we? 1. I understand the rationale behind NPO prior to procedures but something that I have never really been able to get a clear answer on is why is a patient NPO prior to...