MomRN0913

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  1. Having trouble with starting some IVs

    MomRN0913 replied to IBRN2's topic in General Nursing

    Obese patient are much harder. The trick I learned is when you find a vein, you have to go in a little deeper to get through the fat. I go in at a deeper angle SLOWLY until I get the flash. IV's are...

  2. Keep ALL your connections!

    MomRN0913 replied to NickiLaughs's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Nice! Case Management is the toughest field to break into. This is a great opportunity. I am FB friends with someone from high school. We chatted a little in HS, but never really hung out. Well,...

  3. This is why I am an anxious wreck...

    MomRN0913 replied to gorjos's topic in General Nursing

    Totally agreed. Do not take all the patients within minutes of eachother. They can hold on while you get each one admitted and settled. A little assertiveness with out being b!tchy can go a long...

  4. Night shift- when do you exercise?

    MomRN0913 replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked nights, I exercised on the morning the day after I had off the night before. Whether or not I work that actual night. Worked out

  5. Night shift syndrome

    MomRN0913 replied to SweetsRN522's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Yes, there is such a thing as nightshift syndrome, I forget the actual name. The critical care pulmonologist who specializes also in sleep diagnosed me with it. I was the same as you after 4 years...

  6. What's your weird quirk?

    MomRN0913 replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    Can't stand when a patient has matted messy hair. I have to do their hair. If their IV's are tangled, telemetry wires, pulse ox cord, bp cord are all tangled, I must straighten it

  7. Med Surg and miserable...:(

    MomRN0913 replied to skimom88's topic in First Year After Licensure

    really any area of nursing you need to know the body systems and disease processes at any given time. This isn't just a med-surg thing. It does come together after practice and does eventually...

  8. I feel so embarrased and feel like harrased...

    MomRN0913 replied to neeke816's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Harassed? The poor embarrassed young male with normal male reactions did what he could do by grabbing the towel and covering it so you DIDN"T feel harassed. I certainly didn't feel harassed when the...

  9. LTC incident, what are your thoughts.

    MomRN0913 replied to wearyLPN's topic in General Nursing

    She SUBJECTIVELY wrote you up, there was nothing OBJECTIVE about that write up. She FELT? Well, if someone goes against her FEELINGS it does not mean they are wrong.' I would have done exactly what...

  10. Who floats first?

    MomRN0913 replied to vic_rn's topic in General Nursing

    where I used to work, it was on a rotational basis, didn't matter their status. We didn't have travellers

  11. Honestly, what would you think?

    MomRN0913 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've had this job as an Outcomes manager in a cath lab for about a month and half, don't like the job, but i took it because I needed a job. First i had a really hard time getting a feel for the...

  12. Baylor Plan

    MomRN0913 replied to fmugurl19's topic in General Nursing

    They are pretty much phasing out. Costing too much money I think. The hospital i worked at eliminated it 2 years

  13. Not ACLS certified pulled to Tele floor...

    MomRN0913 replied to Jess_Missouri_RN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Not all nurses need to be ACLS certified. New Grads starting out in ICU don't even need to be ACLS certified. They typically have a year to obtain their ACLS. As long as there is ACLS certified...

  14. Hourly doses of vent sedation, is this common?

    MomRN0913 replied to jkej's topic in MICU, SICU

    I worked with one wonderful nurse who I did adore, but we had very differing views on sedation. If her patient wasn't jumping out of bed or trying to pull the tube, she would shut the proposal off...

  15. Is it ok to say . . .

    MomRN0913 replied to ArtsyCraftsy's topic in General Nursing

    I usually say, "take care of yourself" "it's been a pleasure" or "I better not see you back here" in a joking manor of course, because I worked ICU. Whatever your comfortable

  16. Hourly doses of vent sedation, is this common?

    MomRN0913 replied to jkej's topic in MICU, SICU

    LOL! Oh, i told my coworkers if they didn't have me maxed on diprivan with some morphine Q2, I would come back and haunt their

  17. Hourly doses of vent sedation, is this common?

    MomRN0913 replied to jkej's topic in MICU, SICU

    One kind of old school doc did it, when the patients were rather calm and expected to be weaned soon. Most used diprivan, the short halflife is great, but I think there is too much respiratory...

  18. Ouch

    MomRN0913 replied to MJB2010's topic in General Nursing

    I made a nice paycheck being a nurse manager. Now I make 12K a year less (yet 12 K more than the job I had before I became a NM. But not being on call 24/7, the calls all weekend and at 1am, the...

  19. Any Cath Lab Nurses???

    MomRN0913 replied to ERRNTraveler's topic in Cardiac

    I am an ICU nurse who does quality outcomes for a cath lab. Let me tell you, this is where I want to work! Completely different nursing though. Very technical, you need to be onto of your...

  20. Max on Levophed?

    MomRN0913 replied to Nurse_Sophia's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Our hospital said 30, but a few doctors say there is no max. you can go as high as you need. May have no extremities left, but probably if they need that high of a dose, it's life over

  21. I miss it

    MomRN0913 replied to JTK467's topic in MICU, SICU

    All I can say is I hear ya. I worked in a busy community MICU for almost 5 years. I loved it, but I did become a bit burnt out, and the schedule wasn't working anymore. I'll skip the shoe story,...

  22. Sesame Street Breastfeeding: Moms Push To Bring Nursing Back To TV Show

    MomRN0913 replied to lrobinson5's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I grew up watching sesame street. It was one of the 5 channels i had for the first 6 years of my life. I watch it with my 4 year old. It's fine the way it is, but it gets to be a little bit too...

  23. New hospital~~>not a new grad.

    MomRN0913 replied to JanetCCURN's topic in General Nursing

    You don't only have to ask your preceptor things. Ask other nurses. Ask you NM if you have P&P

  24. Your Worst Mistake

    MomRN0913 replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    Oh bejesus, I did the same thing! I thought I was the only one.... 15 mintues passed and i noticed a hr drop. I shut it off and he woke up loud and clear in like 5 minutes!!! I almost passed out....

  25. Sesame Street Breastfeeding: Moms Push To Bring Nursing Back To TV Show

    MomRN0913 replied to lrobinson5's topic in Ob/Gyn

    So let's shove everything politically correct down the throats before they hit age 6. Slow and steady is all I am saying! We expect these little kids to understand and accept everything before they...