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  1. Which is better for new grad? Big Medical Center or small hospital?

    schroeders_piano replied to careerdejour's topic in General Nursing

    It wasn't that long ago (it has been awhile, it just doesn't feel that way to me) that I faced this same decision. I chose a small hospital and I still love it. I started out working Med/Surg and then...

  2. jcaho coming

    schroeders_piano replied to Spider Cat's topic in General Nursing

    We had our JCAHO inspection last month. It was nothing at all. The inspectors went to each of our patient care units, they pulled a chart, and talked with one the nurses taking care of that patient....

  3. O2 saturation question

    schroeders_piano replied to kaseysmom's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have never heard of applying oxygen to someone who has a pulse ox of 98%. My hospital's protocol doesn't call for O2 to be applied unless the patient's pulse ox drops below 90%. Back in the ICU we...

  4. Any facilities that stop accepting pts if there is insufficient staff?

    schroeders_piano replied to Nurse Ratched's topic in General Nursing

    I work ICU and we never divert. Sometimes it means that each ICU nurse has 5 or 6 patients. Way more than what should be allowed, but hospital adminstration tries to find us some help. We usually end...

  5. Flushing Ports

    schroeders_piano replied to nightingale's topic in General Nursing

    In my facility, we flush ports with 10ml of normal saline followed by 100 units of heparin diluted to 5ml. We also must use 10ml syringes because of maintaining certain pressure levels in the

  6. Flushing Ports

    schroeders_piano replied to nightingale's topic in General Nursing

    In my facility, we flush ports with 10ml of normal saline followed by 100 units of heparin diluted to 5ml. We also must use 10ml syringes because of maintaining certain pressure levels in the

  7. CPR and DNR Orders

    schroeders_piano replied to suprnurs40's topic in General Nursing

    Someone posted that if patient tells you at the bedside that they want to be a DNR then you better find a physician and get it written on the chart. In IL, if a patient ( who is of sound mind) tells...

  8. Med-Surg Topic of the Week .... Nurse to Patient Ratios

    schroeders_piano replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I almost let this comment go by, but I can't.:angryfire I used to work Med/Surg on the night shift. Just because is it night, it does not mean it is less work for the nurses. I find it funny that a...

  9. Fulltime/Fullscope LPN in BC-Canada

    schroeders_piano replied to LPN_of_BC's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    What is the difference between a LPN and a full scope LPN? An US nurse is wondering.

  10. Just how many nurses from IL do we have here at allnurses?

    schroeders_piano replied to jadednurse's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Greetings from Cisne. (For those of you who have no clue where Cisne is, it is located between two corn rows in the middle of nowhere-aka Wayne County:rotfl:

  11. Do LPN's get the pay they deserve?

    schroeders_piano replied to Pedsnrs2003's topic in General Nursing

  12. Medication Aides

    schroeders_piano replied to R.L.Silva's topic in General Nursing

    I am an RN who has absolutely no problems with getting my hands dirty and I know several other nurses who would not be afraid to get their hands dirty either. I have worked on a Med/Surg unit that...