Hay Nars, RN

I work on a strict Med-Surg unit. We do not get tele patients on our floor. Our max is 5 patients (sometimes six) with a PCT. However, most days we only have 4 each and no PCT. Our floor staffs the rest of the floors so we are always getting floated ...

Oops! That's me. Sorry! -curses-

oh, i wouldn't worry about it too much if i were you. remember, this isn't high school anymore! however, there are "cliques" but in a good way! usually they are just a group of people who know each other better than others and have been working toge...

"wiping old peoples asses to be blunt!" -x- sorry, this is probably not the right job for you then! maybe try a desk job or something. rns do everything that pcts do and more! maybe try going into a field that doesn't contain too many old people who ...

hmm, it is a bit too early to tell but if i continue on this pace i should be ready to retire mid 50s! (:' which is a long way to go, mind you seeing as i just turned 24 on friday.

This is the kind of thing that happens when parents are uneducated and refuse/don't allow their child to get the vaccinations which can prevent most of these diseases. These vaccinations are pretty much free at a health department and do more good th...

1) On January 26, 2012, Kaplan University received a notice from the Florida Board of Nursing regarding the Associate's degree in nursing program at the Pembroke Pines facility. The letter required Kaplan University to appear at a hearing on February...

i don't really know of any professions that let you bridge over to a bachelor's in their program like with nursing. if you have a bachelors in accounting or something just bridge over and you can get a bachelor's in nursing. maybe look into it. i'm s...

Haha! We give dilaudid for headaches, stubbed toes, hang nails. That's pretty much all we do around these parts: push dilaudid.

1. missing an order for iv fluids on a patient who attempted sucide by ingesting whatever pills he could find. :-/ 2. removing cbi 1 day early (didn't see the order said d/c saturday) on a 18 year old walkie-talkie female. --who was discharged later ...

okay, i voted before i read your entire post. if you will be working directly with heart/lungs then it would be a good idea to spend a little more money on the stethoscope that was made for use in that field! (:

hmm... you are asking for advice on what you want to do for a career. pretty broad topic, that is. just do something you're interested in. i've been a nurse for two years now and i've been saying a lot lately maybe i should have went to beauty school...

I actually had this happen to me a few weeks ago one night at work. I was feeling a little nauseated so I took a compazine then started freaking out and twitching and going nuts. Needless to say my charge nurse had to walk me down to the ER and they ...

To determine gestational age because if it's past a certain amount of time it's illegal to perform an elective abortion.

Maybe they stopped this because antibiotics are not supposed to go into the subcutaneous tissue. They are ordered IV and even then they can be very harsh on veins. :-/ See an infiltrated IV from antibiotics? Not fun. Sounds like a deliberate extravas...

Yep, you're overreacting. Get used to it. It happens a lot of places.

Nope, not split here!

I work for a unionized hospital on a Med-Surg unit. I started out on days (orientation and 8 months or so). On a GOOD day, nurses were given only four patients. Only a busy day they had five. We have a lower ratio because we do not have certified nur...

Sorry, I' have never heard of this before.

The abortion clinic, then should do this prior to the procedure.

Our hospital in South Florida also has a shortage of Reglan, Zofran, Ativan, Toradol and even Hydromorphone (and more)! When the patient needs these medications we must call the pharmacy and let them know and sometimes it takes well over an hour to g...

I have given a PRN medication within a 30 minute period mark before it was due but never more than 30 minutes.

Nope, I don't wear a watch when I'm working.

Must be your region because the majority of the nurses here, regardless of unit, are African American. (: Or Jamaican/Amercan. ;D

That's an easy one! We are allowed to wear white or royal blue where I work so if I am wearing all royal then I wear my black shoes. (I haves tons of shoes). If I am wearing at least one white piece then I wear the white shoes! (= Good luck! I am itc...