psu_213 BSN, RN

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    PRN vs Part time

    psu_213 replied to Rsrach11's topic in General Nursing

    As the PP said, no one will be able to tell you what is best for you. The first question I would ask is do you need benefits? If so, I would have to say to go with part time over PRN. Do you need...
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    What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    psu_213 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    I had a person who was out all day fishing. Checked into the ED the next day "Severe allergy to the sun." Umm, no, that is what happens when someone with fair skin spends the day outside with no shirt...
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    Buying scrubs for the first time

    psu_213 replied to SpidersWeb's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I agree. Most places make different disciplines (nursing, radiology, respiratory, etc.) wear different colors. Some require scrubs with the hospital logo on them. When you get a job, the facility...
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    Evening Shift Nurse Trying to Improve Health

    psu_213 replied to SaggieRN87's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I totally agree that you (the OP) need to cut down on commute times either by moving closer to work or getting a new job. I realize that neither one may be practical, but I really think it would...
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    Car germs

    psu_213 replied to Jo1212's topic in General Nursing

    There was a story in my area about fecal matter being found in some ball pit at one of those kids places. I don't think it was Chucky Cheese, but I don't remember for
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    Car germs

    psu_213 replied to Jo1212's topic in General Nursing

    No shame in
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    Right med but suspended

    psu_213 replied to CJ2121's topic in General Nursing

    It was written into our goals upon which our yearly evaluation was written that a nurse was to have XX% (90, 95, I forget the exact number) of meds scanned. I would pretty much always scan, but this...
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    Prospective new job- need advice

    psu_213 replied to EKTheRN's topic in General Nursing

    The way I figured it, on those 12 hour days there was, usually, going to be nothing else besides work. Either I got out of work too late to do something, or I was to tired to do anything productive....
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    Right med but suspended

    psu_213 replied to CJ2121's topic in General Nursing

    When I worked on a floor that used scanning, our scanning percentages, i.e. what percentage of the time we scanned the pt/med, was tracked. A nurse would be counseled if he/she had a poor percentage,...
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    Is late or lack of Documentation a reason for fireability?

    psu_213 replied to EternalFeather's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with others that you should probably be looking for a new position. In the meantime, iss this computer charting? Can you back time your charting to a specific time? For example, protocol on...
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    Prospective new job- need advice

    psu_213 replied to EKTheRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked in jobs with 3 day, 4 days, and 5 day work weeks. Both have ups and downs. The ups to 3 days is that you then have 4 days off each week. The down side is that 12 hours is a long time,...
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    Car germs

    psu_213 replied to Jo1212's topic in General Nursing

    As has already been said, I would worry a heck of a lot more about the germs they encounter at school, at a friend's house, on a trip to the grocery store, when taking their shoes off at the end of...
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    Question

    psu_213 replied to dbuy3's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know your family, the family dynamic, how close your wife is to her grandmother, etc. That means I am not in a place to say "don't do this" or "someone else needs to do it." I will say to...
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    Law against RN's working >60HR in 7 Days? Is this true?

    psu_213 replied to PcrossP's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses in my health system are only allowed to work 60 hours per week. Not sure if that is a hospital system policy or the law. Personally, I never had to worry about getting that close to that...
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    Car germs

    psu_213 replied to Jo1212's topic in General Nursing

    Including some places you would not think about...or at least prefer not to think
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    Requesting to be laid off?

    psu_213 replied to nurseypants328's topic in General Nursing

    My guess is that if you called your manager and asked to be laid off she would say that you have to resign. Either you resign and work out your 2 weeks, or you will have to quit, on the spot. I'm...
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    Pain Medications

    psu_213 replied to Steve123's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Also, if they are addicted, we are not going to cure them just be withholding a dose here and there. In addition, what's to say they ask for their PRN anxiolytic when the first start feeling anxiety,...
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    starting new job without written offer.

    psu_213 replied to huyenchau's topic in General Nursing

    I agree, don't give up your current job without that official letter from HR at the new place. I have been given that other stuff (benefit info, how to do background checks, etc.) during interviews...
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    When is the best time for blood transfusion?

    psu_213 replied to Davia's topic in General Nursing

    This was not my patient, so I can't tell you the exact reason why it was not done....I can tell you that no pt harm resulted. It was an ER pt going to a floor, but suppose it happened between shifts...
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    CNAs sleeping on the job... What can I do as a new nurse?

    psu_213 replied to jessica0rae's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Because people are made to feel that every little thing puts one's license at risk. To the OP, I would start with the simple--wake the person up. It is going to be difficult to reprimand individuals...
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    Amiodarone

    psu_213 replied to neuron's topic in Patient Medications

    What type of unit are we talking here? I generally have not seen BP/HR parameters for giving amio. I have seen amio used for A fib (particularly S/P cardiac surgery as it has less of an impact on BP),...
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    Pain Medications

    psu_213 replied to Steve123's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Because that is a scholarly source that is completely free of an
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    Pain Medications

    psu_213 replied to Steve123's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Oh you're right! It is way more important to prevent constipation that to regain independence after an injury from which recovery is possible with
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    Pain Medications

    psu_213 replied to Steve123's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I was with a friend, and we visited his mother who was recovering in the hospital from a surgically repaired hip fx. On this particular day, she was being transferred to a SNF for rehab. She asked...
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    Last week on preceptorship

    psu_213 replied to Alexx_xox's topic in Emergency

    I don't know what you have seen during your preceptorship, and you never know what is going to come through that door, so it is really impossible to say what you should try and see. I would try to...