lucky_shamrock

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1. Blood Administration / Electronic Scanning & Charting

   lucky_shamrock replied to njinformaticsrn's topic in Emergency

   We just switched over to Paragon. Blood is a PITA (among many other things). There is a tab on the daily assessment page for blood. The first nurse goes in, checks off all the little boxes (consent, VS, etc) then virtually "signs" her name and logs ...

2. Do you ever get tired of hearing this phrase?

   lucky_shamrock replied to Double-Helix's topic in General Nursing

   Agree with pixie99 - I don't think its always about losing the license - sometimes its about making a mistake or missing something that leads to a poor outcome, lawsuit or disciplinary action. I know nursing as a profession has worked hard to gain re...

3. How many patients do you typically have (day/night)??

   lucky_shamrock replied to 2011nursetobe's topic in General Nursing

   I'm on a renal/vascular med surg floor, second shift. We typically have 4 or 5 - maybe 6 on really crazy days. This used to be with a full time charge nurse, who took off orders, called the docs PRN, etc. We just recently changed to an EMR and the c...

4. You really think nurses make alot of money? Let me give you something to think about

   lucky_shamrock replied to diosa78's topic in General Nursing

   I agree that nurses are underpaid for the degree of responsibility and stress we deal with...however, I think "mark up" on nursing care (or and any hospital supply for that matter) is highly complex. What a hospital charges is not necessarily what th...

5. The last thing you want to hear when you get to work

   lucky_shamrock replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

   "That quad in Room X is having a colonoscopy tomorrow. He started the GoLytely about an hour ago."

6. Last semester of NS, hired as ED Tech, what to expect?

   lucky_shamrock replied to srobb11's topic in Emergency

   Congrats on the new job! I was hired as an ED tech just as I was finishing nursing school. It was an amazing experience - I only wish I had started sooner! The experience that I got there was invaluable. As far as duties - you're basically the nurse...

7. Accept a tech position?

   lucky_shamrock replied to daliguana's topic in General Nursing

   For what it is worth, I think it can be a great idea to take a tech position, depending on the hospital and the position. I did exactly that when I graduated nursing school this past August. Knowing the job market was so bad out there, I took a posit...