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    Do you titrate drips?

    Twinmom06 replied to LittleRedOwl's topic in General Nursing

    on our stepdown we will run dopamine but anything besides that will go to the unit as far as pressors go. We run heparin (titrate based on blood levels), cardizem (based on HR and BP) insulin (Q2...
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    giving D50 for hyperkalemia

    Twinmom06 replied to NurseT88's topic in Patient Medications

    push it real
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    giving D50 for hyperkalemia

    Twinmom06 replied to NurseT88's topic in Patient Medications

    I've only ever pushed it. Usually its 10 units of IV Novolog push and a half amp (half of one of those huge syringes) of D50 in a non diabetic
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    What's to complain about?

    Twinmom06 replied to guest449786's topic in General Nursing

    and do you know how hard it is to get into the State Police Academy in PA? 2-3 year waiting list. Local cops make approximately $10-$15 an hour. One of the nurses I work with was a local cop. Most...
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    How many jobs/units until you found your "niche"

    Twinmom06 replied to Michellelove's topic in General Nursing

    I'm only out of school 2 years - I did Med/Surg/Telemetry/Float pool for the first 18 months and moved into a step down role in January. This is definitely NOT my niche...I had always wanted...
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    7 Social Media Posts That Will Destroy Your Nursing Career Before It Begins!

    Twinmom06 replied to Michael M. Heuninckx's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm so glad our hospital has a written policy AGAINST hiring managers making decisions on hiring based on social media. Our accounts are ours and it is specifically against policy stalk us. I also...
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    Bedpan? Why not a Poise pad?

    Twinmom06 replied to TryVeganToday's topic in General Nursing

    along those lines - nothing is crueler than an 80 mg dose of lasix at 2200 in an 85 year old woman with limited mobility and no
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    Staffing Woes

    Twinmom06 posted a topic in General Nursing

    just a vent I suppose - is anyone else so short staffed that they're robbing Peter to pay Paul to get enough nurses for a shift? We've had 4 people leave recently, 2 more are leaving by June 15th and...
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    Taking care of DNR patients. The point?

    Twinmom06 replied to cholmes1223's topic in General Nursing

    I work step down and get plenty of DNR patients...some are in their 50's they generally have several co-morbidities. The vast majority of them are not dying, they simply don't want the violent nature...
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    Haldol IV?

    Twinmom06 replied to RelleyRN's topic in Patient Medications

    I've given it IV more often than IM although the other night I gave IM ativan because the pt went ballistic after awaking from an OD on Elavil. He'd pulled out his IV in the time I went to the med...
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    List of level IV NICU's

    Twinmom06 replied to guest769224's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I believe Geisinger Medical Center in Danville PA is a Level
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    Will green skin hurt my career?

    Twinmom06 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    I don't know about your career but you'd make a great Orion from Star
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    Crazy clinicals instructor doesn't like us using the restroom?

    Twinmom06 replied to JESSICAAA159's topic in General Students

    given the fact that I have diarrhea (no gallbladder) there would be a pile of crap on her shoes - cuz when I gotta go I GOTTA
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    RNs!!!! Did you fail Any classes???

    Twinmom06 replied to dinah77's topic in General Nursing

    Passed everything on the first try - lowest grade was a B- Passed NCLEX on the first try with 75 questions (and in less than an hour!) Plenty of people in my class would withdraw from classes before...
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    I hate night shift

    Twinmom06 replied to Wrangler156's topic in General Nursing

    and that in and of itself isn't healthy! Find some friends, peers etc...my hubs is my BFF too but I've got other friends, some just acquaintances and some that I'd run in front of a bus for - you...
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    I hate night shift

    Twinmom06 replied to Wrangler156's topic in General Nursing

    my FIL worked away for the first 40 or so years of my IL's marriage - my husband and I are convinced that's why they're married 50
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    I hate night shift

    Twinmom06 replied to Wrangler156's topic in General Nursing

    are you a newlywed? So my husband and I worked together for 10 years before he found another job and I got laid off....and went to nursing school. I've been working nights for several years and...
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    Black Humour

    Twinmom06 replied to Tenebrae's topic in Nursing Humor

    OMG one of our nurses with years of experience called a provider to come and pronounce a comfort care patient. So when she called she said to the provider "the patient in room X expired" I...
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    Charge nurse/ years of experience

    Twinmom06 replied to shortstuff31117's topic in Nurse Management

    a year and take the "charge nurse seminar" which is basically 8 hours of fluff and how to deal with other
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    Black Humour

    Twinmom06 replied to Tenebrae's topic in Nursing Humor

    when my gram passed away a few years ago, it was quite sudden - she'd had CAD for YEARS but was managed well and lived 20+ years with no issues, and one night she had a massive MI and that was it. So...
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    Black Humour

    Twinmom06 replied to Tenebrae's topic in Nursing Humor

    thanks for the laugh! That was quite funny! and to the poster that said something about karma - if I die and someone rolls me over and I fart I hope they get the last
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    Black Humour

    Twinmom06 replied to Tenebrae's topic in Nursing Humor

    Poop - I realize that this is about death but dark humor rises in me over poop. We had a patient on tube feeds - literally looked like a murder scene - he outlined himself on the bed in liquid feces....
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    Oldest practicing Nurse?

    Twinmom06 replied to RN&mom's topic in General Nursing

    wow - that's
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    Esme Needs Your Prayers

    Twinmom06 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Hope you're on the mend very soon Esme! Many healing vibes and positive
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    How far in advance did you apply for your first RN job?

    Twinmom06 replied to ViennaRain's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated in May 2013 and started applying, interviewing in January/February of that year and had 2 offers by