Nellie Nurse

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  1. Are we doing good for our patients?

    Nellie Nurse replied to GeologistRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    It's like you are me. I have been working in an ICU for almost a year now. I find myself more bothered with the things that go on here than in any other place I have worked. Having to participate...

  2. Hematoma after heart cath

    Nellie Nurse posted a topic in Cardiac

    Not my pt but an event that happened the other night has me wanting to refresh my education and I can't find much info with a general web search. Pt developed rapidly expanding hematoma shortly after...

  3. Hematoma after heart cath

    Nellie Nurse replied to Nellie Nurse's topic in Cardiac

    Thanks for the reply. The hematoma was too large to mark; extending into the groin and thigh. It was a critical situation. Unfortunately the SWAT nurse present, the one that we look to as a guide...

  4. Got myself stuck out west

    Nellie Nurse posted a topic in Michigan Nursing

    So I have been living out here in the Phoenix area. I would love to someday move back to West MI which will always be home to me. I feel as though that will not be possible due to the huge...

  5. Got myself stuck out west

    Nellie Nurse replied to Nellie Nurse's topic in Michigan Nursing

    That's surprising. Prior to moving out here I was working just south of the MI border, in Indiana and I figured their wages would be similar. Hoping to someday go to possibly the GR

  6. Air Embolism

    Nellie Nurse posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    It was announced in a staff meeting that it was determined that the cause of death for a patient who had died on our unit was air embolism caused by the IV. No further details were given as to the...

  7. What to do about barrage of questions from families

    Nellie Nurse replied to SoundofMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes when a family member would ask me more questions than I could answer about the patient's plan of care by the physician who usually did not share that information with me I would give the...

  8. Becoming an RN just for the paycheck

    Nellie Nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is it just my idealistic view of what a nurse should be or does this bother other nurses? I have heard several times lately and have read articles of people who are going to nursing school, not...

  9. DVT prophylaxis orders

    Nellie Nurse posted a topic in Patient Medications

    So the hospital I work at recently instituted these DVT prophylaxis orders where each pt upon admission has a form placed on their chart for the doctor to review and sign. The form has boxes to check...

  10. Places who pay for schooling ????

    Nellie Nurse replied to woogie_nell's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in nursing school I did not take the scholarship for the reasons mentioned by the previous poster but the hospital I worked for also had an option for tuition reimbursement. Unlike the...

  11. Any outlandish therapy, you've thought up?

    Nellie Nurse replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    - I wish that there was a headset device that you could talk into while doing the head to toe assessment of the patient that would automatically enter your assessment into the computer so I wouldn't...

  12. Jcaho Medication Reconciliation

    Nellie Nurse replied to SEOBowhntr's topic in Patient Medications

    I work on an ortho/neuro unit where the doctors are babied. Our med reconciliation forms used to be order sheets that the doctors could check mark DC or continue but none of them used the order form...

  13. Can't decide where to go!!

    Nellie Nurse posted a topic in Arizona Nursing

    I have 2 offers for travel positions, one for Banner Good Sam on the Ortho/Neuro, med-surg unit, and the other on a med-surg/oncology unit at Banner Thunderbird. I have never been to either of these...

  14. Can't decide where to go!!

    Nellie Nurse replied to Nellie Nurse's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I have had experience with a level 1 trauma teaching hospital as well as a level 2 hospital. I am most concerned about the drive and safety. Both facilities are about the same distance from where I...

  15. Southwest Michigan??

    Nellie Nurse replied to middypiegirl's topic in Michigan Nursing

    From a fellow Michigander I want to congraulate you on passing the NCLEX!! I myself was raised and currently live in Berrien county. I have worked at Lakeland, Butterworth in Grand Rapids, and...

  16. Epidural vs. PCA pump

    Nellie Nurse posted a topic in Pain Management

    I work in a Ortho/Neuro unit with many ortho surgeries. The patients are given a choice preop of epidural vs. PCA for pain management postop. I can't stand the epidurals. I don't think that they...

  17. New hosptial computer systems pull nurses away from patient care

    Nellie Nurse replied to lee1's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Our hospital just switched to Cerner. We had started out with using computerized MAR but we just went back to the paper MAR because pharmacy was totally unprepared for the change and a lot of scary...

  18. Considered Mandatory Overtime?

    Nellie Nurse replied to HillNPStudent's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    The unit that I work on signs us up for 1-2 extra 8 hour 3-11pm shifts per schedule. I normally work 7am-7pm. They don't let us pick which days to be signed up for and they are mandatory. If you can't...

  19. Pain Management

    Nellie Nurse replied to Bethena's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I work on an Ortho/Neuro surgical unit and pain control is a huge issue. For total joint surgeries our patients usually have either a PCA or epidural with PO meds for breakthrough pain. If these...

  20. Air Embolism

    Nellie Nurse replied to Nellie Nurse's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    We were told that it was a peripheral IV but we were not told many

  21. I've left the OR

    Nellie Nurse posted a topic in Operating Room

    This is an update to my previous post. So I was orienting in the outpatient surgery center before I was to go to my permanent home, major OR, when I had an epiphany- I don't want to work in the OR....

  22. Yelled at by NA for shaving pt.

    Nellie Nurse posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Yesterday at work I was shaving a patient's face when the NA that I was working with asked me to step out of the room. She says to me " I specifically told the family that he could not be shaved with...

  23. I'm going to in charge for the first time.

    Nellie Nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Tommorrow I will be charge nurse for the first time. I'm nervous but excited at the same time. Anyone have any words of wisdom to help me through my shift.

  24. I'm going to in charge for the first time.

    Nellie Nurse replied to Nellie Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Well I was lucky, this weekend we were wonderfully staffed and not too many admits. We discharged a bunch of people and so my shifts ended up being fairly slow. I never realized though how many...

  25. Reality Shock

    Nellie Nurse replied to RnAngl's topic in General Nursing

    Do you work at my old hospital? I used to work on a neuro med/surg unit as a new nurse. Absolutely hated it because I would have 7-10 patients on nights with maybe 2 -3 nursing assistants for a 47...