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nursenotamaid

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  1. Assignment at Stanford

    nursenotamaid replied to Codeman906's topic in Travel

    AMN has an exclusive contract with Stanford. Because Stanford is a really popular assignment, they can get away with paying super low pay rates. The flipside of that is that Stanford (mostly ICUs,...

  2. Bed Baths & Other Nursing Arts Still Taught? (Speaking of Wet Wipe Baths)

    nursenotamaid replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in General Students

    I went to nursing school about 12 years ago (wow...that long?!) and we were taught soap and water baths with wash cloths and we also had to make our beds with flat sheets, not fitted ones. Now, the...

  3. Do you give back-rubs and foot baths to your patients?

    nursenotamaid replied to silt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I don't give massages, generally speaking. However, for patients who are incontinent or immobile, I do rub protective lotion on their backs, bums, elbows and heels, but I wouldn't call that a massage...

  4. ICU nurses: Do you check cornea reflex and gag reflex q4h ?

    nursenotamaid replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Critical Care

    Unless that patient is talking to me, yes, I do check, however, on our neuro's - we check

  5. Pittsburgh ICU nurses

    nursenotamaid replied to SandraDeeRN's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    I would go to Trauma at AGH if you had the

  6. Family Members and their pearls of wisdom...

    nursenotamaid replied to R!XTER's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I always love it when someone comes in asking for "my cousin", who they think is named Joe, but they don't know their last name, or why they are in the hospital. --... you're not really the cousin. go...

  7. Need input from NIGHT SHIFT nurses

    nursenotamaid replied to meanmaryjean's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Friendly: Our nurse educators come to the unit and stay until 11pm to get night shifters signed off on inservices. Unfriendly: I've worked there for 2 years, never ONCE met the unit director - not...

  8. Day in the life of a psych nurse??

    nursenotamaid posted a topic in Psychiatric

    Hey all! I'm an ICU nurse -- been working adult ICU (on the medical side) for the past 10 years and have reached the point of serious burn out. I wish I could go BACK to nursing school to do...

  9. Why did/are you getting your BSN?

    nursenotamaid replied to thesundowner's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I'm going through the motions to get my BSN now just to open up more doors for MSN/DNP programs so I don't have to try to find bridge programs. It has been a massive waste of money and time and is...

  10. Has anyone coded a co-worker? Dealing with the grief...

    nursenotamaid replied to Zookeeper3's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Yep. One of everyone's favorite guys in the cafeteria coded right in the middle of the day in the cafeteria. He had been there forever, really, really great guy. But also, one of those people that...

  11. Burn Out!! **Long**

    nursenotamaid posted a topic in General Nursing

    Most people face burn out at least once in the course of their career and it's killing me now! I've been working ICU for about a decade now and I am turning into a crispy critter. I travel nursed for...

  12. Nurse: Patient Ratios

    nursenotamaid replied to aei09a's topic in MICU, SICU

    In California, our law *mandates* that no ICU nurse will ever have more than 2

  13. Nurse: Patient Ratios

    nursenotamaid replied to aei09a's topic in MICU, SICU

    Generally 1:2. 1:1 for sick patients. We also go 1:1 for patients who are particularly needy, "VIP", patients who have a lot of road trips that day, very restless or too tasky. We 1:1 *all* patients...

  14. Levophed Bolus

    nursenotamaid replied to Flyboy17's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I've only seen levo boluses used here and there, but we push sticks of neo all the time for acute hypotension in patients who are either maxed on their vasoactives or while we are getting the bags...

  15. Christmas gifts for residents

    nursenotamaid replied to laderalis's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I was so confused until I read the age of your resident! I was reading the post trying to think of why in the world would I buy gifts for the residents (doctors) and wondering who came up with the...

  16. No one will hire a nurse with only a Associates???

    nursenotamaid replied to CNA1991's topic in General Nursing

    We have a traveler on our unit that everyone absolutely loves. She has a ton of great experience, the managers want to hire her and everything but the hospital won't let them because she has an ADN...

  17. Daylight Savings & Documentation

    nursenotamaid replied to KidsMakeMeSmile's topic in General Nursing

    From 145 "old" time to 3 "old" time - the computer charting system just went down completely. Couldn't chart meds, enter vitals, put in new orders - nothing. Then at 0300 "old time" it came back on...

  18. serving alcohol to patients

    nursenotamaid replied to mqurse37's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I'd get an order for it, but really, if you were to NOT give him that whiskey for a couple days, you'd have an old man is withdrawals which could be a big problem. We have beer and hard liquor in our...

  19. sneaking meds in food

    nursenotamaid replied to playforever's topic in General Nursing

    power of attorney. the patient's legal decision maker when they are unable to make their own

  20. sneaking meds in food

    nursenotamaid replied to playforever's topic in General Nursing

    If the patient is unable to make decisions for themselves, then sometimes you have to do things that they don't want. If they aren't capable of knowing what they are taking, understanding the...

  21. Gossiping in the hospital

    nursenotamaid replied to Monica08's topic in General Nursing

    I tend to think its more of a 'being human' thing rather than a 'working in a hospital'

  22. Are you doing fecal transplants very often?

    nursenotamaid replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    Our unit has done them. I had one patient they wanted to do one on... I gave the assignment to another nurse. I just don't have the stomach for

  23. Please take our burnout survey

    nursenotamaid replied to SurroDoula's topic in General Nursing

    Done!

  24. Medication math problem

    nursenotamaid replied to salvadorian's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If you are having trouble with your homework, you should talk to your teacher instead of looking to the internet to answer it for

  25. Have you had a family complain about you no matter what you did or try?

    nursenotamaid replied to MsBlissful's topic in General Nursing

    Some people you really can't do anything about, nor do I try to bend over backwards for those types of people. I will do splits for the patient, and I will over-reach a bit to make the family more...