Grasshopper11

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  1. Why is Med-Surg so hated?

    Grasshopper11 replied to Nola009's topic in Medical-Surgical

    There are many units that rotate the position of Admissions/Discharge nurse on their own unit. They just pick someone who is on the schedule that day. It speeds up the discharges making pt's...

  2. Why is Med-Surg so hated?

    Grasshopper11 replied to Nola009's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I keep reading articles about nursing, too the point that I picture a nurse standing on a mountaintop with the wind blowing her/his hair. It's almost like a nurse is a solo act in saving a patient....

  3. Coumadin

    Grasshopper11 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    At what point do you look at the PT/INR and say I'm not giving the pt their Coumadin? At our hospital, the Coumadin order is entered daily by MD based on their labs. However, there have been pt's...

  4. COPD

    Grasshopper11 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    A family member came out of the room and stated that pt was having trouble breathing. So we went in and I originally bumped up the o2 to 6L but while doing so I found out that she had copd so I...

  5. EPIC

    Grasshopper11 replied to Grasshopper11's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I like the med administration where you can work off the MAR or the worklist but I did notice that alot of people are using comments in docflowsheets because they do not know where else to put the...

  6. Organize my home desk

    Grasshopper11 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I am directing this question to all of you RN's out there who have over a decade of experience. I am an RN since 2008 and I want to organize all my paperwork from the job. I feel it piling up...

  7. Subq Heparin

    Grasshopper11 replied to JTworoger's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We do not need a co-sign at the hospital that I work. We just have to make sure it is not given if the pt is due to go to the OR. Keep in mind that there are 20 year old who are at the hospital just...

  8. What is your nurse-patient ratio?

    Grasshopper11 replied to Starfish, RN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work on a Med-Surg floor. Remember that you do not get just your set of patients and that is it for the rest of the shift. On our floor it is 5-6 pts per RN. However, there are days when I...

  9. What is your nurse-patient ratio?

    Grasshopper11 replied to Starfish, RN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work on a Med-Surg floor. Remember that you do not get just your set of patients and that is it for the rest of the shift. On our floor it is 5-6 pts per RN. However, there are days when I...

  10. Mag rider & K rider

    Grasshopper11 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I am told several different stories about how to hang mag and k riders. I see some that are running like a regular piggyback. Some hang it alone like a regular iv. Others use two channels on the...

  11. Transfusing blood

    Grasshopper11 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Two nurses showed me how they hang blood and each does it a slightly different way. One flushes the Y tubing with normal saline and then runs the blood while clamping off the NS. The other clamps...

  12. Shower with IV

    Grasshopper11 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I had a patient with a Heparin drip running. She wanted to take a shower. Is it ok for her to shower with the Heparin still infusing if it is completely covered in

  13. Nurse managers-Do you think tattoos look professional?

    Grasshopper11 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Nurse Management

    If I was a patient, I would wonder if the employee has been drinking or do drugs before coming to work as tattoos are associated with the bar and drug crowd. As a side note, I also find it funny that...

  14. Shower with IV

    Grasshopper11 replied to Grasshopper11's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Pt is not a fall risk or stroke

  15. Transfusing blood

    Grasshopper11 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Two nurses were showing me how to hang blood. One primes the line with normal saline, then clamps the line and runs the blood. The other just primes the line with the blood and does not use normal...

  16. question on tube feeding and flushes

    Grasshopper11 replied to Oranges3420's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I put each medication in a separate med cup. For two simple reasons. One because that is hospital policy and two because of a experience that I had when I went to the patient's room with the...