moonshadeau ADN, BSN, MSN, RN, APN, NP, CNS

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    graduate school for nurses

    moonshadeau replied to krisssy's topic in Post Graduate Students

    Yeah, new forum. I am finishing my BSN and concurrently starting my MSN. My husband thinks that I am crazy. I am starting classes on an online program in two weeks. I am going insane trying to...
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    Bureau of Health Professions - Nursing Scholarship

    moonshadeau replied to Pvt. Parts's topic in General Nursing

    Hope that you all know the deadline for this year's scholarship was May 27th. It won't be available until next
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    ANA rec BSN vs ASN

    moonshadeau replied to TypicalFish's topic in General Nursing

    I agree Deb completely. In fact the last bits of my paper I discuss that there is really little benefit to obtaining a BSN completion unless one is looking to better themselves in position or for...
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    Understanding Oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve

    moonshadeau replied to AussieKylie's topic in MICU, SICU

    The only way I remember it is Left= Low I believe that after 89% the curve falls way
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    ANA rec BSN vs ASN

    moonshadeau replied to TypicalFish's topic in General Nursing

    First of all neither of these topics are new issues. ANA is NOT a union. ANA is the umbrella organization that the state nurse's associations fall under. Not all states are a member of ANA or they...
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    Inappropriate Pay Practices-Opinions please!

    moonshadeau posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok so here is the deal. We are severely short in our ICU right now. We have lost probably half of our staff in the last six months. Administration wants to keep up at full capacity with half the...
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    Inappropriate Pay Practices-Opinions please!

    moonshadeau replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

    They were offering time and half if you picked up a shift as incentinve. They never said that they were going to do this to our
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    Unique ways to state the obvious . . . .

    moonshadeau replied to Ruby Vee's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Peek and shriek - the actions of a surgeon who has discovered an unfortunate amount of dead bowel in an ex lap. Vitamin A, H, V- Ativan, Haldol,
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    Hang time for IV solutions

    moonshadeau posted a topic in General Nursing

    What is your facilities maximum allowed hang time for IV solutions. More specifically the stable solutions such as NS, LR, etc... I am little in the literature other than the CDC recommendations, in...
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    Call me crazy but...

    moonshadeau posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok, so recently I have changed jobs and moved into an ICU setting. I went through orientation with my other cohorts that started at the same time as me and now we are independent nurses. The scary...
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    IV push or Bag? Whats best for MICU nurses?

    moonshadeau replied to sonia's topic in MICU, SICU

    It also depends on the policy of the institution and what equipment you have at hand. My old job we NEVER administered Magnesium without a 50-100cc bag. In my new setting, there is a pump that will...
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    Where do Insulin Gtts go in your facility?

    moonshadeau replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    They are a medical patient in my facility so they can go to any of the medical floors. Only to an intensive care unit if they are comatose or have some other serious comorbidity. It does suck to have...
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    I must be stupid - help needed

    moonshadeau replied to Rocknurse's topic in General Nursing

    Why don't you call the number listed on the website and attempt to talk to a human (hoping that you won't get an automated message). Then they can explain to you what you need EXACTLY. Just what I'd...
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    10/10 pain..venting!

    moonshadeau replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency

    I used to work with a gal who had chronic headaches that were extremely debilitating. She was constantly in being seen in the same ER of the hospital that we work in. She started being labeled as a...
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    Why get an MSN?

    moonshadeau replied to Mr_D's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yikes, I hope that there isn't any programs out there that let you be a nurse (An RN) in less than a year. Either that or I hope that these people are extremely dedicated to learning more about...
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    Need Advice - cope working night shift

    moonshadeau replied to gij1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    We eat on night shift. The other night we had Olive Garden. It keeps me awake but it isn't good for my figure. I also try to sleep all day long the night and day before a noc shift. I doesn't...
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    Topics on boards???

    moonshadeau replied to sun_chica's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The topics that you face on boards will be individualized to you and your needs. The areas that you will see a great deal of your questions are your weaker areas. For me it was OB and Psych...
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    ck of > 26,ooo

    moonshadeau replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    Had a guy who had a level >80,000 for over three days but his was related to too many squats at the gym. Never seen a statin cause ck quite that high
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    If I Hear One More Time........

    moonshadeau replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Tweety, I can totally relate. You may want to do a search for "Assignment Despite Objection" on Google. It way to document that you are being forced to accept patients in an unsafe situation....
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    Heparin protocol

    moonshadeau replied to weezieRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am a little confused as to what actually happened in your case. Here is what we do in our facility. If PTT >150 stop heparin and restart in 1 hour. Decrease Heparin by 3 units per kilogram per...
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    Charge pay

    moonshadeau replied to kastas's topic in General Nursing

    We get this much for being in charge ZERO It is a bit of a sore
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    Is this insane or what?

    moonshadeau posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have worked in the same unit for the last several years. The stress of the unit, the politics and the same old bull just really started to wear me out over the last year. When I started to feel...
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    Is this insane or what?

    moonshadeau replied to moonshadeau's topic in General Nursing

    It is all within the same facility. I have to stay in a position that is need based. My new job isn't need
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    Lunch breaks

    moonshadeau posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I am interested in knowing if any facilities allow a person to leave the facility for their lunch break. In my facility it is sort of an unwritten rule that you hang around at least in the building...
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    working three 12's

    moonshadeau replied to jacey's topic in General Nursing

    12's are nice but can be very tiresome and hard on some to get used to. I used to work 4 -8 hour shifts one week and 5 the other. I felt like I was at work all the time. I work 12 hour shifts, and...