BGgirl

BGgirl

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  1. Staying late to chart

    BGgirl replied to crawlyberry's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that it depends on where you work and what happened in the shift that makes you stay late to chart. Now we do have several nurses on our unit that seem to ALWAYS be there late charting and...

  2. The worst or strangest orders you have seen...

    BGgirl replied to MadisonsMomRN's topic in General Nursing

    They should make xanax aerosols and give them to everyone coming into the hospital. That way they're nice and relaxed when they come to the floor.

  3. The worst or strangest orders you have seen...

    BGgirl replied to MadisonsMomRN's topic in General Nursing

    You actually are able to give Regular insulin IV. It's the only insulin you can do that

  4. Change of shift report

    BGgirl replied to SAL51's topic in General Nursing

    I just hit the hightlights. Anything abnormal assessment wise, any dressings, wounds. If I spoke with the doc about anything significant I will mention it. Abnormal labs and what I did about them....

  5. ceu tracking

    BGgirl replied to mdscoordinator's topic in General Nursing

    I agree. CE tracking is your responsibility although my hospital did have some of the certificates I needed to prove that I had attended certain classes that awarded CE's. Thankfully I had most of...

  6. Do YOU answer call lights in a hospital?

    BGgirl replied to JHansen's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I do answer call lights and if the pts nurse it busy, I'll go see what they need also. We don't have aides or half the time a secretary on nights so if we don't answer the call lights, no one...

  7. how often are nurses tested for TB

    BGgirl replied to want2banurse35's topic in General Nursing

    We used to be required to be tested yearly but they've since decided that we live in a low risk area so now we're not tested that often. I can't remember what they changed it to, but let's say I've...

  8. what is the nurse/patient ratio where you work?

    BGgirl replied to Hubby's girl's topic in General Nursing

    I work a tele step-down and our ratio is 1:4 on nights, 1:3 on days. We don't have an aide at night and on days if you have an aide then you take 6 patients with the aide. Of course we tend to be...

  9. Low census?

    BGgirl replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    I thought it was just my hospital. We're so low that many units have had to combine with other units just so we have enough patients. People say they've never seen census this low before. Where...

  10. Plain Dealer- "How would nurses rate their patients?"

    BGgirl replied to RN Power Ohio's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Great article. I guess she had so many responses to that article that she wrote another one in reply called "Nursing truely not a job, it's a calling"...

  11. Pt with mi

    BGgirl replied to rn undisclosed name's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting that they didn't cath the pt. I work on a telemetry step down unit and we normally don't send pts like that to the unit. They stay on our floor and since I work nights it's rare that a...

  12. Mercy College vs. MUO

    BGgirl replied to googleaddict's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I went to MCO before they changed the name and the thing you have to remember is that once your 2 years of prereq's are done, you then apply to the nursing program at MUO. This means there's a chance...

  13. 8 Common Charting Mistakes to Avoid

    BGgirl replied to amy0123's topic in General Nursing

    I use continue to monitor all the time in my charting. Thankfully our pts are all on telemetry but I never knew that.

  14. 8 Common Charting Mistakes to Avoid

    BGgirl replied to amy0123's topic in General Nursing

    Great information. I find that the nurses on my floor are especially horrible at documentation. We've had such a problem that now when we receive critical lab values, whoever takes the lab value must...

  15. I'm sorry but I'm EXTREMELY irritated by this!

    BGgirl replied to luvmy3kids's topic in General Nursing

    Is this how we are all portrayed? Of course not. That blog was just a small sampling of some people who probably had bad experiences with a nurse or nurses while they were pts. Do we sometimes get...

  16. Precepting?

    BGgirl replied to gdelrosa's topic in General Nursing

    Our nurses get about 10-12 weeks on dayshift and then when they come to nights they just get 2 weeks. Our new group of nurses is getting a month on nights instead of the usual 2 weeks. By that time...

  17. Doctors Enter Their Own Orders??

    BGgirl replied to longforseaair's topic in General Nursing

    On another note...I think the computer system is beneficial to everyone because it can make things done easier and faster. All our med orders are sent to pharmacy and then are entered into our...

  18. Doctors Enter Their Own Orders??

    BGgirl replied to longforseaair's topic in General Nursing

    We do this where I work and it seems to work well. It can be a pain at times when the system is down because then you have to backload everything. Our doctors are very good about entering orders...

  19. Does insurance pay for AMA?

    BGgirl replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    I was under the impression that your insurance company wouldn't pay if you left AMA. This is generally what we tell our pts but their response is usually "I don't have insurance

  20. What do you all think of tele patients drinking coffee

    BGgirl replied to RNCRNA2BE's topic in General Nursing

    If a paient is on a cardiac diet then yes their diet does specify that they cannot have caffinated beverages. Our kitchen on the floor only has decaffinated sodas for the pts to drink. Otherwise we...

  21. The worst or strangest orders you have seen...

    BGgirl replied to MadisonsMomRN's topic in General Nursing

    Just got an order last night on my icu transfer to please provide toothbrush and toothpaste.

  22. What do you want a Student nurse to do?

    BGgirl replied to sunnysandiego's topic in General Nursing

    It helps when nursing students actually come up to the nurses and identify themselves and tell you what patient of yours they're taking care of. Many times they won't even tell me these things and...

  23. Is night shift a good learning environment?

    BGgirl replied to Gallee's topic in General Nursing

    I think nights offers you a lot of learning. I've been on nights for about 3 years now and wouldn't have it any other way. Since there aren't as many senior people I've had more opportunities to be...

  24. Do Registered nurses really make a Nursing Care plan for their patients?

    BGgirl replied to josepito3's topic in General Nursing

    Yes we have prefilled ones where you can check boxes that relate to your pts diagnosis and then can add your own info to. We use comfort careplans a lot, cardiac output, fvd, ineffective airway etc....

  25. Georgia

    BGgirl posted a topic in Travel

    Anyone travel to Georgia? I'm thinking of traveling there and am looking at Atlanta, Gainesville or Savannah. Other cities are options as of now too. I work on a telemetry floor. Are there any...