Chuckie

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  1. What do you do exactly?

    Chuckie replied to Carolbknits's topic in Gastroenterology

    I work both outpatient endoscopy and hospital GI Lab. In the outpatient we do 36 cases a day run two rooms. You need assessment skills, computer skills, and really good IV skills. The nurse does...

  2. Sedation scales

    Chuckie replied to Booty Nurse's topic in Gastroenterology

    There is no scale that I know

  3. Should I become a CNA before entering an accelerated BSN Nursing program?

    Chuckie replied to jbjorn2b's topic in General Nursing

    No don't do it. Being a CNA would change your mind about being an RN. It would depress you. It is not a job I would recommend to anyone. Never go to LPN school first either if you plan on being an...

  4. Do you remove occluded or infiltrated IV right away or wait until new start done?

    Chuckie replied to Suninmyheart's topic in General Nursing

    Leave the site in until a new one is started. If you place a band on the arm above a newly d/c'd site it will bruise, or bleed depending on what was wrong with

  5. Good Samaritan Hospital -- Puyallup

    Chuckie replied to blaaveispiken's topic in Washington Nursing

    Good Sam went through a bad time for the past 3-5 years but it is improving fast with Multi Care. Staffing was bad, really bad. Now things are

  6. More questions about your procedures

    Chuckie replied to IAKaren's topic in Gastroenterology

    We do bronchs with one RN for sedation and a respiratory therapist to assist. We do all the admits the same one copy of meds on the admission form and one copy on the front sheet on the charts. We...

  7. Our GI Unit is restructuring...could use your help

    Chuckie replied to IAKaren's topic in Gastroenterology

    We have one RN in the room and one OR tech only. We run two rooms with 3 RNs in all One works

  8. Best shoes ever?

    Chuckie replied to redraccoon's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Mens crochs do not have the holes. They fit just as

  9. Maybe Nursing isn't for me???

    Chuckie replied to jadedgreeneyes's topic in General Nursing

    We lost about 75% of our class after the first semester of A&P and Chem 101. My first test grade was a C then after that I knew how hard it would be and just studied more. I've been an RN for 18...

  10. Name hospital and salary--everywhere

    Chuckie replied to mistydave's topic in General Nursing

    Seattle 35.62/hour after 18

  11. New prep for colonoscopy?

    Chuckie replied to nurscee's topic in Gastroenterology

    Does the patient mean the two 1.5oz Fleet Phos instead of saline to drink? This is no new prep we use it all the

  12. Call Pay

    Chuckie replied to GI Jackie's topic in Gastroenterology

    3.75 per hour to carry the beeper up to 100 hours a pay period after that $4.75 per hour. Call back pay is time and a half for a minimum of 4

  13. Endo Center vs Hospital

    Chuckie replied to GIRN's topic in Gastroenterology

    I work parttime at both. Love the interesting stuff at the Hospital. We do fewer cases at the hospital, but they are much more interesting, ERCP's PEG's Bronch's Bonemarrows, major GI Bleeds. I did...

  14. Sick of working short

    Chuckie replied to kristi-lpn2's topic in General Nursing

    They will take advantage of you as long as you let them. Just quit they will get some other nurse in there for a short while that will get fed up and quit. Most hospitals are so short of nursing...

  15. Number of FTEs per patients

    Chuckie replied to jeahav's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    We have a 200 bed hospital with ED, L&D, ATU, Outpatient surgery and Oncology Chemo. All these units take care of all their IV's. Our team is only responsible for starts and restarts. All...

  16. What is required for IV therapy team?

    Chuckie replied to queen esther's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Our IV Team only does starts and restarts. That is it we are not allowed to call them in any outpatient setting. Oncology does it's own port access and dressing changes, they do all there own lab...

  17. room turnover time

    Chuckie replied to endodave's topic in Gastroenterology

    We are able to turn over a room in less than 5 minutes in our outpatient endo unit. We have 30 minutes to admit 30 minute procedures and 30 minute recovery. We are usually able to meet this. One...

  18. Going for endo with dilitation, meds they gave me before didn't work,Im petrified

    Chuckie replied to unite911's topic in Gastroenterology

    No limit really as to what they give you. At some point you may ask for an anesthesia consult, for deeper sedation. A lot depends on your stress and other medications you may be on. If I were you I...

  19. IV teams in california

    Chuckie replied to nurseiv's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    We have an IV Team but everytime you page them they would tell you they are too busy to come. Yet you see them sitting for hours in the

  20. Who wears gloves when starting an IV?

    Chuckie replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I've never started an IV without wearing gloves. I've worked IV therapy for 15 years. No excuse for

  21. PEG/PEJ placement

    Chuckie replied to SerenaT's topic in Gastroenterology

    This isn't what was asked, but I was wondering if nurses are doing the cuts on the PEG placements in other parts of the country. We do the cuts but we need an extra RN in the room for

  22. 24 hour ph and Motility studies

    Chuckie replied to Chuckie's topic in Gastroenterology

    Manometries require 10 consecutive swallows, however if the patient coughs in the middle of the swallows I start over with the 10 swallows. Is this what is advised? When I first started doing them I...

  23. 24 hour ph and Motility studies

    Chuckie posted a topic in Gastroenterology

    Any Nurses that do Esophageal motility and 24 hour ph Studies around? I've been doing them a couple of years and have questions about reading

  24. 24 hour ph and Motility studies

    Chuckie replied to Chuckie's topic in Gastroenterology

    I had a crash course on Manometries and ph's last year. After seeing two and doing one with a preceptor that quit shortly after I learned I have been on my own. I have lots of ongoing questions....

  25. Mandated IV Certification for RN

    Chuckie replied to RN8Last's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    You have got to be kidding! Our IV TEAM RN's Refuse to get Certified. They say they "know it all". Of course the test doesn't go into Starting and Restarting IV's which is the only think our team...