RN and Mommy

RN and Mommy specializes in Ortho/Neuro.

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1. have you ever "written up" yourself in an incident report?

   RN and Mommy replied to l.rae's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, I have once. I was taking care of a patient and at the beginning of each shift I always check the meds the patient is on and note it in my report sheet if sliding scale insulin is ordered. On...

2. Anyone An Ortho Certified Rn????

   RN and Mommy replied to NJLaurenRN's topic in Orthopedic

   I would ask your nurse educator or equivilent if they have any information about the certification. Here awhile ago, we had classes going to Geriatric Nurse Certification. They have classes for 6...

3. Should medication aides exist?

   RN and Mommy replied to BradleyRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Way back when, I used to be a Med Aide. This was my very first job in health care. Back then, I had no idea what any of the drugs were used for. I had no business giving them. Now that I am an RN...

4. How does one become charge?

   RN and Mommy replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

   On my unit, the charge nurse is someone who is basically considered a resource person. Someone who is knowledgeable about not only patient care, but also policies, staffing issues, and the physician...

5. How many patients are you assigned?

   RN and Mommy replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Orthopedic

   i work days and we are assigned 6-7 patients working directly with a cna who only has the same group of patients as i do. it is busy, but generally ok. eta: i just realized i already answered on...

6. Coumadin vs. Lovenox after joint replacement

   RN and Mommy replied to natkat2816's topic in Orthopedic

   a lot of our docs actually use both coumadin and lovenox. we start coumadin the night of surgery and then the next day lovenox is initated. we discontinue the lovenox when the inr is 2.0. the...

7. ortho/neuro GN

   RN and Mommy replied to tx2007's topic in Orthopedic

   i think it sounds like great orientation. i wish that i could see the actual surgeries that the patients get done. it would be nice to be able to say, "well, during surgery they position you in this...

8. Self-scheduling?

   RN and Mommy replied to bleta10's topic in General Nursing

   we started self-scheduling quite a few months ago and i love it. i was weary at first, but it's worked out great. here is how ours works: we are broken up into three groups (depending on your...

9. end of shift report

   RN and Mommy replied to gradRN2007's topic in General Nursing

   [color=deepskyblue]do you tape your reports? we do and i found that i had to actually write my report out for the first couple weeks and read what i wrote. it worked well for me and now it comes...

10. Difference in ADN vs BSN classwork?

    RN and Mommy replied to mcknis's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    These are the additional classes required for the BSN where I went to school, in addition to all of the ASN requirements: MTH 242 Statistics 3 hours BIO 366 Pathophysiology 3 hours NUR 312 Health...

11. Going Back to work on Monday!

    RN and Mommy replied to RN and Mommy's topic in General Nursing

    [color=deepskyblue]i probably could, but financially it wouldn't be possible. i have already used all of my pto time on my maternity

12. Going Back to work on Monday!

    RN and Mommy posted a topic in General Nursing

    [color=deepskyblue]hi everyone! i haven't posted in some time, but now i need you guys! i am going back to work on monday after being off on maternity leave for 8 weeks. i am nervous. i have only...

13. LPNs glorified Techs?

    RN and Mommy replied to mommie2bodie's topic in General Nursing

    In my facility (midwest) we don't really have LPN's either. There are just like 2 that I am aware of and they work on the rehab unit and are often floated as nurses aides to other

14. Help..RN-BSN Nurses

    RN and Mommy replied to WillBeRN's topic in General Nursing

    [color=deepskyblue]i just finished my bsn in may 2007 and i completed my asn in may 2006. i worked full time while completing it. my school was big on promoting that the bsn program was only 1...

15. First year in nursing and 1st pt to pass away on me

    RN and Mommy replied to changeofpaceRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    [color=deepskyblue]i have been a rn now for just over a year and had 3 deaths and 2 near codes within probably 2 months. it was a little freaky! luckily they were all dnr patients and their deaths...