KaeliF

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  1. IVPB antibiotics and saline locks....

    KaeliF replied to PinkNBlue's topic in Patient Medications

    It depends on your facility's policy. Our policy is that intermittent infusions need tubing changes

  2. Tips for assessing heart and lungs

    KaeliF replied to Jb101's topic in General Nursing

    I think after learning the different abnormals and what they sound like it's just a matter of experience. I'm a new nurse and I still have sometimes have trouble differentiating between really...

  3. Not sure I want to do this

    KaeliF replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    I just started working nights a few weeks ago and I know exactly what you mean! I feel like I live to work. On the nights I'm off I can't call friends or go out and I feel very isolated, but forget...

  4. Any advice for a Pre nursing student :)

    KaeliF replied to 1futurenurse12's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I don't have any advice for the prereq classes, but once you start your actual nursing classes the biggest thing I wish I would have known is to PAY ATTENTION TO THE BASICS. Trust me, the things...

  5. Worst night ever

    KaeliF replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry to hear that it sounds like a nightmare! I'm a new nurse too (a few weeks out of a 1 month orientation) and I cannot imagine that happening to me, we don't even take patients on drips on...

  6. Do you need an "OK to use CVC/PICC/port" order for an old access?

    KaeliF posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know you need one before you can access any NEW central line or PICC or port, but if a patient is admitted with an old one do you still need the order before you can use

  7. lovenox injections

    KaeliF replied to iwanna's topic in Patient Medications

    Yes, in my facility if we have to waste Lovenox they have us make SURE to create a new air bubble before administering the

  8. Mental Health Nursing Myth?

    KaeliF replied to cha0tic's topic in General Nursing

    Yea from what I've heard mostly psych nurses don't get a lot of skills practice but lets be honest that's all VERY easy to relearn. The only other thing I would consider is that if you go into any...

  9. Do you need an "OK to use CVC/PICC/port" order for an old access?

    KaeliF replied to KaeliF's topic in General Nursing

    Well now I feel silly just went over my central line policy again and I found it. It doesn't say anything about needing an xray verification for an old line though, just the

  10. New RN, 3 weeks into orientation, total screw up.

    KaeliF replied to Nugget's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I didn't read through the whole feed, so I'm sure a lot of others have posted things along the same lines as me, but I'd just like to say you didn't do anything wrong! I'm a new nurse too (been...

  11. which procedures count for SCIP?

    KaeliF posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new nurse (like, I've only worked one shift by myself new) and what I've understood up until now was that ANY surgical procedure meant the patient was a SCIP patient, but now I'm finding out...

  12. which procedures count for SCIP?

    KaeliF replied to KaeliF's topic in General Nursing

    Oh ok I figured it was a national thing.

  13. Im injection screw-up

    KaeliF replied to bertha1's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad it ended up only being a minor error, but next time you give an IM try aspirating first. We were taught this in school but I'm surprised to see that a lot of nurses don't do it, but that will...

  14. Time saving/organizational ideas?

    KaeliF posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new nurse, I had my first lone shift last night (at my hospital you orient with another nurse for a month before you take patients by yourself) and I ended up being there a full TWO HOURS late...

  15. BP/needlestick on arm with dialysis CVC

    KaeliF posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a new nurse and one of my more experienced colleagues told me it was ok to take a blood pressure on an arm with a dialysis CVC, but I wasn't sure (so I didn't take it on that arm of course) I...

  16. Rate to run blood?

    KaeliF posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi! I am a graduate nurse that just got hired to a post-surgical floor. No one has EVER been able to give me a straight answer to the question; how fast do I run blood after the initial 15 minutes?...

  17. How many ml for IM injections?

    KaeliF posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm taking my NCLEX in 2 days (yikes!) and I've been using various different books I've borrowed from friends to study. While going through one of them I found a chart that said it is ok to give up to...

  18. How many ml for IM injections?

    KaeliF replied to KaeliF's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thanks! You're probably right, real world nursing and the NCLEX tend to disagree

  19. Rate to run blood?

    KaeliF replied to KaeliF's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yea I meant WITHIN four hours.Thanks, I've hung blood before in my clinical rotations but was never actually was there to see it finish, I didn't realize there was so little in the bag! I guess...