WSU_Ally_RN BSN, RN

MICU for 4 years, now PICU for 3 years!

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    Cleveland Clinic PCNA??

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to KAbbyLandon's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Hey there, at the Clinic, the way their program works is you have a short orientation (2 or 3 weeks) and then you can begin working as a PCNA. It's not like in a nursing home, where you have to take a...
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    suctioning

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to LISAMAR's topic in General Nursing

    when I do it, I go all the way down till you feel like you're hitting something... that's the carina. then you start suctioning.... so i guess my answer is yes, you can go down further than the...
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    Any Cleveland Clinic Nurses out there

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to Nursie2k6`'s topic in Ohio Nursing

    I was in a program that they actually call the "Nurse Associate" program. It's a program for nursing students that are a year or less away from graduation. You work one-on-one with a nurse, and...
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    Any Cleveland Clinic Nurses out there

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to Nursie2k6`'s topic in Ohio Nursing

    I will be in August! I worked there all last summer as a nurse extern, and then again over winter break. I absolutely love it and can't imagine working anywhere
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    RN Scrubs

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to babyphat's topic in General Nursing

    Where I will soon be working, it's all white! It doesn't matter the style, but it must be
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    I Need Help In Explanation

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to gearheadz's topic in General Nursing

    try looking for research articles, people's responses on here will not "prove" anything... and I'm with the last couple of posters... where are your
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    Good Sam in Dayton

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to unknown99's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I've done a couple of clinicals there, and from a student's standpoint, I hated the place! None of the nurses on the unit's I was on were nice, friendly, or helpful. Maybe since you are not a student,...
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    Do-it-yerself clinicals

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to epg_pei's topic in General Students

    Some ideas from my community clinical.... we did a day with a school nurse, a day at the local GM plant in the clinic, a day at a local prison with the nurses, a day doing bp's at the senior center, a...
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    anioin gap and dka

    WSU_Ally_RN posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Today in clinical, I had a patient with DKA. The doc's were wanting to monitor his anion gap and once it got down to a certain level, they were going to d/c his continuous insulin drip. The nurses I...
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    anioin gap and dka

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to WSU_Ally_RN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks for the answers.... it makes a little more sense now!
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    Sharing meds between patients?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to FlorentineBird's topic in General Nursing

    Are they single dose packages?? If so, how is it gross?? Pharmacy hasn't sent your digoxin that your patient takes at 0800 and they absolutly need because they are leaving the floor at 0815, and...
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    CNA's in control

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to FlorentineBird's topic in General Nursing

    hahaha.... sounds like the floor i did my externship on.... good
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    Computer charting for meds and no paper Kardex

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to newrn05's topic in General Nursing

    is there a way to print the med sheets off the computers?? Where I work, we are slowly converting to computers and no paper, but we are able to print everything off the computer that we can look at,...
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    giving and getting report

    WSU_Ally_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have just completed an entire summer at an externship and have returned to school for my last year. I was used to this summer, when giving/getting report, you sit down with whomever is getting your...
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    Technique in recharging JP drains

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to AKAKatydid's topic in General Nursing

    I would think as long as they still suction and work properly, it should not matter how you get the air out. On the floor I work on, there are numerous nurses, and we all seem to squeeze the air out...
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    Medsurge Nurse?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to Cik's topic in General Nursing

    I am still a student, but the floor I did my externship on was a med-surge floor... Basically you can get any type of patient on this floor, from a medical patient with a fever of unknown origin, to...
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    Force a pt to turn or not? (Slighty long)

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to kazmomRN's topic in General Nursing

    From what I have learned, any patient that is alert and orientated, and aware of risks, can refuse any medication, treatment, or comfort measure they want. You are never allowed to FORCE a patient to...
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    Best shift for a Mom

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to splunking's topic in General Nursing

    Some hospitals now have parent shifts, although I don't believe they are full time positions.... You work from like 9-2 or 9-3, so that way you are home when your kids are. Maybe check into the...
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    Car Seat Stories or information?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to CMB4321's topic in General Nursing

    If you have access to any nursing journals, I'm sure you can find tons of info in them on this subject... seems to me this is something that reorificeach should have been done on.... good
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    Constipation Tricks

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to caringRN's topic in General Nursing

    Most all post-op's I've seen are either on colace or miralax or something to that effect. If they're not, maybe suggest it to the
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    Need some Ideas

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to nurse_elyse's topic in General Nursing

    I did this last quarter with a group of children at a daycare (they were 4 and 5, I think). We did it in 3 groups, the first group played with some toys with 'germs' on their hands (the germs were big...
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    I have no idea how to get into a nusing school around Dayton, Ohio? Can you help?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to tati's topic in General Students

    I currently go to Wright state. Here we have a program called the BEACON program, which stands for something or other, but it's the fast track program. From what I've heard, it's pretty intense, I...
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    I Need Help Possitive Looking PPD

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to Sagebutterfly's topic in General Nursing

    that happens to me every time I get a PPD done here at school! Just try putting some hydrocortisone on it, and try not to scratch. I have never had a + reaction, just localized allergice reaction,...
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    LPN school location?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to ardent4you's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I don't have any idea of LPN schools in Dayton. There are several RN schools, including Wright State (BSN), Sinclair (ADN), Good Sam (ADN, I think), Rets Tech Center (ADN, I think), and probably...
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    tests....

    WSU_Ally_RN posted a topic in Ohio Nursing

    Hi everyone, I graduate in June of next year, and today was talking with some friends from one of my clinicals. They were insisting that there is a test we need to take before we can get our license...