WSU_Ally_RN BSN, RN

MICU for 4 years, now PICU for 3 years!

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    Tube delivered meds

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to makes needs known's topic in General Nursing

    I suppose so, but they tell us with all the stomach acid down there its not the
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    Tube delivered meds

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to makes needs known's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital's policy is one at a time... their rationale is that once crushed, you don't know how one powder/liquid may interact with
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    anyone else having low unit census?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to northcoastnurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    I'm also one of those Cleveland area RN's, and we've been having horribly low census in the hospital! I've been canceled 5 times in 3 weeks! We're all joking that we're keeping the public too healthy...
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    White Toe Syndrome

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to NurseHotFlash's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    sounds like your shoes are too tight in the toe box and are getting squeezed all day... maybe try finding shoes with a little bigger toe box, rather than just a larger
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    Took Care of a Patient with MRSA Today

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to HappyMeNow's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, never! And I work at one of the top 5 hospitals in the
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    Took Care of a Patient with MRSA Today

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to HappyMeNow's topic in General Nursing

    Thought I'd give my 2 cents on this subject... At my hospital we don't even isolate for MRSA! When I first graduated and accepted this job and realized that, I freaked out! I mean, in school, you're...
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    Anyone heard of Diastolic BP being higher than Systolic???

    WSU_Ally_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have a cousin that was talking with her mom today and was insisting her BP was 130's/150's. I told her that was impossible, I have never encountered that, nor heard of that, but she kept insisting...
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    Bolus IVP followed by IV infusion

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to moredug1's topic in Patient Medications

    nexium and octreotide are both given as a bolus first, then a gtt for our fun gi
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    The best for morbidly obese

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to Hoozdo's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    maybe an electronic
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    Chloraprep

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to theamberdawns's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I don't work OB, but in the MICU. For all our procedures (arterial lines, central lines, etc) our docs use a chloraprep before getting sterile. After they are sterile, they chloraprep again. Are you...
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    Backpriming question from student

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to RamaMama's topic in MICU, SICU

    I don't like to do it that way, but sometimes I have to (stuck in a isolation room, no one able to grab me another secondary set...) I will lower the secondary tubing lower than the primary and let...
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    Tylenol Suppository

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to sh1bby69's topic in Patient Medications

    I have never heard of this.... I would think if it's a suppository, it should go in the rectum, not on the skin. Its supposed to be absorbed through the gi tract, not the skin. I don't know what...
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    My septic patient

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    I think you read wrong... the original poster wrote 0.04 units/min, which is the typical dose. According to Lexicomp, the dose for septic shock it 0.01-0.04
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    Interview with Cleveland Clinic in 2 weeks...

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to **All Heart RN**'s topic in Ohio Nursing

    Unfortunately I don't know a lot about this floor, but I really haven't ever heard anything bad about any floor. I know a friend that has been a patient on that floor before and she has nothing but...
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    Interview with Cleveland Clinic in 2 weeks...

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to **All Heart RN**'s topic in Ohio Nursing

    I think it really depends on the floor you are interviewing for and the manager... Each manager does their interviews different. Sometimes my NM interviews RN's by herself, sometimes with the other...
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    Cheap sites to buy Nursing Equipment

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to Katie5's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Be careful using non-hospital supplied equipment like a pule ox... I know where I work all equipment must be monitored and checked and calibrated by the hospital every so often... What happens if you...
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    Freezing cold- what can I wear under my scrubs?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to caffeineRx's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I also vote for seat pants over my scrubs.... Every year around this time I start looking for new, warm, and cheap sweat pants for winter to wear over my scrub pants... I too have to walk a great...
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    Dansko Outlet?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to PAERRN20's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    where in pa is this outlet store??? i've tried to google it and i can't, for the life of me, find it. i love my dansko's and would love to get them
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    Mandatory White Uniforms for RN's- your experience

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to lauramae18's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, all nurses, regardless of department or whether they are an LPN or RN wear white. This includes all the hospitals that are affiliated with the one I work for. They went to this policy...
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    Lidocaine expiration?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to lizzyn1969's topic in General Nursing

    I would check with your facility's pharmacy... It's probably going to differ from institution to
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    Any hospital hiring new grads? anywhere in the country?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to zefutebolera's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I couldn't remember the website for the cleveland clinic earlier... I came home and found it for you... It looks like they hope to be open by 2012......
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    Any hospital hiring new grads? anywhere in the country?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to zefutebolera's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    The Cleveland clinic is building a hospital in Abu Dhabi... The last I heard they were still
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    Shrinking scrubs, help!- Dickies W line

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to SunshineCNA's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I wash all my scrubs in the hottest water possible and dry on the highest heat and haven't had my dickies w line scrubs
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    help with a calculation please

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to tolerantgirl's topic in General Nursing

    why don't you tell us what you have figured out, and what exactly you need help with, otherwise it looks like you want us to do your homework, which most of us will not
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    Any hospital hiring new grads? anywhere in the country?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to zefutebolera's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I know the Cleveland Clinic hires new grads.... we are expanding units left and right and need nurses to fill the