WSU_Ally_RN BSN, RN

MICU for 4 years, now PICU for 3 years!

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    HELP! My knees hurt! Have a new job! What to do??

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    I would say, change your shoes! I have found that wearing "nursing" shoes, I could hardly walk after about 8 hours on the floor... I wear both Dansko's, which I love, and Nike Shox... My feet and legs...
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    Tap water

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to WhiteLily's topic in General Nursing

    The gut is not a sterile environment, so no need to use sterile fluids. I suppose you could use saline, but you need to do what ever your facilities policies and procedures tell you to
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    different pulse oximetry question - application to forehead

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to koki's topic in General Nursing

    Why wouldn't they just get an ABG to see if the pulse ox on the fingers or forehead correlated better instead of just keeping the pt for a whole extra day??? I've personally never seen a regular...
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    Narcotic Wasting Mistake

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to macbelleRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am so sorry this has happened to you... Many times i have gotten to my car, reached in my pocket and realized I still had something in my pocket that belonged at work... pens, note cards with pt...
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    Getting hired at the Cleveland Clinic

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to nicolegrow's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I know, in my unit, if you are hired and haven't passed your NCLEX yet, you are a nurse intern until you do pass. With all the problems people have had with the board, I am sure if you speak with the...
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    Octreotide

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to silentRN's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, we use if for upper GI bleeding. If you've got a bleeder, chances are they are going to have both an octreotide gtt and a nexium gtt
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    help for finding right diagnoses for patient with NHL

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to mhar369's topic in General Nursing

    what do you have already?? It's a lot easier for most of us to see what you have come up with first, then let you know if you're on the right track, or need other
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    agency work in Cleveland

    WSU_Ally_RN posted a topic in Ohio Nursing

    I have been google-ing for about an hour now, and I can't seem to find any nursing agencies in the Cleveland area... maybe I'm not searching with the right wording or something, but any way, I thought...
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    agency work in Cleveland

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to WSU_Ally_RN's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Thanks for the info about CCAR. I too work at the Clinic, and my unit uses quite a few employee's from the CCAR weekly. I have thought about joining this group, but since you do not get benefits, I...
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    Bacterial Pneumonia, Top 5 assessments??

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to ShanaLynn329's topic in General Nursing

    what direction are you thinking??? When you post homework questions, you usually seem to get a better response if you tell us what you already have thought of, that way we don't feel like we're doing...
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    How many hours do you work?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to feralnostalgia's topic in General Nursing

    You could look into a weekender program... I know you talked about having weekends off, but at my hospital, our weekenders work two 12's and get paid for 32 hours. I am not sure if they are considered...
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    Orientee's now being counted as staff!!

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to GiGiRNICU's topic in General Nursing

    I was just told this week by our accreditation department at my hospital that if we feel there are safety issues that are not being resolved by management (could be anything from a leaky ceiling to...
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    Legal CEU??

    WSU_Ally_RN posted a topic in Ohio Nursing

    Last week my nurse manager sent us this link for a free CEU for about the Ohio Nurse Practice act... This is the first time that my CEU's count for my license renewal... does this count for the one...
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    switching to bedside report

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to justjRN's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree with RNperdiem... I am also in the ICU, and are only giving report on 1 or 2 pts. When our facility started doing this, our management was super gung ho with ALL of the report being...
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    Range insulin dosage versus sliding scale

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to michael79's topic in General Nursing

    maybe you can consult with an endocrinology department? I'm sure they could give you more insight to something like
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    help with assignment

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to minquin's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    what do you have so far?? maybe if you let us know what track you were on, we could offer you some
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    Top of pay scale Cleveland Clinic

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to jaylynn67's topic in Ohio Nursing

    just wanted to add my two cents... I'm not sure what new nurses are making now a days, but to the clinic, a nurse is a nurse is a nurse... A diploma grad makes just as much as an MSN grad at the...
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    advice ot break in shoes?

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

    maybe try padding the inside where they are rubbing with some moleskin? maybe there is a rough
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    Nike Shox

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to Julie_RN2b's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I love my shox! I wear the NZ style... http://zeta.zappos.com/product/7355636/color/2446 They are a little strange to get used to at first, as they do not have a tongue that moves. The inside is all...
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    Nursing Shoe

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to Price 2002's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I wear Shox and love love love them! I am very hard on my shoes, and I managed to wear my last pair for about 9 months before I needed to get a new pair. I also wear Dansko's every once in a while,...
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    IVIG question

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to hemenurse's topic in Patient Medications

    Is that what protocol at your facility says to do?? I also work at a hospital where we do not need to y site it into any other fluid... I'm interested to find out why you
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    How often do RNs clean up poop? (thinking about majoring in nursing)

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to gwchem's topic in General Nursing

    It's definitely something you see each and every day... It's not a task I enjoy, but you do it because it's part of the job. There are many different things that a RN does in the course of their day....
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    Flattering scrubs for plus sizes?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to lms6241's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Also the Dickie's W line is nice... Most all of my scrubs are from that
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    Nurse Mate Shoes 1st year RN student 2009

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to asahi21's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    What about trying dansko's? They are all white, and don't look 'girly'. I used to wear nursemates and would wear a pair of those out in two to three months... I've had a pair of dansko's now for over...
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    do i take my NCLEX test in TX or IL?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to luckyu17's topic in General Nursing

    The NCLEX is a national test, so you could go to Alaska and take it if you wish... Take it where ever you are most comfortable and will be able to get the most studying done after