WSU_Ally_RN BSN, RN

MICU for 4 years, now PICU for 3 years!

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    Site for Critcal Care lab values?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to teenycar's topic in General Nursing

    merck medicus has a great lab section.. it tells you what tube color to draw your blood into, what the normal values are, if it's abnormal, why it might be abnormal, and I think it might even tell you...
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    shift for new graduate in Med/surg?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to joun's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Most positions that say they are day/night rotations will let you work straight nights without any problems. Try and contact the nurse manager of the units you are looking at, and see if they will let...
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    cleveland ohio RN jobs

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to carly2bhappy's topic in General Nursing

    I work at the cleveland clinic in the hospital transfer unit. I absolutely LOVE my unit and the people I work with! If you are unsure of what kind of a unit you would want to work on, or even what...
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    How can I provide CEUs for an inservice I want to present?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to Love_2_Learn's topic in General Nursing

    I am not exactly sure the process to go about, but this question has been posed in my unit before. Our nurse educator has discouraged staff from attempting this due to the long process it takes to...
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    OMG.....Great News!!!!

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to lovegoddess1977's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats!! What unit will you be working
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    ACLS, PALS and others

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to krn_hd's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, my NM wanted me to be working at least 6 months before I took these classes. They are pretty challenging, and having a little understanding of how a code actually runs helps before you...
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    I cannot find the answer to this anywhere...

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to ShannonRN2010's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I do not think the board regulates that. You would think they would, but I know some nurses at my hospital have wanted to pick up OT in another unit, then come work another 12 hour shift in our unit,...
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    ? for those who wear Danskos

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to evbella's topic in General Nursing

    I also had the same problem with the Professional style, they felt so "sloppy" on my feet. I felt like if I dangled my foot around, the shoe would just simply fall off! Where I purchased my Dansko's,...
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    Cleveland New Grad Needs Advice

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to sfgibson03's topic in Ohio Nursing

    Do agencies hire new grads?? I thought you had to work in a hospital for a year or two first... I don't know any agencies around, good luck finding
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    What is The Difference Between PRN and..

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to MrsMommaRN's topic in General Nursing

    As far as I know, PRN and per diem are the exact same
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    Hospital to charge employees who smoke

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to lpn2rnstudent's topic in General Nursing

    As if the nursing shortage isn't bad enough, because you have HTN or are overweight or smoke, they are going to charge you??? That is ridiculous!! I can see many people leaving
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    Cct?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to ariannasmom's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe something like a clinical tech that we have at my hospital. They are able to start IV's, draw labs, insert foleys, and then all the normal PCNA
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    uniforms

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to steelersRN's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, everyone wears solid colors... Nurses in white, PCNA's and CT's in hunter green, Medic's in Navy, housekeeping in Burgandy... Other departments have specific colors for them that...
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    is salary.com accurate?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to hushpupgrl's topic in General Nursing

    I just checked out an RN in the zip code I live in and it seems to be pretty right on for what I am making as a brand new (well, almost one year old) RN... hope others can give you some imput too......
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    A question on Lyrica

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in Patient Medications

    At the hospital I work for, Lyrica is a controlled drug we have to pull out of they Pyxis, so we never have to destroy or send it back. I would think it's probably a pretty expensive drug (aren't...
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    Cleveland Clinic RN wage???

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to chris_NC0112's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I can't tell you for an experienced RN, but last year as a brand new grad I was offered $23/hour. I think it all depends there what unit you work in... ICU's get a little more an hour than non-ICU's....
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    Question about ages in the NICU and PICU

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to SoontobeAdrienneRN's topic in General Nursing

    Although I do not work in either of these units, I have done soem PRN work in our ED where we get lots of kids in and out. I believe our determination here is their weight. Not all the stuff in the...
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    loan consolidation

    WSU_Ally_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all! I have finally gotten all of my loan paperwork and payment stuff in the mail, and I am looking to consolidate my loans now, but there are so many different people offering consolidation out...
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    Admits after 6:00 pm? Does your hospital do this?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to PickMePlze's topic in General Nursing

    Another reason patients come up sometimes near shift change.... If you have been taking care of a patient since 7AM and they get a bed assignment, it is silly for you to give report to the night...
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    Pre-signed Rx pads

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to anticoagulationurse's topic in Patient Medications

    I have seen docs give presigned rx pads to their PA, so when the PA discharges a pt, they don't have to run all over to find the doc, but I've never seen this for nurses to
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    Info on benefits....

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to landis.20's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I have quite a few friends that stayed in the Dayton area after graduation last June. Most work at MVH. I believe that the valley will pay you $10,000 if you will agree to work for 2 years. I think...
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    White scrubs

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to Soup Turtle's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    where i work, we MUST wear white! it sucks, but everyone does it, so you don't feel so bad. i wear landau and don't really have a problem with them. i also wear tan underthings so that really helps...
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    Last shift I worked I wore whites and a cap! Now returning. School pin question

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to BSN74's topic in General Nursing

    I see a lot of nurses that do not do bed side care wearing theirs at my hospital. I wore mine when I first started working on my name badge, but I lost it just one month after I started. Someone did...
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    What is your usual nurse-patient ratio in your unit?

    WSU_Ally_RN replied to extreme's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a large hospital in Cleveland, in the Transfer Unit. A usual day is to have 12 beds full with 4 nurses taking the beds (each with 3 patients) and a free charge nurse. On nights, the charge...
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    Stethoscope Question

    WSU_Ally_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    scopesplus.com.... Anyone heard of them? Or better yet, anyone ever buy a stethoscope from them?? I'm looking to buy a Littmann Cardio III and they are the cheapest place I can find... $125!! I just...