Buckeye.nurse

Buckeye.nurse

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  1. Cdiff odor?

    Buckeye.nurse replied to rubensa's topic in General Nursing

    ROFL!!

  2. Lack of "customer service" as beneficial factor for chronic disease process?

    Buckeye.nurse replied to KatieMI's topic in General Nursing

    The studies I found used cohort designs which make access to medical documentation necessary. The Cost of Satisfaction | JAMA Internal Medicine | The JAMA Network Patient satisfaction linked to...

  3. IV shortage--how is your hospital coping?

    Buckeye.nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hospital copes with shortage of IV fluid bags | Health | jhnewsandguide.com I hope the link works right! I'm still a newbie to posting on Allnurses. I'm curious how the shortage of IV fluids are...

  4. Heart health awareness month

    Buckeye.nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm hoping to start some discussion around the important topic of Heart Disease, and (hopefully!) learn some things in the process. Please comment on a heart related subject you want to learn more...

  5. Being a nurse means...

    Buckeye.nurse replied to djmatte's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with almost all of it....and love this quote. I've seen it before. My one gripe is the line "You will cease to be amazed at people's capacity for love, courage, and endurance." I've worked...

  6. Tips for inserting foleys

    Buckeye.nurse replied to theRPN2b's topic in General Nursing

    Are you meeting resistance when you insert the foley "quite far" and don't see urine? If not, you may need to continue gently inserting the foley. If you are meeting resistance, then your male...

  7. How to be a good day shift nurse?

    Buckeye.nurse replied to future-peds-np's topic in General Nursing

    I work day shift on a hematology-oncology unit. I hope I can give you a few helpful tips. ~~Being organized starts at home. Get your gear together the night before. I usually pack my lunch for the...

  8. Homelessness

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with finding a room to rent. Maybe check listing on the collage board for people looking for roommates? Where I work those sort of adverts are pretty common. It's kind of the happy middle...

  9. Pain scale

    Buckeye.nurse replied to nurseequestrian's topic in General Nursing

    We just started using the Defense and Veterans Pain Rating Scale at my hospital. We're still getting used to it, but so far it seems to be much more useful than the old 0-10 rating system. Here's a...

  10. Have you had issues with Alaris pumps

    Buckeye.nurse replied to tallynurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Thanks for your reply Wuzzie! I'm sure the recall is taken into consideration by our durable equipment techs when we flag the channels. I'm very glad to hear the transition went well for your unit....

  11. Clean nurses/dirty nurses

    Buckeye.nurse replied to BFly85's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I agree with not.done.yet's post. Also, don't forget to "scrub in, scrub out", and be scrupulous about cleaning any equipment such as vital signs carts, accu-check machines, stethoscopes,

  12. Unionized vs Non Unionized hospitals

    Buckeye.nurse replied to sungrl01's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I have worked at two hospitals in my career as a nurse (7 years at the first, and 6 years at my current employer). Both hospitals are very similar (large academic referral hospitals, non-profit,...

  13. Will I get fired?

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Chloe86's topic in General Nursing

    This!!! Nurses on my unit will give basic lab results out. We write our patients counts (WBC, platelet level, and Hgb) on the white board in the room. But you better believe that if a family wants...

  14. Bored, Trying to figure out what to do.

    Buckeye.nurse replied to deej394's topic in General Nursing

    Is there a cardiovascular equivalent to the oncology nursing society? If so, joining that might help you. Our society meets once a month. We network, make friends, eat dinner, and then listen to a...

  15. IV shortage--how is your hospital coping?

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Buckeye.nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I was working in pediatrics during the H1N1 epidemic in 2009. We were admitting kids to the treatment rooms, empty beds in PACU, empty beds in various ICUs...basically anything short of putting them...

  16. Do Nurses Earn Big Money? You Decide.

    Buckeye.nurse replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses are definitely part of the shrinking (and struggling) middle class. We are the link between 2 increasingly unequal extremes in America. On one side we have the working poor, such as Carla,...

  17. Have you moved out of state for a nursing job?

    Buckeye.nurse replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think new grads make around $25/hour here...but I don't know for certain. Most hospitals pay more for BSN. Nurses working in the "big 3" (Cincinnati, Columbus, or Cleveland) make significantly...

  18. LTC facility - O2 delivery for respiratory distress

    Buckeye.nurse replied to WCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    I feel for you. Emergency situations are stressful enough without the added stress of scrambling to find needed equipment. It sounds like you did the best you could for the patient with the...

  19. Have you had issues with Alaris pumps

    Buckeye.nurse replied to tallynurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I come from a hospital that used Hospira cartridge pumps as well. I wanted to hate Alaris pumps, but over the 6 years at my current employer, I have come to really like them. They are simple, easy...

  20. What is Nux Vomica? State Board Questions From the Turn of the 20thCentury: An Era Gone By

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Brenda F. Johnson's topic in General Nursing

    This is amazing! More please

  21. Evening shift - Managing Admissions

    Buckeye.nurse replied to cosmicnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'll second everything that Sour Lemon said. Also, remember that getting your admission settled and assessed for stability is a priority...getting every little thing done on the admission checklist...

  22. Why all the drama with nursing?

    Buckeye.nurse replied to dogmom2016's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you Olddude and Nurse Beth for the good examples of what to say. I always feel like I need to rationalize why I can't switch shifts to my unit

  23. Do you ambulate your patients with PCA

    Buckeye.nurse replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    Yes absolutely ambulate! There is a really good thread on ambulating in the early post-op period that might have some additional information for you :) My only concern would be fall risk (dizziness...

  24. overusing GLOVES

    Buckeye.nurse replied to liluiass's topic in General Nursing

    You mentioned that you aren't practicing in the United States. All I can do is give you the recommendations of practice here, and hope that it helps you. First, gloves are part of standard...

  25. Have you moved out of state for a nursing job?

    Buckeye.nurse replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I actually moved to Ohio from North Carolina for my nursing job! I have family in the state, and they told me how great the benefits here are. I also wanted to go back to school for my RN to BSN,...