Buckeye.nurse

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  1. Benefits and pensions, offered to nurses

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

    Government jobs often have public employee pension, and workers are not part of social security. While any sort of group retirement is seen as shaky with the aging of our population, state retirement...

  2. How to handle condescending doctor

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

    There have been a lot of really good responses. I just have a quick thought to add. Many hospitals are pushing RN-MD rounding at the bedside. Most of the teams on our floor do this, and it helps...

  3. Nurses and promoting better rates of vaccination

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

    This is indeed a paradox of our modern age. We are so well protected from the real, dangerous threats that vaccine-preventable diseases pose that some people don't realize the actual threat, and...

  4. Nurses and promoting better rates of vaccination

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

    Every now and then I take care of an elderly patient who survived childhood polio...and I say a silent thanks that my child lives in the age of

  5. Interview Qns need advice :)

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

    For question 1, my initial response would be to go assess the patient. Get a set of vitals. Then determine, based on your re-assessment what needs to be done. What do you think would be respiratory...

  6. Cannulating right or wrong

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

    For what it's worth, our specially trained RNs who insert PIVs with ultrasound assistance go above the ACF at times. I've never heard of any

  7. How has the nursing world changed over the years?

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

    I'm far from a crusty old bat (although I hope to still be providing bedside patient care in 20 years and earn that title). I graduated from nursing school in 2004, but was a teen volunteer and then...

  8. Pay cut to become a RN

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Merky101's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty sure the acronym the OP used stands for Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant. I'd have to look up the wages at my hospital to compare wages between the 2 jobs. We actually use quite a...

  9. What would you be in another life?

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

    My original career goal was to be a concert pianist. I was in quite a few state competitions in high school, and practiced for hours a day. Luckily, my mother guessed that this career goal wasn't the...

  10. How much insulin is too much?

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

    Steroids can definitely cause a diabetic to have stubbornly high blood glucose readings. We sometimes have problems on my unit with our diabetics who are receiving high dose prednisone as part of...

  11. Strange request from a resident

    Buckeye.nurse posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've been a nurse for a long time...all of it in teaching hospitals. As such, I've experienced years of working with new residents. One of our current residents has a strange request I've never seen...

  12. Strange request from a resident

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

    Our patient population doesn't have the best veins

  13. Strange request from a resident

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

    That's what I'm thinking too Sally. Thanks

  14. Single Parents

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Askaquestion's topic in General Students

    First of all, congrats on making it through nursing school as a single parent. That is no easy feat!!! Now to your question. 12 hour shifts are tough as a single parent, whether it is day or night....

  15. Phlebotomy question

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

    It sounds odd to me that there is no one in the research study that you can ask this question of. When any of our patients are enrolled in a clinical trial, one of the staff drops off a very specific...

  16. What looks great on your resume when you are applying for a job

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

    While experience in the medical field (such as work as a CNA) will definitely stand out on a resume, don't underestimate the value that other work experience will give you when you become an RN....

  17. EPIC, documentation & time management advice

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Umrn1's topic in General Nursing

    I try to at least time stamp every time I am in my patients' rooms...whether it be an IV site assessment, positioning, or pain assessment. Then when I have a bit of time later, I go back and fill in...

  18. Picture of wound?

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Glycerine82's topic in General Nursing

    Our computer charting system recently gained the capability to link pictures to our wound assessment charting. We have portable hand-held smart devices that we can take pictures with in addition to...

  19. While administering med, why using drugbook instead of instructions?

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

    The vast majority of medications you give will not come with an instruction packet in the hospital. Vaccines should come with the VIS (for the patient). Our pharmacy, occasionally, will send vials...

  20. Communicating with doctors as a new grad.

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Alexx_xox's topic in First Year After Licensure

    There are some really great comments already, that I 100% agree with. This may be different in the ER, but floor nurses often have to "coach" the covering physician more at night. The cross-cover...

  21. Epic Charting System

    Buckeye.nurse replied to 5678kma's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, like Sour Lemon said, the version of EPIC at my employer may very well be different from yours. The version at my employer has a "create worksheet" and "print worksheet" option. This is my...

  22. Personal Resource Notebook

    Buckeye.nurse replied to NessTheNurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    NesstheNurse, I also suggest finding good resource sites on the internet. I personally love Latest Medical News, Clinical Trials, Guidelines – Today on Medscape (free). It's the medical...

  23. What are some good Rn to Bsn program

    Buckeye.nurse replied to nurse_student27's topic in School, College Programs

    Us news and world report has a ranking system that might give you some good ideas. Some are for profit schools, and some are public universities with online versions of their programs. The most...

  24. What are some creative nursing careers?

    Buckeye.nurse replied to MJPN2012's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing jobs related to children (pediatric floors or school nursing) generally allow for more creativity. You get down on the level of your patient, whether they be 12 months or 12 years, and help...

  25. How do new grad Nurses that don't have BSN manage to survive this job market ?

    Buckeye.nurse replied to Wannabenurseneko's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Even some magnet hospitals still hire ADN new grads (or have re-started hiring them because the job market in many areas is swinging back towards favoring nurses). There have been many good ideas...