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  1. Nursing School Patient Loads

    chrisrn24 replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Just have to add that recently there was a thread where a senior student had something like 5 patients and believed that was not appropriate. Instead of being supportive, people were incredibly rude...

  2. Nursing School Patient Loads

    chrisrn24 replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't do a traditional senior clinical but the folks that did I believe ended their senior capstone with 1-2 patients independentlyI'm assuming depending on acuity and under supervision. For junior...

  3. Untrue formal complaint filed with state

    chrisrn24 replied to mixanplay2013's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Agree with the above poster. If someone is on CPAP or Bipap and they refuse, we typically chart it. What is done is for though, best of luck to

  4. How do I get an interview at a hospital as a new graduate RN in South Florida??

    chrisrn24 replied to nrodriz33428's topic in Florida Nursing

  5. Paper charting

    chrisrn24 replied to sasrn0988's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe with your note say things like "Pt sitting up in bed eating breakfast, husband present at bedside. assessment completed. T 98.2 R 18 and non labored o2 sat 92% on RA BP 134/57 P 57 and regular....

  6. comfort care?

    chrisrn24 replied to RN 033's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Anti anxiety meds are not prolonging life, they are absolutely indicated for situations where the resident has

  7. Prison Nursing- what does it involve?

    chrisrn24 replied to SuzieVN's topic in Correctional

    It can be a very stressful job at times advocating for care for the prisoners...a lot of the COs don't like the prisoners and don't care if they die or not...and truthfully you may not either if you...

  8. No Reference

    chrisrn24 replied to Linda0's topic in General Nursing

    Ask a family friend or one of your old nursing instructors. A reference doesn't have to be a past employer. I have on mine an old boss from high school, a boss from my college job and a family friend....

  9. Browse Hospital Violation Reports

    chrisrn24 replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

    Saving this for later to

  10. sooo tired of staff without ANY compassion or empathy!!!

    chrisrn24 replied to nervousnurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I would just always remind your staff of those things when you can. When they complain, say "she does always ask for pain meds but you know she is dying of multiple cancers" or "you know she is just...

  11. Is legal to replace medication drawn up in a syringe back in the multi-vial

    chrisrn24 replied to mdavisRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    It's like 1 ml why not just

  12. New grad/New job

    chrisrn24 replied to jnurse21's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    As a new grad in LTC I got a month and a half of full time training and I needed it. Ask for more

  13. New nurse/night shift/stress?!!

    chrisrn24 replied to lauriepat's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I started working nights in August...it never used to be bad because I worked infrequently. But since January I've been working more often, near full time status and it is starting to get to me. I'm...

  14. a thank you to you all!

    chrisrn24 posted a topic in Patient Medications

    I'm a new grad and I work LTC so I rarely deal with IVs, but lately I've been doing a lot of them. I've been having trouble priming IV tubing without getting a zillion little air bubbles, so I...

  15. a thank you to you all!

    chrisrn24 replied to chrisrn24's topic in Patient Medications

    It is the best! Keep the tubing coiled too while you prime it as I read it works better. When it reaches the end of the tubing and starts dripping then close the clamp and hook it up to the

  16. A doctor needs to be present to draw blood?

    chrisrn24 replied to psu_213's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    At my old job, a doctor had to present when our LPN gave an allergy injection in case of a reaction....maybe it is like

  17. Gero NP dreams vs. experience

    chrisrn24 replied to Vespertinas's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Work part time on the floor before you graduate. I believe you need that

  18. Do you aspirate before giving an IM deltoid injection?

    chrisrn24 replied to seasalt1023's topic in Patient Medications

    When I was orienting to my job, I was giving insulin and my preceptor said "you don't aspirate for SubQ?" I said "we only learned to aspirate for IM." She just said "ok." So yeah, she might aspirate...

  19. my birth plan - nurse friendly?

    chrisrn24 replied to nurse_maya28's topic in Ob/Gyn

    OP maybe you need/could get an order for "no blah blah pain meds" so the nurses don't feel conflicted?? If someone was screaming out in pain I would want to

  20. What shift does the 7am med pass?

    chrisrn24 replied to keepitsimple0025's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The 11-7 shift covers all meds from 2300-0659. So no 7 am meds for night shift. First off, clarify the policy at your work before you decide to pass 0700 meds. If they are yours, start at 0600. Not...

  21. Student Nurse Nightmare-Help!

    chrisrn24 replied to RNFiona's topic in General Nursing

    I can think of one (female) student like this in my graduating class. She loved to argue and despite that, thought all her problems were everyone else's fault. When I got the senior capstone she...

  22. They call me the "spaz" on the floor. :/

    chrisrn24 replied to CCNP-FL's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You should concentrate on what you spaz about. Is it when you're doing task A and you get distracted by tasks B C and D? Is it making sure you leave nothing uncharted? Or what? I find it is helpful to...

  23. my birth plan - nurse friendly?

    chrisrn24 replied to nurse_maya28's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Oh my gosh...wow.

  24. my birth plan - nurse friendly?

    chrisrn24 replied to nurse_maya28's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm not a L&D nurse what is the point of bringing the placenta

  25. Destroying medications

    chrisrn24 replied to nurseywifeymommy1's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I agree that flushing them isn't the best thing. Why can't you put them in sharps or contaminate them with