Pill Hoarding Hussy

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  1. Can any Sarasota RNs help?

    Pill Hoarding Hussy posted a topic in General Nursing

    Long story short: I am an RN in Boston, and I'm pregnant. We are considering moving down to Sarasota where my husband has family before I have the baby. So i need a job and a travel assignment is...

  2. Can any Sarasota RNs help?

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to Pill Hoarding Hussy's topic in General Nursing

    thank you guys so much for all the info and support! yeah, i have heard about the pay diff. someone i work with in bos from kissimee said that i could expect $22-25/hr or so. accurate? as for the...

  3. I'm blind in right eye

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to rainswhisper,RN's topic in General Nursing

    advice: don't worry about it. i'm blind in my left eye, and i get by fine. you can perform all of the required actions of your job, so don't stress about that. and as far a eye patches and such...

  4. Can any Sarasota RNs help?

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to Pill Hoarding Hussy's topic in General Nursing

    thanks! i'll check it

  5. In at UMass Boston

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to fotografe's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    i graduated from umass boston! yay! pretty run-down school facility but clinicals at the best hospitals in boston (i was at MGH, BWH, Childrens', McLean, BIDMC). i loved my clinicals and had an...

  6. CCU - Removal of Femoral Sheath by Registered Nurses

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to CWhite's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    any chance of a

  7. How does your tele and ER work together?

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to Hrtnurse14's topic in Cardiac

    i did not mean what i posted to be a personal attack on er nurses. i am just stating that the relationship btw our floor and our er is very poor, with little to no communication. we do not receive...

  8. Is Heparin and Mag compatible

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to angelique777's topic in Cardiac

    yes they are... according to my facility's guidelines. IMHO, it is always best practice to look it up or call pharmacy yourself, not just take someone else's word for it- no matter how much...

  9. How does your tele and ER work together?

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to Hrtnurse14's topic in Cardiac

    how does my floor get along with the ED? appalingly poorly. the admissions always come at change of shift, the pt could have been in the ED for 6+ hours, but all of a sudden at 0630 it is VITAL that...

  10. Having hard time working night shift!

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

    i d/n rotate. 2 week rotations. i am a person who loves to sleep, anytime of day so it is not really a problem for me. when i started out, i would take benadryl in the day if i could not sleep,...

  11. fasting and cardiac caths

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to Glenn Murray's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    at my hospital all of our pre-cath pt's are npo from mid noc for the reasons the above poster stated. we preh-hydrate almost all of them and use bicarb gtts and mucomyst for CRI/RF pt's. we do give...

  12. Blood Pressure secondary to Temp. Pacing

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to aithug316's topic in Cardiac

    this is how it was explained to me: we put bi-v-icd's in our heart failure pt's to increase cardiac output by synchronizing the chambers of the heart. a 100% A-V paced rhythm at a rate of 60-80...

  13. CCU - Removal of Femoral Sheath by Registered Nurses

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to CWhite's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    with an ablation they usually only do venous sticks (as opposed to art sticks for c.cath), so the bedrest after sheath removal will only be 2-4 hours instead of 6 (at my hospital). yeah ep studies...

  14. CCU - Removal of Femoral Sheath by Registered Nurses

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to CWhite's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    at my hospital ony the fellows, cath lab rns and a "sheath tech" pull sheaths. interventional pt's have integrillin, aggrastat, or reopro running. act has to be 180 or less. usually manual...

  15. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    it sucks to have to wait. while i agree it is horrible to be made to wait when you are in pain, you cannot **** around where eyes are concerned. one fine summer day i started to feel irritation and...

  16. AM code

    Pill Hoarding Hussy posted a topic in General Nursing

    exhaustion. need to vent. pt received from the ed 0600. 92 yom r/i NSTEMI, CVA. within 10 min. pt in resp distress (sbp=199, 88 sinus, resps 28-32, sat92%2L): 12 lead ekg, neb treatment done,...

  17. Do one thing over?

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to sprite123's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i wish i wouldn't have stressed out so bad during school- honestly, i made such a big huge hairy deal out of EVERYTHING! and it would have all come out just fine had i not worried so much. also...

  18. AM code

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to Pill Hoarding Hussy's topic in General Nursing

    fer

  19. Lidocaine drip?

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to gabsev's topic in Emergency

    i've only ever used lido gtts for VT. if this shingles thing is in fact a usage in practice, fill me in... cause it sounds

  20. Call Offs

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to nurseangel78's topic in General Nursing

    that is a rediculous policy! seek employment elsewhere. while i am at work, my pts come first. while i am at home, my family comes first. we are nurses but we are also human beings. falliable and...

  21. Nitroglycerin drips on telemetry units

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to nicholasmjb's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    at my facility the "stable" tele floor (32 beds) and the step down (14 beds) both take pts on ntg, we titrate up and down as necessary to 200 mcg. our ratio is 1:4 24/7 on step down and up to 1:5-7...

  22. Question about Pacer checks and pain

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    totally a valium-worthy situation. the only ones worse about not seeking med attention than our famiy members are nurses! i wonder if she ate something would she feel better? a year is well beyond...

  23. Father still having fainting spells 2 wks after cath...

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to LButlerRN2007's topic in Cardiac

    LMFAO!

  24. Father still having fainting spells 2 wks after cath...

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to LButlerRN2007's topic in Cardiac

    i think he should go back to his cardiologist... there may be things going on that a pcp might not catch. hr 97-117 could suggest lots of things: is he dehydrated? in afib with RVR and not tolerating...

  25. Bad Habits Nurses Develop

    Pill Hoarding Hussy replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    LMFAO! yeah. lots of uses for those alcohol pads, though... cleaning manicure scissors, computer keyboards... my husband used to think i was nuts, now he uses them