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  1. What Is Your Biggest Weakness?

    hollyster replied to RN2B07's topic in General Nursing

    Mine is perfectionism. I will still wake up in the middle of the night wondering if I forgot something. I thought that I would have gotten over it when I was more experienced but I haven't. I also...

  2. pt. confidentiality between you and your fellow RNs

    hollyster replied to Carotid's topic in Emergency

    When I was gettting my case management certificate I had to take a ten hour class on HIPPA. Everything they have done with concern to my case has completely voided HIPPA regulations. When I contacted...

  3. pt. confidentiality between you and your fellow RNs

    hollyster replied to Carotid's topic in Emergency

    That was what I brought up with one of the risk managers. The excuse was that since my injury happened at work they had a right to know the results of my MRI. I can understanding the risk manager...

  4. I think I might lose my job, please help

    hollyster replied to BandEmom's topic in General Nursing

    I have been precepted for 7 weeks now. , but now that I'm working, i am so nervous all the time, and I feel like a complete idiot. My precepted experience has been rocky, I've been with several...

  5. Nursing Software

    hollyster replied to bonder's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Try Skyscape or do a google

  6. Brown Recluse Spider Bite

    hollyster replied to Tashia's topic in Georgia Nursing

    We had a pt that lost most of his bicep to a brown recluse. He said that he had only been bit the day

  7. ortho post op pain control

    hollyster replied to nurse96's topic in Orthopedic

    Sorry. The ON Q is a ball that is filled with Marcaine or sensorcaine,lidocaine etc. A very narrow catheter(about the size of a 20 gauge)that is placed into the wound and releases a continous drip of...

  8. "resort" healthcare featured on 60 minutes

    hollyster replied to pixie-dust37's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It is ashamed that foreigners can get this kind of treatment when the citizens of the country cannot get basic

  9. Malpractice Insurance.......Is it necessary???

    hollyster replied to grinnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Exactly. It is worth the hundred dollars a year to protect yourself. Your employer is only looking out for themselves. If they can get out of a suite by sacrificing you they will and then you lose...

  10. pt. confidentiality between you and your fellow RNs

    hollyster replied to Carotid's topic in Emergency

    In our unit we give a generalized report. Our nurses also act as the code team. So if we have to leave the unit for a code or a road trip the other nurses need to know what is going on for the pt's...

  11. ortho post op pain control

    hollyster replied to nurse96's topic in Orthopedic

    Have they tried the ON Q? Works great for ortho cases delivers continous local pain meds without reducing mobility, can cause bradycardia in gastric

  12. Why can't I get hired?

    hollyster replied to catlady's topic in General Nursing

    Go agency for a while. Make sure that you have ACLS,BLS-HCP and even PALS. By going agency you can get your foot in the door at all different types of facilities. 47 is still young. In our CCU I was...

  13. Adenosine on stepdown unit

    hollyster replied to biandok's topic in Cardiac

    I have been called from the CCU to tele to give Adenosine. There were no unit beds and the pt needed to be treated. I think that was the appropriate thing to do. It made the tele nurse more...

  14. mouth care/intubated patient

    hollyster replied to classicaldreams's topic in MICU, SICU

    One of my pet-peeves is seeing a pt who has not had proper oral care. Our unit mouth care is every two hours. We use the suction peroximint mouth sponges(they come two to a pack.) I find it helpful to...

  15. Propofol

    hollyster replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    I agree with you completely. Love the drug in the unit but I will not push it outside of it. Too many risks. I am not willing to play fast and loose with someone's life no matter how much I have used...

  16. champagne enema

    hollyster replied to Rhee's topic in General Students

    A near sighted bartender maybe?????

  17. Propofol

    hollyster replied to czipp's topic in Gastroenterology

    When I worked CCU propofol was a nurse and pt's best friend. I have used it as a push during procedures performed at bedside(bronchs,endos,bone marrow extractions) always with a DR. present as well as...

  18. Is Drug Dosage(class) hard?

    hollyster replied to JGLPN2BE's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    "Dosage Calculations Made Incredibly Easy" is a good book to review before starting class or makes a great review. It is step by step with rationales. My husband bought me a copy at a local bookstore....

  19. suggestions for PDA ebook on meds

    hollyster replied to susie Q nurse's topic in Home Health

    Epocrates has a free basic medication E-book with free updates. It is not as extensive as the Pro verison but it is free. F.A. Davis has a comprehensive med book. I have both on my PDA. I prefer the...

  20. Prehospital RN training

    hollyster replied to BSNinTX's topic in Emergency

    I started pre-hospital and then went to nursing school. Go to the local FD and explain to them that you want some road time. We loved having nurses ride with us. Medics have a lot to show nurses and...

  21. Lap Choley This Thursday

    hollyster replied to SthRNBelle's topic in General Nursing

    Best wishes for all of

  22. aortic endografts

    hollyster replied to smarkley's topic in General Nursing

    That would be very scary. When we first started talking about doing endografts we knew the only place (in case of ruputure or tear) they would have a chance of survivial was in an fully open OR

  23. New Nurse on Ventilator Unit

    hollyster replied to SixFtNurse2b's topic in Pulmonary

    Ask a resp.therapist or the nurse most comfortable with vents for a one on one. Ask them to explain peep,IMV,TV etc. Write them in a notebook. Volunteer to due as much trach care and suctioning and...

  24. aortic endografts

    hollyster replied to smarkley's topic in General Nursing

    In our facility they are done in the OR by a vascular surgeon(not cardio-thoracic) and an interventional radilogist. We do them in the OR instead of IR in case the pt ruptures it would take only...

  25. Can you always get shifts in ICU?

    hollyster replied to Rocknurse's topic in Agency Nurses

    I have never heard of anyone being cancelled for a unit shift. I worked 48 to 60 hours a week because we never had enough staff. I left that unit because of the mandatory