nursemols ADN, BSN, RN

nursemols has 10 years experience as a ADN, BSN, RN and specializes in PCU Neuro/Cardiac.

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1. Pregnant, when do you start light duty?

   nursemols replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

   I went on light duty at 25 weeks due to medical issues related to my pregnancy. Essentially I’m used as a huc or a monitor tech. I’m just glad my hospital does accommodate me for my needs. It’s...

2. ICU nursing in Texas during COVID

   nursemols replied to bbear2102's topic in Disaster Preparation

   It’s the same here in Arizona. We are double bunking covid positive patients in both the pcu covid floor and in our ICU. I haven’t gone a shift without at least two code blues and multiple rapid...

3. Nursing check-in: How are your numbers???

   nursemols replied to ladycody's topic in Disaster Preparation

   It’s getting pretty messy here in Phoenix AZ. We went from one covid unit plus two icus to four covid units and two icus pretty

4. Low Hospital Census

   nursemols replied to Sophie Garcia's topic in General Nursing

   At first we were low census..but now in Arizona we have become overwhelmed. Went from one covid unit and two icus to two full covid units two rule out covid units plus three icus counting our ICU...

5. What is it like in your hospital right now?

   nursemols replied to FloatFNP-C's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Yes I’m in the west valley and I too was racking up mad amounts of overtime..would not have signed an extension if I knew low census was

6. What is it like in your hospital right now?

   nursemols replied to FloatFNP-C's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Yea I do travel contracts for a health system instead of an agency so I get benefits of staff and travel nursing. I just signed an extension too and now it’s all low census. My manager said I could...

7. What is it like in your hospital right now?

   nursemols replied to FloatFNP-C's topic in Disaster Preparation

   Census is so low most of us are worried about having a job and are job

8. On call

   nursemols replied to KSjo88's topic in General Nursing

   I worked on a ortho med surge floor. We had the same problem. First summer I was there I used all of my pto just to pay bills. I ended up transferring to the telemetry step down unit. Haven't been...

9. Straight Cath over 1000ml

   nursemols replied to diana1234's topic in General Nursing

   I typically just use a foley kit..more often then not if I get 1000cc or more out then the provider wants to kept he foley in instead of doing multiple i/o Cathy

10. Gross Things Patients Do

    nursemols replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in General Nursing

    Recently had a pt admitted for svt and cdiff. Patient is known drug user and upon admission did not test positive for anything out of the ordinary. Two nights later I witnessed some weird behavior and...

11. Pure Wick

    nursemols replied to sistrmoon's topic in General Nursing

    We use them at my facility as well. They work well for my stroke patients who are completely down on one side or for hip fractures. That said if the patient is having diarrhea than purewick is. Or an...

12. Med/ surg nurse to patient ratio

    nursemols replied to aloha16's topic in General Nursing

    I work on a telemetry/neuron floor with m/s overflow. We are capped at six patients..which can be really difficult sometimes and other times not so much depending on the

13. Low Census

    nursemols replied to allstressedout1's topic in General Nursing

    For my current unit this is an unfortunate common occurrence. It's been bad enough that they have started closing our unit on the weekend. I have since accepted a transfer to a different unit that...