EHNurse19

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1. Advice

   EHNurse19 replied to jfor1234's topic in First Year After Licensure

   If you feel like going to defend yourself would help your situation then I would definitely go back in. Also just try socializing with these nurses. I had a few nurses that were crabby when I first...

2. Med Surg Nurses: How many patients do you care for?

   EHNurse19 replied to cheez1285's topic in Medical-Surgical

   I work on a general surgery floor but tend to get medical patients from time to time. We generally have 3-4 patients on day/evening shift. Night shift we try to keep it at 6 or below per nurse but all...

3. Running PRBC concurrently with NS?!

   EHNurse19 replied to nurseap's topic in General Nursing

   As far as the blood administration goes you did nothing that could HARM the patient but next time just clarify with the provider exactly what they wanted done. If you are unsure always double-check...

4. Patients who can do ADLs but want nurses to

   EHNurse19 replied to destova's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

   I have been noticing this more and more in our patient population as well. My go to line is "Who does this for you at home?" If they say that they do then I just let them know that as their nurse it...

5. Different Piggyback Antibiotics, Same IV Tubing??

   EHNurse19 replied to Pinky89's topic in Medical-Surgical

   I always backflush when hanging piggybacks (based on compatibilities of course). Not only does it decrease the risk of infection for patients because you are not constantly disconnecting and...