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  1. Post-op care of pt's with epidural

    nbnurse95 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hi, Just wondering how pt's with epidurals for post op pain management are cared for in your hospital. I work on a surgical unit with many ortho and abdominal surgeries. We have a room with 3 beds...

  2. Post-op care of pt's with epidural

    nbnurse95 replied to nbnurse95's topic in Medical-Surgical

    We usually give heparin s/c to our post-ops. If they have an epidural, we have to withhold the heparin for 2 hrs after removal of the

  3. Post-op care of pt's with epidural

    nbnurse95 replied to nbnurse95's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Depending on the Dr's orders, we can change the epi rate according to the pt's pain or sedation within certain parameters. We can change the bag etc. We also remove the catheter when the epi is d/c'd...

  4. Post-op care of pt's with epidural

    nbnurse95 replied to nbnurse95's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Hi Fiona59, Thanks for the information. I work in New Brunswick. I think our policy is going to change soon. I doubt that many hospitals have the same policy we

  5. How many patients?

    nbnurse95 replied to sistasoul's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work on a surgical floor. We have 4 teams of 7 pt's each. Each team has one RN and one LPN. One RN in charge without pts. We have a secretary from 0730 - 1530, another from 1000 - 1800, and another...

  6. Central lines and TPN vs PPN

    nbnurse95 replied to emsillystudent's topic in General Nursing

    Hi siggie13, I checked the policies and order forms at my hospital. Our TPN for Central lines is as follows: Amino Acids 5%, Dextrose 16.6% and Lipids 10 or 20%. and for IV lives: Amino Acids 2.7%,...

  7. Central lines and TPN vs PPN

    nbnurse95 replied to emsillystudent's topic in General Nursing

    The Travasol is definitely a different recipe than the one we use with Central lines and we're NEVER to run the Travasol alone peripherally. We always MUST run it with

  8. Central lines and TPN vs PPN

    nbnurse95 replied to emsillystudent's topic in General Nursing

    Recently we've starting adm TPN through reg IV's. It's not as convenient since you only have the one line to work with so we usually have to start a second line for meds

  9. Hourly Rounding

    nbnurse95 replied to neneRN's topic in General Nursing

    I've been working on the same surgical unit for over 11 years. Often 6, 7 or 8 pts each. We have always had hourly rounds. Chances are I'm so busy running around that I see most of them every hour...

  10. Drawing Blood From PICC Lines

    nbnurse95 replied to rileygrl11's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    At our hospital it's very rare for a dr to allow blood to be drawn from a

  11. What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

    nbnurse95 replied to chioma829's topic in General Nursing

    1. surgical unit rn 2. 40 3. 10.5 4. all shifts, including every 2nd weekend 5. new brunswick, canada 6. $2269.50 (cad) or $2037.16 (usd) every 2 weeks (this doesn't include night, evening, or weekend...

  12. Who does your daily blood work?

    nbnurse95 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I work on a busy surgical unit and right now RNs are drawing the daily blood work at about 6:00am every day. I know that in some hospitals the phlebotomy dept goes to each unit to do it but the RNs...

  13. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    nbnurse95 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    During one night shift an elderly man died on our unit. He was in a four-bed ward so we transfered him to a private room so that his family could come in to see him. While we were transferring him,...

  14. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    nbnurse95 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: :chuckle :rotfl:

  15. Where are you?

    nbnurse95 replied to tutusandfrogs's topic in International Nursing

    Hi, I'm in New Brunswick. Been on surgical for over 10 years now. Love

  16. Who does your daily blood work?

    nbnurse95 replied to nbnurse95's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Thanks for your replies everyone. I'm checking this because we are so busy that I thought it would be a good idea to give this work back to the lab or phlebo. I just need some back-up. Thanks again...

  17. Pantoprazole IV question!

    nbnurse95 replied to RNinRubySlippers's topic in General Nursing

    Pantoloc is only stable for 6 hrs I believe after it's been reconstituted. We mix a 40mg vial in 100cc NaCl. Each bag runs at 20cc/hr (over 5 hrs) to be safe then a new bag is hung. That's if the Dr...

  18. Sask. family furious that 84-year-old dad waited 52 hours in emergency room

    nbnurse95 posted a topic in International Nursing

    Does your hospital have this problem? Fri Jun 3, 5:39 PM ET SASKATOON (CP) - A Saskatchewan family is furious that their 84-year-old father had to wait more than two days in a crowded and noisy...

  19. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    nbnurse95 replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    I had one strange thing happen. It was around 4:00 am. I was preparing an IV med for one of my pts. As I stepped out of the med room a visitor was there waiting for me. (she was with her dying...

  20. Spouse of an Er nurse needs help

    nbnurse95 replied to jvalloric's topic in Emergency

    Well, I can tell you that no one understands a nurse more than another nurse. ERNURSE4MS is right; nursing is stressful. I'm not saying that you don't support her, all I'm saying is that we do see...

  21. 3 month old with thrush since he was 1 week old

    nbnurse95 replied to churdlpn's topic in Pediatric

    My cousin also had a baby, breastfed, who had thrush. She also had a hard time to get rid of it. Was your nephew born by C-section? My cousin's ped told her that due to the doses of antibiotics given...

  22. What Exciting Thing is Your Management Doing For 'Nurses Week'???

    nbnurse95 replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    Well, we get our recognition pins during this week. (5 years, 10 years, etc...) The DON and assistant DONs open their offices for cake, coffee, Nurse-of-the-year presentations,( one RN and one LPN...

  23. Roll Up The Rim Time

    nbnurse95 replied to Fiona59's topic in International Nursing

    me again. they finally called me to answer the skill testing question. my prize should be here in 6-8 weeks. :balloons: (2x12)-3+6= thank god i got it right. how embarassing if i didn't.

  24. Sick Days

    nbnurse95 replied to caren19's topic in General Nursing

    We have a policy that also allows for about 5 sick days a year. But we don't have such strict conseqences. We would recieve a letter during our yearly evaluation to make us aware of our absenteeism...

  25. Med-Surg Roll Call

    nbnurse95 replied to RNPATL's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I'm an RN on a surgical unit. Been there for almost 10 years. Due to a bed shortage, we've had a lot of medicals for quite a while now. My favorite pts are the surgicals, they keep me the busiest. The...