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I wear a metal hinged bangle watch with a huge easy to read face. It easily slips into my pocket if I'm facing something messy and also cleans easily with alcohol or bleach water. I paid $2.99 each for 5 of them at a local department store sales rack...

Light blue citrate tubes should be filled to the line on the tube, this gives the correct ratio of blood to sodium citrate. Overfill or underfill will not provide a correct reading. Who wants an incorrect PT or PTT? I highly recommend that the OP wr...

Top 5 reasons our med-surg floor has to delay an admit: 1) no clean rooms 2) have to move an already admitted patient to make an appropriate assignment for the new patient (usually r/t gender or diagnosis) 3) we are maxed out on the nurse ratio and n...

Our unit also keeps a record of when and where staff members have floated. Whoever has the least amount of floats for that particular shift will be assigned the float. By contract this assignment will be made after travelers have floated and voluntee...