purple_rose_3

purple_rose_3

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  1. Florence Nightengale's Notes on Nursing...

    purple_rose_3 replied to stephlucasrn2008's topic in General Nursing

    I think I bought mine on e-bay for

  2. How to do a proposal for a nursing educator line to my nurse manager

    purple_rose_3 replied to maryjones's topic in General Nursing

    Does the person that works 0600 to 1400 have one you can look

  3. perscription pads

    purple_rose_3 replied to hunter-belle's topic in General Nursing

    Ours aren't locked up either. We have them in most of the drawers in the nurses station if not just "sitting

  4. How long should I orient on Cardiac/Stepdown floor?

    purple_rose_3 replied to BrayaRN's topic in General Nursing

    When I first started on Tele I had a 3 month internship. When I changed jobs after a year to a different hospital I had 6

  5. Pct To Pt Ratio On Tele/medsurg Floor

    purple_rose_3 replied to WhatTheDeuce's topic in General Nursing

    We don't have any on our floor. Only nurses. I wish management would let us have some, but I don't see that happening anytime soon. Days might get one very infrequently when they are short...

  6. Nursing Program (masters)

    purple_rose_3 replied to lilipad312's topic in California Nursing

    I would start out applying at all three and make your decision after you get acceptance

  7. Safe Staffing Saves Lives - ANA has started a campaign for us

    purple_rose_3 replied to BrokenRNheart's topic in General Nursing

    I just did

  8. Full code when living will is on chart?

    purple_rose_3 replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    If the doctor hasn't written an order stating the pt. is a DNR then she will need to be coded. I understand the pt. has a DNR/Living will from 5 years ago, but that is an out of hospital DNR....

  9. shift diff

    purple_rose_3 replied to jennifers's topic in General Nursing

    Usually 3 to 11, I've also seen 2 to

  10. Staff to patient ratio IA

    purple_rose_3 replied to Duflinkka's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't believe we (Iowa) have any staffing laws. That sounds typical of the patient load in Nursing Homes around here

  11. Administering IV meds

    purple_rose_3 replied to maryjane1216's topic in General Nursing

    Stop the meds, disconnect the tubing. Then flush, give toradol, flush and reconnect NS and

  12. Moving to Texas is not a good deal for nurse

    purple_rose_3 replied to John123's topic in Texas Nursing

    Baylor All Saints Fort Worth Texas Medical Telemetry Days ~ 1: 4-5 Nights ~ 1:

  13. New Grad on Cardiac/Stepdown Floor

    purple_rose_3 replied to BrayaRN's topic in Cardiac

    Having several different preceptors will be able to show you many different ways of doing the same job. Sometimes this is a good thing, so please don't be discouraged by the numbers. I know it...

  14. Hourly Rounding

    purple_rose_3 replied to Erianne1074's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I used to work at a hospital that had hourly rounds, hmmmm it wasn't fun. The techs did rounds on the "odd" hours and the nurses did them on the "even" hours. It was tolerable, but I'm definitely...

  15. Insulin...When/ When not to give

    purple_rose_3 replied to yurnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I would have called the doctor and explained the situation before holding the insulin. I would have also asked the patient what they normally do at home in regards to their insulin. I'm sure this...

  16. What weekends do you work?

    purple_rose_3 replied to TLC RN's topic in General Nursing

    We have weekend option people that work weekends. I couldn't work weekends even if I wanted

  17. Share Your "Brain" Sheet

    purple_rose_3 replied to nurseJ88's topic in Cardiac

    I work 7p to 7a on Tele. Andrea's

  18. does your lab call elevated cardiac enzymes to the floor?

    purple_rose_3 replied to MIRockstarRN's topic in Cardiac

    Lab always calls the critical labs to us and we have 30 minutes to communicate it with the

  19. shift diffs and incentives

    purple_rose_3 replied to robgill's topic in Texas Nursing

    When I worked in Texas (4 months ago) we got 5/hour more for nights and 6/hour more for weekends. We also got 250 dollars plus time and a half for any bonus

  20. Iowa LPN wages?

    purple_rose_3 replied to Midwest4me's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know the pay range in the specific area you are talking about, but please look at cost of living when you do figure out the salary. I would have to say that it's really cheap to live in Iowa...

  21. Does anyone work at the University of Iowa hospital?

    purple_rose_3 replied to nurse_runner's topic in General Nursing

    What job did you end up taking?

  22. Medical Assisting questions

    purple_rose_3 replied to Brandi8's topic in General Nursing

    Where I live MA's and CNA's pay is pretty much identical. Online class for only $645/8 weeks and get paid $25? I'm an RN with 4 years of school and don't get paid that, where do I sign

  23. Night shift

    purple_rose_3 replied to BiologyNerd's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I used to work at a 62 bed facility night shift had one nurse and two

  24. Class of .........

    purple_rose_3 replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    May 2005 LPN May 2006 RN May 2009

  25. Money to spend

    purple_rose_3 replied to NeuroNP's topic in General Nursing

    Would you be able to use gas money as an