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  1. needle-stick injury

    Mommy TeleRN replied to livingroomcomputer's topic in General Nursing

    99% of surgeons are getting 8 needlesticks a year? Hmm I hope I get the 1% to operate on me lol. Trying to figure that number out! I have heard of one needlestick on the one year I have worked on my...

  2. How do you round?

    Mommy TeleRN replied to Mommy TeleRN's topic in General Nursing

    mom2bears - you pass meds as you go too? wow. How long does it take you to get through all 6

  3. needle-stick injury

    Mommy TeleRN replied to livingroomcomputer's topic in General Nursing

    What stats were you looking at? The stats I have seen are pretty low, esp with HIV which doesn't live long outside the body. Perhaps your stats were old? We really don't even use that many dirty...

  4. First day without preceptor and first error

    Mommy TeleRN replied to jessi1106's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yep what weebaby said.... 4 bags should have 4 times AND this should have been communicated in report "pt is getting 40mEq of K. I hung the first bag but there is still 3 bags to go" or

  5. Does ATT letter give permission to practice?

    Mommy TeleRN replied to havelotsfaith's topic in General Students

    Varies by state. In TN I was not allowed to practice as a nurse until passing boards. I did still work with my preceptor and start learning charting, did assessments, etc but I was not allowed to do...

  6. Being denied employment because of a credit check :(

    Mommy TeleRN replied to Dunno?'s topic in General Nursing

    all financial advice aside - this situation STILL makes no sense. OP does not have bad credit. This IS for a hospital job right? You aren't a nursing student wanting a bank job or something? Geez -...

  7. Need some good advice!!!!

    Mommy TeleRN replied to nursing grad 07's topic in General Nursing

    Actually I believe 85 is the lowest on the PN. To the OP...I would spend the time waiting reading the NCLEX board...you'll find a TON of other posts from folks who felt the same way who a day later...

  8. Being denied employment because of a credit check :(

    Mommy TeleRN replied to Dunno?'s topic in General Nursing

    780 is an EXCELLENT score..that is NOT bad

  9. Checking in after one month

    Mommy TeleRN replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Jan that makes sense. Pharmacy mixes ours so I didn't even think about the NS that is IN with the heparin. Pagenda maybe that is what the person meant? I wonder if they meant that you shouldn't run...

  10. Checking in after one month

    Mommy TeleRN replied to nurse4theplanet's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Pagenda...I do not recall having NS the couple times I've had a pt on heparin drip. Are you sure the person who told you that was right? Perhaps "they" had a

  11. Are croc shoes white enough??????????

    Mommy TeleRN replied to RNSacht's topic in General Nursing

    To the OP exactly which model did you get? This model doesn't even look out yet says "coming soon" and they don't say pearl white they just say "white". Are they the ones you got?...

  12. DUH moments..

    Mommy TeleRN replied to Mommy TeleRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey PB&J! You are NEVER gonna guess what happened last night on my shift! You will get a kick out of this and how we have LEARNED from each other's duh! moments. Ok so pt has HR in 60's early in...

  13. Maybe a silly question

    Mommy TeleRN replied to ysabel327's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Actually I JUST talked to my preceptor about this this morning. She said she only tells lab results ie "your potassium was below normal, so we are giving you this potassium pill" if pt asks why lab is...

  14. When does quick result's 48 hrs start to count?

    Mommy TeleRN replied to imagine2's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congrats!!!!

  15. Just When You Think You've Seen It All....

    Mommy TeleRN replied to CapeCodMermaid's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    In school we did a project on evidenced based practice. Someone did a report on use of armbands. The summary was it's very important to mark armbands because different facilities use different colors...

  16. When does quick result's 48 hrs start to count?

    Mommy TeleRN replied to imagine2's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I have never heard of it showing up early so I wouldn't worry yourself too much checking it ahead of time. To my knowledge it is 48 hrs from your scheduled test time..so for you 1pm tomorrow. I had to...

  17. Starting RN Wages?

    Mommy TeleRN replied to Perseus Mandate's topic in General Nursing

    Ahh I see cool. So do you already HAVE a bachelors? If so you might want to consider a BSN fast track program. You likely have many of the courses you need. I think most of those would be done in less...

  18. DUH moments..

    Mommy TeleRN replied to Mommy TeleRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    PB&J - guess it would have been good to listened apically ... but being new sometimes we forget those simple things huh? Hence the name of this thread

  19. Starting RN Wages?

    Mommy TeleRN replied to Perseus Mandate's topic in General Nursing

    PM... sorry I'm not familiar with LI so I don't know which area. Are you thinking of persuing nursing or are you already in the

  20. Should I leave nursing?

    Mommy TeleRN replied to CRNAorBust's topic in General Nursing

    TeleRNer - those are great tips. I'd be leery about clinical instructor though. Talk about juggling...you not only have to worry about YOU making mistakes but also up to 10 students...eek! I don't...

  21. Should I leave nursing?

    Mommy TeleRN replied to CRNAorBust's topic in General Nursing

    Some areas where you do one patient at a time: Surgery Radiology (think arteriograms, vascaths, etc) Cardiology (stress tests, echos) Cath lab (nurses take turns circulating, recording procedure, or...

  22. Should I leave nursing?

    Mommy TeleRN replied to CRNAorBust's topic in General Nursing

    Do you think you'd do better in an area where you only have to focus on one patient at a time perhaps? How many patients are you taking on the medsurg floor? Maybe you would enjoy being a patient...

  23. Starting RN Wages?

    Mommy TeleRN replied to Perseus Mandate's topic in General Nursing

    And here we go again

  24. the BMI normogram

    Mommy TeleRN replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    Yep that sounds much closer :) The chart I linked to shows the BMI as 19 for 5'4" and 110 lbs. Another one I like to use: http://www.nhlbisupport.com/bmi/ This shows you to be 18.9 which matches up to...

  25. the BMI normogram

    Mommy TeleRN replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    Here is a link to one similar to what I use at work: