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  1. the BMI normogram

    Mommy TeleRN replied to GingerSue's topic in General Nursing

    64cm *2.54 cm/in = 162.56 inches/12 = 13.5ft. You are REALLY

  2. Starting RN Wages?

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

    I happen to know a recruiter in LI and this is what he says: New grad pay 28.73/hr. We pay 10% for evenings and night and 25% for Saturday and Sunday. I think they pay extra for BSN and they cap out...

  3. "Traditional Orientation Programs" or "RN Residency Programs"?

    Mommy TeleRN replied to nurseJ88's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I went for the longer term. It's a huge learning curve and I wanted as much time as possible with my preceptor. I did not want to be hurried out of orientation with so much responsibility on me and to...

  4. Best Scrubs for Fatties

    Mommy TeleRN replied to peds4now's topic in General Nursing

    I calculate 5'4", 148lbs to be a BMI of 25.4..just barely in the overweight category by ~ 3lbs. Away from the "obese" category by 27 lbs..if that makes ya feel any better :) Anyway - I just bought a...

  5. MD orders Viagra for pulmonary hypertension?!

    Mommy TeleRN replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Because it vasodilates arteries. We keep it as floor stock (never given it though) Which is why men taking nitrates shouldn't take Viagra or similiar

  6. DUH moments..

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

    I'm slowly having less...but the other night my pt was a bit anxious. She kept taking off her 02 and I put it back on and reminded her she needed it. She was fairly young CHF/COPD (lifelong smoker) My...

  7. Need advice: Question about relocation bonus

    Mommy TeleRN replied to prinzessdy's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Any chance you got the offer in writing? Who promised it? yes I would raise the issue! I didn't have this exact issue but a similiar issue with my pay before I took boards. I raised a big stink with...

  8. TN New grad pay

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

    elecen - to respond to your questions here and PM :) I do not work at Vandy so I don't know what their starting rate is now..perhaps it's gone up a bit. Heck all over West TN rates have jumped just in...

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

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

    What is a TAR? We put a big sign over the pt bed and also on the door "No BP or IV Stick R/L arm" Of course we tell the next nurse but you also have lots of people coming and going: phlebotomists,...

  10. Going to have to get hospital job...so depressed

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

    Hey MM....how old is your baby now? Seems just like yday you were preggo :) I am in your state and I drive about 80 miles each way to work. I work per diem so the $ are well worth it to me. Like the...

  11. Well meaning but is it helpful?

    Mommy TeleRN replied to julesradio's topic in General Nursing

    No way would I read it. There is enough RIGHT things to learn...I would hate to learn something wrong...and it changes all the time. You can get a Med-Surg or foundations book from THIS decade for...

  12. Hospital that pays more & is 1 hour away or closer but pays less?

    Mommy TeleRN replied to amy0123's topic in General Nursing

    I took a job that is 1.3 hrs away as opposed to one 40 min away. It was an extra $10/hr because it's perdiem..the closer hospital didn't offer perdiem. So far no regrets especially because I feel it's...

  13. Second day of clinical and paranoid is this normal?

    Mommy TeleRN replied to ariannasmom's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of the germs we deal with aren't necessarily all that risky to us as overall healthy people. Many things we can easily fight off with a good strong immune system. However, when we finish with...

  14. Salary question??

    Mommy TeleRN replied to maggijo's topic in Nursing Career

    The OP was likely calculating it on a 36 hr work week...pretty typical workweek for most RNs...esp if you work

  15. I just cant decide

    Mommy TeleRN replied to mercurymama's topic in Nursing Career

    Hey mercurymama! Welcome! I decided to go to school when my kids were let's see like 3 & 5. My advice would be to 1) find out how to apply to a nursing program. You could probably apply right now...

  16. Living poor to living middle class!

    Mommy TeleRN replied to rn2bn07's topic in First Year After Licensure

    daOdds - I feel the same as you. I've been getting gorgeous checks and I feel I should be rich lol. But we are paying off big amounts of things we've been behind on..heck last check we paid off $1000...

  17. Declotting PICCs

    Mommy TeleRN replied to Mommy TeleRN's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Thank you both very much. I asked my preceptor and she had all the same response. I looked at the Cathflo as well as Bard's site. While I am not 100% sure if she was putting much pressure behind the...

  18. Dont know if I will ever volunteer to do overtime agarin!!!

    Mommy TeleRN replied to dmn1012's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am in the same area as you - have you ever seen a vent outside an ICU? And if they are allowed in a step down...still should they be having 9 patients with this level of

  19. interosseous access (IO)

    Mommy TeleRN replied to Christie RN2006's topic in General Nursing

    Leslie, I'm no expert but they can manually jab it it or use a little gun like device. It can go I think into sternum or tibia. Here is one manufacturer I found. It was pics, a brochure and a video....

  20. Dont know if I will ever volunteer to do overtime agarin!!!

    Mommy TeleRN replied to dmn1012's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Is this common in other areas to have vent pts on a surgical floor with a 9:1 ratio and on DAY shift? Holy You know WHAT! I have never heard of such a thing in my area. Vents strictly in the ICU....

  21. do you give good report?

    Mommy TeleRN replied to MoopleRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am a pretty new nurse but I have created my own sheet with all my pertinent info such as O2, IV site, Pertinent medical hx, specimens needed, wound details, etc. I use this to take report. This...

  22. Help!

    Mommy TeleRN replied to socks341968's topic in Cardiac

    I would be meeting with the nurse manager immediately and explain this is extremely unacceptable. If they can't give you a better orientation I would resign. I am on a cardiac tele floor and I have...

  23. Urine Sample from Foley

    Mommy TeleRN replied to elysium's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Are we the only ones that have needleless foley ports? I just screw a syringe on to the closest port to the patient and aspirate what is in the tubing. No needles required

  24. Preventing med errors

    Mommy TeleRN replied to JennaRN1006's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Well I'm still pretty fresh myself..but my preceptor is very strict about taking the MAR to the bedside and not opening meds until you get there (unless you have to draw it up, then I have to tape it...

  25. DUH moments..

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

    I thought PPD was post partum depression. I don't think I was ever taught that in school either..and then if you have never done one how are you supposed to remember? I can't remember everything I...