The hospital where I now work has color coded uniforms for different areas (maroon for housekeeping, royal blue for PT, grey for lab, khaki for techs, etc). But the nurses are all assigned different...
105.8 rectal on a 60-something male on a med-surg floor. Crazy thing was he had been telling his nurse he didn't feel well for hours & we kept checking his VS which were all normal (including...
JennRN423 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing
When reading & posting online, I use LOL all the time, but I rarely actually laugh out loud. This comment, however, had me rolling in laughter w/tears in my eyes. Probably because I also have a...
JennRN423 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing
When reading & posting online, I use LOL all the time, but I rarely actually laugh out loud. This comment, however, had me rolling in laughter w/tears in my eyes. Probably because I also have a...
JennRN423 replied to nursingaround1's topic in General Nursing
When reading & posting online, I use LOL all the time, but I rarely actually laugh out loud. This comment, however, had me rolling in laughter w/tears in my eyes. Probably because I also have a...
JennRN423 replied to richardgecko's topic in General Nursing
Yes it has. However there are other nurses that I work with who don't feel the same way. I had a pt several months ago who had copies of his living will & POA on the paper chart but in the...
This happens at my hospital. A pt will verbally state he/she doesn't want to be resuscitated and/or have a signed copy of his/her advanced directives on the chart, but as long as the code status in...
I graduated nursing school May 2013 and we were taught that EBP says you're not supposed to check for a Homan's sign any more. It's not extremely effective since it can show many false positives/false...
I have essential tremor. I currently take a beta blocker that was prescribed for this. It doesn't eliminate my hand tremors, but it really helps decrease them. I've tried coming off the beta blocker,...
Several months ago when my floor was fully staffed, it sounded a lot like yours (Nights with 5-6 pts per nurse, techs w/10-12 pts, charge RN w/even fewer pts to to LPN IVP meds & paperwork). Now,...
I have a sickle cell pt that comes in several times a year and IV Demerol is his pain med of choice. I think he's the only person I've ever given it to. I'm on a med-surg floor in the south
What's the max # of pts per nurse on your Med/Surg floor? Max # would be 7-8. Which shift? 7pm - 7am Which state? Alabama How often do you find yourself in such a situation? Not too often. A normal...
Geographic location - Alabama Pay rate - $18/hr base pay In which area / specialty do you work? Med/Surg What type of license do you have (RN or LPN)? RN What type of degree and/or certification do...