GrnHonu99

GrnHonu99 RN

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  1. Nursing Rounds

    GrnHonu99 replied to GatorRN21's topic in General Nursing

    We don't give report at bedside. We give report outside pts room. We then do a bedside handoff which is much like what you explained although we dont go over history and all that, just our assessments...

  2. Patients on Medicaid

    GrnHonu99 replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Im sure. maybe you misunderstood, he was on meds over and above what he was on at home...quite a bit more, ...Im all about treating pain, however there is a point where you cannont give any...

  3. Patients on Medicaid

    GrnHonu99 replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I understand the frustration of some posters that are angry with the system, they feel it is $$ out of their pockets. I get it. I support medicaid, I think it helps many people...But, was does make...

  4. OHIO Nurses what part of Ohio are you from and what kind of nurse are you/will you be

    GrnHonu99 replied to GrnHonu99's topic in Ohio Nursing

    LOL. I still want to be a travel nurse. I graduated and now i'm working in the neuro ICU in PHX, AZ for over a year now...lol...def. don't want peds anymore...stiill may do NP in the future:) How is...

  5. Help!!!! Rn Schools???

    GrnHonu99 replied to NursePeace's topic in Ohio Nursing

    cincinnati state univ cincinnati xavier miami hamilton NKU Apollo Brown Mackie There is one in NKY a

  6. Cincinnati Hospitals

    GrnHonu99 replied to harley_fan's topic in Ohio Nursing

    I have a couple of friends that went into the NICU as new grads at GSH. They seem to like it as far as I know. St. E is a magnet...did clinicals there, very nice facility...Mercy Hosp West is offering...

  7. Tips for nurses in their first year of nursing

    GrnHonu99 replied to Brian's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The more you do it, the more routine it becomes. In five seconds of seeing/interacting with the pt. you know so many things (w/o even touching them)...The very first thing I want to know is- is my pt....

  8. My brain says no but my heart says yes

    GrnHonu99 replied to Megsd's topic in Emergency

    Ok, there def. is quite a bit of foley emptying, suctioning and def. oral care...however, don't discount the ICU so quickly. I work in neuro ICU and I love it! We get traumas as direct admits...

  9. Patients on Medicaid

    GrnHonu99 replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Wow..shocked...I have never heard of

  10. Piggyback IV question

    GrnHonu99 replied to big apple's topic in General Nursing

    Clarification: Work in the ICU so 99% of the time the pt. always has MIVF going. I just PB into that with each ABX having their own secondary tubing. When i'm done with my vanc, i d/c from MIVF, caap...

  11. Patients on Medicaid

    GrnHonu99 replied to DiEd's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I know some that have and have admitted it to me. Whether or not these individs. had something else going on under the table..who knows. I have been on both sides of the track. Yes, I get angry when...

  12. Being Cancelled

    GrnHonu99 replied to rn undisclosed name's topic in General Nursing

    yep. if one of our travelers gets cancelled they are still paid whether they work or not...however...my facility will send home the registries (diff from travelers)...or float the travelers to accom....

  13. Piggyback IV question

    GrnHonu99 replied to big apple's topic in General Nursing

    All new IVPB meds need their own PB tubing..I will spike a vanco bag and that bag has tubing all its own. If I hang cefapime, the cef gets its own line...if i go to hang another bag of vanco, i will...

  14. rough night

    GrnHonu99 replied to Nurse Lulu's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Wow...her O2 sats were 65% on 100%??? The intensivist should have been at your bedside!! Does your hosp. use RTs? Our RTs manage our vents not that we dont work with them and understand the vent...

  15. Anybody feeling faint??

    GrnHonu99 replied to fluffhead's topic in First Year After Licensure

    The first time I saw a doc drill a hole through a pts skull for an EVD...it was worse when blood and puss started spewing out. Im used to it now..but I know how you

  16. Maryvale?

    GrnHonu99 replied to GrnHonu99's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Yes, we get many pts. trans from there and when we find out they are coming from MV you always hear a collective groan..the pts are always in awful

  17. Anyone ever try working 60 hours a week?

    GrnHonu99 replied to buff nurse's topic in General Nursing

    know quite a few that do it every week...you get used to it...i did 4 12's in a row last week..i was

  18. Back-to-back 12 hour shifts

    GrnHonu99 replied to Tiki_Torch's topic in General Nursing

    I do three in a row and sometimes 4! I commute 30 mins each way! 6pm leave my house 815-830 get back home! Get up and do it over

  19. Low cencus

    GrnHonu99 replied to madwife2002's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Its been slow at my facility as well. we have a lot of registry and travelers so they go first, then anyone on call or OT...then we take volunteers. Someone always volunteers. Its been tough this...

  20. help with "brains"

    GrnHonu99 replied to megan0321's topic in Nursing Career

    Wow congrats! I hope there will be someone else besides you on the floor with the 46 pts? Anyway, I'm thinking you are referring to report sheets or "brains?". When I get report I have a sheet and I...

  21. Anyone still feel insecure after 1 year??

    GrnHonu99 replied to Windshadow's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i have 2 pts days/nights...sometimes i feel like i have so many things to do on top of critical thinking and forseeing problems...chart checking, reviewing..med passing, assessments...etc...its...

  22. Love your job?

    GrnHonu99 replied to AprilRNhere's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I love my job. Finishing up my first year in the neuro ICU. It sure has been challenging to say the least but I couldn't have asked for a better first experience. My preceptor was awesome, my floor is...

  23. Oops! I showed up on my day off!

    GrnHonu99 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    once this year..although, the msitake wasn't on my part...if you are going to make a change to my sched. plse call

  24. how much time before I can travel

    GrnHonu99 replied to iLovemyJackRT's topic in Travel

    I am just finishing up one year in the neruoiCU. I dont feel ready yet. we have tons of travelers and I know they have a ton of experience before become travelers and I see them struggle in our unit....

  25. Questions about traveling nurse in Kona Hawaii

    GrnHonu99 replied to swater's topic in Travel

    OMG I would love to travel to Hawaii. The fiance and I went to Maui this year and it was wonderful. Pure paradise. My only questions is...I heard its hard to take your dog, that they have to be...