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  1. New RN's delegating to Tech's/NA's

    MIA-RN1 replied to RNSuzq1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    yeah I sounded pretty negative lol. Most of our techs are great but I am working on developing a way to round more on patients and include the techs. I also want to have a celebrating our techs day,...

  2. Oh man did I miss an order

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in General Nursing

    yeah our secs only take off the initial orders whenthe pt is admitted. Everything else we have to do. Turns out that this was a big incident and I was completely absolved. The newest batch of...

  3. late-onset postpartum PIH??/Mag. question too

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    thank you to everyone! I have been looking for the edinburgh scale for another project I am trying to get going at work so appreciate the link. Today I d/c'd her mag @ 24h. Good to hear that mags...

  4. late-onset postpartum PIH??/Mag. question too

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I wonder what I will find when I get in there today. How her bloodwork comes out etc. She had a headache (3/10) but her affect was kind of flatter than expected and they did refer to SW for...

  5. late-onset postpartum PIH??/Mag. question too

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Nifedipine! I

  6. A positive newbie thread...

    MIA-RN1 replied to ortess1971's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I had my post-orientation review today and I am doing great. I feel more confident but I also ask for help whenever I need it--some nights more than others. Tonight I came in and my assignement was...

  7. late-onset postpartum PIH??/Mag. question too

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in Ob/Gyn

    no...something like nepedamine? nip- nep- or nif-. I was so busy, I can't remember the

  8. New RN's delegating to Tech's/NA's

    MIA-RN1 replied to RNSuzq1's topic in First Year After Licensure

    wow---do we work together? I have one like that on my floor too. Where is surfing the internet in the description? I have decided to become proactive. I have been asking a few of the techs (the ones...

  9. General questions from a student

    MIA-RN1 replied to gemini901d's topic in General Nursing

    1. Have you ever met the ideal nurse? What characteristics do they have? Not sure if anyone can ever be the idea (perfect) nurse. But (s)he would be caring and compassionate. 2. How do you define...

  10. Nursing Student

    MIA-RN1 replied to cedargrove's topic in Ob/Gyn

    almost all of my patients seem to be

  11. C-Section incisional pain

    MIA-RN1 replied to KayceeLeeRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    warm packs, deep breathing, visualization. The staples sometimes get stuck on the mesh hospital panties and tug, in that case I'll put a pad between the staples and the panties. Sometimes a pubic hair...

  12. patient total care dr.s vs. nurses

    MIA-RN1 replied to umkcstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Medicine treats the illness/disease/condition nursing treats the human response to said

  13. Nursing Dx?

    MIA-RN1 replied to Lindsay42's topic in General Nursing

    Ineffective coping maybe. Or readiness for enhanced coping if they are trying to work out a budget. Role strain if they have lost a job and are used to being primary breadwinner. Why would you need a...

  14. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    MIA-RN1 replied to scaredofshots's topic in Nursing Humor

    At my former job when I took blood from our adolescent patients, they would sometimes give me a hard time or try to talk me out of it. I just told them that their behaviour was making my hand very...

  15. What do patients say that irks you?

    MIA-RN1 replied to NurseforPreggers's topic in Ob/Gyn

    or when a new mother says her baby is 'greedy' because it wants to nurse every two hours. Or that he will get spoiled if she feeds him every time he wants to

  16. delima....

    MIA-RN1 replied to racefan_24's topic in First Year After Licensure

    go to the interview and see what they are offering you. Ask about the job, your responsibilities and compensation. You won't know unless you go and you might kick yourself llater for turning it down...

  17. talc treatment?

    MIA-RN1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Somebody please help me figure out what my mother is talking about. Her MIL had something she called a 'talc treatment'. The woman has had fluid drained 'off her lungs" (I am sure she means around...

  18. talc treatment?

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in General Nursing

    ah okay thank

  19. what the heck are medical assistant schools doing !

    MIA-RN1 replied to lauralassie's topic in General Nursing

    I just read this thread and agree with much of it. Here is a question--there were comments that the MA is working under another provider's license in some instances. So if I were an RN in a doc...

  20. What is your patient load and how are you coping?

    MIA-RN1 replied to AussieKylie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am off orientatin and on a regular patient load, which on a good day is four mother/baby couplets (8 pts in all). But sometimes we get antepartums, or patients with twins, so it can fluctuate. And...

  21. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    MIA-RN1 replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    last night I had a patient come over to my floor admitted with severe pain d/t flareup of crohn's. Patient came with a dry IV of LR and NO FREAKING ORDERS in her chart. ANYWHERE. I paged the R1 and...

  22. Your opinions on what I should do

    MIA-RN1 replied to 6079's topic in General Nursing

    I felt like you do for a long time--I wanted to be a nurse in theory but not in practice. After many years I realized that its nursing that I want to do, and hands on is how it is. I love my career...

  23. How Many Days Do You Work?

    MIA-RN1 replied to RainDreamer's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am thrilled to say that I got approved for 3 12's a week OR 2-12's and 2-8's. I am going to try the 3-12's and see how they work for me. I am really really excited that I will be home a little

  24. Oh man did I miss an order

    MIA-RN1 replied to MIA-RN1's topic in General Nursing

    thank you to all who posted and pm'd me. I walked in the LIght the Night walk tonight and I am glad that I had a few hours to not think about it. Our system is that the md writes the orders in the...

  25. Nursing care plan?

    MIA-RN1 replied to sn07's topic in General Nursing

    look at diagnoses dealing with hydration, risk for hyperbilirubinemia, and breastfeeding. Start with a diagnosis, move from there using ADPIE. babies do sleep a lot the first day but they have to eat...