AceOfHearts<3

AceOfHearts<3

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  1. Med errors

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Christina16's topic in General Nursing

    I've failed to stop IVF at the correct time, which is a med error. Another coworker made the same mistake on another patient the same day. I think that speaks for staffing and system errors, but our...

  2. Nursing Student

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to shelbychapman's topic in General Students

    Talk with your clinical instructor(s) about your concerns. I remember being scared to death going into my second clinical placement, as my first had allowed very little learning and patient care...

  3. Is it normal that my school doesn't teach us IVs?

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Annie_1101's topic in General Students

    Hospitals in my area have IV teams and only IV team nurses can place IVs. We talked about it in school though. I was also tested on priming an IV, setting up a drip on the pump and without a pump. I...

  4. Personal Disaster Relief Packing List

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to InArduisFidelis's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Can anyone share more info on how they got involved with disaster relief groups? It's something I'm interested in, but not sure if I should wait another year or two until I have more experience. I've...

  5. Today

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so sorry. One of my friends lost a cousin when a plane crashed into her house in MD a year ago. Her cousin and 2 of her cousin's children were killed while the husband and school aged child...

  6. CPR in a van

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Joseph callmejoe's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience classes sometimes book up a couple of months in advance. Waiting until 1 month before a class to try to register (especially when there are so few classes in the area) is too late....

  7. FitBit at work

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to blah_blah_blah's topic in General Nursing

    I have a Fitbit Alta. I like the small size and that it also tells me the time. The only thing I've noticed is that it does not accurately track me about 1/2 the time because I am lugging my WoW...

  8. IV compatibility

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to sara2013's topic in General Nursing

    We have access to micromedex and Lexi-comp through our mar. Also, when in doubt I'll speak with a pharmacist- we have one on my unit during the day and I can always reach one on the phone with no...

  9. Some days.......

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    I think it IS a useful answer. It's certainly not something I would have thought of. I took calc I my first semester of college and took algebra I in middle school. I think what makes AN great is that...

  10. Some days.......

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    That's real mature (and just so there is no confusion on my tone, this is being said with sarcasm from a not sarcastic person). How you type (spacing, all caps, bold, italicized, punctuation, etc.)...

  11. 7/30 This week, I learned Deanna Troi sucks

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I learned it's awkward to stop and get a bite to eat after a shift that ended crappy (after working 4 of the past 5 days) and hear the person at the table behind you say to their companion "she was my...

  12. Some days.......

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to roser13's topic in General Nursing

    I saw that too and thought it was very uncalled for. It it also seems if you don't support other posters 110% and blow smoke up you know where telling them they can do it if they keep trying, that...

  13. If you could pick up and go..

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Libby1987's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a country music phanatic, so I would love to live in Nashville!! I'd also love to live in Montanna or Wyoming, Oregon or Washington, Alaska, and someplace like Hawaii with a nice

  14. Pyxis error

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to decarla's topic in General Nursing

  15. Nursing Calculations

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Cmmc911's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Calculate with confidence is the book my school told us to get. To be perfectly honest though, I never cracked it open. Dimensional analysis is super easy once you know how to do it. You just figure...

  16. Please help, question about NG tube? TIA!

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to babymich_0922's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    At my facility if a PEG or NG tube becomes clogged despite routine flushes we use a clog zapper that the MD orders and is sent to us from

  17. Glucose Monitoring and treatment time

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Ared1's topic in General Nursing

    I can only imagine how happy patients are to be woken up at 4am to have their sugars checked. Our aides start getting the morning readings around 7:30. They tend to start 45-30 minutes before meals...

  18. Pyxis error

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to decarla's topic in General Nursing

    Is pharmacy not available 24/7 at your hospital? Pharmacy profiles everything for us and if we need a med in the middle of the night we can have it tubed to us or send someone down to get

  19. Need titers and vaccinations with no insurance

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to soonernurse01's topic in General Students

    My county health department does vaccinations for free to those in my county without health insurance. I paid for my titers out of pocket and got my immunizations for free just before I started school...

  20. Is this common?

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to pepino23's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital has an IV team and phlebotomy does the labs for noncritical care floors. I wish we had a d/c nurse. I had 3 discharges one day this week and 2 another day, plus several admissions both...

  21. ECCO TESTING

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to TrishaRNSCCU's topic in General Nursing

    I have to work through the modules then take the exams. It's not something I have to do to get a job, it's something my facility requires of newer hires in certain departments. The modules take a lot...

  22. ECCO TESTING

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to TrishaRNSCCU's topic in General Nursing

    Most are the same, but some do change. I'd say about 90-95% of questions are the

  23. 2nd career nurse advice

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to darbyspinx's topic in General Nursing

    I did an ABSN program and when I was researching programs all of them required the core science classes- A&P I,II and Micro- to be completed within the last 5 years. Basic bio, chemistry, psych,...

  24. Do you feel safe at work?

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to Nurse4babies's topic in General Nursing

    I feel comfortable at work. I work at a large facility about 75 miles away from one of the large and major east coast cities. It's not rural like out west, but it's "rural" for where I live. We have...

  25. Call bell/nurse notify system

    AceOfHearts<3 replied to studentsara's topic in General Nursing

    I'm interested in replies, this is something that's being considered for my