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st4304

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  1. RN vs LPN assessments

    st4304 posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    How are LPNs utilized at your facility? When I started on a med surg floor 6 years ago on nights, LPNs would have their own patients to assess/care for and the RNs would split the re-assessments...

  2. Graduation gift for new nurse

    st4304 posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    My daughter is graduating from nursing school next month. Any unique ideas for a gift? She has requested a PDA, and I will probably get her one, but other family members keep asking me for ideas and...

  3. Antimicrobial stethoscope covers

    st4304 posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Do any of you use antimicrobial stethoscope covers and/or can you recommend them? Do they distort or muffle the sound at all? I found one company who made one called the Safeseal. If any of you use...

  4. Smoking during pregnancy

    st4304 posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

    OB Nurses: Is there any condition during pregnancy in which a physician would recommend a woman not stop smoking? Pre-eclampsia? Epilepsy? Can any of you provide a link to a study or literature...

  5. Gotta good "poop" story? I do.

    st4304 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Once upon a time, when I was a young, energetic nurse I admitted a handsome, young executive type...very good looking and about my age. I felt he was a little embarrassed for me to be admitting him...

  6. CRH or Schneck Medical Center

    st4304 replied to heedy11's topic in Indiana Nursing

    I worked at CRH for 10 yrs, and many of the nurses I worked with left Seymour to work at CRH, so I guess that tells you something! LOL I feel the need to defend a few things the previous poster...

  7. How do you get to be an infusion nurse ?

    st4304 replied to JoAnna McNurse's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    If you live in or near a large city, most of the larger hospitals will have an IV team or PICC team. You do have to have specialized training in PICC/MLC placement, but most train you on the job. I...

  8. Clean vs Aseptic IV Starts

    st4304 replied to danh3190's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I didn't take the time to look for research (sorry!), but according to the Infusion Nursing Standards of Practice to which nurses are held in the US regarding invasive line placement, only midline,...

  9. PICCs in Indiana hospitals

    st4304 posted a topic in Indiana Nursing

    I know that most of the hospitals in the larger cities have their own infusion/PICC teams, but what about the smaller hospitals in the rural areas? Do you use infusion agencies, or are all IR placed?...

  10. Graduation gift for new nurse

    st4304 replied to st4304's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Thank you all for your wonderful suggestions! In fact many of them sounded pretty darn good for gifts for old and tired nurses like me (especially the foot massage and spa.............aaaaaaah.)...

  11. how can you learn to get by with less sleep (night shifter)

    st4304 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    This may not be the reply you want to read and I am sure there will be other posters who will disagree with me, but if you have not adjusted to night shifts after 2 years, then I think you probably...

  12. PICCs in Indiana hospitals

    st4304 replied to st4304's topic in Indiana Nursing

    Indiana Nurses Rock BTW!

  13. Sites for PICC preceptorship

    st4304 replied to ART96's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    philly22-- I'm sorry! My question about starting an infusion team was referring back to the original poster - ART96. I was just thinking back in the day when I was a new PICC nurse how daunting it...

  14. Sites for PICC preceptorship

    st4304 replied to ART96's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    "The criteria is that you come for 2-3 days and have a minimum of 3 successful insertions prior to finishing your training." I precept nurses in hospitals where 10-15 PICCs are ordered per day and we...

  15. Will Nursing's Reputation Suffer?

    st4304 replied to TraumaICURN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! I have been wondering what happened to those nurses and the physician accused. My heart went out to them and everyone involved (accept the prosecutor, of course). I guess the charges...

  16. Hospital or LTC Facility???

    st4304 replied to mammaoftwo's topic in General Nursing

    When you write LTC Facility do you mean nursing home? Just curious. I use to work in a staffing pool for an LTAC and floated between three LTACs. For those who don't know, an LTAC is a 'long-term...

  17. Do you enjoy TV surgical/medical shows?

    st4304 replied to MSJ2007's topic in General Nursing

    Early in my nursing career, my husband would tease me for watching ER. He worked in road construction and would say "You don't see me watching shows about pouring concrete or laying asphalt!" Of...

  18. Reconciling professionalism with patient attitudes.

    st4304 replied to twistedpupchaser's topic in General Nursing

    Right on, Tazzi. Make sure his doc knows about this behavior -- this patient is going to be noncompliant post-surgery and post-discharge too. AND he'll be the first one to sue for malpractice when...

  19. My first PICC line!

    st4304 replied to NursewithHeart's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Congrats! You will soon become addicted (if you are not already) to the challenge of finding that perfect vein! May all your PICCs go to SVC,

  20. Sites for PICC preceptorship

    st4304 replied to ART96's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I am part owner of an infusion company and after our PICC class, we will travel to the facilities of our students and precept them (at a fee of course) until they feel comfortable going solo,...

  21. PICC team

    st4304 replied to rnwayne's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Hello, rnwayne! I, too, was at one time one of two RNs who placed PICCs (by feel) in a 325-bed hospital. I also worked in a busy cardiac cath lab. If it was a slow day in the lab, it was no problem,...

  22. ?'s regarding LPN scope of practice (long)

    st4304 replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

    I have been a "camp nurse" in the past. I am an RN and this is Indiana, BUT I can't imagine summer camps are all that different (except special needs kids camps...). All I did was pass meds and...

  23. I knew it wasn't right while I was doing it...

    st4304 replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Along the lines of the same subject (however, I may be reaching here. . .) I get very irritated when I call a physician's office for a telephone order and the medical assistant takes the message to...

  24. BSN duties?

    st4304 replied to nev's topic in General Nursing

    I recently enrolled my daughter into a pre-med program. Her advisor told us this: Getting into med school is all about the MCAT and GPA. Med schools today don't care what your undergrad degree is...

  25. MD arrested for marijuana plants in basement.

    st4304 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Last month in the town where I live, an popular urologist and his wife were arrested for growing 33 marijuana plants in the basement of their home. They were caught by the Postmaster General in...