jmgrn65 RN

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    Feeling a little lost........

    jmgrn65 replied to Purdue_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    There are many jobs in nursing that aren't bedside nursing. case management, nursing instructor, Informatics, patient educator, nursing educator. what is it about bedside nursing you don't like,...
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    Admits after 6:00 pm? Does your hospital do this?

    jmgrn65 replied to PickMePlze's topic in General Nursing

    we get admits at 7p i look at like this there is another shift. i would do what you can and leave the rest for the next shift. i am sure your unit doesn't want to pay you for staying over
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    Who Would Like To Be Part Of The Lose Weight And Get Healthy Team?!

    jmgrn65 replied to Batman24's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I wish I had only 10 lbs to lose maybe add another zero at the end. I am IN Cherish I joined that website.
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    Why can't I find a job? :'(

    jmgrn65 replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    You have to call HR, they take forever at least ours does. So call them and if you applied to a specific unit find out who the mgr is and call them. Did I see you were an LPN? Hospitals in my area...
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    Do you get paid from being 'on-call'?

    jmgrn65 replied to Toby's mum's topic in MICU, SICU

    On Call pay is $3 an hour and if you get called in, then you get your pay plus the
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    This has been really getting on my nerves lately...

    jmgrn65 replied to GregRN's topic in General Nursing

    yep there is a spell
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    Contacted Oprah Show About Nursing Issues

    jmgrn65 replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    "i will once again say, our multiple levels of entry, with our different levels of "nurse", do nothing but confuse the public, and us, and more than anything, continue to splinter, and prevent us from...
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    Professor claims Wellbutrin does not have a lethal dose

    jmgrn65 replied to DrugReptoNurse's topic in General Students

    well ask if she is willing to take 10 or even 20 150mg tablets of wellbutrin to test her theory! I bet she would back down on that one real
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    New Nurse 6 Months-float ?

    jmgrn65 replied to SALLYSMG's topic in General Nursing

    Our hospital floats after 90 days, and no orientation. Unfortunately that is the nature of the beast (working in a hospital). Good
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    Contacted Oprah Show About Nursing Issues

    jmgrn65 replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

    I hope you get a response I have emailed her about nursing issues as well, and never rec'd a response. I am sure she gets tons. It just needs to catch someone eyes. Good
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    Nurses are Pathetic!!

    jmgrn65 replied to lorster's topic in General Nursing

    Not all of us allow abuse, and some of us stand up against. The nurses that gripe and do nothing are the ones that are
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    Flushing IV Question

    jmgrn65 replied to netgeek's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    No it is ok some air in a pheriphal line is ok. don't
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    I Never Remember....

    jmgrn65 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I work in telemetry have for 15 years plus, I can't remember red and green which goes on left and right. Luckily it is on the
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    Push Cephalosporins through a PICC line?

    jmgrn65 replied to Pedi_needi's topic in General Nursing

    what size syringe did you use? the bigger the syringe the more resistance there is. 60cc are difficult to push. just a
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    Annual TB skin test. Concerned.

    jmgrn65 replied to Woman_in_love's topic in General Nursing

    sometimes I have noticed that my tb test site has been very red on the day of test but settled down to nl in 48 hours. so don't
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    Speaking of adenosine

    jmgrn65 replied to TazziRN's topic in Emergency

    ummm duh that is how it works by stopping the heart, I think he maybe should take ACLS again or rather for the first
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    Complain to whom? Anyone?

    jmgrn65 replied to LuvMyGamecocks's topic in General Nursing

    call the hospital Patient relations department and/or speak to the Nurse
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    s/p thoracotomy question

    jmgrn65 replied to zacarias's topic in Pulmonary

    It is also very common after thoracotomy to have an air leak, it almost expected, it takes time to heal. Because they are actually going in and cutting some of the lung, and sewn. Not always an...
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    IV drugs RN's can give?

    jmgrn65 replied to bill4745's topic in Emergency

    well it depends on your facility's policy but most drugs can be given by an
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    Do you flush Chest tubes at your hospital?

    jmgrn65 replied to JHUBRAIN's topic in General Students

    I have worked with chest tubes for 15 years and have never had one clot off. I would think that it would increase the risk for infection. We milk our tubes when it looks like they are getting
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    Do you flush Chest tubes at your hospital?

    jmgrn65 replied to JHUBRAIN's topic in General Students

    never heard of flushing chest tubes what would be the
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    Inferior MI

    jmgrn65 replied to jtmah's topic in Cardiac

    Brady rythms are common with inferior
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    disposal of ns flush syringes-needleless

    jmgrn65 replied to ginger58's topic in Infectious Disease

    I think the reason for them to go in the sharps is so drug users can't get to
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    3M Littman Cardiology III Stethoscope.. Any good?

    jmgrn65 replied to Scrubz's topic in General Students

    I have one and wouldn't have anything else. I don't know how long my tubing is, but it isn't the short one. You really don't always need one that expensive unless you will be in cardiac, so that you...
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    Families, are they getting more demanding?

    jmgrn65 replied to MrsWampthang's topic in General Nursing

    YES and that is why after 15 years i am getting out of bedside