jmgrn65 RN

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    Feeling incompetent with this nurse role

    jmgrn65 replied to AussieKylie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    All Nurses feel incompetent when they are new, that makes you a safer nurse than the ones that come out thinking they know everything. You will be fine. Just don't be afraid to ask questions and to...
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    Need some help/advice

    jmgrn65 replied to wolfgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with
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    IV Ancef.

    jmgrn65 replied to DJ Trance AZ's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    no when you look up ancef in a drug book, the books generally say something like infuse xxmg over
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    IV Ancef.

    jmgrn65 replied to DJ Trance AZ's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    What rate does the drug book say to run it
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    Does Magnet Status make a difference?

    jmgrn65 replied to abbythetabby's topic in General Nursing

    No difference in fact if anything it is worse, they only pretend to listen to nurses. We are on all these committes but they don't listen or refuse to listen to us. It is
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    Doctor comebacks

    jmgrn65 replied to NiceShot's topic in MICU, SICU

    :yeahthat:
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    ? about Fentanyl

    jmgrn65 replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    We only use Fentanyl for pain control in PACU, except as a patch or epidural. I don't have any knowledge of it being used
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    Desperate for Advice!!

    jmgrn65 replied to Ens1987's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    As far as clinicals, talk with your instructor and ask them what you can do to improve. They are they to help and teach. My question is do you want to be a nurse? in your post there was a lot of...
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    help! My g/f stuck herself...

    jmgrn65 replied to Malloy's topic in General Nursing

    Getting stuck happens to most nurses in thier career. I don't think it is going to jeopardize her job. Unless she did something blatantly
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    temporal artery thermometers

    jmgrn65 replied to adrienurse's topic in General Nursing

    user sensitive is the problem! Tympanic are accurate IF it is used properly, and it sounds like that is the same with the temporal. I think there should always be an oral so if needed can
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    how to know if the glucometer is accurate?

    jmgrn65 replied to chatter's topic in General Nursing

    Run controls every 24 hours, also you can repeat the test. It should read about the same, also some machine don't read correctly if they don't have enough
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    Bad Habits?

    jmgrn65 replied to starcandy's topic in MICU, SICU

    I don't know about that, because most ICU's want you to have med-surg experience. On the other hand most nurses with any experience come with there little habits or own way of doing things. My...
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    Andrea Yates Psych MR Online - HIPAA Violation?

    jmgrn65 replied to BabyRN2Be's topic in General Nursing

    IF he has the file, I don't think that he is bound by HIPPA, idk for sure it is just my thinking. I also agree with the op if it was offered in the trail then it is public
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    trouble with critical care class, please help

    jmgrn65 replied to shannonleighann's topic in General Nursing

    Has he talked to the instructor to ask him/her what he can do to improve his grade and if most of the students are having a problem, then the instructor is not doing a good job teaching.
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    Question about dying ....

    jmgrn65 replied to KellieNurse06's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen a lot of dying patients have not noticed the eyes. As co2 climbs confusion sets in, as well as sometimes
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    One Hour Rounding

    jmgrn65 replied to tickle's topic in General Nursing

    The idea is to the nurse rounds every 2 hours and the aid rounds every 2 hours alternating so someone is rounding on the patient every
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    propofol infusion ONLY through central line

    jmgrn65 replied to elizadream's topic in MICU, SICU

    I would have said well then you better put one in, what size gloves will you be needing. I have infused diprivan many times via a pheripheral
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    Please tell me this isnt normal!

    jmgrn65 replied to Coloradogrl's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    For LVN/LPN's this may be true, they do not get paid for what they can do, they are underpaid. Hospitals pay more, but there arent' many hospitals that are hiring
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    Femoral Central line

    jmgrn65 replied to MeryMellen's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    :yeahthat:
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    help about CABG

    jmgrn65 replied to tcwmntcwtdod's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked stepdown for cabg for over 14 years, we don't call the leg incision anything we refer to it as rt lower leg incsion or wherever it is. Never heard of vasoviews. Can't help with the...
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    Think I could get fired for this.....

    jmgrn65 replied to luvmy2angels's topic in General Nursing

    Ok I am an RN and I would be very Upset if I came into work and they told me I had to work as an aid. Sorry been there done that. I didn't go to school to be an aide. I don't know why they do that to...
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    help re 'pentecostal beliefs'

    jmgrn65 replied to nickismith72's topic in General Nursing

    I have had some experience with pentecostal and have some training in cultural diversity. As far as I know that is not a pentecostal preference. Can you give body parts to families? We have had to...
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    PT with INR Disaster

    jmgrn65 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    2.2 is the number of an INR not a PT, and sometimes if the milk the finger enough they can do a fingerstick, and use a peds
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    Dopamine Infusion

    jmgrn65 replied to AussieKylie's topic in Cardiac

    I am not sure what yoiu are asking, our Dopamine comes premixed. 400mg Dopamine in a 250 bag of NS or D5. Is that what you
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    what should the inr level be for wire removal?

    jmgrn65 replied to AussieKylie's topic in Cardiac

    We say less than