jmgrn65 RN

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    Clear Liquid Diet ?

    jmgrn65 replied to Annointed_RNStudent's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    :yeahthat:
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    What is a B2 heart sound?...

    jmgrn65 replied to mlr4's topic in Cardiac

    I have never heard of it, I have worked cardiac for 13
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    No smoking policy

    jmgrn65 replied to asher315's topic in General Nursing

    As far as smoking in your car, I think, at least at my hospital, you can't smoke in your car on hospital grounds, which IMHO is OK, Otherwise I don't think any could say you can't smoke in your car on...
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    Blocked arteries

    jmgrn65 replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    I don't really know what is wrong with him. But to answer your question yes you can get blockages with low cholesteral. I have seen many people that has had bypass surgery with low or normal chol....
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    No smoking policy

    jmgrn65 replied to asher315's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital has a no smoking policy any where on campus if you need to smoke you can get in your car and drive around the block as long as you aren't on campus, but then of course everyone know that...
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    Recommendations for Dayton, Ohio

    jmgrn65 replied to shamegs's topic in Nursing Career

    Hi I have lived in Dayton, Ohio for 25 years, I have worked at Kettering Medical Center for 15 years, I have to disagree with the above poster. Kettering does not make you promise or sign anything of...
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    new nurse-i feel useless when a code is called.

    jmgrn65 replied to JulieRN07's topic in General Nursing

    It will be hard to feel usefull until you have had acls and have witnessed/particpated in codes. It takes time.
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    Charge Nurses

    jmgrn65 replied to trauma_junkie1's topic in General Nursing

    On our unit we have one person m-f 7a-3p that does charge the rest of the shifts it is done by a few nurses who does charge. from 3-7 charge nurse takes 1-3 patients, on nights they take a full
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    Question about RN's removing Chest Tubes...

    jmgrn65 replied to kurtzmobile's topic in General Nursing

    Our staff nurses remove, chest and plueral tubes all the time. We have a competency that everyone has to demonstrate before pulling chest tubes on thier own. We have pulled chest tubes for many many...
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    When a baby is born....what does your hospital do?

    jmgrn65 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We play the lullybye also, we just started a year or so
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    Will there still be a shortage in the year 2010?

    jmgrn65 replied to studentnurse3's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    the biggest reason for the waiting list is that they don't have enough instructors to teach. Yes there will still be a shortage it projected to continue to get worse to 2020. due to baby boomers and...
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    Frequent PVC's

    jmgrn65 replied to medicrnohio's topic in Cardiac

    lopressor is given frequently for arrythmias, esp IV, it usually the drug of choice for patients with svt and non sustained vt.(given po daily as maintinence) also given for rapid af. amiodarone and...
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    12N Sleeping During Break

    jmgrn65 replied to MEDRQST's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    If it her time and she told someone where she is I don't see a
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    Floating to other units, or not floating and how do you staff.

    jmgrn65 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Most of the units in my hospital float to other units, the unit I work on hasn't been, but now admin. wants us to stand alone, with no help from house floats, so we are supposed to come up with a plan...
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    Any tips for reducing fever?

    jmgrn65 replied to noclpn's topic in Pediatric

    motrin works really
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    Anyone in Dayton?

    jmgrn65 replied to BigJeff's topic in Ohio Nursing

    What area do you work in for the state? :) I do hospital
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    Ethical and professional boundaries in HH

    jmgrn65 replied to mattsmom81's topic in Home Health

    I agree with the above poster, this is so
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    I will not wear an apron or fanny pack...

    jmgrn65 replied to Larry77's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I worked with a guy that wore a tool
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    Please help me with this because I think it is a bit hinky

    jmgrn65 replied to nytelytespn's topic in General Nursing

    I think to do simple finger sticks if trained properly would be fine, but I think it is way out of your scope to draw from any kind of line, I agree with the other posters on this, in our facility...
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    Floating to other units, or not floating and how do you staff.

    jmgrn65 replied to jmgrn65's topic in General Nursing

    thank you for input, what admin. is trying to say that if we don't want to be a unit that floats out and no floats in, not even house floats. Then we have to come up with a plan on what to do if call...
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    Please help me with a few nursing Q's I have

    jmgrn65 replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    Fi02 is the amount of o2 being delivered, peep= positve end expiration pressure, tidal volume is the volume of air being delievered into the lung. Really this things need to be studied a little beyond...
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    Anyone go from DON to floor RN?

    jmgrn65 replied to johnson0424's topic in Nurse Management

    I work with an RN who was DON at a LTC and now she works on the stepdown unit with
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    Recent Grad, But No Job!!

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

    Where are you at? I can't believe you can't find a job. We have hired 3 or 4 new grads on my unit alone. Are you wanting only certain hours or days?
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    Nurses pulling CTs?

    jmgrn65 replied to RN12345656's topic in Cardiac

    I really don't know how many we do in a year, we probably do 2-5 a day,we have 8 or so surgeons, PA's about the
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    Nurses pulling CTs?

    jmgrn65 replied to RN12345656's topic in Cardiac

    I work on cardio-thoracic step down we pull chest tubes, plueral tubes, epicardial pacing wires and central lines. We have been doing this for many years at least 14, that's how long i have been...