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  1. You know you've been a nursing student too long when...

    panda_181 posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    You know you've been a nursing student too long when: 1) When you're referencing books for your APA paper, and you need to type the Publishing Company (eg. Mosby or Lippincott), you don't even have to...

  2. Phenergan?

    panda_181 replied to RN92's topic in General Nursing

    Funny...we have a couple of British doctors and they always use Phenergan instead of Gravol...on Maternity I'm talking about. We give it IV push quite often and I have never heard any of them...

  3. Charting by exception

    panda_181 replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    Well...I agree that there are few that really don't chart anything, but that's what the flow sheets are for...you putting your initial or however it is at your hospital is acknowledging that you have...

  4. My First "Bad" Baby!!

    panda_181 replied to Darchild77's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Scary, but a big feeling of accomplishment at the same time! I would have been making my pants a little dirty myself...I thankfully have not had to deal with that by myself yet, there have always...

  5. Is this correct?

    panda_181 replied to Future_RN's topic in General Nursing

    At our college we were not allowed to practice on each other...liabilty reasons I would assume. Some of us would have liked to practice, just to see how things went, but we used the little saline bag...

  6. Exposed to HIV, HBV, HCV

    panda_181 replied to mattsmom81's topic in General Nursing

    I think that's just horrible! Something needs to be done...talk to whoever you have to so that this is fixed and you're looked after. Amanda

  7. moms and babies staying together

    panda_181 replied to PegRNBSN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Well...in our hospital...if they want them in the nursery for the night and we're able to accomodate, they stay in the nursery. If it gets really busy, then we wheel them back to their mothers. I...

  8. nurse patient ratio on nites

    panda_181 replied to niteshiftnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Medicine has 6-7 patients per nurse (RN or LPN) - 30 patient unit Surgery has usually 5 (RN or LPN) - 20 patient unit Continuting Care has 2 NAs and 1 RN on an 8 hour night - 30 resident unit,...

  9. fractured ribs...any suggestions?

    panda_181 replied to nursebear's topic in General Nursing

    What's an HH

  10. Pitocin after placenta delivery

    panda_181 replied to verock's topic in General Nursing

    The way we do it is there is 20u in a bag of 1000cc 2/3-1/3, but we also push 5u either after the delivery of the placenta or the baby's shoulders, depending on the doctor. Amanda

  11. Questions, questions ..

    panda_181 replied to coffeejavule's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, the only thing that means is that there are a lot of older nurses compared to younger ones... Amanda

  12. Umbilical cord care

    panda_181 replied to AlaskaKat's topic in Ob/Gyn

    That's right...alcohol was thrown out the window here because they found it took less time for the cords to fall off if they used plain water. And we don't tell them to sponge bath anymore...

  13. Freak Accident! (sorry kinda long)

    panda_181 replied to TheMagicCookie's topic in General Nursing

    I'm so glad that everything worked out for you...Someone had His eye on you for sure! Scary stuff...when you think it's something so innocent... Amanda

  14. What is your least favorite.....

    panda_181 replied to New CCU RN's topic in General Nursing

    I would have to say that one of the things I least like to do is... Smell post-op breath! With the combination of not eating for hours on end and having anesthetic go through your system...it smells...

  15. IM injections

    panda_181 replied to ragingmomster's topic in General Nursing

    The only part that won't get to the patient is the tiny bit that's in the needle itself...and that's not even really 0.1mLs. To prevent anything leaking back out after you remove the needle we were...

  16. Do you have to pay for parking?

    panda_181 replied to JJFROG's topic in General Nursing

    We pay a monthly fee for parking, and it's really not that much. I think it's only abour $15 a month. In a close-by city, at one of their smaller hospitals, it's $30 or so. You get a plug-in stall...

  17. Needle Sharpness

    panda_181 replied to Rosie2's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    We were taught to change our needles after drawing up medication, but that's only so that there's nothing on the outside of the needle itself when we inject a person... Amanda

  18. Lotus births.

    panda_181 replied to dawngloves's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I can't believe she tried to say that an infant fights having his or her cord cut...and that her oldest remembers having her cord cut...like really...are you kidding me? And her cat...meaty...

  19. Thoughts on Flu Shots

    panda_181 replied to colleen10's topic in General Nursing

    I personally do not like taking them. I had 2...the first one I got the hot spells, chills and dizziness...but they warn you about that. The second time I was fine. But I don't work on Continuing...

  20. How long does report take?

    panda_181 replied to RNnites's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it does depend on who you've got and how sick they are. On the 30 bed medical unit it usually takes about 40 minutes. It has taken up to an hour though. Surgery with 20 beds (plus 8 bed peds)...

  21. Songs that you can relate to nursing.

    panda_181 replied to tattooednursie's topic in General Nursing

    Man where do you come up with all these? Way too funny... Amanda

  22. The most pee ever.....

    panda_181 replied to KC CHICK's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah...at my hospital I have heard the nurses talk about this legend as well and the biggest census is that you can drain as much as you want...that it's all a myth. I don't know myself...I haven't...

  23. Blood Glucose Monitoring

    panda_181 replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    The lab does our accuchecks, which helps with the time factor, but it's happened more than once that a patient got missed then we have to call them back to come and do it...that's a pain...would be...

  24. needleless needles

    panda_181 replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    We use the needleless system at our hospital. The nurses who are used to the old system fin dit harder, as the needles are longer....but I learned how to start IVs with these, so I guess I don't know...

  25. Do you wear gloves

    panda_181 replied to mellow's topic in General Nursing

    I must confess that I don't wear gloves when I start IVs...they never fit right and I can't feel the veins...then taping is a BIG pain when you have them on. And yes, I have gotten blood on my hands...