Mississippi_RN

Mississippi_RN

Med-Surg, OB/GYN, L/D, NBN

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  1. Unit Secretaries

    Mississippi_RN replied to mediatix8's topic in General Nursing

    My mom has been a Unit Sec for about 26 years and she is great at what she does. I would love to be able to have her on my shift on my team but we can't work together because of conflict of interest...

  2. Have you ever gone in to find a patient dead? What happened?

    Mississippi_RN replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    LOL...:rotfl: Just goes to show not all these features correct... It says on the side that you are 28...so you would have been 3 when this happened..

  3. Have you ever gone in to find a patient dead? What happened?

    Mississippi_RN replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    One of the CNAs came up to me one day and told me to go and check on a patient. Well, I went in there and she was just as cold as ice. The family was in the room and kept asking me "is she ok?". It...

  4. End Of Shift Report - The Sapnish Inquisition

    Mississippi_RN replied to estrogen's topic in General Nursing

    Some people are just unhappy in general... Don't let it bother you. IMO, if she doesn't like her job (which obviously she doesn't) then let her

  5. That Good Housekeeping article

    Mississippi_RN replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    I really think it is in poor taste for GH to endorse lying in any type of way, but most especially when your health is in trouble! Just the other day, a coworker and I were talking about the triage...

  6. birth control & pregnancy

    Mississippi_RN replied to crazylilkelly's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Congratulations... Just don't be discouraged if you don't get pregnant right off. When I stopped the pill, it took me at least 3-4 months to get

  7. CNA Problems

    Mississippi_RN replied to dinkymouse's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Well, with the first CNA...at least she is trying. That is the first step in being a good employee. Just sit down with her and try to get her to see how you think she might could get better. Nine...

  8. Student with Question

    Mississippi_RN replied to PediLove2147's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Responsibility... You have the ultimate responsibility for your patients in a lot of cases. Also, you work your tail off 99% of the time, esp on the floor...always something to do. However, that CAN...

  9. Iv Help Needed

    Mississippi_RN replied to AnnetteER's topic in Emergency

    IV's are one of those really "iffy" things. You can't just "know" how to do them. It is not like all of that knowledge we memorize in skill so we can have it to reference back on, like lab values and...

  10. Getting an RN with a prior DUI

    Mississippi_RN replied to mfogo's topic in General Nursing

    A little snippy, aren't we? To the person who originally posted the question, just let the BON know. They ask for you to explain anything you put on the application as "criminal". Not impossible...or...

  11. Hours

    Mississippi_RN replied to TinaRiy85's topic in General Nursing

    I work a 2/3 split... one week I work Mon, Tues..off Weds, Thurs and work Fri, Sat, Sun...that is 48 hours one week so 40 reg hours then 8 overtime. Next week, I am off Mon-Tues, work Weds-Thurs,...

  12. GBS Status: Unknown

    Mississippi_RN replied to camay1221_RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Usually, we will try to get at least 2 grams of Pen G in them before delivery...not always possible. (If they are allergic to PCN, we give Cleocin) Then, the baby will have to be monitored for at...

  13. Morbidly obese lady on Nip/Tuck

    Mississippi_RN replied to Daytonite's topic in General Nursing

    She was septic...and they had already decided they would have to take off the one leg they took the specimen from. Probably would have killed her anyway if she hadn't lost too much blood/OD'd on...

  14. Charting Time of Death

    Mississippi_RN replied to SouthernLPN2RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    when we walk in and find a pt unresponsive, then we check for vital signs. if none, we chart "walked into room, pt lying on bed, no resps found, pulse and bp unobtainable, family in room/family not in...

  15. Med Calculations for boards

    Mississippi_RN replied to chrisg0705's topic in General Nursing

    :) this being the reason i said, and i qoute "i was told that drug calcs were lower level questions". seeing as though i was not on the board making the test, i wouldn't know for sure. and...

  16. Med Calculations for boards

    Mississippi_RN replied to chrisg0705's topic in General Nursing

    When I took boards, it had a little pop-up calculator you could use. And a dry-erase board that you could work it out on. But out of all the 75 questions I got, NONE of them were drug calculations....

  17. My bp is 160/120, go to the ER?

    Mississippi_RN replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in General Nursing

    ...uh....yeah

  18. Milk and Molasses Enema

    Mississippi_RN replied to medicrnohio's topic in Patient Medications

    That...and some of the prescribed enemas, like Fleet's, can cause imbalance in fluid and electrolytes in really sensitive patients (like Renal/Dialysis patients). I had a Nephrologist tell the staff...

  19. How much did you make as a new grad?

    Mississippi_RN replied to SerenityR.N.'s topic in General Nursing

    Mississippi-- 18.00/base pay, 1.50 3-11 diff, 3.00 11-7 diff, 27.00 OVT with an extra 4.00/hr RN bonus. Not too bad, considering that with the way our pay periods fall we ALWAYS have at least 8 hours...

  20. Saturated

    Mississippi_RN replied to nia_king's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Sounds like he is saying that there is no need to allow AA's licensure to practice in NC due to there is no shortage of CRNAs (where his point about 2 crnas to every OR would become relevant). You...

  21. Nursing Salary...

    Mississippi_RN replied to flowerpower's topic in General Nursing

    Well, for one...no amount of money in the world is going to make you stay a nurse if that is not what you really want to do. Especially if you are a hospital bed side nurse. Of course, bed side...

  22. gr V and gr X - what does it mean?

    Mississippi_RN replied to speedykicks's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah... SR is sustained release.. ER = extended release My instructors used 60 mg= 1 grain Not many people use grains anymore although we do have one dr who orders Tylenol "gr 10" Apothecary...

  23. Great Delivery / Bad Delivery

    Mississippi_RN replied to SC RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I agree... I had Stadol when I was 6 months pregnant and had a kidney stone and then again when I was about 3-4 centimeters waiting on my epidural. Both times all it did was make me burning hot...

  24. Great Delivery / Bad Delivery

    Mississippi_RN replied to SC RN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    LOL...know exactly what you mean. I was working in the NBN Thursday and we were pretty quiet. We knew we had a couple being induced but nothing imminent. Anyway, all of a sudden we get a call from...

  25. Are they still using Cytotec?

    Mississippi_RN replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    LOL... I worked in billing for years before becoming a nurse... At our hospital, they charge patients about $700-$800 for