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  1. positive drug ua with perscription

    suanna replied to mdm106's topic in General Nursing

    I can't add much to what has been posted before. I think the best advise you have gotten is - why would you want to work for this employer? Even if you sued and got your position back I wouldn't take...

  2. Does this concern anyone else?

    suanna replied to handyrn's topic in General Nursing

    DON is crazy -call your BON she needs to be placed in a LTC herself. She is endangering staff and other patients with her gross ignorance (or possibly stupidity-it's hard to be

  3. First patient death, first Code Blue!!!!

    suanna replied to pddk87's topic in First Year After Licensure

    1) If your employer offers ACLS take it. It will make a code much less scary. 2) Pick a role in a code and assist- recorder, meds, airway. Don't be the runner if there is anyone else that can do it....

  4. Can they rescind job offer due to this at employee physical?

    suanna replied to RNOTODAY's topic in General Nursing

    Sure, they can deny you a position if they feel your health problem will be more of a expense than your skills would be an asset. You still have to be up front about your health issues. Most...

  5. your favorite way to stay in shape

    suanna replied to mark3274's topic in Health, Stress Management

    My hospital opened a gym on campus for employees. Not much- mostly cardio workout machines and some resistance equipment, but ot is overbooked every day! What I wonder is why not just pick up an extra...

  6. advice on equipment

    suanna replied to werknprgrs's topic in General Nursing

    Go to Wallmart and get the cheapest sphygmo you can buy. Your agency should be supplying these things. You are being paid for you skills and knowledge not as a fee free equipment supplier. Better...

  7. Transfer at change of shift?

    suanna replied to BeachBayNurse's topic in Emergency

    I've worked E.R off and on at my hospital and you are right at least some of the time. A doc will write admit orders on a patient but other treatments,labs,meds, on the other patients take priority...

  8. Floating

    suanna replied to jld7tn's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Floating is the bane of nursing at every hospital I've ever worked. Our union got "float rules" in the contract- not a perfect solution but it helps. The biggest improvement is if you float outside of...

  9. Telemetry question for a VERY new grad

    suanna replied to k8dubcoran's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Tele is largely for ectopy management and rhythm evaluation. A 12 lead gives you a picture of the hearts conduction from every direction and is much more capable of discerning ischemia as well as...

  10. Did he get too much morphine?

    suanna replied to Deb123j's topic in General Nursing

    Apparently it wasn't too much- your brother is still breathing. Morphine is pretty short acting. I think the dose was generous, but if you brother is under 60y/o and over 120lbs more will probable...

  11. Help!! New Nurse in Distress..

    suanna replied to buffscotty's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I hate to respond considering your last post but... The CRNA programs in this area don't consider ER to be critical care experience. Even if ICU isn't your cup of tea I would expect you to have a...

  12. Older Woman Plans on Being a New RN

    suanna replied to GizmosMom's topic in Florida Nursing

    I had a classmate who was 56 graduate with me. That was 20 years ago but she was an asset to the whole class. What she lacked in the vigor of youth department she more than made up for with maturity,...

  13. You Know the patient is going bad when...

    suanna replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing

    I've always observed that when my patients PAP=thier systemic BP it was a sign that they had achieved perfect balance/nirvana and were now allowed to ascend to the next plane of

  14. info on apnea

    suanna replied to catnip's topic in General Nursing

    If you find you are having difficulty with compliance with the CPAP mask don't give up. There are SOOOOO many options out there for alternative appliances. In addition, BiPap is often better tolerated...

  15. Can I still go to clinical??

    suanna replied to lmh2brn's topic in General Students

    I think you are being VERY unrealistic about what you can do with one hand in a cast. Not only are you not going to be able to do the required care, (and like others have said, wash your hands), but...

  16. wrong route phenergan?

    suanna replied to cybernurse614's topic in Patient Medications

    We used to push it constantly- and it made me nuts!!!! It's very hard on the veins, it's so sedative that I often wonder if you wouldn't be safer pushing 2-4mg of versed. The "bad reactions" are rare...

  17. This Has To Be a Dream

    suanna replied to Sweet T's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I guess better safe than sorry is the only real answer. If there is a chance that the test scores were off enough that some people that have no business practicing would get a passing grade then I...

  18. Intubation

    suanna replied to rnwithtof's topic in General Nursing

    My ACLS instructor quoted the statistic that a person should intubate at least 100 people per year to be considered proficient. I hope I don't ever have enough patients go down the tubes to make me...

  19. Nurses...Miserable?

    suanna replied to JerseyGir1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ....just keep in mind that there are many who would like to be doing what you are doing in your career. :flwrhrts: i wonder if the bus boy at bob evans restraunt realizes that there are many of us,...

  20. Vancomycin infusion after allergic reaction

    suanna replied to phoebebrat's topic in General Nursing

    I would have clarified the order for epi when it was given-"do you want me to give epi if I see a reaction" and by all means I would have called the doc after I saw a reaction and treated it. If the...

  21. Does the crying ever stop???

    suanna replied to guineachick's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Think of it this way- you are the same person you were before you took NCLEX-don't let a test dictate how you feel about yourself. If you passed GREAT!!!, if you flunked- it's just one more obsticle...

  22. Drug Calc. on the Job

    suanna replied to Beachgirl1212's topic in General Nursing

    It really depends on what type of unit you are working and at how big/small a facility. There have been many times when I have to calculte a dose by body weight. (give .3mcg/kg ivpb over 30min) Our...

  23. when can nurses touch ventilators

    suanna replied to koleaga's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure if what you are seeing is a state BON regulation or a facillity policy. Where I work the nurse can make any change to the vent settings that is ordered/within the parameters set by the...

  24. Family calls to the unit.

    suanna replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Honestly, any time we give out detailed information over the phone aren't we in violation of HIPPA? I do try to tell family members that we will be happy to update immidiate family over the phone but...

  25. So...you give out pain pills?

    suanna replied to maire's topic in Rehabilitation

    Your friend does seem to have an unrealistic view of your job but I don't know if is that different from how little most people know anout the duties of any nurse in any area of speciality. Even...