Sara-Allison

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1. Best way to learn IV skills?

   Sara-Allison posted a topic in Med-Surg

   What is the best way to learn IV skills? Any classes live, online, or books? I am slow on priming a line, and on setting up the IV machine. I can do it, but it takes me way to long. Is there a class to help new nurses with IV priming, starts, ha...

2. What med surg skills do med surg nurses do about 80% of the time?

   Sara-Allison posted a topic in Med-Surg

   I am a new med surg nurse. I am looking to master the med surg skills that night med surg nurses perform about 80% of the time. ("night med surg nurse:) 1. Get med administration times 2. Get out of range labs 3. Give PO meds 4. Give IV meds 5. G...

3. New Nurse!

   Sara-Allison replied to NRSElovesOB's topic in Med-Surg

   Hello, I have just finished my first week of orientation. Take a quick pharm test, practice your weak areas. If you are going to monitor EKGs review that. We were tested on pharm on tele. First week was about going over policy, and protocols.

4. What do I need to learn?

   Sara-Allison replied to Sara-Allison's topic in Med-Surg

   Thank you.

5. How to give IVP into a primary line with incompatible medications?

   Sara-Allison replied to Sara-Allison's topic in Med-Surg

   Thank You.

6. What do I need to learn?

   Sara-Allison replied to Sara-Allison's topic in Med-Surg

   I will be given one week hospital orientation and two week floor orientation with the ability to ask questions whenever I have them. I am new to med surg, but have in home health nurse which consists mostly of assessments, wound care, trach care, iv...

7. What do I need to learn?

   Sara-Allison replied to Sara-Allison's topic in Med-Surg

   Where I live "tenet" is the name of the company that owns the hospital. We have "tenet" and "hca" hospitals.

8. How to give IVP into a primary line with incompatible medications?

   Sara-Allison replied to Sara-Allison's topic in Med-Surg

   My concern was with residual med left in the primary line for incompatible meds. That is probably the reason why when I was given a fast education we just assumed incompatible meds, and always disconnected the iv tubing, flushed, gave med, and flush...

9. How to give IVP into a primary line with incompatible medications?

   Sara-Allison replied to Sara-Allison's topic in Med-Surg

   That makes sense to make sure the saline flush flushes the whole tubing, and that the med actually reaches the patient. If I flush the whole tube, push the med, flush the whole tube again making sure to push the med down with the last flush, that sh...

10. How to give IVP into a primary line with incompatible medications?

    Sara-Allison replied to Sara-Allison's topic in Med-Surg

    The little snow globe reaction is not one that I would like to see. It's just that the time on the med surg floor is going to be short, so taking the time to look up every med compatibility will take too long. So when I was trained, we just presume...

11. What do I need to learn?

    Sara-Allison replied to Sara-Allison's topic in Med-Surg

    What kind of training should I look for a new nurse? I am concerned as where I live hospital jobs especially med surg are hard to get, but being safe is most important.

12. What do I need to learn?

    Sara-Allison replied to Sara-Allison's topic in Med-Surg

    Is there a place where I can look up the facility. Was wondering how others have done as a new nurse at a tenet hospital on a med surg floor.

13. How to give IVP into a primary line with incompatible medications?

    Sara-Allison replied to Sara-Allison's topic in Med-Surg

    Do you check for compatibility or do you just disconnect the primary line and give the drug and then flush. What I have been taught is to just give push med through a disconnected IV. We never really gave IV push through primary line. So we would...

14. Any tips for a new med surg nurse?

    Sara-Allison posted a topic in Med-Surg

    Wondering if you can give me some pointers on how to get ready to be a med surg nurse. I am not in a versant position. So I am trying to go over my very basics before I step on the floor. If you guys have a list of must knows please post. I am rev...

15. How to give IVP into a primary line with incompatible medications?

    Sara-Allison replied to Sara-Allison's topic in Med-Surg

    Is there an application that will have IV compatibility for my mp3 player?