RazorbackRN

RazorbackRN BSN, RN

Pediatrics (Burn ICU, CVICU)

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  1. 4 : 1 nurse patient ratio for med surg???

    RazorbackRN replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    I'm in ICU, but the nurses on our floors have typically have a 3-4:1, however we are a pediatric

  2. No med experience affect RN start salary?

    RazorbackRN replied to SoulSearcher79's topic in General Nursing

    actually, $2400/semester doesn't seem unreasonable at all, especially for l.a. i am in arkansas, where the cost of things is considerably lower comparatively speaking, and my tuition wasn't much...

  3. What is the Vocera communication system?

    RazorbackRN replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I hate that so many people are having negative experiences with the Vocera system. We have had ours for a few years and it works wonderfully. When you are called, it will say to you "can you accept...

  4. Returning blood waste back into a PICC

    RazorbackRN replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Would I be correct to assume that you are speaking of the adult population? I work in a ped. CVICU and we need every little bit of blood in these babies we can get, so of course everything is...

  5. RN college

    RazorbackRN replied to stykerforce's topic in General Nursing

    But, you don't have to have a degree to take the NCLEX. Some places issue diplomas, which entitles you to sit for

  6. Hospitals That Phase Out LPNs

    RazorbackRN replied to psalm's topic in General Nursing

    Same here...I work in a large teaching facility as well. I wonder if it has to do with be a teaching

  7. Did he get too much morphine?

    RazorbackRN replied to Deb123j's topic in General Nursing

    As others have said, the dose really is really not an issue. I have given doses larger than that on several occassions, and would feel comfortable with it. My question is this: If you were...

  8. "New Nurses's Don't Know Anything."

    RazorbackRN replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in General Nursing

    2.5 in their career, huh? You should have told her that you're way above average...and she was going to set the record for the new

  9. The Runaway Bride Wants to be a Nurse!

    RazorbackRN replied to michael79's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think that has anything to do with whether or not she should choose a profession such as nursing. Not really cool to resort to making personal attacks on someone based on

  10. Today I was "That" Aide

    RazorbackRN replied to VenaKavaRN's topic in General Nursing

    First off, it is the responsibility of the nurse to make sure that the NG tube is in place and periodic checks should be made to prevent this kind of thing from happening. I would imagine there is a...

  11. Pulse Oximetry

    RazorbackRN replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    It all depends on the pt. A healthy non-smoking individual without resp. compromise, we like to see > 92%. However, most of the babies I work with, (congenital heart defects) are blue babies...

  12. When the blame gets turned on you.

    RazorbackRN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    "I asked him if he could do this at the office but he said he didn't have the equipment to take it out." I guess I'm curious as to what equipment he thought would be necessary to d/c a foley?? An...

  13. Phlebotomy: 25 Gauge Needle Question

    RazorbackRN replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    I use them on a regular basis...typically don't have a

  14. Hospitals supplying latex free gloves

    RazorbackRN replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    I am just shocked that there are still hospitals who haven't gone to latex-free gloves. Out of the billions and billions of dollars that facilities spend to advocate pt safety, this has to be the...

  15. Incompetent Co-Worker? LONG IMPORTANT

    RazorbackRN replied to dragonfly1325's topic in Ob/Gyn

    "well, last tuesday, i took over 2 patients that were fresh surgeries. the flowsheets were not handed off to me, i just had this feeling so i looked for them. when i found them, the pulse ox's charted...

  16. preparing to be one of them????????????

    RazorbackRN replied to RN2B73's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, the complete shift change can take about two hours (at least where I work). The oncoming shift usually starts arriving anywhere from about 6:15 and the offgoing people usually don't leave...

  17. 12 hour shifts for students AND Med. school

    RazorbackRN replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    The OP indicated her student status: "Not to get anyone confused. I am a RN student asking about doing clinicals for 12 hour shifts. My other question was about Med. school. Two separate things....

  18. Desperately seeking a dicontinued medicine can you help?

    RazorbackRN replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    Looks like we posted this at the same

  19. Desperately seeking a dicontinued medicine can you help?

    RazorbackRN replied to kukukajoo's topic in General Nursing

    actually i think the poster is correct:

  20. Arterial lines-kids

    RazorbackRN replied to sammyrnlv's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have always seen pumps used on neonates and cardiac babies, because 1-2mls of fluid/hr can really make a difference in these kids. I've always seen pressure bags with adults, because a few mls/hr...

  21. Accepted job- dont have anything in writing

    RazorbackRN replied to bookwrm's topic in General Nursing

    That's pretty common unless you are entering into a contract. I doubt that the would change their minds, but I guess you could ask them to give you a offer/acceptance letter if it would put you at...

  22. Shout out to my fellow burn nurses!

    RazorbackRN replied to anvano412's topic in Burn

    Can I just ask why you guys aren't using Xeroform on your donor

  23. How do YOU check a temp in an orally intubated person?

    RazorbackRN replied to JoshuaAdamsRN's topic in Emergency

    If in the rare occasion that we don't have a Criticore foley in, then we insert a rectal probe sensor for a con't

  24. SLAM and ABLS course

    RazorbackRN replied to phiposurde's topic in Emergency

    Out of all the classes I've taken, I think ABLS has been the best course yet. Of course, I'm a burn nurse, so I use it

  25. How many 12's?

    RazorbackRN replied to fleur-de-lis's topic in General Nursing

    Per hospital policy, we are not allowed to work more than 60 hrs in a