all4schwa

all4schwa

Neuro ICU, Neuro/Trauma stepdown

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  1. Love the 1st year

    all4schwa replied to all4schwa's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i do feel more confident if i spend time getting ready, putting a little makeup on (3 mintutes, tops) and arrive plenty

  2. Love the 1st year

    all4schwa replied to all4schwa's topic in First Year After Licensure

    it's not a good idea, but i see nurses that do it. you shouldn't wear much jewelry either, but you'll still see nurses doing

  3. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    all4schwa replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    no kidding, a big discrepancy IMO is pharm, it was a big deal where i came from, girls flunked out 6mo before graduation because of pharm. i talked to a girl last night says it isnt even a core...

  4. How do you stop bad habits?

    all4schwa replied to loriannlpn's topic in General Nursing

    i could have written this exact post myself. i smoked for 10 years, bronchitis that lasted months at a time. refused to believe it was all attributed to smoking. i'm young, i see everyone around me...

  5. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    all4schwa replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    it's all suddenlly very clear to me

  6. haldol/rocephin

    all4schwa posted a topic in General Nursing

    i went to give haldol IV through the Y port and saw that it immediately precipitated. i realized that i had a pb running, that hadn't even crossed my mind...it must be incompatable with rocephin, i...

  7. haldol/rocephin

    all4schwa replied to all4schwa's topic in General Nursing

    now i

  8. Love the 1st year

    all4schwa replied to all4schwa's topic in First Year After Licensure

    wanna know what i did last night? i gave a pt haldol through the y port not realizing i had an atb running and it immediately precipitated in the line!!

  9. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    all4schwa replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    what is

  10. Love the 1st year

    all4schwa replied to all4schwa's topic in First Year After Licensure

    how true, not to be a dork, but some lyrics from one of my favorite songs: I've seen enemies act like twins and I've seen grimaces twist into grins, disregard your good deeds and your sins, it's who...

  11. What CNAs need to tell the nurse

    all4schwa replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    well, also...if i knew they were smoking i leave a note on the desk b/c i know they will come back there first. and if they are on the phone with the doc and i've got recent vitals ( or similiar...

  12. What CNAs need to tell the nurse

    all4schwa replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    i used to do this in the nursing home. i can see their med cart in the hall, but they are in a room with a patient and i'm on my way to do something, i just tuck a not in the mar (somewhere they...

  13. Doctors' rounds

    all4schwa replied to andypandy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i do neuro step down and you sure are right about

  14. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    all4schwa replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    actually, i had no idea what was going on. this makes a lot of sense, they foreign nurses don't make waves...and i have no idea how much they make, i assumed we all made the same

  15. Doctors' rounds

    all4schwa replied to andypandy's topic in First Year After Licensure

    i just wasn't sure if i should be doing that or not. i don't want to be intrusive, but sometimes the patients dont know what to point out. the doc asks how much pain have you had? not much. me: well,...

  16. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    all4schwa replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    if there wasn't a shortage would hospitals be paying for nurses in other countries to uproot and come work

  17. Ok, I have to ask

    all4schwa replied to clemmm78's topic in General Nursing

    yeah, but we still call it a MAR if it's on the computer and signed off electronically even though it wouldn't be in a book, or even in print because its still the record of medication administration....

  18. Staff Sharing with 12 hours shifts

    all4schwa replied to Lightning Bug RN's topic in General Nursing

    we call this floating where i work, and in a 12hr shift, i nurse can be floated 3 times! talk about room for error! and how

  19. Help Hypotonic, Isotonic, & Hypertonic Solutions

    all4schwa replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What does D5 with 1/2NS

  20. Sitters, give 'em a break!

    all4schwa replied to anonymurse's topic in General Nursing

    but, that's not always the rationale for not giving meds, especially haldol. head injury patients have to run a certain course to heal and shouldn't be doped up for convenience. however, if they are...

  21. Sitters, give 'em a break!

    all4schwa replied to anonymurse's topic in General Nursing

    if the patient has a sitter i try hard not to give the sedating meds, but restless due to pain is something that should be

  22. Sitters, give 'em a break!

    all4schwa replied to anonymurse's topic in General Nursing

    we use a lot of sitters on my floor, since we have computerized charting now, it's very easy to take over and give them a break while i chart in the room... we always make sure their lunch is covered,...

  23. What CNAs need to tell the nurse

    all4schwa replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    coming from a new nurse, you can offer to do what you can...sometimes i feel like the techs are too busy to be bothered and only ask them to do stuff when i absolutely can't. i'm really relieved when...

  24. MRI vs CT

    all4schwa replied to all4schwa's topic in General Nursing

    valuable info, i've wondered why some people with known metal in their bodies where

  25. MRI vs CT

    all4schwa replied to all4schwa's topic in General Nursing

    that's a good way of looking at