RNforLongTime

RNforLongTime

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  1. I got hurt at work

    RNforLongTime replied to Buddha's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Buddha, So sorry to hear of your accident! Hope you heal quickly! Be sure to get some PT for that arm as I'm sure you'll need it! Good luck and take care!

  2. Manual vs. automatic blood pressure cuffs

    RNforLongTime replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

    I agree! When I worked the tele floor, we checked manual pressures on all pt's in A Fib. If I disagreed with what a CNA obtained with the machine then I checked a manual pressure. Now that I'm an...

  3. Sewing your own scrubs

    RNforLongTime replied to obeyacts2's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I don't have to wear my own scrubs anymore as I work in ICU and my facility provides scrubs for us to

  4. No holiday pay!!??

    RNforLongTime replied to jessjoy's topic in General Nursing

    At m current facility, we get an extra day off for the holiday and just get paid straight time for holidays worked. Last place I worked at, we got paid time and a half for holidays worked. Place...

  5. What are your IV site change policies?

    RNforLongTime replied to baseline's topic in General Nursing

    At my facility, Peripheral IV sites are changed q 5 days, IV tubing q 72 hrs, Central line dressings q 72 hrs, Picc Line drsg's q 72 hrs. Diprivan tubing q 12 hrs, TPN and tube feeding tubing q 24...

  6. IABP certification

    RNforLongTime replied to WNCrn's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    At my facility, all we have to do to be able to care for IABP pt is take an 8 hr class given by the Datascope company. We use the Datascope 98 IABP. Then when we are assigned to a IABP pt for the...

  7. Insulin syringe question

    RNforLongTime replied to Pretzlgl's topic in General Nursing

    I would and have ALWAYS used an insulin

  8. CRRT: Who does it??

    RNforLongTime replied to NephRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    The nurses in my ICU who've been trained in CRRT with the Prisma machine, set up and all that other Jazz with the machines. Pharmacy sends up KCL to inject into the dialysate. I've not been trained...

  9. Sewing your own scrubs

    RNforLongTime replied to obeyacts2's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, what I want to do is find some Ohio State material and have someone make me a scrub jacket out of it! Go Bucks! Unfortunately, I am not that

  10. Nursing Refresher Programs in Ohio

    RNforLongTime replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

    Are you moving back home to Ohio Renee? That'd be so cool! We'd have to get together and do

  11. No charge nurse

    RNforLongTime replied to perkines's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think that it's legal for a unit clerk to make out pt assignments. I know in the two states where I have RN licenses (OH and PA) a NURSE makes out the assignments, usually an RN. I'd fight...

  12. Thr truth about Poison Ivy/Oak?

    RNforLongTime replied to colleen10's topic in General Nursing

    I'm 30 and never had poison ivy. I'm not about to go rolling around in it to see if I'm allergic to it. When I was 10, 11 yrs old, my cousins used to send ME into the weeds where the poison ivy was...

  13. Sick call policy

    RNforLongTime replied to goldgram's topic in Nurse Management

    When you're a staff nurse(Full time) and work every other weekend, then you pretty much have your weekends off planned well in advance. My husband works a Mon thru Fri job. Unfortunately, bedside...

  14. Call-Back pay

    RNforLongTime replied to ga.bones's topic in General Nursing

    I wholeheartedly agree with what the above posters

  15. Sick call policy

    RNforLongTime replied to goldgram's topic in Nurse Management

    Ditto to what Rusty said! Sure there are days when I need a 'mental health' day but if I am sick, I'm sick! No nurse should have to work when sick as this jeopradizes the health of their patients...

  16. Getting a bad reputation at work

    RNforLongTime replied to RNinICU's topic in General Nursing

    Maula, I would think that if the Administration in that NH didn't do anything about these serious infractions then I would have taken them to the Department of Health..The one's that Inspect the homes...

  17. letter of reprimand-help!!

    RNforLongTime replied to prnlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Definitely something's wrong.. I say get a new laywer

  18. Nursing, No Longer A White Woman's Job?

    RNforLongTime replied to Gomer's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto! As long as people are being respectful of one another, I cannot and will not close a

  19. "Bad" Evaluation..I'm So Frustrated and ready to quit!!

    RNforLongTime posted a topic in General Nursing

    I transferred to my hospital's ICU/CCU at the end of February. Anytime a nurse transfers departments, they evaluate you at 45 and 90 days after you started the new job. I've been an RN for 5 years...

  20. what do you expect from your unit secretary?

    RNforLongTime replied to allthingsbright's topic in MICU, SICU

    Your mom's given you some good advice! A good Unit secretary is worth her weight in gold! If it weren't for some UC's where I've worked the place would go to he!! in a handbasket! Good

  21. I snapped

    RNforLongTime replied to Sundowner's topic in General Nursing

    Sundowner, You are welcome! I find that this board is a very good and cheap form of therapy and stress relief. There is almost always somebody on the boards who's had the same or similar...

  22. "Bad" Evaluation..I'm So Frustrated and ready to quit!!

    RNforLongTime replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

    The last hospital I worked at (not union) rarely, if ever floated out their ICU nurses. The CVICU RN's never floated out! Even if there were no pt's they never floated. Once in a while they would...

  23. "Bad" Evaluation..I'm So Frustrated and ready to quit!!

    RNforLongTime replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

    Because I work in a unionized hospital, the most junior RN always has to float! They do not rotate it. That's how it works on any unit not just my ICU. Most of the night shift RN's have over 10...

  24. "Bad" Evaluation..I'm So Frustrated and ready to quit!!

    RNforLongTime replied to RNforLongTime's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Rick, micro and Jenny P! I'll see if I can tough it out till October. Have a feeling though that I'll be working on the floors more than anything as that's what's usually been happening to...

  25. Older than dirt quiz

    RNforLongTime replied to KaraLea's topic in Nursing Humor

    I am not quite 30 and I fell into the second catogorie "getting older". Aint' that the