RNforLongTime

RNforLongTime

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  1. Dubhoff insertion???

    RNforLongTime replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

    At the first hospital I worked at, the RN's placed Dobhoff's. We used a two step procedure. First inserting the tube to the first black mark(I thinK) on the tube, then obtaining a CXR. If the tube...

  2. Allnurses.com history?

    RNforLongTime replied to OBNURSEHEATHER's topic in General Nursing

    Just ordered me a t-shirt! Can't wait till it gets

  3. Floating of ICU RNs

    RNforLongTime replied to braveheart's topic in MICU, SICU

    I did not post the original comments so I deleted them. Where I work, we only have to "float" i.e.--not take an assignment, because if the ICU gets an admission, we have to go back to the

  4. Allnurses.com history?

    RNforLongTime replied to OBNURSEHEATHER's topic in General Nursing

    This is by FAR the BEST board on the web for nurses. Brian has done a wonderful job with it and is always looking for ways to improve it. I mention this site to my fellow nurses all the time and...

  5. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    RNforLongTime replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    I'll let you get away with

  6. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    RNforLongTime replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    hey! are you pickin on

  7. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    RNforLongTime replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I was right. We got nothing! Not even a thing from our District Nurses Assoc. Oh, the hospital is having a "tea" on Friday at noon--benefits the day shift people as usual. And the tea is...

  8. Nurses week Cheap gifts from admin.

    RNforLongTime replied to nilepoc's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital is attempting to recover from an 8 million dollar defecit right now! I doubt that we are getting a darn thing this year. Crappy thing is is that National Nurses Week is the same week as...

  9. Prevacid and G.Tubes

    RNforLongTime replied to ohbet's topic in General Nursing

    As our hospital doesn't have a specific policy, I use a little apple juice to dissolve the granules in and found that it works

  10. Promethazine IV Question

    RNforLongTime replied to PMercier's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hmm......I have given IV phenergan lots of times and have never diluted it. I have looked in several drug books--Nursing 2002 drug handbook and Mosby's 2001 Intravenous Medications handbook and...

  11. ob to med surg

    RNforLongTime replied to tmf1202's topic in General Nursing

    As far as I know, at the hospital that I work at now, the OB nurses do not float to the med-surg areas UNLESS they have been cross-trained to those units, and they don't have to be cross oriented...

  12. Do you watch Medical shows?

    RNforLongTime replied to old-master's topic in General Nursing

    I am a medical show junkie! I love ER!!! Never miss an episode! I also enjoy watching the programs on TLC--Life in the ER, Code Blue, Maternity Ward and Labor and Delivery. Since my cable provider...

  13. Ativan, insulin, alcohol drips on floors?

    RNforLongTime replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked at two different facilities. At both places, we did insulin and heparin gtts on the med/surg floors. At my present hospital, we can do dopamine gtt on the tele unit but ONLY if the pt...

  14. What Freaks You Out?

    RNforLongTime replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Now, not much really grosses me out. I can deal with sputum, bowel movements, nasal drainage, etc. The only thing that ever really grossed me out was when I was watching a nurse from the eye bank...

  15. How Are Summer Vacations Decided?

    RNforLongTime replied to susanmary's topic in General Nursing

    In our new contract there is a clause that says that nurses are only allowed to take two weeks off between memorial day and labor day. Then, if all other nurses have been granted vacation, a nurse...

  16. Activities for nurses week?

    RNforLongTime replied to uyf's topic in General Nursing

    Well, last year my hospital gave all employees a denim shirt with the hospital's logo on it. This year? Well , the hospital is in such dire straits financially, we will probably get nothing. But...

  17. How long does it take to get lab results

    RNforLongTime replied to kewlnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on what the test is--whether it's a CBC or a CMP. CMP's take longer. Either way, I wait at least 45 min to an

  18. To LPN or RN?

    RNforLongTime replied to colleen10's topic in General Nursing

    I say go for the RN. I believe that the Pittsburgh area has some hospital based diploma schools--my opinion is that these schools put out the best nurses cause they spend more time in clinicals. And...

  19. Im so sad.

    RNforLongTime replied to adnstudent's topic in General Nursing

    Dear adnstudent, I wish I could give you a big hug right now! I felt the same way you did about 5 years ago. I was the perpetual bridesmaid as I watched my best friend, cousin, cousin and sister...

  20. Admission paperwork

    RNforLongTime replied to deespoohbear's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I have always wondered why an Admission Assessment form cannot be initiated by the ER staff. I'm sure that they'll say that they are just WAY too busy. Am I not any busier than they are being a...

  21. IV tubing change

    RNforLongTime replied to Judy T's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    The policy at the last two hopsitals that I have worked at state that all IV tubing be changed every 72 hours. Unless it is tubing for TPN--that gets changes every 24

  22. Scrub vests?

    RNforLongTime replied to shavsha's topic in General Nursing

    I like wearing vests in the summer time. Jasco uniforms (catalog) has a lot of different vests also Taffords catalog has some

  23. BEST WAY TO STUDY FOR NCLEX EXAM

    RNforLongTime replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    When I graduated back in 1997, I did both. I took a week long intensive review course and I had about 5 different books which I did questions from each night. Back then the review course I took...

  24. Quick?? on TPN..

    RNforLongTime replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked in two different hospitals in 2 different states and whenever we run TPN, the TPN gets the filter and the Lipids can be piggybacked into the TPN but BELOW the filter on the IV line. What...

  25. Night Shift Differential

    RNforLongTime replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, the differential is the same for both evening and night shift. We get 5% of our base wage as the differential. On weekends (which is 11pm Friday to 11pm Sunday) it's an extra