Just wanting to know what everyones opinion was between coumadin vs. lovenox for ortho patients after total joint replacement?? What are your docs using?? Do they have a preference?? Why? Any side effects noted??
natkat2816 replied to natkat2816's topic in Orthopaedic
Thanks for all your answers. I was just curious cause I'm gonna be on a committee about that. We use mostly coumadin but have a few docs that use lovenox. I guess that may change in the future too as the hospital is going to switch from lovenox to...
natkat2816 replied to Toots71506's topic in Minnesota
Freezebaby - just curious which Allina hospital did you apply to when you were rejected?? I have a feeling if it was Mercy/Unity/Cambridge/St. Francis that they are harder to get into than at Abbott or United because of the size. That's just my the...
natkat2816 replied to Toots71506's topic in Minnesota
toots - Unity has separate units. It is split up into L&D on one wing and Family care unit (mom/baby, peds, and gyn) is on the other wing. Mercy - I delivered there with my kids and last I knew (7 years ago) was that they were on the same unit ...
natkat2816 replied to tiroka03's topic in Minnesota
Not sure if I ever introduced myself on here or not so here goes. I live in the northern suburbs and have been in MN all my life. Currently I've only been a nurse about 2.5 years so I'm still learning everyday. Work on a med-surg/ortho unit at the...
natkat2816 replied to Toots71506's topic in Minnesota
Toots - I don't know much but here's what I do know or think to help answer your questions. 1 - I think they mostly would like you to have experience in other areas before starting in L&D. 2 - I think you'd have a better chance getting into a mo...
natkat2816 replied to SusanRehabRN's topic in Rehabilitation
Regarding transfer training - could you just go right to PT and ask them for proper training/inservice on transfering instead of waiting for the cold day that administration will get to it?
That is also why I LOVE rehab nursing - because of the relationships you have with your patients and their families!! It is rewarding. (But then I miss them when they discharge).
natkat2816 replied to Brian2MN's topic in Rehabilitation
Brian - I'm in MN also and from what I've seen so far is that a lot of hospitals are getting rid of the LPN's. I know for a fact that Mercy/Unity LPN's are losing there jobs next June unless they went back for their RN. LPN's are mostly in the nursi...
natkat2816 replied to Butternut's topic in Rehabilitation
I have never worked the night shift but I presently work D/E in acute rehab. What I know of about night shift is that in our place they have 7-8 patients per nurse, they have a few meds and IV's but not many, they have to manage pt's who have troubl...