irishstormy

irishstormy has 1 years experience and specializes in Emergency.

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1. Tips and tricks for FirstNet

   irishstormy replied to outlierrn's topic in Emergency

   For bedside, you would look under the 'History' tab and then there are options to put in patient medical/surgical history, family history, social history etc. ALSO it can go into the problems&diagnosis tab, as a chronic problem like "spinal fusio...

2. Lpn & asn are are being phased out.

   irishstormy replied to shermainenevels's topic in ADN/BSN

   I live in Chicagoland and the good hospitals require a BSN for hospital nurses. They will accept limited ASN positions in long term care. We get a slight raise when we get our BSN and much more opportunities to apply to other hospitals. I definitely ...

3. TPA when drunk

   irishstormy replied to bear14's topic in Emergency

   I just recently had a patient who came in for intoxication and began having stroke s/s in the squad in route. We consulted with neurology and they recommended tpa. After administration he had improvement of his symptoms and weakness began to reverse.

4. I feel like I've made a mistake signing this contract.

   irishstormy replied to pixiestudent2's topic in General Students

   I know what you're going through, in another career I signed a contract, they paid for my schooling and I got paid on top of that and travel paid for getting to and from the school. It was a 2 year contract and I thought I would never be able to fini...

5. Timeline for graduation, NCLEX, and 1st RN Job

   irishstormy replied to cocoa_puff's topic in NCLEX

   Updating: Got my ATT today 6/18!! (On my birthday) Scheduled NCLEX on 6/23 at 5:30pm

6. Timeline for graduation, NCLEX, and 1st RN Job

   irishstormy replied to cocoa_puff's topic in NCLEX

   In Illinois 4/23- finished application online, paid BON. 4/30?- paid Pearson Vue for nclex, got fingerprinted and sent in receipt. 5/15- graduated 5/28- school sent in transcript roster papers 6/10- still no ATT!