ritarunningfeet replied to Nursey103's topic in Student Assist
I would think to keep it in normal range, because the fluids could cause it to get low from cellular shifts without it. 125cc/hr is a pretty good amount of fluid that is 3,000 ml in 24hrs. Just a guess.
ritarunningfeet replied to caregiver0204's topic in New Nurse
I'm sorry you had a bad day, but you had another nurse with you and everything turned out fine. It is frusterating being new, and not knowing, but it gets better with time and experiance. Right now think about being a sponge and soaking up everythi...
Hi just wondering if anyone here has seen someone with this low of a venous pH and still be alive? Venous pH 6.662 and HCO3 2.6!! I felt like I was chansing my tail trying to stop the downward trend, was able to get the pt up to the unit, but don't...
ritarunningfeet replied to netglow's topic in General Nursing
TOTALLY agree! I hate eyes! I get sympathy eye watering and can't look at them, I pawn off my morgan lenses on someone else to do something for them they don't like.
ritarunningfeet replied to tammy07's topic in General Nursing
you could take a phlebotomy course, or like you said OR tech classes, you could take EMT classes, or MA classes. My sister in law is taking MA courses until she can get into the program she wants, and is learning a ton in a pretty short period of ti...
ritarunningfeet replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing
Thank You for sharing this video, it reminds of why we do what we do.... for the patients. The one nurse said such a wonderful thing " I know that no day is a wasted day." Do you have a tissue for my happy tears?:redbeathe
ritarunningfeet replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing
I consider myself a type A personality in most things, however do try and keep things fun and light. I usually laugh, joke and giggle when the time is appropiate. I consider myself a team player and resource to others when trying to solve a problem...
ritarunningfeet replied to oldfashionedlove's topic in General Nursing
It is everyones responsibility, you can't ask someone else to do it if you won't. It can be delegated if you are too busy, but if you are not busy, you can empty it just as well as the aid/orderly.
ritarunningfeet replied to Never Let Go's topic in Student Assist
Here we go other than the main ACLS drugs: Epinephrine, and Atropine 1. Tylenol 2. Ibuprofen 3. Dilaudid 4. Ativan 5. Cardizem 6. Versed 7. Morphine 8. Levaquin 9. Rocephin 10. Aspirin hmmmm... a few more than 10 maybe 11. Nitroglycerin 12. Heparin 1...
ritarunningfeet replied to nursedudekl's topic in General Nursing
I am not dx with anything but often say "this isn't good for my ADD" (25% joking and 75% really feeling like I have some sort of ADD). One day I said it and a doctor told me that something like 90% of ER nurses have ADD/ADHD. And I have to say I thi...
ritarunningfeet replied to ironjohn929's topic in Flight
The director and all of the instructors do an awsome job. I posted in this thread a long time ago before I took the class trying to get some information, but it has gone so far off the question and become somewhat of a spitting match. I just would ...
ritarunningfeet replied to brandy1215's topic in General Students
Take a deep breath Brandy.......ok is it the content? or is the teaching different? or maybe just so stressed that things are not sticking? Take a moment to breathe, calm down and tell yourself that you CAN do this! Do you have any friends in the...
ritarunningfeet replied to californiadreaming's topic in General Nursing
First off trying to be as unbias as possible, but I am an adrenaline junkie and ER is my love, but I can tell you what my days were like on a med/surg floor vs what they are like in the ER. And not saying any one is better than the other, we all nee...