stunner127

stunner127 has 5 years experience and specializes in critical care, emergency.

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1. how does your facility cover call?

   stunner127 replied to stunner127's topic in Gastroenterology

   The OR has been helping us cover call but now they are fighting against it because they just had 5 nurses quit. They are more burned out than we are. They hate covering our call which I do understand. They get called in a lot more than we do and h...

2. how does your facility cover call?

   stunner127 posted a topic in Gastroenterology

   I work in a small community hospital GI unit, we have 6 staff members. We typically run 1 endo room on week days, occasionally we open a second room. Half of our staff members have less than 1.5 years of experience. We currently have 24 hour call co...

3. CEN Challenge

   stunner127 replied to m_chatelaine's topic in Emergency

   i just passed cen about a month ago. less experienced than you - icu as a new grad, 2 years er nursing. i found the actual test much easier than the review books. they throw you some bizarre questions on the test but the vast majority on my test...

4. Allergic to tegaderm?

   stunner127 posted a topic in Medications

   I had started an IV on a stable er patient tonight and she claimed to be "Severely allergic" to tegaderm, refusing to let me put a dressing on the site. I had no idea how else to dress the IV site so I just got the labs and took it out, thankfully sh...

5. Considering move to Nashville area, looking for any advice!

   stunner127 posted a topic in Tennessee

   Hi everyone, I'm a little Yankee girl that fell in love with a travel nurse from TN a year ago. Now it's time for one of us to make a move and put a stop to this long distance nonsense. I really have enjoyed my many visits to Nashville and I know th...

6. baby with strange bruising from tourniquet

   stunner127 posted a topic in Infusion

   The other day I saw something strange and I was wondering if anyone here has seen anything like this before and can give me any info. The patient was a baby in the ER. A nurse had placed an IV on the previous shift and IV fluids were infusing. I w...

7. Insight & advice on Critical care(ICU) VS. general Med-Surg floor?

   stunner127 replied to RUcon08's topic in General Nursing

   Not to get into the whole "should ICU's take new grads" debate...but having recently quit my job as a new grad in an ICU (and currently working in med surg) I just feel like I want to emphasize that anyone considering ICU as a new grad really look in...