RenayCCRN

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lost in the south

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  1. My hospital is changing from heparinized saline for arterial pressure lines to saline. In my unit (burns) we draw alot of blood samples from our arterial lines and they tend to stay in for protracted periods of time. Has anyone else gone through th...
  2. Some questions for all the nurses

    I recieved my trainning in Canada my program was a 3 year Diploma (in college not in hospital like the americian diploma program). The Diploma programin Canada has alot more clinical than the BSN program. I have two children young children and I wou...
  3. An opinion please?

    I am a sympathy pucker, so I work in ICU where I get to put in an NG tube before the pucking ever starts. There is a place for everyone. Surgery very little vomit but very limited patient interaction Cardiac rehab or lab stress tests, echos, ect.. v...
  4. Future Burn Nurse?

    I started working in burns in 1995 and loved it, in 1997 I transfered to cardiac ICU because of a conflict with the boss and this year I transfered back as Clinical Director and I love it. Information on burns is hard to get, if you study basic wound...
  5. oh shyt

    OMG 10 of 10 on my pain scale, I really don't know if I could have done it. Top on my list of great nurse. The poop and vomit was bad on it's own The behavior on top would have sent me over the edge Great laugh, glad I wasn't there
  6. Nursing is pathetic...

    WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! If we could only ban together as a profession and fight for what we believe in as strongly as we complain about what is wrong. All through out history change has been effected by groups of people who ban together and say we will take...
  7. FULL NAME required on name tag???

    What would be the legal issue if you worked in a high risk area (phyc, ER) and you had made a written statement of your concerns about the avalibility of you identity and some thing happened? Could you hold the hospital accountable? Anybody got a l...
  8. Made the mistake of politely asking my paient roommate, (new admit) what he was here for (nice nursing school open ended question). He promptly dropped his pants to show me how his new implant worked (must have been at least 70 maybe older). Only t...
  9. OK, I'll do it, where are you from

    Born, raised and educated in Canada. Found my heart in Mississippi (don't ask it is a very....very long story!)
  10. Professional Liability Insurance

    To have it and not need it....oh well To not have it and need it....tragedy
  11. I think the right time to go into nursing is when you are mentally and emotionally mature which has nothing to do with age in years.
  12. I need help!!! Paramedic or RN??

    I know a few RN's who are also paramedics and they work as full time RN's but work extra as paramedics because they enjoy it. I do know in my area the continuing education and manditory modules for paramedics are difficult to maintain and some of th...
  13. Future Burn Nurse?

    We are a special breed. There is nothing like it in the world, and you will get out of it what you put in. Discharged a patient recently after almost two months who should have died and almost did several times the hug I got as he was walking out t...