wizap

wizap has 14 years experience and specializes in ER, OB, Med/Surg,.

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1. What exactly is Rural Nursing

   wizap replied to pat8585's topic in Rural

   Rural Nurses stretch and grow!!! Never know what you will be doing next!!!! LOL:lol2::balloons:

2. new ED RN needs IV encouragment!

   wizap replied to kimber3ks's topic in Emergency

   Practice, practice, practice...that's how you get good at IV's. P.S.- messy ones aren't bad ones, sometimes they are very good ones! Also, do not pass up the chance to start children and the elderly. Not everyone has big beautiful veins.... Good lu...

3. When the going gets tough, so does your skin...

   wizap replied to punkstar's topic in Emergency

   People can be rude and crude. Especially drunks who just ran their car into a tree and are trying to get out of their spider straps and off the back board. It is your job to keep them safe, even if they have a "potty mouth" Do not take anything the...

4. Any experience with the new sleep med Rozerem?

   wizap replied to deeDawntee's topic in Stress 101

   Rozerem works for me. I got free samples from my MD. I take it only when I need it. It works better than Melatonin. I do not wake up feeling drugged like I did with diphenhydramine. You do have to find out what works best for you. Sleep is ...

5. Do you feel "on call" even when you're not?

   wizap replied to ceecel.dee's topic in Rural

   Working in a frontier hospital, a car wreck can be more than the staff can handle on their own. Yes, I would go in if things are going crazy...I guess it is part of what I do....I choose to live here and I choose to work here!

6. What do you like about your ER?

   wizap replied to menolly_33's topic in Emergency

   Working with great people can make all the difference...and being there for one another! Knowing that you are part of a team where everyone is working for the welfare of the patient...that makes all the difference, in how you feel about yourself, yo...

7. Incompetent nurses

   wizap replied to medicrnguy's topic in General Nursing

   Keith, I am a frontier nurse. As one, I have never had to work on a tele unit as you describe. Our cardiac patients are all sent out to larger hospitals. By the way, I can read an EKG ... and I can tell if my OB is a 7 and 90% effaced. And ...

8. Florence Nightengale Pledge.

   wizap replied to Diary/Dairy's topic in General Nursing

   NO....Wasn't, pinned, wasn't capped, didn't go to graduation... and I feel like a REAL nurse! Wow.

9. Looking down on those who take lunch breaks???

   wizap replied to mismissy69's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a Charge Nurse working 12 hour night shifts in a frontier hospital. At night there are only 2 RN's working. If it is crazy, it is hard to cover for each other. I think meal breaks are important, they should be taken, for all the reasons stated...

10. Mature Nurses over 50

    wizap replied to Su360's topic in Michigan

    I turned 50 this year. I am a Charge Nurse at night. I work in a Frontier Hospital, and pretty much do whatever comes in the door. I love my job!

11. Is it weird not to wear a scrub top?

    wizap replied to Sassybottom's topic in General Nursing

    I wear scrub pants, a matching Tee shirt- in the winter a long sleeve turtle neck, and a jacket. I do not have tatoos to hide, but I do feel very comfortable wearing cotton. Most scrubs are polyester...They're OK for pants...

12. Do Nurses Eat Their Young?

    wizap replied to Brian's topic in Relations

    When I started Nursing as a new graduate nurse in a Rural Hospital 13 1/2 years ago, I felt comfortable going to any of the other more experienced nurses I worked with. I learned so much from all of them. I was truly blessed!!! The thing about b...

13. DTaP in ER?

    wizap replied to wizap's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry if I was ambiguous! We have been using DTaP instead of the older dT on patients who present with lacerations, or other complaints that need tetanus boosters in the ED.

14. DTaP in ER?

    wizap posted a topic in General Nursing

    We are starting to give out DTaP shots to adults in our ER instead of the traditional dT shots. I am not sure how I feel about this. Yes, there are breakouts of Wooping cough, but should we be immunizing everyone? What do you think? Is this being ...

15. Back-to-back 12 hour shifts

    wizap replied to Tiki_Torch's topic in General Nursing

    I usually do three 12's in a row. I have done 5 in a row. I will refuse to do that anymore...it is unsafe!