TrailBlazerRN

TrailBlazerRN has 3 years experience and specializes in Burns, ICU, Plastic Surgery.

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1. Medication shortages?

   TrailBlazerRN replied to Tarabara's topic in General Nursing

   At my hospital recent shortages have been with Ativan, Fentanyl, Versed, and most recently Toradol. Edit: Here is the whole list from the FDA:http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/DrugShortages/ucm050792.htm

2. Are you a nurse? Do you draw blood? Can you take our Quick Survey?

   TrailBlazerRN replied to swytas's topic in Student Assist

   What is your educational background? RN BSN Years of experience? Years drawing blood? A little over a year, I worked at the hospital that I currently work in as a tech before, and we were trained in phlebotomy and able to draw blood. What kind of ed...

3. Failed NCLEX 5 Times! Am I The Only One Who . . .

   TrailBlazerRN replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

   I think that after 3 times of failing, remediation should be necessary. However, I do know nurses who are great nurses who took more than one attempt to pass. The NCLEX is a standardized test and has no bearing on how caring, compassionate, organized...

4. Burn ICU question

   TrailBlazerRN replied to NeuroNP's topic in Burn

   I'm not a nurse yet, but I work as a burn tech at a major burn center. We have a 4 bed ICU and I will begin by saying its just like any other ICU. The main differences are the extensive wound care, high volume of pain meds, working through plastic en...

5. LTC: Litle old ladies refusing care.

   TrailBlazerRN replied to red2003xlt's topic in Men

   I've had similar situations during my clinical experience in LTC. I had a few little old ladies that refused to have a man washing them up. But, I feel like I had more luck when I went into the situation without apprehension. If you walk into the roo...

6. When A Nurse Can't Offer a Hug...

   TrailBlazerRN replied to Cherybaby's topic in General Nursing

   I was actually taught in nursing school that we shouldnt hug or hold our patients hands to avoid beings slapped with a lawsuit (and in this case, a family members hand). Not everyone likes hugs, and every culture is different. Do not assume that ever...

7. Patient or Client?

   TrailBlazerRN replied to jrw03282009's topic in General Nursing

   I am in nursing school now, and all our professors are stressing that we use client. However, I can't help but to still use patient. Client just isnt the same... it just reminds me how much hospitals are just like businesses.

8. Anxiety Attacks

   TrailBlazerRN replied to kcb007's topic in General Nursing

   I have suffered from anxiety attacks for a few years now. For me, id start sweating uncontrolably, my heart would start racing really fast, my face would become flushed, and id become really weak. A few months ago my doctor started me on Prozac and l...

9. Does "Looking Good" help you get the nursing job?

   TrailBlazerRN replied to Brother-of-Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   As wrong as it sounds, I think that looking good has an impact on someone getting a nursing job. I guess it's natural for someone to gravitate toward someone who is attractive over someone who is not. Think back to high school, looking good is an alm...

10. is nursing theory important to nursing practice

    TrailBlazerRN replied to precious nikz's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I believe many of the nursing theories are kind of outdated. Also, the theories are not necessarily applied while practicing nursing, Roach's 6 C's don't exactly cross my mind when i enter a patients room. Additionally I think that some o...

11. What do you do with your dogs during 3 7a-7p shifts???

    TrailBlazerRN replied to goofygreyhound's topic in General Nursing

    At home it's just me and my mom. I live at college (sept-may) and my mom attends community college during the day. My grandfather comes over every weekday and takes my dog out for 15 minutes. Some days my mom drops my dog off at his house. He loves t...

12. "She's a FLOOR nurse..."

    TrailBlazerRN replied to Penelope_Pitstop's topic in General Nursing

    I totally know which episode you're talking about. The comment that bothered me was when the two other nurses abandoned Carol and said "we're not babysitting her." I mean what??? Yeah, of course a med/surg nurse might be a little out of place in an E...

13. women working with women, why its so hard

    TrailBlazerRN replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    What you just recapped there is very true. I hang out with a lot of girls and there's always some new type of drama no matter who I'm with. From experience, guys are more upfront about things, and do less of the "going behind someones back" type of t...

14. Witnessed car crash, now feeling guilty

    TrailBlazerRN replied to Purple_Scrubs's topic in General Nursing

    Do not worry-- you didnt do anything wrong! You saw everyone walking and the scene looked like it was under control. Trust me, it's routine for someone to be taken out on a backboard from an MVA just as a precaution. Even the patients that are walkin...

15. First Year Finished!! Anyone else??

    TrailBlazerRN replied to graceomalleyRN's topic in General Students

    I finished my freshman year, only three more years to go!