Dragonnurse1

Dragonnurse1 ASN, RN

ER - trauma/cardiac/burns. IV start spec

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About Dragonnurse1

Dragonnurse1 has 9 years experience as a ASN, RN and specializes in ER - trauma/cardiac/burns. IV start spec.


former RN now latex allergic, MCS, wear Moon suit to go shopping

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  1. Standing orders

    Given the current policies regarding any narcotic prescription this entire situation is a mess. All physicians must now justify every narcotic order every time one is written. With the DEA, FDA and CDC breathing down the neck of physicians, pharmac...
  2. Thinking of Quitting Nursing School

    I went to nursing school at age 38 with 4 children (ages 10, 5,3, and 1) and my spouse was a cop that worked nights. My nursing program (ASN in 1990) was difficult to get into and had a passing rate of 100% but you had to get past that one instructo...
  3. anaphylaxis

    Especially for Latex Reactions. H1 and H2 blockers are among the primary drugs to get control of the histamine. Those with latex allergies are also advised to use them as "Pre-medication" before going out of the house.
  4. Why working as an ED nurse so competitive?

    Apply to all of them if you want to work in the ED. I was a new grad that went straight to the ED. Be willing (if possible) to work nights. You have worked in the ED before so you would not be a total newbie just a novice. Be sure to recap everyt...
  5. ICU to ED RN

    I have been out of nursing since 2003 but I was a new grad that went straight to the ED, 2 weeks of orientation with one of those weeks being with my preceptor. After 2 weeks went to nights on my own and spent 9 yrs 4 months and 17 days there before ...
  6. Just a thought here. Perhaps the changes need to start when the women are much younger. I would go to my son's science class once a month to talk about health. When you have 5 young black girls (my son was the only white child) in the class, 13 to ...
  7. Any nurses that love nursing and love their job??

    I loved my nursing job. When I began school my intention was to work in the ER. I achieved that goal despite so many instructors wanting me to go into VA psych. Nursing was a "second job". I was older, had been in computers but I had always been t...
  8. Got Written Up, Cant Stop Thinking About It

    Not calling report is not only dangerous but stupid (probably should not say that but it is true). Sure we wanted to get patients upstairs asap but we never just dumped a patient upstairs without report. We would not call during the last 30 minutes...
  9. I graduated in 1993 and started working 2 days later in the area of my choice. I got 2 weeks of "orientation" with 3 other nurses. Went to the ER on days for 1 week with a preceptor that did nothing by tell me go do this and call if you have a probl...
  10. What was nursing like in the year of 2000?

    I was working nights in an ER during that time (93/03). We did paper charting, pyxis for meds, phone orders from physicians and the other usual things. I was sent to Atlanta for the first Chest Pain clinic, I was selected to do WMD training, was s...
  11. RN school while in High School?

    My son told me about this and so I began looking and reading about the idea. They have this already established in Kentucky. I read through that entire program. Quite convoluted, begins in the 9th grade and the outline goes through "Grade 15"? They...
  12. What is One of the Most Memorable Moments in Your Nursing Career?

    Worst days - too many to count, young boy died despite cracking his chest to try to stop the bleeding from his heart. Walking new residents and the family of their patient through a DNR and then the death that followed. The Pyridium overdose, my fi...
  13. Another Tragedy at Vanderbilt

    The first thought that popped into my head was the Willie King mess from 1995 or 1996. The surgeon amputated the wrong foot. Shortly after that happened patients began to write things like "not this leg/foot/arm" and also "this leg/foot/arm" on the...
  14. I was slapped by a patient

    We always had off duty Police or Sheriffs working nights in the ER with us for things just like this. They often observed the treatment and responded without us having to call, if they were in another part of the ER they were paged over head to come ...
  15. The Nurse Empath

    I worked in the ER for just over 9 years and I cannot tell you how many times I could feel what my patients felt. I felt the fears, hopes and desperation of so many I lost count in the first year. I could "feel" the frustrations of my fellow nurses ...