diveRN

diveRN specializes in ER, PCU, ICU.

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1. Viagra for women...

   diveRN replied to Jack_ICU's topic in General Nursing

   Just read this a 1/2 hour ago. Linky

2. a rapid response team that responds to the pacu?

   diveRN replied to cully24's topic in PACU

   Ditto on the above post. PACU is it's own critical care area. In 99% of cases, they have direct and immediate access to MDs if a pt frumps. No OR, PACU, ICU, or ED. Our RATT (Rapid Assessment and Treatment Team) responds only to floor requests.

3. Paramedic before finishing nursing school?

   diveRN replied to linda215's topic in General Students

   Strongly consider your nursing degree because the paramedic scope is pretty narrow. If you get burned out, you won't have many options as a medic. With an RN degree and license, you can take an accelerated medic program, some agencies will often allo...

4. Nurses expectation of a unit clerk

   diveRN replied to ChobeeStudent's topic in General Nursing

   Our better monitor techs / WCs will: - Answer call lights & direct appropriate staff. (CNA vs RT vs RN) - Screen calls/visitors - Verify orders and diets with me daily and enter them in the computer appropriately - Page MDs then let me know when ...

5. what do nurses hate about doctors?

   diveRN replied to futureMD's topic in General Nursing

   I recently had a Cardiac Interventionist go off the hook at me when a pt stopped making urine for better than 3 hours in spite of a liter of saline over 12 hours to flush the kidneys out. The doc went off on me. He has a history of doing this, mostly...

6. Acute Dialysis - CRRT : Role of Critical Care Nurses or Renal Nurses?

   diveRN replied to bluefabian's topic in MICU

   Yeah. That. ^^^ almost exactly. Our class is 4 hours and we orient to the assessment and machines for a shift. The only difference where I'm at is that most of the HD RNs are pretty good at looking after the pt if they're compliant, relatively stable...

7. What age do you plan to retire?

   diveRN replied to rn-jane's topic in General Nursing

   Who says you have to be home all the time?

8. What age do you plan to retire?

   diveRN replied to rn-jane's topic in General Nursing

   One of our RN educators is 71 and she's still going strong. She's something of an icon/legend in local EMS and acute care circles. Was my plan to retire at 55. Doable, but I've got to bust me arse a bit more than I have been lately. At my current pac...

9. Case management position

   diveRN replied to la student nurse's topic in General Nursing

   Many of our discharge and case managers are LVNs. In fact, it's pretty much the only position in our hospital that uses an LVN. We just don't have them around. Agree with prior post - arranges for health care needs post discharge such as home O2, med...

10. Labeling IV lines

    diveRN replied to moonshadeau's topic in MICU

    Our pumps have electronic labels for the Guardrails drugs so it makes it easier to look at when you have 8 channels infusing something... We also label at the pt.

11. Procrit.....SubQ?

    diveRN replied to ChargeNurseAmy74's topic in LPN/LVN

    Procrit is usually refrigerated. I've found that pts don't complain AS much about the ouch factor if you let it warm up to room temp before administration. I usually take out the procrit about 30 minutes before I give it. There are only a few drugs o...

12. New Grad RN programs in Northern Cali??

    diveRN replied to lacedmm1's topic in California

    The ones I know of are in the Central Valley, specifically from Madera (Valley Children's) north to Sutter Roseville and a few in between.

13. New Grad RN programs in Northern Cali??

    diveRN replied to lacedmm1's topic in California

    Yeah, where? I know of several. Just depends on where you want to be.

14. Career Changers: What won't/don't you miss about your first career?

    diveRN replied to whodatnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats on your acceptance. I have a CS background, was actually my field of study in college and my second career. I don't miss the computer bidness at all. It is THE most dog-eat-dog profession I know of. By comparison, nursing is pretty kick back...

15. When the IV med is finished running

    diveRN replied to *ac*'s topic in General Nursing

    Even if it's one antibiotic, I always set up a NS rider to which the abx is piggybacked. Even if the pt is fluid compromised, an extra 10 or 20 cc of fluid isn't going to hurt them. We run PIVs at 10cc tko and 20 on central lines per policy). I would...