taz628 BSN, RN

taz628 has 2 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in ER, Step-Down.

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1. Who was the last patient to just break your heart?

   taz628 replied to ChristaRN's topic in General Nursing

   Maybe I'm just a softy, but in my little more than 2 years as a nurse I have several pt's already cemented into my mind and will never leave my memories. Just this past week I refused to leave my pt's side until he was safe into the OR. Dissected aor...

2. Reporting to ICU

   taz628 replied to inteRN's topic in Emergency

   it's the same story no matter where you go. we've got a great new intensivist who believes that ICU pts are to be in the ER for as short of time as possible - which means we often don't have time to do all the little things, just enough to stabilize ...

3. Must see commercial for nurses

   taz628 replied to TDKH54's topic in General Nursing

   apparently, so the story is told, we once had one of those nifty fetal heart rate ultrasound thingys in our ED. wellllll... a dad let his kiddo play with it one day without the nurses knowing. they walked out with it! so we no longer have that toy. ...

4. Best White Scrubs

   taz628 replied to ishootu's topic in General Nursing

   I've had my white koi pants for almost 2 years and they are only a teeny bit dingy, nothing a light bleaching (if i weren't so lazy) wouldn't take care of though. :) the fabric seems rather thick, i think they are much less see through than other bra...

5. Nursing school: Bizarre practice in learning to bed bath..

   taz628 replied to Cat_RN's topic in General Students

   My nursing program did this. We were separated, men in one group, women in another, so that it wasn't overly awkward. As others have stated, it wasn't to teach HOW to give a bed bath, it was so that we UNDERSTOOD and EMPATHIZED with the pt receiving ...

6. Ever Refuse a MD order?

   taz628 replied to Leelee2's topic in General Nursing

   yep - just the other day I was going to use "nursing judgement" on an order. Resident ordered 60mg toradol, IV. Called the doc up, wanted to know if she wanted 60 *IM* or *30* IV. She said she "looked it up" and that 60 IV wouldn't hurt the veins! Uh...

7. BSN Required...what does this mean for the 2yr ADN programs ?

   taz628 replied to DaddyO's topic in ADN/BSN

   a note in one of my work emails stated that our CNO is watching the movement out of Philadelphia to push for ALL entry level RNs to be BSN prepared. So there is a fairly serious movement for such a thing. I know the philly campus of Thomas Jefferson ...

8. Transfer from Stepdown to ED

   taz628 replied to SoilderofLove's topic in Emergency

   This move is pretty much EXACTLY what I did. we call it "special care" but it's essentially an ICU step-down. I was there for 10 months and then transferred to the ED - where I originally REEEEEEALLY wanted to be but couldn't for various reasons. My ...

9. Clogged feeding tubes

   taz628 replied to Phillygryl's topic in General Nursing

   ....last week... diet ginger ale... allllllll over my scrubs. but, I got that stubborn tube open! I just the rapid push/pull "agitation" with the plunger. Works for me. :)

10. Bad code

    taz628 replied to sk8rn's topic in Emergency

    we don't bother with finger sticks during a code... the docs usually do some sort of lab draw (fem stick) and we ALWAYS run an iStat for codes (from the few I've actually witnessed anyway). The BS shows up on the iStat, so that's what we tend to go b...

11. What's your favorite computer charting program?

    taz628 replied to TDCHIM's topic in General Nursing

    We use EPIC at my facility. Once you learn all the short cuts, it's really easy to navigate and to quickly chart. It's nice - basically looks like an excel flowsheet. Some of the info (like the nurse kardex) can be a bit tedious to access, but I over...

12. IF you WEREN'Ta nurse, what would you be???

    taz628 replied to sjoy's topic in General Nursing

    my biggest pet peeve about nursing is being stuck inside a single building/unit for hours upon hours. Ideally, I'd find myself in a job that keeps me outdoors. My cousin and her husband are anthropologists/palentologists - so playing in the dirt all ...

13. "Clinical Decision Unit"

    taz628 replied to AggieNurse99's topic in General Nursing

    there are actual separate CDUs out there? At my hospital, if a pt is CDU'd (always chest pain/SOB, kept overnight for stress tests in AM, then d/c or admit) they are kept in the ER. Ugh. We have a "holding unit" attached to the ER, staffed by ER nurs...

14. HELP...Health care considerations for the Amish culture

    taz628 replied to cluv2nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Oooo... the Amish. My grandmother was Amish - but then shunned for marrying a heathen. I've taken care of SEVERAL Amish patients. One of my FAVORITE patients ever was an Amish man in his 70's who had suffered a stroke. lovely man, until he ripped out...

15. PACU Question

    taz628 replied to channyyy's topic in General Nursing

    I was offered a position in the PACU as a new grad - two of my classmates accepted their offers (I chose another path). So, there is a chance you could still do PACU as a new grad, depends on how the hospital is set up.