HyperRNRachel

HyperRNRachel

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  1. policy to suture picc lines in place

    I am needing a policy, procedure and competency to be able to suture picc lines in place. Currently we use a stat lock but all chemo lines going to MD Anderson have to be sutured in place or they will remove to line and start another. Anyone willing ...
  2. site rite vison with sapiens

    Anyone using Bard site rite vision with Sapiens? Hospital recieved the vision ultrasound machine today- super exicted but wanting some feedback. The good , the bad :uhoh3:and the ugly . We get formal BARD training in August- over the top excited abo...
  3. changing a IJ central line for a PICC

    First a little background information. I work for a small hospital in the cath lab, we currently have two nurses who cover PICC placements not done by the interventional radiologist in Special Procedures and also help start PIV's and ultrasound guide...
  4. Using a site rite ultrasound. HELP

    I've won the nursing lottery! After being burned to a crisp as a 7p-7a ER nurse for the last 4 years, I was offered an incredible day position in the cath lab working 8 hour shifts 5 days a week. The position is awesome! The hospital is awesome! It'...
  5. Shoes for the ER??

    Danskos-love them. I can also wear my Muzuno running shoes but only every once in a while.
  6. Joke..You know you are truly an ER nurse if...

    You know you are truly an ER nurse if: You have ever told a patient that Geodon is a pain med that can only be given IM.
  7. How to cope with a drug error - destroyed confidence

    How do you cope with a med error? Learn from it and move on to being a better nurse.
  8. DKA- how often do you see the same ones

    We have one girl who comes in every 2 months in DKA. NO viens anymore, so now we are restricted to central lines! I honsestly think she does not given herself insulin in order to maintain a VERY low weight- she looks anorexic. And, although, she com...
  9. Strange things found on (or in) a pt.

    $972.00 on an overdose patient who came in due to ETOH and taking his mothers klonipin. He was not even sober when he started asking for his pants and low and behold he had a bunch of money!!!
  10. I'm guilty!

    guilty too. one pink pad. it was the patient's birthday and she asked.
  11. I was slapped by a doctor!

    Can you say restraining order and battery charges???? The man needs to be out of the hospital setting if he cannot handle people or stress. OUT of a job, out of a license and off the streets. DO NOT PASS GO DO NOT COLLECT $200.00!
  12. Can you guess what the doc I missed.

    I have a crazy obsession w. lung sounds so I listen to everyones. You come in with a possible broken baby toe and I will listen to your lungs. I have only been a nurse for 2.5 years so I am still perfecting that skill. But I do not recall his right l...
  13. Can you guess what the doc I missed.

    You are smart! A large pneumo!!!!!!!!!! Not small or medium but LARGE. It was picked up by the radiologist who read the xray in the am, but by that time the patient was back in the er complaining of dyspnea and needing a chest tube. Since a chest xr...
  14. Question/Concern about pt and Dilaudid IVP

    I was wondering about the iv K as well. If she was alert and talking why not give PO KCL. Potassium in a thumb- no way, especially since she was such a hard stick needing pain meds. I never risk blowing an IV. If she was to be an admission I would ha...
  15. Can you guess what the doc I missed.

    Patient ambulates in s/p motorcycle crash with no loc complaining of right shoulder pain and mult. lacerations and abrasions to right hands and bilateral knees. Right shoulder and chest xray done. Right shoulder sling applied and iced. Patient keeps ...