lorjie

lorjie has 8 years experience and specializes in Med/Surg, Psych.

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1. how do you quickly establish rapport with kids? any tips?

   lorjie replied to miniangel729's topic in Pediatric

   ask them silly questions like "did you drive your mom here? do you have a job?" then act all suprised when they say no - they always get a giggle out of it, especially school age kids.

2. code on a baby

   lorjie replied to adpiRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

   that baby lived because of your and everyone else's quick thinking. way to go!!!

3. Newly hired Pysch RN intern! Any advice or tips?

   lorjie replied to williamslm1's topic in Psychiatric

   Always keep a pair of scissors on you to quickly cut a patient down from an attempted hanging or self strangulation.

4. New grad 30 weeks pregnant and starting on L&D department

   lorjie replied to dncndva215's topic in Ob/Gyn

   As a young and naive nurse I disclosed in my 2nd interview (which was going GREAT up until that point) that I was pregnant. The entire tone of the interview changed. A few days later the manager told me she didn't want me to "start anything I could...

5. Pt choking and DNR....

   lorjie replied to Beachbum2010's topic in Geriatric

   unsuccessful heimlich that results in a code is still a code, regardless of what precipitated it. say for instance the EMT's arrive and they see no pulse, no respirations and a big fat DNR. you say "but the patient had choked!" they are not going to...