Adam D. RN2005

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1. A three ambulance wedding...

   Adam D. RN2005 replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in New Nurse

   Thank you for the compliment. I will say that I am humbled by what you have said because I don't think of myself as a rolemodel. I am just trying to be the best nurse that I can be. Again thank you and good luck. Adam D. RN

2. One Year In...

   Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in New Nurse

   I kept on meaning to sit down and write this post over the past couple of weeks, but life just kept on interfering. And the fact that I have been so busy that I haven't had time to really sit down and do this. August 7, marked my one year anniversary...

3. A three ambulance wedding...

   Adam D. RN2005 replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in New Nurse

   To answer some questions: Type of nursing tha I do is Med/Surg Nursing. I work on a TOUGH, and I do mean TOUGH MED/Surg Unit. I was planning this month to start the transition to ICU nursing, but have decided to put that off for a while. I love what...

4. A three ambulance wedding...

   Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in New Nurse

   I had attended my cousins wedding last week, it is now a three ambulance wedding. And it wasn't even an irish one. (My cousin use to be an EMT, so there were quite a few medics, a couple of nurses, a PA and one gynecologist there.) After the ceremony...

5. ACLS Certified!!

   Adam D. RN2005 replied to Adam D. RN2005's topic in New Nurse

   It really wasn't that tough. There is a lot that you have to know, but they teach it to you. But they teach you how to run a code, and it really helps you anticepate what the MD is going to order depending on what the situation is. Adam, RN.

6. Death of a favorite Patient...

   Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in New Nurse

   :bluecry1:I guess stunned, shocked and grief stricken is the best way to describe my feelings right now. That also is the best way to describe my unit feelings. The patient was a favorite of the units, a frequent flier. They had been on the unit mult...

7. ACLS Certified!!

   Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in New Nurse

   Past two days, I have been taking an ACLS class, today took the certification exam and can now start adding the proverbial alphabet soup after my name. The new way for BLS CPR is completely different. No longer the 2:15 ratio, but now the 2:30 ratio...

8. The tale of a pacemaker...

   Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in New Nurse

   My life has been a blur over the past two months. Now that I am catching my breath, back from vacation, and slowing down slightly from the overtime, I now have more freetime. From a nursing perpective after being 10.5 months in, I am really feeling c...

9. When it rains, it pours...

   Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in New Nurse

   Yesterday, two of my patients expired. In the same room 9 hours apart from each other. I felt honored when the first family saw me walk in yesterday morning and asked me to be the patients nurse. The first one passed away at 9:15 yesterday morning. ...

10. Eight months in and loving it...

    Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in New Nurse

    I have been a practicing nurse now nearly eight months. What I can't believe is how well I am doing. I love getting up (okay I don't enjoy the getting up part) in the mornings to go to work. The second I put the uniform on, I become one with it and t...

11. You know the family is nuts when...

    Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in Humor

    Your charting reflects more of the antics of the family then the patient. As the family is going balistic, you sit there smiling to yourself knowing that you are going to chart this.

12. Fun Day...

    Adam D. RN2005 posted a topic in New Nurse

    You know you have a problem family member when your charting reflects more about the antects and harassement of the family member then the actual condition of the patient. Add that in to two RN's that called in with the flu, and the RN on availabili...

13. Were you scared of needles or blood?

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to justrose79's topic in New Nurse

    My thing was BM and Vomit. Early on, when I was a student, I got over my vomit issue very quickly. How you ask, had a patient declare to me that she was nauseaous, and stuck a kidney basin in front of her mouth and then she vomited. THe vomit went in...

14. When do you start feeling like a RN

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to HyperRNRachel's topic in New Nurse

    Hey Rachel, I been praticing 6.5 months now, and I still feel like a student at times. I started feeling like an RN when I came off of orientation. I stopped feeling like a student after a few weeks when I stopped looking for the instructor to check ...

15. I had my first patient in active chest pain during my shift!

    Adam D. RN2005 replied to christvs's topic in New Nurse

    Christine, First, Happy Birthday. Second, good job. You did all of the right things. Sometimes you need to keep on top of what is going on. Chest pain can be anything. And there is such a thing as a silent MI, you have one symptom, and all of the oth...