lckrn2pa

lckrn2pa has 19 years experience and specializes in ER.

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1. What would cause Hgb to plummet?

   lckrn2pa replied to AlphaPig's topic in General Nursing

   I didn't read all the post but everything about this screams PE to me, within the 1st few sentences of your presentation. Recent surgery, central cyanosis, SOB,fever (common in PE pts). This is a PE until proven otherwise.

2. Letting off Steam, hope my extinguisher is ready

   lckrn2pa replied to BuckyBadgerRN's topic in General Nursing

   Do you really even need to ask? lol, most of the time I can't understand anything they are saying to me but they understand when I tell them to send me to a US based call center.

3. A friend's Mother is a patient

   lckrn2pa replied to mauddib's topic in HIPAA

   These kind of discussions always amuse me and I wonder what these "all knowing and all powerful" nursing instructors think about small town hospitals where you routinely take care of neighbors, family and friends. The reality of the world we live in ...

4. ascultating the lungs of a female patient

   lckrn2pa replied to srleslie's topic in General Nursing

   I've always used the back of my hand to sweep them out of the way when needed. I go about it in a professional manner and don't make any type of event out of it. Move swiftly and profesionally and get it done.

5. instructor says nursing is not for me..

   lckrn2pa replied to Orlette's topic in General Students

   What has nursing come to? Your failing clinical cause you can't "chit-chat" with patients and they don't think you will make a good nurse. Amazing, if you had multiple drug errors, always late, never prepared then I could see the issue but cause you ...

6. New Nurses!

   lckrn2pa replied to RNGriffin's topic in General Nursing

   So your saying that because someone isn't passionate about nursing or they are doing it because of what you perceive as financial gain then that makes them less of a nurse? I ended up in nursing for financial reasons, 20 years ago my best friend and...

7. q4 hour vital signs in the ER...

   lckrn2pa replied to mamaxmaria's topic in Emergency

   Not saying the PA is right in his/her actions because it was completly inappropriate to yell at anyone for any reason but where was the patients primary nurse? I see your the tech, so are you the only person that does vitals on the ER patients? Just ...

8. This has been bothering me...

   lckrn2pa replied to tss2507's topic in Men

   You should never, ever, ever, ever put yourself in the position where your actions or intentions could be questioned. Never. You should always have a female colleague anytime you have to do an exam on a woman that involves exposing them. As a provide...

9. first code

   lckrn2pa replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

   One thing I learned recently that I never really thought about much, don't argue with the doc during a code. Recently during my ER rotation in PA school I went upstairs to step down unit for a code call. Primary nurse gave report as she went in to ch...

10. What is the difference between EKG and ECG?

    lckrn2pa replied to MJ-12's topic in General Nursing

    Electrokardiogram developed by Dr Willem Einthoven, a dutch physician. He won the 1924 Nobel Prize in Medicine for this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_Einthoven

11. Working 7 on/7 off (1900-0700)?

    lckrn2pa replied to gapeach427's topic in NP

    I dated an ER-NP that did that schedule but was 11-2300. It was hard, especially the last 2-3 days but we enjoyed it because I was working registry as a RN so I'd schedule myself the same hours/days so we would have 2 vacations a month.

12. giving iv argumentin

    lckrn2pa replied to obonye's topic in Pediatric

    Sanford Guide, Tarascon Pharmacopeia and Epocrates all list PO forms, no IV forms. As somebody has mentioned there is a company that makes IV but not avail in US, which is where I practice.

13. giving iv argumentin

    lckrn2pa replied to obonye's topic in Pediatric

    Oh, as a side note, Augmentin is not available in IV form only PO

14. giving iv argumentin

    lckrn2pa replied to obonye's topic in Pediatric

    Argumentin...............love it! Next time I have a patient not agree with my treatment plan I'm going to write for 2gm Argumentin cephalically lol

15. Help, I am very conflicted about turning peer into nursing board

    lckrn2pa replied to auntie72's topic in General Nursing

    Dang it Canes, I just spewed mountain dew all over my freaking keyboard, I'm in tears over here laughing so hard.....