caroRN

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1. What's your weird quirk?

   caroRN replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

   I cannot stand PIV dressings with gobs of tape on top. If I can't see the insertion site clearly, it drives me nuts! Tegaderm and maybe two pieces of tape only people! And never over the insertion site! Tape the J-loop all you want as long as you...

2. My patient coded, and it's giving me nightmares!

   caroRN replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

   I'm in my first year as a surgical floor RN. My first code was pretty traumatic for me too and there wasn't even blood or the other concerns involved like yours. You sound like you were very on top of your patient's condition and you asked for appr...

3. frustrated with my clinical skills

   caroRN replied to LookForward's topic in General Nursing

   Most new nurses and nursing students are concerned about nursing skills in the beginning. I'm finishing up my first year as an RN-BSN and I'm here to tell you it gets better. In nursing school, I wish I had believed all the instructors who told me ...

4. Placing IVs in shoulder, breast, upper chest

   caroRN replied to paphgrl's topic in General Nursing

   I have occasionally seen PIV's in the shoulder/chest/breast in hard to stick patients but recently my hospital (or at least my floor) has stopped this practice because of the increased risk of infiltration and complications from infiltration. These ...

5. wearing makeup to work?

   caroRN replied to meghan91's topic in General Nursing

   I rarely wear makeup to work. I use cover-up for the occasional blemish but that's it. I started out in nursing school wearing makeup and also when I first started my job. My problem is that if I wear it, I find the urge to rub my eyes increases - ...

6. Shift assessment... really?

   caroRN replied to Macbs4's topic in New Nurse

   Thank you! I was starting to feel like I was the only one who did an assessment! I'm in my 4th week of orientation and I don't feel comfortable unless I do a quick head-to-toe like yours. I've been getting pressure from some of the other nurses on...