NurseBatzy

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  1. Lining and labs/ hemolyzed specimens

    I don't want to argue, or inflame, but I am just offering some perspective. Coags are a different beast. It only takes about 1/10 of 1 ml of plasma to run a coag test. In this case, it's not a matter of having enough specimen, it is having the righ...
  2. Lining and labs/ hemolyzed specimens

    I'm not an ER nurse, but I think I can give some perspective here. Before becoming an RN, I was a lab tech. You know, the one who actually runs the tests. I think every hospital has a communication barrier between lab and nursing, and it can be dif...
  3. Fevers In CCU

    Some of our patients are allowed to run high, but not that high. I agree with the previous poster though, this is a time to use nursing measures. In my state you need an order for a cooling blanket, but ice packs are open game. A fan and a wet hea...
  4. New RN medication assessment

    When I started in my first ICU, I had to take something similar. NCLEX meds are a good start, but you'll likely be asked about drips as well. Know your insulin drips, pressors, propofol and other sedatives. I remember needing to know Cardizem, Amio...
  5. "Loosing" my license

    I can commiserate. I worked at a job where we were mostly all afraid of losing licenses. We had a doc who loved to call the BON and complain about us. Constantly. It's a harsh, stressful environment to work in, and when one is afraid for one's livel...
  6. First code

    A wonderful nurse once told me that I should not expect any code to turn out well. She said to remember that if you must do CPR, they are already gone, and you MIGHT be able to bring a handful back. In my time, very few have survived for very long ...
  7. Learn from my STUPID mistake

    Let the embarrassment begin. I unclamped a Mahurkar to flush it, before I attached the flush. I'll never do that again, the blood spot is still on the ceiling.
  8. "I can respect that you finally put your grandfather on hospice care. Very noble. But why, why, why, did you then bring him to the ER when he stopped breathing, and tell us to maintain his hospice status?"
  9. Now I get why experience means everything yet nothing

    That's a nice realization. I want to one day go to NP school, but am waiting on some more experience myself. I want to get out of bedside nursing before my back gives out completely, and your post gives me some insight into how it will be different....
  10. Older, overweight, and drug addicted patients

    I think it should be said that did not post this in an effort to be self-righteous, it was more a speaking of my mind for my own benefit. I am grateful for these patients, I understand not everyone is, and I wouldn't want to force my opinions on tho...
  11. I would be willing to bet by the title that the reader here will think this is a rant, but it is quite the opposite. This came about because the longer I spend here on AN, and the longer I work in a hospital, the more my heart breaks to see how some ...
  12. American Red Cross and Hipaa

    Wow Jay, thanks for the fantastic information. It surprises me how few of us health care workers know this, and I will be sure to take your post into work with me and educate our staff. It is a time when we are constantly told "no,no,no" about givin...
  13. Problems with the aging nurses

    I usually don't post on the more controversial threads, like this one, but I have a story that might fit as an example. Now, I won't throw age into the post, but physical capacity. I used to work with a nurse who used a walker outside of work, but...
  14. DeSales RN to BSN

    Hello All! I have recently been accepted into the RN to BSN program at DeSales University. Before applying, I researched AN for info on the program, and found very little, so hopefully this thread will help someone else out. A little background on m...
  15. American Red Cross and Hipaa

    Thank you all for your great responses! rjflyn - How would you verify that it really is the Red Cross calling? We have caller ID, but it only shows a number, not a name. I wonder if they have a way of proving their identity? Perhaps a reverse phone n...