DennRN

DennRN specializes in Med-Surg.

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1. Is Med-Surg really a dead end?

   DennRN replied to JustWannaWork,RN's topic in General Nursing

   I haven't been in Med-Surg long but the managers have already discussed how I should get some more experience and can transfer to the ICU in a few months if I want. Their words were "med-surg will teach you time management, you have the knowledge ba...

2. Can you get your licence for a cna if your under 18?

   DennRN replied to Marissa2619's topic in CNA/MA

   Some people would subtly hint that CNAs aren't licensed, but that's not me hehe What I meant to say was welcome aboard, we'll be passing through some rough weather ahead but the temperature at our destination is a balmy 85 with sunny skies. Thank yo...

3. why is med/surg so difficult?

   DennRN replied to Nolander's topic in General Students

   Social Studies is the closest related field to nursing? You sir have officially crossed into the realm of the Grimm's fairy tales. :igtsyt: Beware all ye who venture beyond this point. All travelers crossing this bridge should pay the troll-toll.

4. Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Psych Patients

   DennRN replied to rn/writer's topic in Psychiatric

   The first 3 min of my psych rotation a 300 pound guy started posturing like a gorilla and staring at me. I edged behind the nurses station and he pounced on another male nurse punching him in the face. Next thing I know, the 60 year old female nurse ...

5. I almost made a stupid nursing mistake and now I can't stop thinking about it. Help!

   DennRN replied to Sabinacrn's topic in New Nurse

   I grabbed a 3ml syringe last night while rushing to my last med pass. I never got a chance to even look at what I was holding because another nurse saw me with the insulin vial and asked me what mistake I just made. I felt pretty embarrassed too. Th...

6. Correcting INR

   DennRN replied to missjustice's topic in General Nursing

   Or was the pt actually receiving plasma to restore blood volume after a coumadin overdose with bleeding, given vit. k which would reverse all coumadin, switched to heparin while inpatient and waiting for vit k. to wear off, made an error ordering the...

7. why is med/surg so difficult?

   DennRN replied to Nolander's topic in General Students

   To Imthatguy, Because if nursing is not a science than nurses are doing tasks without the basic principles of why these tasks need doing and what might be the right task to do for one patient, is completely wrong for another patient with the same pro...

8. why is med/surg so difficult?

   DennRN replied to Nolander's topic in General Students

   Um no, your understanding of the scientific process is flawed Tippy. I agree with most of your post, however you forgot the part about how evidence based practice uses data to further refine hypotheses and control for variables. In the scientific met...

9. why is med/surg so difficult?

   DennRN replied to Nolander's topic in General Students

   "I don't think nursing is because the theories and the applications don't seem scientific in nature." Hmmmn name one field of science that hasn't had questionable theories? When it comes to energy levels, therapeutic touch, and all those other theor...

10. IVP vs IVPB

    DennRN replied to PediLove2147's topic in General Nursing

    It depends upon dosage and if the pt is opiate naive. I would address the Rights of Medication, if you need clarification, go straight to the source and ask for clarification from the prescribing physician, to do otherwise is like waiting to see...

11. Do the night nursing assistants clean the patient?

    DennRN replied to sunnyskies2's topic in CNA/MA

    The answer is simple but not easy. The ones that are good do everything regardless of what shift they work. The ones that are trouble will try and duck out of the"little things" because they either lack the knowledge of what it means to a client's ca...

12. why is med/surg so difficult?

    DennRN replied to Nolander's topic in General Students

    Wow, this thread is starting to scare me... Nursing IS a science, let me elaborate with just one real life example from last week. A pt presents with an abdominal aortic aneurism, as new grad I rely on my understanding of biology, pathophysiology, ch...

13. And the results are in....

    DennRN replied to NickiLaughs's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for posting OP, This is certainly a topic that impacts us all. Personally I got a great education for 30k worth of loans. Payments are ~$430 Unconsolidated, and I'm rounding up to $500 a month to pay down the higher balance early. Proper m...

14. Apex heartbeat help

    DennRN replied to Paws2people's topic in CNA/MA

    Yes, after a while it became easy. I just transitioned to listening for moment while the second hand of my watch moves to a position I'll be able to remember. While I'm doing this I listen to the speed/tempo like it's music. The first few times I did...

15. O.R. cases for CRNA's vs. Anesthesiologists

    DennRN replied to ICU, RN, BSN, B.S.'s topic in CRNA

    :igtsyt: Please refrain from feeding the troll.