Christie RN2006 replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing
Actually, I adopted a kitten that was abandoned when it was way too little. They found her on one of the coldest days of the year at the country market where my sister works. She was huddled by the door trying to get warm. The poor thing was so tiny...
Christie RN2006 replied to MAISY, RN-ER's topic in General Nursing
We also have something similar, except ours is called "Race team". Our family initiated race team just started about 6 months ago. We have fliers that are to be given on admission and we are required to educate the patient and family about it. Thankf...
Christie RN2006 replied to NursKristy's topic in General Nursing
I was thinking that is what it sounded like. People tend to do Cheyne-stokes breathing shortly before they die. If they are a DNR pt, medicate them to keep them comfortable, if they are with it I usually try to do ativan and morphine, if they are let...
Christie RN2006 replied to RosesrReder's topic in Humor
One night I was working in step-down and I was caring for a patient with sundowners, well about 4 in the morning I received a phone call at the nurses station from our local 911 center stating there was a person calling 911 from my floor. The 911 ope...
Christie RN2006 replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing
One night I was working in the unit and I got called to go to step-down to assist with a patient that wasn't doing well. I got over there and the pt was in resp distress and we ended up intubating him and moving him to the unit. After we moved him to...
Christie RN2006 replied to MelanieC90's topic in General Nursing
There are lots of benefits for going to a community college. They are usually a lot cheaper and it is generally a smaller setting, so you can get more one on one time with your professors and clinical instructors. When you graduate, you have the same...
Christie RN2006 replied to blueiris's topic in General Nursing
https://allnurses.com/nursing-stethoscope/ Click on that link for an entire forum about stethoscopes! As for me, my favorite stethoscope is a Littman classic II and my favorite watch is a super cheap one from Walmart. I have had my watch for years a...
Christie RN2006 replied to praying_mantis's topic in General Nursing
Your post almost made me cry... and here I was complaining about how crappy my night was!! I am definitely going to be praying for your pt!! I'm sure that was the worst day of her life, I am just glad you were there to help comfort her!
Christie RN2006 replied to cooliegirl's topic in General Nursing
Baking soda paste for bee stings works too! Just mix baking soda with a little bit of water to make the paste and then place it on top of the bee sting.
Christie RN2006 replied to GomerPyle's topic in General Nursing
The ICU can definitely be very stressful, but it tends to be a different kind of stress than a med/surg floor. In the ICU, you will generally have only 1-2 patients, but they will be very sick with multiple drips, drains, vents, monitors, etc. Somet...
Christie RN2006 replied to daffodils711's topic in General Nursing
There are a lot of schools that offer a BS-BSN degree. I know the college I went to had an accelerated program that accepted people with degrees in other fields. Essentially, they got to skip most of the gen eds and concentrate on just the nursing cl...
Christie RN2006 replied to roosmom's topic in General Nursing
We also are having a shortage of the dilaudid carpujects here in Ohio. We constantly have the ampules showing up in our accudose. I am thankful that we have the ampules!!
Christie RN2006 replied to johnst10's topic in General Nursing
This kinda goes along with right assessment... make sure that you are giving it for the "right reasons"! For example, do not give someone potassium if their potassium level is already high or insulin if their blood sugar is low.