nursem2

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1. New Nurse In Tears...

   nursem2 replied to RNNURSE23's topic in General Nursing

   Give yourself a break. Sometimes patients will go bad, despite everything you do. If he was resting comfortably with normal vital signs, you had no indication that anything was wrong. Good job on the successful code! You said it was your first, a...

2. Drug IN-tolerance!

   nursem2 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

   Ativan is a first-line treatment for seizures. Sorry your kiddo had a scary reaction to it!

3. PLEASE HELP!!! so embarassed about sweating!

   nursem2 replied to Bumashes's topic in General Nursing

   You are not alone! I have the dreaded "butt sweat" when I get nervous at work. I work in a really busy ER, and butt sweat-inducing situations happen frequently. I have taken Robinul (anticholinergic) intermittently for several years for excessive ...

4. adult er vs peds er nursing

   nursem2 posted a topic in Emergency

   I am thinking of switching from adult er to peds er. I have been a nurse for about a year and a half, and have only done ER nursing with a brief, unhappy trek into public health nursing. Anyone out there who has made the switch themselves? Love it...

5. IV Pepcid (Dumb Student Nurse Question)

   nursem2 replied to BirdFeederLady's topic in General Nursing

   rapid iv push can cause hypotension and dysrhythmias. NOT a dumb student nurse question!!! keep asking!

6. Trauma: Life in the ER.

   nursem2 replied to Jen2's topic in Emergency

   As of today, I have survived my first year of ER nursing. This has been my first nursing job out of school, and it has been a long year. It definitely has taken every bit of the year to become somewhat comfortable. I don't think it will be as bad ...