floridaRN38

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1. Am I a bully?

   floridaRN38 replied to haron54's topic in Relations

   Exactly my thoughts. I just finally read the post of "40 years as an employee " I have seen many people terminated for the smallest things due to their age

2. Am I a bully?

   floridaRN38 replied to haron54's topic in Relations

   If you got fired for that then there has to be something else going on? Is this a new job? Just doesn't make sense to me

3. What are your views on male nurses

   floridaRN38 replied to jared.butler90's topic in Men

   I like the majority of the male nurses I work with. And some I do not like. Same as women nurses. Some I like. Some I don't :)

4. Third Time...*sigh*

   floridaRN38 replied to DCampRN's topic in NCLEX

   I would check them ASAP

5. Stroke Alerts

   floridaRN38 replied to floridaRN38's topic in Emergency

   Yes. Me and the rest of the staff think it's a bit extreme. We r a level one trauma center. So we have tons of patients in and out daily. I think with the new "dizzy" protocol there were about 15 stroke alerts in one 12 hour shift. It was bananas!!

6. Stroke Alerts

   floridaRN38 posted a topic in Emergency

   In your ER how do u handle stroke alerts?? What's your protocol. We call strokes on a lot of patients. Just recently we started calling a stroke alert on ANY patient over 65 with complaint of dizziness. Doesn't matter what kind of dizzy. If they say...

7. A Headache is not an emergency

   floridaRN38 replied to Patient4life's topic in Emergency

   I had a similar situation in the ED. Young healthy. No medical history. Came in said she had a "headache". Next thing i know I find her in the bathroom puking. I called the doc in right away Because I had a gut feeling about it. CT scan showed a lar...

8. I need a mentor

   floridaRN38 replied to Ginger702's topic in General Students

   Honestly I am not sure. My big thing in school was always asking the teacher what to focus on for the test. And review the chapters. I never really studied the powerpoints Sometimes there is so much info it is overwhelming. Maybe try and study lit...

9. I need a mentor

   floridaRN38 replied to Ginger702's topic in General Students

   When I was in school I would ask my teacher what to focus on and go from there. As for the studying part I would listen to classical music and take breaks every 45 minutes. For about 20 minute break. I usually ended up studying for a couple hours a d...

10. Nurses are not in high demand!

    floridaRN38 replied to VAMPRISS1973's topic in General Nursing

    What state are u all in where it is hard to find a nursing career. Just Curious? :)

11. 41yrs old going back to school.

    floridaRN38 replied to Amay24's topic in Pre-Nursing

    U can do it. My friend who was a PCA for many years in my ER just became an RN AND works in the ER. She is 45. U can do it!! And when I was in nursing school a 53 year went through the program and passed. Good luck

12. What is the drug of choice in your area?

    floridaRN38 replied to Momma1RN's topic in Emergency

    Flakka was big in south Florida a few months ago. As well as Coke, alcohol

13. Reason for IV fluids

    floridaRN38 replied to Matt8700's topic in Emergency

    Today actually I hung a bag of saline on a young girl. The docs rational was because it is "just something to make her feel like we did something". Instead of just discharging her since she came to the ER.

14. Precepting New Grads

    floridaRN38 replied to EDRNCCmom's topic in Emergency

    We have a board in the break room. And people anonymously post what they want to learn about. For example I gave a PowerPoint on Hyperkalemia. And u got a CEU for attending the class. It was fun and nurses won prizes if they could answer the big ques...

15. Favorite sayings

    floridaRN38 replied to NursesRmofun's topic in Humor

    "Wow I thought I was crazy"