weezledawg

weezledawg

CCRN, ICU, ER, MS, WCC, PICC RN

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About weezledawg

weezledawg specializes in CCRN, ICU, ER, MS, WCC, PICC RN.


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  1. Drum roll please.... 911 call for "My dog is staring at me." And they brought him in.
  2. I think I must work with you. I am sure I have treated all these people.
  3. Placing IVs in shoulder, breast, upper chest

    I just agreed with Trav, that the forearm is the best ... that being said, I have put IVs in feet, hands, thumbs, necks, fingers, neonates, breasts, chests, shoulders, forearms, wrists, under the upper arm, over the upper arm, bracheocephalic veins, ...
  4. Placing IVs in shoulder, breast, upper chest

    I agree, the forearm is the best.
  5. You put what??!!!! were???!!

    When my oldest daughter was 2, she had a bad habit of pulling the foam out of the padding on the sides of her playpen. Well, she developed a nasty-smelling nasal discharge one day, and lo and behold, there was a piece of foam 4x the size of her nostr...
  6. Best practice for sacral ulcers?

    Have you checked out the wound care forum on allnurses.com? There should be something there. The care of Stage III ulcers is difficult at best and requires a multidisciplinary approach. In terms of the wound bed itself, it depends on the percentage ...
  7. Certification Exam

    What certification?
  8. Your Favorite one liner used with patients

    Alright, I'll make you a deal. I'll give you this Dilaudid and you agree to keep breathing, OK?
  9. MONEY: Which jobs requiring a RN degree make the most?

    The ones where they let you work the most overtime!
  10. Parking Lot Code....

    Good job! I keep waiting for something like that to happen to me ... I seem to have that luck. Never by accident.
  11. What's the weirdest baby name?

    OMG, ok, been debating for a year as to whether or not to post this one here.... here goes ... Aura Omega Terra Dar Nova AND ONE OF THEM IS MY NAME!
  12. can a recovering addict get into nursing

    Wow, OK, coupla things... You said that you had an addiction to painkillers but now you don't. I read through some of your postings later down the thread and the language you use tells me that you have some knowledge of the recovery world. So let me ...
  13. Home Med Documentation?

    At our hospital all meds are sent to pharmacy for verification, a note placed on the chart that meds are in pharmacy so at discharge they can be returned. If not on our formulary, then they are labeled by pharmacy, listed on mar as pts own med and pl...
  14. How much personal info you do share with a patient?

    People always want to ask me these questions and if I believe its harmless, I may answer. But because I am in a same-sex marriage, I believe the marriage question reveals information about myself that may be contraindicated in a care setting. I live ...
  15. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    Never masturbate with rapid A Fib and while on telemetry... Never claim "I was walking my dog in the woods, when I slipped on a log and this branch went up my a**," then tell me you are on coumadin and have no correlating scratches or bruises anywher...