EMTandNurse2B replied to ANH_RN's topic in New Nurse
As a new ER nurse, I will gladly start the fluids for you if I have them. We only stock NS and LR, everything else has to come from pharmacy. I do not have time to hold the patient in the ER while waiting for some fluids to come down so I can start...
EMTandNurse2B replied to Guest219794's topic in Medications
This also drives me crazy! Also, pinching the line closed (or turning it off) when administering meds IVP into a running line (NS, or other compatable fluid). You do the same thing here when you pinch the line off, even if you use the lowest port. ...
EMTandNurse2B replied to Jessiedog's topic in Humor
I had to laugh at your post, for I have done the same thing several times! But nothing was as bad as last week when I put a Foley in the wrong patient!! The little lady was alert and oriented, in the ER for something minor, and didn't once say anyt...
EMTandNurse2B replied to Cindy Bruns's topic in Emergency
My ER uses EDIS. I love, love, love it. Things are so simple, quick, and efficient. You can see the entire ER on a flow sheet, as well as who is caring for what patient and what needs to be done for each patient. We are just about to switch to EP...
EMTandNurse2B replied to DJ-100's topic in Emergency
I work as an RN in a level 1 trauma center, and this is indeed the practice we are moving toward. If (and only if) the patient has obvious bleeding (inside or out-we use ultrasound), we try to limit fluids to a max of 1-3 liters, including what they...
EMTandNurse2B replied to billsnurse's topic in Emergency
I have a very strong stomach, but I draw the line here. I have yet to see maggots on a living human (thanks to a kind coworker who removed them from between the homeless psych pt's toes), but when I do I'm pretty sure I will faint. The problem...
EMTandNurse2B replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing
When the patient looks at me and says "I'm not sick enough to be here, my family (neighbor, etc), dragged me in, let me go home and I'll be fine". Had this happen to me several times in the last few months. All of these patients were dead/coded/in ...
EMTandNurse2B replied to ymm123's topic in New Nurse
I took cardboard and stapled in to a wooden frame that just fits inside the window. A little weather stripping makes it seal, and no light at all gets through. A fan on, and a towel under the door; and I can sleep all day.
EMTandNurse2B replied to MelBel's topic in New Nurse
I feel the same way about my job. The nights we have enough staff I come home smiling. The nights we are short, I come home crying and work on my resume before bed.
I'm so excited right now!! I applied three weeks ago, interviewed last week, and heard back today that I got an RN position for my dream job!!!! I graduate in four weeks from tomorrow, move 800 miles two days later, and start my new job a week afte...
EMTandNurse2B replied to Scrubz's topic in Uniform/Gear
I have a Cardiology III and love it. It never leaves my neck for fear it will walk off. That came back to bite me on my first day on the job as a new LPN. I had decided to not take my stethoscope for fear of I don't know what. I had been previou...
EMTandNurse2B replied to abbythetabby's topic in General Students
How about the one with the strangest patient request? Like the lady that asked me to push her prolapsed hemorrhoids back in, or the patient who asked to replace her prolapsed uterus. ask them for the strangest request they have received and then aw...
EMTandNurse2B replied to EMTandNurse2B's topic in General Students
Thanks everybody! I ended up choosing to work in a Long Term Care facility for $6.00 more an hour, even though I would have enjoyed the hospital more. Oh well, I need the money now and I can work at the hospital when I graduate. Thanks again for a...
I did it! I passed the LPN NCLEX!!! :balloons: ! I'm official now!!! This is such an incredible blessing for me right now. I am in semester four of five in an ADN program. After semester three, we are eligible to take our LPN NCLEX. I couldn't...