JennyAS BSN, RN

JennyAS is a BSN, RN and specializes in ER.

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1. Why do ED docs hate putting in orders?

   JennyAS posted a topic in Emergency

   VENT Why are some ED docs so averse to actually writing orders? I understand it's the ED, and they get spoiled by how much ED nurses are willing to do without a doctor's order (lines, labs, fluids, etc), but if you tell me to give Dilaudid, I'm gonn...

2. Setting up arterial lines

   JennyAS replied to JennyAS's topic in Emergency

   There is no hospital policy written to detail the exact step-by-step process they want us to use to prime an arterial line. I just wanted to get a poll as to how nurses around the board tend to prime their art lines.

3. Setting up arterial lines

   JennyAS posted a topic in Emergency

   I just moved from one level I trauma center to another in a different state. Of course I expected a lot of things to be done differently, but I think my new hospital may be setting up arterial lines incorrectly. At my old hospital, we would place ...

4. Toradol IM Injection.

   JennyAS replied to nursesearl's topic in Emergency

   When we give Toradol IM, we offer a dose of 60 mg/2 mL. I agree that 2mL of fluid is too much to inject into a small muscle mass like the deltoid. I usually only use the deltoid for Tetanus IM (0.5mL) and anything less than 1mL.

5. I passed the CEN! :) Here's my study tips:

   JennyAS posted a topic in Emergency

   Yay, I passed the CEN today! I have about a year of ER experience, and I started out as a new grad. I know they recommend 2 years of experience, but I was eager to have it under my belt. I studied for about 3 months. My biggest studying tool was t...

6. Best ER Nurse quotes

   JennyAS posted a topic in Emergency

   To the loudly snoring ETOHer found in an Auto Repair Shop: "Maybe she needs her air filter changed." To the drug seeker throwing out his best pseudo-seizure: "Sir, that's not a seizure. Stop shaking." Response by pt: Immediately sits straight up ...

7. What is your biggest nursing pet peeve?

   JennyAS replied to ferfer's topic in General Nursing

   Patients and/or family members who are CNAs and think they know more than the nurses and doctors combined. Case in point: Lady, you've received Demerol 50 mg and Dilaudid 2 mg IV for a freaking abscess. No you can't have more narcs. Don't tell me ...

8. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

   JennyAS replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

   Look LOL, you came in c/o dizziness, sweating, and "pressure in your stomach" that suddenly resolved when EMS arrived at your house. You better believe you're being admitted for a cardiac workup, even though we're all convinced you had an anxiety at...

9. ER vs. Bedside

   JennyAS replied to californiadreaming's topic in General Nursing

   I started out in the ED as a new grad 7 months ago, and I absolutely love it. But my 2 cents, on top of what everyone else has already said, is that we have our doctors immediately available 24/7. As a new grad, sometimes it's hard to decide whethe...

10. Viral meningitis - precautions?

    JennyAS replied to JennyAS's topic in Emergency

    I actually did share the site with the nurse, but he was uninterested. haha. Gram stain neg.

11. Viral meningitis - precautions?

    JennyAS posted a topic in Emergency

    I'm a new nurse, have been working in the ER for 5 months now (and loving it!). Last night I offered to take a pt up to the floor for another nurse. Dx: viral meningitis (strange to already have that dx in the ER, aren't you supposed to wait till cu...

12. Immediate Bedding. Thoughts?

    JennyAS replied to HikingNinja's topic in Emergency

    But what happens when you've filled all your rooms with sprained ankles and abdominal pains, and you have a respiratory distress or STEMI come in? Do you leave critical rooms open in case that happens?

13. Best place to start out: Level I vs Level III?

    JennyAS replied to JennyAS's topic in Emergency

    Good point, Crocuta... I've actually done lots of research: I forgot to mention that I shadowed at the Level I for 12 hours, and plan to shadow at the Level III soon. I loved the Level I, especially because of the teamwork. I actually had a reside...

14. Best place to start out: Level I vs Level III?

    JennyAS posted a topic in Emergency

    I am about to graduate nursing school in June. I've been offered a job at a level III ED, and I'm #1 on the waiting list at a Level I ED. I had my heart set on the Level I, so I was pretty disappointed about getting wait listed... but after talkin...

15. Shands at UF ED??

    JennyAS posted a topic in Florida

    I'm about to graduate from UF's Accelerated BSN program, and I want to start working in an ED. Can anyone tell me what it's like to work at the ED at Shands UF? I've heard some bad things... but I'd like to get more opinions. Thanks!