gvrn13

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1. How to become a lactation consultant??

   gvrn13 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello, I'm currently an emergency department nurse.... While I enjoy this very much, every time I interact with a post partum mother who is nursing, I get so happy by being able to offer them support, being their advocate, and by offering my persona...

2. Triage question

   gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in Emergency

   Thanks. I've only been in this er for about 3 months. This particular dr is very much into pointing out EVERYTHING that you did or didn't do.... If you take initiative and do something it's why didn't you wait for orders, if you don't do something it...

3. Triage question

   gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in Emergency

   Thanks. I've only been in this er for about 3 months. This particular dr is very much into pointing out EVERYTHING that you did or didn't do.... If you take initiative and do something it's why didn't you wait for orders, if you don't do something it...

4. Triage question

   gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in Emergency

   Great points by everyone!! I think I'm doing ok but there is usually one case where I'm going back and thinking what I should have done differently so I can be better. I wasn't necessarily trying to tailor my triage to a cranky dr, but just trying to...

5. Triage question

   gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in Emergency

   Wow thanks all for your input!! Like I said I'm new to triage so still unsure. The reason I didn't put "chest pain" is because the day before while working with a full of himself dr, he got annoyed at me for putting chest pain for a pt who was pointi...

6. Triage question

   gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in Emergency

   Thank you nurses for your feedback!!! Just curious if either of you would have thought twice about the raynauds??

7. Triage question

   gvrn13 posted a topic in Emergency

   Hi, so I have a long question about a pt I triaged the other night and was hoping to get some insight from some experienced nurses. On a side note, I've been an ER nurse for almost 2 years, only been doing triage for the past few weeks. I have a doct...

8. Do nurses eat their young?

   gvrn13 replied to Pumpkinn's topic in Professionalism

   I have been a nurse for 2 years, I have not experienced this "nurses eat their young". If anything, it has been the exact opposite and I have had nothing but people who have been open and receptive to my questions and have offered their guidance. If ...

9. What does it take to be a good ER nurse?

   gvrn13 replied to chefjordan's topic in Emergency

   The great ED nurses that I've worked with have the ability to take care of 10 patients, and somehow treat each one of them like they are their only patient. When you've reached this mastery of multi-tasking, you have made it. I personally have not re...

10. Pain medication and the dying patient

    gvrn13 replied to khall7398's topic in General Nursing

    As shocking as it may seem, waiting 2 hours for an order is not long in my hospital. Once the pt is admitted, I can no longer ask the ED doctor for an order, I need to call the admitting doctor, which may or may not be the hospitalist. If it's the ho...

11. I think I'm going to quit during orientation

    gvrn13 replied to withorwithoutyou's topic in New Nurse

    I agree with the other comments that you shouldn't quit while on orientation. You didn't say how long you've been at the hospital (I didn't see if you did), but everything changes when you're off orientation. While with a preceptor, you are basically...

12. NG tube insertion question

    gvrn13 replied to asaka6's topic in New Nurse

    This is interesting to me. I'm a newish nurse in the ED, and anytime I've placed one it has always been with a seasoned nurse, and we have always used the swallow small sips of water trick. Not a full cup, but just when it hits that area where they f...

13. Mixing meds

    gvrn13 replied to dreamrider212's topic in Oncology

    Hi, my first job out of school was an outpatient oncology center where I, along with the other nurses were responsible for mixing our own drugs. I actually wrote a similar question on here about the safety aspect and got a lot of good information. Th...

14. how hard is it to take a BP????

    gvrn13 replied to gvrn13's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for responding!!! Just needed some reassurance, that it really is ok! I'm new at this job, and still meeting people, and just really hate to look incompetent.. I really want to be one of those nurses that make it look easy... how do the...

15. how hard is it to take a BP????

    gvrn13 posted a topic in General Nursing

    So last night in the ED during a trauma alert with a pt who had gotten punched in the head and was post ictal I was trying to get a BP because the automatic was coming up 198/100.... well, I wasn't able to get it, after trying several times and getti...