kimmie1224 ADN, BSN, MSN, RN, EMT-B, APN, APRN, NP

kimmie1224 has 22 years experience as a ADN, BSN, MSN, RN, EMT-B, APN, APRN, NP and specializes in Emergency Department, Urgent Care.

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1. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

   kimmie1224 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   In everything I have read regarding this, no one seems to have addressed the one thing that started the entire event in motion, that is the order for Versed. My question is, why would Versed be ordered for anxiety during a PET scan? Why not Ativan?...

2. Pay grade: experienced nurse vs new grad

   kimmie1224 replied to rehric00's topic in General Nursing

   I feel your pain. I have been with my current hospital for 19 years (I hate change:-). I have been in the ER for the past 11 years, I am a clin III and serve as relief charge every Monday (ever worked in the ER on a Monday...ugh). I am a rule foll...

3. I think I've heard it all

   kimmie1224 posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work in an ER and like all ER's we get more than I share of drug seekers....are ya'll as sick as I am of them....well we got this patient in the other day with a "thumb sprain". She said she, "fell over her dog". We gave her the standard rx for l...

4. What is ur average 2 week take home pay?

   kimmie1224 replied to chioma829's topic in General Nursing

   first of all, whoever it is that hates bad grammar and run on sentences etc...better not read this one...I'm in a hurry and just wanna say what I wanna say, don't have time for formalities:-) There are more important things in life than to worry abo...

5. Pt refused to leave!

   kimmie1224 replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I want to post a comment to the person that said she too would expect a doctor to come and make a final decision about the patient. Obviously you are not a labor and delivery nurse. OB's do not come and assess their patients. they rely on the asse...

6. Threats from Management

   kimmie1224 replied to kittyrose's topic in Activism

   I have done travel nursing for the past 3 years and during orientation at each facility I could almost immediatly figure out what types of problems they had had in the past by the amount of time they spent on a particular subject. For instance, "man...

7. Do you think some people just "dont have what it takes"

   kimmie1224 replied to nursenatalie's topic in General Nursing

   Hmmm with all that education one has to wonder why he has decided to be a staff nurse. I have known plenty of nurses who didn't have what it takes, it is very scary. Just because he has been a nurse for 10 years doesn't mean he was successful. H...

8. I have never met anyone like her...

   kimmie1224 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

   I think you handled the situation very well. One thing I always have to remind myself is that the way the person is acting may be because they are scared of what is going on and may not know how to deal with it...BUT that does not make it right and ...