peripateticRN BSN, RN

peripateticRN has 8 years experience as a BSN, RN and specializes in Little of this... little of that....

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1. Which Covid Vaccine is better?

   peripateticRN replied to Bella RN's topic in COVID

   I would say the best vaccine is any one you can get at this point in the game. Where I live you don't have the option of being picky, and I am thrilled to have gotten dose 1 of moderna.

2. Vaccine Excursion

   peripateticRN replied to Eeks's topic in General Nursing

   While not a fantastic habit to get into, vaccines can normally tolerate a break for a short period of time. The markers we use show the period in which the vaccines were out of range... I believe my organization is OK with a (small) warm deviation of...

3. Heading North - Looking for advice!

   peripateticRN replied to peripateticRN's topic in Canada

   Hey There, I've been up here for almost a year full time now (and another year of rotations before that). I'm really enjoying my work up here and generally pretty happy with life. There are challenges - probably similar to living/working in any sma...

4. Yukon outpost nursing

   peripateticRN replied to Crystal5683's topic in Canada

   I am a nurse in the Yukon - I have a little bit of a different role in my clinic and I don't personally take call (sweetest deal on the planet), but the PCNs in my clinic can be very busy in the off hours - most nights they get at least one call if n...

5. What's up with this RN?

   peripateticRN replied to Guest219794's topic in General Nursing

   I've never heard of 'this RN'... we were taught to use 'writer'. Ie "Pt was placed in 4 point restraints after throwing fecal matter at writer"

6. Applying to FT job if I'm looking for PT job...?

   peripateticRN replied to DesertSky's topic in General Nursing

   Good luck on that... In my experience most places have little trouble finding part time staff and would not fill a FT line with a multiple part timers - they then have to pay benefits etc and train up two employees instead of one. You can apply of co...

7. Looking for ideas

   peripateticRN replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in Urology

   Good Lord... that's just ridiculous... So.. ummm. good luck with that? :-/

8. Looking for ideas

   peripateticRN replied to Hoosier_RN's topic in Urology

   Honestly, if as you say, they 'just don't seem to care' there is nothing you can say or do that is going to make them care. Dial back the lecturing and contests etc and focus on working with them on what their goals are - treat then as autonomous adu...

9. IM Shots

   peripateticRN replied to katdc2011's topic in General Nursing

   Yes - by pinching up the skin you very likely will miss the muscle unless you are using a 1.5" needle. That's probably why it hurts less - it's not going in the muscle which does tend to ache a bit!

10. IM Shots

    peripateticRN replied to katdc2011's topic in General Nursing

    Public health nurse here - never been asked to pinch the skin, nor have I ever pinched... the RN who gave me my flu shot the other day flicked me a couple times first, which I found odd - presumably she does this to decrease pain?? who knows. I don'...

11. IM Injections Given Too Low?

    peripateticRN replied to SarahMarshall12's topic in General Nursing

    Just to clarify - Shringrix - the new shingles vaccine - is not a live vaccine and should be administered IM in the Deltoid. I think you are thinking of Zostavaxx - the old vaccine that is live and admin'd SC. There is no reason both a shingles and ...

12. Dear Alberta nurses...

    peripateticRN replied to hellohobbit's topic in Canada

    Honestly, blindly applying to every job on the board is literally what you have to do. As a new grad in Edmonton I literally applied for 100+ positions before getting an offer. Ended out getting a casual float position at the inner city hospital. Onc...

13. How do you deal with dizziness and syncope?

    peripateticRN replied to Guest878640's topic in General Nursing

    In our dialysis clinic we absolutely still use beef or chicken broth if pressures are too low post run.

14. Needlestick Injury From HIV+ Pt

    peripateticRN replied to Lmwood0425's topic in Safety

    Why does every incident have too be so punitive? Do you think that this PCA doesn't feel like absolute garbage about this and will ensure they never repeat the action? If they were cavalier about the incident that would be one thing .. but come on.

15. team nursing in acute care

    peripateticRN replied to medsurg4ever's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated in the last few years and team nursing is all I've ever known. Seems to work pretty well to me - Honestly, I can't picture how it would have worked any other way (In medicine, at least). Our system works like this: Each unit typically h...