LilgirlRN

LilgirlRN ADN, RN

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About LilgirlRN

LilgirlRN is a ADN, RN and specializes in ED staff.


RN for almost 25 years, 23 years in the ED ?

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  1. Triage times (under 3 minutes)

    Under 4 minutes you're gonna miss something. With triage like you're talking I would have to redo everything myself when they got to a room. Plus, most patients wanna tell you ALL about it. You can redirect over and over but their current problem rea...
  2. IV forms of Zofran and Decadron given PO???

    Have done IV Zofran PO when there was abug going around and we were out of the PO version. Tasted bad but worked.
  3. Get ready for a different kind if rat race. You have more patients on the floor but also more time to get things done. Everything in EDland is stat. Everything is in hurry up mode. The only thing Americans are afraid of is inconvenience. They don't c...
  4. Retired RN from AL with a question

    He alrready is. Thanks. Mental illness + addiction often go hand in hand but also often disastrous together. I really fear for his life.
  5. Retired RN from AL with a question

    I retired from nursing about 5 years ago. Back then if a patient came in with drugs on them we didn't call the cops because of HIPAA. A troubled family friend bought Fentanyl. Couldn't wait till he got home to use it and stopped at a convenience stor...
  6. Green poop
  7. Some Days I Can't Stop Crying

    I was en ER nurse for 25 years. You stuff things in the back of your mind somewhere so that they don't bug ya all the time. I was in the car with my BF close to where I worked years ago and a memory that I'd hidden just jumped to the foreground and I...
  8. why do nurses hate medics?

    Just my 2 cents worth here.... yes, shoot the messenger. Get out of my way messenger, this is my patient now. I just got report from you when you called in. Unless something drastic has happened since you talked to me then I don't need another report...
  9. How do I handle poor standards of care at a new job?

    Standard of care is what any prudent RN in that given situation would do. What if the patient WAS having an MI? You knew she was having chest pain but didn't do an EKG? They could eat you alive in court! You know what needs to be done, just do it. Be...
  10. Disabled seems to have some new meaning!

    I live in Alabama. This was a couple of years ago. A patient on disability using her smart phone to look for some where new to live. At the time, me, a gainfully employed person did NOT have a smart phone. She starts showing me pictures, the homes we...
  11. Help

    No action was taken by the board, no one was hurt. The place I worked has a very strict policy about social media and they decided to make an example out of me. Had I been the unit manager I would have fired me too based on what I wrote. However, no ...
  12. Patient responsive but in cardiac arrest

    Obviously the thump worked.
  13. Patient responsive but in cardiac arrest

    I had a patient in 3rd degree block suddenly go into this weird, wide, S L O W Vtach. I thumped her, she yelled at me. Why did you hit me? Complained to her family, family complained to unit manager. Luckily all caught on monitor strips!
  14. Help

    I'm a very experienced nurse, more than 25 years. I was fired from my last nursing job for something really stupid. Facebook. At the time I was taking Ambien for sleep and posted about a code and mentioned a doc's name. I don't even remember doing it...
  15. Kaplan Question Trainer 7 score..

    You'll do fine!