ritarunningfeet

ritarunningfeet

Emergency room, Flight, Pre-hospital

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About ritarunningfeet

ritarunningfeet specializes in Emergency room, Flight, Pre-hospital.


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  1. Question on iv fluids

    I would think to keep it in normal range, because the fluids could cause it to get low from cellular shifts without it. 125cc/hr is a pretty good amount of fluid that is 3,000 ml in 24hrs. Just a guess.
  2. I'm sorry you had a bad day, but you had another nurse with you and everything turned out fine. It is frusterating being new, and not knowing, but it gets better with time and experiance. Right now think about being a sponge and soaking up everythi...
  3. anyone seen a pH this low?

    Hi just wondering if anyone here has seen someone with this low of a venous pH and still be alive? Venous pH 6.662 and HCO3 2.6!! I felt like I was chansing my tail trying to stop the downward trend, was able to get the pt up to the unit, but don't...
  4. Happy Nurse Roll Call

    Just checking in to say I love my job and can't imagine doing anything else!
  5. Oh no! please...please not that

    TOTALLY agree! I hate eyes! I get sympathy eye watering and can't look at them, I pawn off my morgan lenses on someone else to do something for them they don't like.
  6. What else is there to do??

    you could take a phlebotomy course, or like you said OR tech classes, you could take EMT classes, or MA classes. My sister in law is taking MA courses until she can get into the program she wants, and is learning a ton in a pretty short period of ti...
  7. Patient Perspectives 2 - Nurses

    Thank You for sharing this video, it reminds of why we do what we do.... for the patients. The one nurse said such a wonderful thing " I know that no day is a wasted day." Do you have a tissue for my happy tears?:redbeathe
  8. What type of a nurse are you?

    I consider myself a type A personality in most things, however do try and keep things fun and light. I usually laugh, joke and giggle when the time is appropiate. I consider myself a team player and resource to others when trying to solve a problem...
  9. Nursing Responsibilities

    It is everyones responsibility, you can't ask someone else to do it if you won't. It can be delegated if you are too busy, but if you are not busy, you can empty it just as well as the aid/orderly.
  10. Open letter from a Paramedic

    :rotfl::redlight::redlight::redlight::redlight::redlight::w00t::w00t: Fantastic letter!!!!! LOL! Love it!!
  11. Top 10 Meds Used In The ER

    Here we go other than the main ACLS drugs: Epinephrine, and Atropine 1. Tylenol 2. Ibuprofen 3. Dilaudid 4. Ativan 5. Cardizem 6. Versed 7. Morphine 8. Levaquin 9. Rocephin 10. Aspirin hmmmm... a few more than 10 maybe 11. Nitroglycerin 12. Heparin 1...
  12. Nurse with bipolar disorder or adhd?

    I am not dx with anything but often say "this isn't good for my ADD" (25% joking and 75% really feeling like I have some sort of ADD). One day I said it and a doctor told me that something like 90% of ER nurses have ADD/ADHD. And I have to say I thi...
  13. RN to Paramedic Bridge Course

    The director and all of the instructors do an awsome job. I posted in this thread a long time ago before I took the class trying to get some information, but it has gone so far off the question and become somewhat of a spitting match. I just would ...
  14. HELP, I NEED ADVICE

    Take a deep breath Brandy.......ok is it the content? or is the teaching different? or maybe just so stressed that things are not sticking? Take a moment to breathe, calm down and tell yourself that you CAN do this! Do you have any friends in the...
  15. ER vs. Bedside

    First off trying to be as unbias as possible, but I am an adrenaline junkie and ER is my love, but I can tell you what my days were like on a med/surg floor vs what they are like in the ER. And not saying any one is better than the other, we all nee...