Kay Ciel, RN

Kay Ciel, RN specializes in ER..

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1. Fever Kits

   Kay Ciel, RN replied to boztc's topic in Emergency

   http://blog.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/2007/12/chill_out_parents.html

2. YOU as a Pt-what would you allow a student nurse to do?

   Kay Ciel, RN replied to KellNY's topic in General Nursing

   Why would you allow venipuncture but not IV insertion? Other than replacing the needle with the plastic catheter and flushing, there's virtually no difference in either. Or is there something I'm missing? :uhoh21:As for the question, it entirely depe...

3. Should I Have Stepped In??

   Kay Ciel, RN replied to leesespieces's topic in General Nursing

   What a situation! Fear gets to all of us sometimes. Upon assessing safety, I probably would've gone down myself. Even introducing yourself as a nurse or lending an extra set of hands is enough: if you aren't needed for anything, they will tell you...

4. Offended by pt- how to react?

   Kay Ciel, RN replied to LDJRN's topic in General Nursing

   I thought the "but seriously" following my comment made it obvious enough that it was sarcasm, but I guess I was wrong. Need to remember to choke up posts with smilies to not get the message misunderstood next time.

5. Offended by pt- how to react?

   Kay Ciel, RN replied to LDJRN's topic in General Nursing

   well, obviously, the first thing you should've done was switched out assignments with a white nurse. but seriously, you handled that the best way you could have. anyone who would make a beyond crass remark like that would not have benefited from any...

6. The 'Image' of Nursing

   Kay Ciel, RN replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

   Not being penalized as "uncaring" on PG when you tell a patient, "I'm busy with a more critical patient right now, but I will ask the patient advocate or nursing assistant to bring you one shortly" might be a good start.I think that's a large part of...

7. Patient is a famous star

   Kay Ciel, RN replied to Lara911's topic in Humor

   Any of the Spartans from "300".

8. Wait for D/C after narcs/benzos?

   Kay Ciel, RN replied to Miss Mab's topic in Emergency

   Not cynical, just practical. The way I see it: if I sent a patient like this home, the guilt I'd suffer if they got into an accident far outweighs any sort of inconveniece I'm causing them to wait until they sober up. Most times, I give the written ...

9. HESI vs NCLEX

   Kay Ciel, RN replied to moongirl's topic in New Nurse

   I personally thought HESI was harder, and here's why. At the end of taking HESI, you get a printout of areas you're weak in, which means that it covers a broader spectrum of topics for evaluation purposes. It lets you know what to "beef up" on when...

10. Tips on successful confrontation - your suggestions?

    Kay Ciel, RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm a relatively new nurse in the ER, got off orientation about two months ago. So far, I'm loving it. However, there's been one experience that's soured the whole thing... This guy comes in with 222/137 blood pressure. Doc orders a drug I've never g...