Blueorchid ASN, RN

Blueorchid is a ASN, RN and specializes in Trauma ICU.

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1. Do I take the CFRN or the CTRN?

   Blueorchid posted a topic in Flight, Surface Transport

   Hello all, Bit of background history, I am a nurse with 5.5 years of ICU experience in a busy trauma ICU followed by 1.5 years of experience in the Cardiac Cath Lab. I switched to CCT ground in 2017...

2. Multidisciplinary rounds

   Blueorchid replied to avaloncar's topic in General Nursing

   Our multidisciplinary rounds consist of the critical care team with the attending physician, the fellow or resident, pharmacy, infectious diseases, nutrition, and respiratory therapy. Bedside...

3. Keeping Trauma nurses employed

   Blueorchid replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

   "Hold my beer and watch this!"...yep

4. How would you handle this..?

   Blueorchid replied to crichards00's topic in MICU, SICU

   I had a similar experience when I was in nursing school (and a tech in the ED) to which I always hear the resounding words of my clinical instructor. You are the nurse and you protect your patient....

5. Feeling like Im back in high school...

   Blueorchid replied to Blueorchid's topic in Critical Care

   Updated: I took a deep breath and reported to my manager how my shift report was a load of BS. I put it nicely that I was concerned if she was getting an incomplete report from the OR that there might...

6. Clinical Preps Rant

   Blueorchid replied to rei-chan's topic in General Students

   Hahaha oooh I remember those days. My Med Surg instructor was the same way. We would go on the unit the day before our clinicals with our patient assignments, look up lab values, meds, medical...

7. Feeling like Im back in High School

   Blueorchid posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   Reposted this here because I think I might get better responses. If that's a problem someone let me know :) This isn't the first time I've seen a thread like this but I would love to hear opinions...

8. Anyone used music as an intervention?

   Blueorchid replied to mamatara's topic in Critical Care

   I knew an old Neuro ICU nurse who swore by Frank Sinatra for her really sick heads. She said the tones decreased their ICPs. I think there's benefit for both the nurse and the patient so I'll...

9. Feeling like Im back in high school...

   Blueorchid posted a topic in Critical Care

   This isn't the first time I've seen a thread like this but I would love to hear opinions from other people to get a better grasp on reality. Coming up on February of this year I will have been an ICU...

10. A Time You Made a Patient Smile?

    Blueorchid replied to amyn87's topic in Nursing Humor

    A slight reversal of the situation. As a new grad on a busy ICU floor, I had the pleasure of dealing with a nurse for the first 4 months or so off orientation who would go out of her way to tell me...

11. Needle stick injury

    Blueorchid replied to Blueorchid's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Well, to all those who wanted to know everything came back negative :) :) :) After an unpleasant weekend wondering what to do next I went down to employee health and was told I was extremely low risk...

12. Needle stick injury

    Blueorchid posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Never one to do things halfway- the second night off orientation I manage to stick myself with a 21 G butterfly needle. I was drawing an ABG on a patient that required multiple measures of sedation-...

13. The Patient I Failed

    Blueorchid replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Amen, Our unit is going through something very similar with a patient right now and siblings that just can't seem to get it together. Meanwhile this poor woman is slowly melting into a hospital bed....

14. Starting as an ER Tech, what do you nurses want from me?

    Blueorchid replied to NurseMaybeBaby's topic in Emergency

    Oh boy get ready to learn a ton! I was that ER tech with a little bit of experience in the middle of nursing school. Best get a good pair of running shoes because you will be doing alot of work :)...

15. How hard can I hit the liver?

    Blueorchid posted a topic in Critical Care

    Didn't really know where to put this since its trauma related. But! Had a patient a few days ago with a Grade III liver injury, MVC that was ped struck and her organs took a hit from the aftermath....