ACRN06

ACRN06

M/S, Tele, Peds, ER

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About ACRN06

ACRN06 has 4 years experience and specializes in M/S, Tele, Peds, ER.


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  1. Fine line between 'education' and "preachiness"

    You did your job, carry on. Tough love. Its easier not to say anything but they need to hear it. Granted there are definately ways you can buffer the blow... body language, phrasing, and instead of saying "YOU shouldn't do this, YOU shouldn't do tha...
  2. I want to be an ER nurse...... help

    I was you a couple years ago. Tele experience, some travel nursing, wanted to get into ER. I just put in applications to ER positions, some of them don't specify that it has to be "ER" experience. They're posted as "RNII" or whatever. They just want...
  3. My Aching Feet

    Here's another vote for TED hose! Or compression socks...whatever you wanna call em. They do wonders!
  4. need tips for easier NG placement

    Man, people wanna make the tube more rigid??!!? That was new to me!! The tube already holds its shape easily! Well except for those baby NG tubes, I've started IVs in adults a larger size than those! I'm the opposite.... I soak the end of it in warm ...
  5. Short answer: yes Long answer: I've been thru 6 interviews in 3 and a half years but 5 of those were for travel nurse positions which are a different in ways but similar in many others... However generally speaking, yes, I pretty much knew if the int...
  6. Short answer: yes Long answer: I've been thru 6 interviews in 3 and a half years but 5 of those were for travel nurse positions which are a different in ways but similar in many others... However generally speaking, yes, I pretty much knew if the int...
  7. Kid fell off bike: what would you anticipate?

    #1 all the way Many studies suggest the increase in thyroid cancer could be partly due to pediatricians’ increased use of CT-scans. If it were my asymptomatic kid, theres no way in heck I'd let them CT him.
  8. No. It should not be mandatory. As far as pple who are comparing this to other vaccinations, we are not talking about those vaccinations, we are talking about this brand-spankin-new H1N1 vaccine.
  9. common situations encountered in emergency room

    I recommend buying some books about ER nursing. Your questions are very broad and are the same ones I had when making the transition into the ER setting. Its good to want to be prepared, theres just no way you're gonna get all your answers on here. ...
  10. ER vs Med/surg- someone wanna clue me in?

    Oh, and one thing thats annoying about working the floors after working ER... You know all that little stuff that you're allowed to blow off cuz...well... its the ER and your prioritization skills tell you ''that can wait'' because...it can? Well it...
  11. ER vs Med/surg- someone wanna clue me in?

    You'll be fine. Totally do-able. Especially if your ER is anything like mine and backed up with inpatients waiting on beds and you BECOME an inpatient nurse in the ER setting.
  12. What made you decide to do ER Nursing?

    Yes some ERs hire new grads Yes in your case (though not all cases) I'd personally recommend some floor experience first (for debates on whether floor experience is necessary, see other threads where this is debated ad nauseum) Yes I think the ER cou...
  13. Peritoneal Lavage

    And just to add, I just wanna make sure you understand it right. Don't worry if you haven't done everything on those checklists. Its not a "checklist" in the sense of "you must have completed all these skills before travel nursing", it's more just t...
  14. How often do you draw Troponins at your hospital?

    Q 6-8 hrs x 3 sets Wish I could be more specific on the "6-8" part but that really can vary from doc to doc. I wanna say I've seen it Q8 more often than 6 though.
  15. How often do you get sick?

    Interesting, just about everyone has said they rarely get sick. Wonder if there is any correlation between our jobs and our super-immunity! I too haven't been sick since.... nursing school, where my immune system was terribly suppressed from a combin...