Fire Bird

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1. did i fluid overload her to death??

   Fire Bird replied to heshamhesham's topic in Cardiac

   Was she on the monitor showing AF dysrhythmia? If she had rapid AF and she was post-op for mitral valve prosthetics, maybe the valve had dysfunction sending her into rapid AF. i dont understand why this pt needed that small amt of fluid over such a s...

2. Talk down to no one...please!

   Fire Bird replied to Mr Sacdiff's topic in Relations

   In the ER, I could not do anything efficiently without each teammember including: CNAs, transporters, MRs, Room cleaners. Each person is vital to the team.

3. I never, ever went to ER when I was a kid

   Fire Bird replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

   I had a 5 year old patient come by ambulance for a "cough" that had started the night before. Assessment and vital signs were normal. The patient did not cough once while in our ER. He was discharged pretty quickly. This is why insurance is so expens...

4. Vanderbilt Nurse Residency 2014

   Fire Bird replied to ama3t's topic in Tennessee

   Same thing happened for me in the summer residency.. I waited FOREVER and finally got an acceptance letter. if you havn't been denied or waitlisted then theres a high probability that you got accepted.

5. How Hard is it to Start in the ER?

   Fire Bird replied to madisenclaire's topic in Emergency

   I graduated in May and started a nurse residency program at a hospital in july, eventually leading to the ED. If you really want to start in the ED when you graduate, maybe try applying for residency programs in-state/out of state? or apply to local ...

6. Which stethoscope should I buy as a Nursing student?

   Fire Bird replied to NursingStoodent's topic in General Students

   I'd say get a cheaper littman. I used a cheap non-littman brand through nursing school. I couldn't really hear well with it, so learning breath sounds was a struggle until I got my littmann after i graduated.

7. First Male Nurse I've Seen

   Fire Bird posted a topic in Men

   So I thought the male nurses would find this this entertaining. I'm working as a young male nurse in a Pediatric ER. I have a three patient assignment: possible septic baby, CHI baby, and an 11yo nonaggressive psych patient who believes he is a mythi...

8. Advice for 22 yo male in nursing

   Fire Bird replied to sleepfree's topic in Men

   I'm a 22yo male and i started working in a pediatric ER a few months ago as an RN. It's a lot of fun and takes a lot of knowledge and experience! We get all types of patients: level 1 traumas, patients who walk in and code while walking through the m...

9. 2 month old new grad ER nurse needs some

   Fire Bird replied to nurseinnyc&nj's topic in Emergency

   My advice... stay where you are and get some experience! Especially if you like where you are working already.

10. How long did it take you to master inserting an IV?

    Fire Bird replied to RunawayN's topic in Emergency

    Hey I'm in the same boat! I started in a Peds ER not too long ago, and the one thing i was nervous about was IVs. Well, I watched my preceptor put in a bunch of IVs. Then, I started doing the IVs for all our teens (my first one was on a pregnant pt)....

11. Call Bells and IV Pumps

    Fire Bird replied to avaloncar's topic in General Nursing

    Call lights don't make me run into rooms anymore because I have never had someone hit the call light for an emergency... and I work in an ER.. I carry a pocket book to write down times that my pumps are gonna go off so that I can stop them before the...

12. RNs who guide nursing students during clinicals (and do a dang good job of it!)

    Fire Bird replied to sarahdanielle14's topic in Rock

    The quote "nurses eat their young" was not true at all for me after i graduated. The nurses I work with now are all very intelligent and teach the new nurses/student nurses at a pace that they can handle. Nursing is a great field to be in!

13. 1MONTH TO GO!!!!!!!

    Fire Bird replied to cmm4ever's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    yay congrats hang in there

14. Vanderbilt Nurse Residency 2014

    Fire Bird replied to ama3t's topic in Tennessee

    im pretty sure its a standard rate of pay for all nurse residents

15. Cry baby CNAs

    Fire Bird replied to DrkCocoMurse215's topic in Relations

    depends on the area. i was a cna before becoming a nurse and i got to learn alot and got paid pretty decent. i dont think cnas should get paid close to what nurses get paid just because of the different level of critical thinking that is involved in ...