HannahMarine30

HannahMarine30 has 1 years experience and specializes in Cardiac ICU.

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   Medication error! Need help!

   HannahMarine30 replied to m1820.s's topic in Florida

   First, breath. We ALL make mistakes. Every single one of us has or will make a mistake at some point. You are not defined by your job. You are much more than a nurse. You will be much harder on yourself than anyone else ever will be, give yourself s...
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   Terrible Medication Error

   HannahMarine30 replied to rekea526's topic in Medications

   I can relate to your panic. I (also a relatively new RN) administered an ordered potassium replacement an hour and a half late. As a cardiac ICU nurse, I knew the importance of electrolyte maintenance, especially in our types of patients. Luckily for...
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   Just took TNCC... words of advice

   HannahMarine30 replied to Alexx_xox's topic in New Nurse

   Thanks for sharing your experience. I have recently been looking into TNCC as well, just to help expand my skills base. My only nursing experience has been on a cardiac ICU floor, extremely busy but not many traumas unless we took overflow from the M...
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   First Nursing Job --Cardiac Stepdown-- Should I Go for the Fancy Stethoscope?

   HannahMarine30 replied to alexis413's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I have the same scope and found it quite helpful in the CICU. Not that this type of unit requires anything diagnostic in terms of obtaining vitals but you want to be able to hear anomalies/sounds clearly. I once realized my day-1 postop patient may b...
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   TN BON RN by endorsement

   HannahMarine30 replied to petey4's topic in Tennessee

   I too was wondering this. I submitted my license application on the 17th of March and mailed off my fingerprints on the 19th. Does anyone have any idea on the timeline? I have my license in both MA and CT so it's somewhat frustrating that the system...
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   ER Orientation question

   HannahMarine30 replied to HannahMarine30's topic in Emergency

   Thank you! I bought the book you'd mentioned.
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   ER Orientation question

   HannahMarine30 posted a topic in Emergency

   Hi all, I recently accepted a position in an emergency room at our local hospital. Right now, census is about 150-200 patients a day. I have about 7 months experience as a cardiac ICU nurse and i'm curious about a few things. 1. Do most ER's have s...
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   You Know You're A Nurse If...

   HannahMarine30 replied to Joe V's topic in Humor

   When you wake up in the middle of the night confused, wondering why you've been asleep when you have tons of charting to do.
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   What is the funniest thing a doctor has said to you?

   HannahMarine30 replied to jodispamodi's topic in Humor

   "I have no idea, just tell me what you need from me, i'll put whatever orders in you want. Should I DC the normal saline or do you want to keep that?" I blinked at him, then laughed and explained that the patient was in fluid overload so I probably ...
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    Getting yelled at by a doctor for the first time....

    HannahMarine30 replied to NewbieNurse93's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't let it bring you down. Doctors have such a ridiculous level of responsibility so naturally, their stress levels are pretty high. Don't take it personally. Try to learn their personalities, what makes them tic, so you can avoid the unpleasa...
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    Is it legal for your boss to dictate where you poop?

    HannahMarine30 replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    We can barely dictate where our patients poop. ?
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    Ambulating post op day zero

    HannahMarine30 replied to oceangirl1234's topic in General Nursing

    Hahaha! I thought the title said "AMPUTATING post op day zero"....I was gonna say, that's gonna be an awkward conversation to have with the patient. "Sir, good news, surgery went fine, you should expect to heal up nicely. Now, if you're ready, we'll ...
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    Has anyone made a medication error and *not* get fired for it?

    HannahMarine30 replied to pinkiepieRN's topic in Medications

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    Efficient shift report

    HannahMarine30 posted a topic in Critical

    Hey all, I'm a CICU nurse and I've been trying to come up with a more efficient way to accurately and more concisely give report on a patient who's been on the unit for any length of time (i'm talking longer than a couple days). Specifically, I need...
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    I hate being a nurse

    HannahMarine30 replied to Kmc12's topic in Stress 101

    I can relate somewhat as I am a cardiac ICU nurse and only been on the unit 6 months. Grad in May of this year. Their are nights I get chest pain from the stress, the fear of mistakes I may make...the only advice I can offer is trust your instincts a...