RNChris1

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SO BAD at drawing blood, starting IV's??

RNChris1 replied to Chimio's topic in General Nursing

When I was in medic school, we had to go to the coast guard and preform all the inoculations and blood draws for the cadets before we could go on the rescues. One weekend of that, 3 fainting cadets, and a lot of reassurance/direction I felt kind of c...
iv catheter/needle gauge selection

RNChris1 replied to socoamaretto's topic in General Nursing

That is completely true! I am a nurse and a paramedic, when I solely worked as an intercept paramedic, I only used a 20 or smaller for the difficult IV starts... I used an 18 for almost every patient and 16's or 14's for unstable patients or severe t...
Not learning from my preceptor?

RNChris1 replied to Student2017555's topic in General Nursing

You need to stand up for your needs. You are only going to be on orientation this one time and need to get the most out of it. I would suggest that you explain your needs and expectations to him. When I precept, I make that one of the first coversati...
That's only the nurse...

RNChris1 posted a topic in General Nursing

Tonight I was attempting to settle a patient into a stretcher from triage. This patient obviously had a bad experience at the hospital during a previous visit. While attempting to reassure the patient, she makes the breathtaking statement "that is on...