RNChris1

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  1. 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,...

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  4. 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...