CampyCamp RN

CampyCamp has 18 years experience as a RN.

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   Pushed by quacks, use of Ivermectin is poisoning people

   CampyCamp replied to nursej22's topic in COVID

   I can barely get my horses to take an entire tube. (Or the entire dose since some are too small for a whole tube) They tell me it's gross. ? I've been wondering what form people are taking then found out that my local Tractor Supply and family o...
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   Mississippi's nurses are resigning to protect themselves from Covid-19 burnout

   CampyCamp replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in COVID

   I left the hospital in PA. I can't do another covid surge in the ICU. I took care of a lot of entitled people who were absolute jerks to staff last time. With so many of these people consciously refusing vaccinations, I expect more of the same. I fee...
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   Questions for getting started in this specialty

   CampyCamp replied to quickkarma's topic in Camp

   I work in my own state, usually close to home but I'm lucky to live in Pennsylvania where camps are plentiful. I started at the camp I was planning to send my daughter to and we had our first year together. I was a per diem ICU nurse and PALS i...
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   C'Mon Now!

   CampyCamp replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in School

   Hugs. I'm so glad that I happened to leave school last November for my mom's hospice care. However, last Spring, as cases rose in the hospital where I am hired for perdiem *pediatrics*, I started working in the short staffed adult ICU. I was an...
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   Covid-19, No Beds, Ugly Stuff

   CampyCamp replied to Ado Annie's topic in COVID

   I worked in a small rural hospital for a short period. 25 beds. No vent as such. But there was an OR and the CRNA could come in an intubate in an emergency. Periodically severe trauma patients and codes had to be stabilized before transport.
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   COVID-19: Vaccination Administration Question

   CampyCamp replied to Rosie Cotton's topic in COVID

   I'm just going to stick to one part of your question because the rest of the logistics seem tricky. You can give a vaccine that the pharmacist prepared. Nearly everything we give is something a pharmacist prepared. Meds in blister packs sorted into t...
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   COVID-19: Pneumos

   CampyCamp posted a topic in COVID

   Are other hospitals seeing an increase lately in tension pneumothorax/ pbeumomediastinum? It seems like it's 1 in 4 ICU patients with these complications in the last 2-3 weeks. All ages and comorbidities (or lack of comorbidities) We're talking...
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   Jackets for chunky arms

   CampyCamp posted a topic in Uniform/Gear

   Does anyone have recommendations for warm up jackets for middle aged ladies with thicker arms? XL jackets fit all in the torso but are so tight on the and that I have no room to push them up. They must be designed by the same people who design long s...
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   Floated to ICU with no experience

   CampyCamp replied to missnursingstudent19's topic in General Nursing

   In 4 hospitals I've worked in, most intubations have been done by the residents or intensivist or anesthesia if they're unable. Respiratory does them if they need the numbers but in teaching hospitals, residents often need them more. The nurses...
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    New Swine Flu?

    CampyCamp replied to Kooky Korky's topic in COVID

    So do we.
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    No Scott Toilet Paper?

    CampyCamp replied to Emergent's topic in COVID

    Backyard pools of any size and bicycles seem impossible to find now.
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    What is your "favorite" procedure?

    CampyCamp replied to NewRN'16's topic in General Nursing

    I hate PKUs. That's another thing where I used to be efficient but now I make a mess. I'm happy if I don't get any blood on the front/outside of the card or the baby's nose, LOL.
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    Does Trump have Covid?

    CampyCamp replied to Emergent's topic in Talk Politics

    You'd think people would know this but it's obvious many people don't. I at least assumed college grads know it. Even those of us who graduated without doing any online research. My 8th grader just finished a unit on this topic for language arts!
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    What is your "favorite" procedure?

    CampyCamp replied to NewRN'16's topic in General Nursing

    I like assisting with any bedside procedures in ICU. I'm always pleased that I good at catheterization and NG/OG tubes from baby to elderly. I actually hate IV and phlebotomy sticks. I used to be good but once I started working in a high level ICU w...
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    How do you do lab work on patients while maintaining social distancing?

    CampyCamp replied to A Hit With The Ladies's topic in COVID

    I feel like I don't remember the last time I had a patient interaction without a face shield.