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  1. BNP-question for ED nurse

    nursemoons14 replied to oramar's topic in Emergency

    BNP is a waste of money, CHF in the ED can be done by doing simple chest xray and going on your clinical assessment. The only ED docs i see using a bnp in the emerg are ones that are very unsure of...

  2. travel nursing canada

    nursemoons14 posted a topic in International Nursing

    Hey guys, i have recently been recruited by a company out of BC called Solutions Staffing inc. I was not aware of travel nursing in canada until a friend referred me to this company. Has anyone dealt...

  3. travel nursing canada

    nursemoons14 replied to nursemoons14's topic in International Nursing

    Oh im in no way expecting a ride in the park ahah. Things must be a little wild if they can't staff a small unit like that. Shoudl be interesting and im looking forward to it. I like a

  4. travel nursing canada

    nursemoons14 replied to nursemoons14's topic in International Nursing

    Lucky for me I'm an Emerg nurse, im going to abbotsford ER. And It sounds like they areally have a hard time staffing their ER. probably since its only n 8 bed unit with 1 trauma bay. If I can do...

  5. travel nursing canada

    nursemoons14 replied to nursemoons14's topic in International Nursing

    Actually I'm starting my first assignment in Abbotsford, BC in 2 weeks time. 8 week contract, it sounds almost too good to be true, I know the hospital is small but thats what I wanted, busy, and be...

  6. Best-smelling liquid meds!

    nursemoons14 replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

    I read it fast, my mind processed dilaudid ahah, thats one hell of a medication error, luckily it was on a board not in the hospital. Don't report me

  7. Best-smelling liquid meds!

    nursemoons14 replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

    Like we don't have enough problem with addicts, good idea drug

  8. Best-smelling liquid meds!

    nursemoons14 replied to Nurse!Nurse!Hello?'s topic in General Nursing

    you got problems, peg lyte smells better then

  9. IV fluids to gravity, infiltration?

    nursemoons14 replied to kmoonshine's topic in Emergency

    I wrote my post after working a 12 hour night and unfortunately didn't get across what i was meaning to get across, i didn't mena we were bolusing her, she was on a pump but she didn't tell us her arm...

  10. Fibromyalgia

    nursemoons14 replied to veetach's topic in Emergency

    hahaha, thats priceless, im

  11. IV fluids to gravity, infiltration?

    nursemoons14 replied to kmoonshine's topic in Emergency

    Thank you, some back

  12. Lung sounds question....

    nursemoons14 replied to smstar1996's topic in General Nursing

    GingerSue, you forgot to add a reference from Jarvis inc. for that detailed explanation ahah, kidding. I would accuse you of copyright if you hadn't have spelled fillup as one

  13. Lung sounds question....

    nursemoons14 replied to smstar1996's topic in General Nursing

    I too had a very hard time differentiating between lung sounds. I would hear things nobody else would, and was the only thing i really struggled with when i started. A good way to help you would be...

  14. IV fluids to gravity, infiltration?

    nursemoons14 replied to kmoonshine's topic in Emergency

    Well boss, at our hospital it is not protocol to run a ba of 1000ml nacl with 20kcl on a pump. Bolus yes, pump no, so I shall continue to do so. Its recommended, but nowhere does it say you have to....

  15. ER Questions

    nursemoons14 replied to punkstar's topic in Emergency

    def. no tourniquet for ABG's. Lactate doesn't go on ice at our hospital, ABG's and ammonia do tho And our protocol for a stemi is to give "clot busters" we use TNK,unless contraindicated, then start...

  16. IV fluids to gravity, infiltration?

    nursemoons14 replied to kmoonshine's topic in Emergency

    alright guys i think we all know K can cause arrythmia's I don' think 9 posts saying the same thing is really

  17. IV fluids to gravity, infiltration?

    nursemoons14 replied to kmoonshine's topic in Emergency

    she didn't get bolused, what i meant to say was that it was running in over say 4 hrs, and her nurse didn't check the site. that built up in the tissue over that 4 hours so there was about 700 ccs of...

  18. IV fluids to gravity, infiltration?

    nursemoons14 replied to kmoonshine's topic in Emergency

    Well there you go, and i learned from my mistake is what I was saying but thanks for pointing that out again after I stated "and never agian will i run kcl without a pump" It was my first week out of...

  19. Best approach to patients and relatives complaining about "long wait."

    nursemoons14 replied to uniquenurse's topic in Emergency

    personally I think they should give us tazers for this sort of

  20. IV fluids to gravity, infiltration?

    nursemoons14 replied to kmoonshine's topic in Emergency

    I had a old lady about 4 days ago, cute lady, too nice to even bother us, we had her getting a bolus NS w 20 kcl. Her arm looked like popeye and that potassium cannot feel too good. most pumps will...

  21. STEMI..EKG in less than 10 min..

    nursemoons14 replied to CoolhandHutch's topic in Emergency

    I don't know how many triage RN's you have at one time, but if we were doing ECG's for everyone who came in with chest pain, you'd have 5 other chest pains waiting in the waiting room to be

  22. hall patients

    nursemoons14 replied to rnlightening01's topic in Emergency

    Wow and I thought we had it bad in our emerg. Our management does not allow beds in our "chairs " area. we rarely have beds in hallways and if we do they are taken care of by the triage nurse. We...

  23. ER nurses advice

    nursemoons14 replied to RNCCRN's topic in Emergency

    I worked in a relatively small Emerg where this was in effect but i can't imagine it at a large trauma centre. I didn't realize how unsafe it was until I came to a hospital where you actually do your...

  24. Fired for Yelling at Preceptor!

    nursemoons14 replied to ladylikeRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like she had a sudden change of heart ahaha. Way to stick with

  25. Why are RN-RN relations at work 'bad', but MD-RN ones okay?

    nursemoons14 replied to MaleRNsoon2bOMDoc's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Ya I was also lucky in this situation, we denied it again and agian but when we finally broke up, we were on different lines so it worked out