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    No Narcs?

    RapidRN replied to MTRNlove's topic in General Specialties

    school, pediatric clinic, STD clinic, employee health, legal consultant nursing, telemedicine, education, poison control centers? just brainstorming ideas. good
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    Male Nursing swag

    RapidRN replied to Ohbeardedone's topic in Men in Nursing

    OK, I know this is several years old post, but in case people are searching... Something no one else has mentioned, a cool gadget I started carrying once I left ER and joined the Rapid...
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    Wearing a beard as a male nurse?

    RapidRN replied to Jarl Redbeard's topic in Men in Nursing

    We are allowed to have a well groomed/ trimmed beard. We can be exempt from N95 fit testing due to facial hair, but have PAPR
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    Code Blue/ Rapid Response notes

    RapidRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    With my coworkers input, I developed a note taking flowsheet which is now system wide in our facility and has been placed on every crash cart on a bright neon orange clipboard. I have attached a copy...
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    Code Blue Charting

    RapidRN replied to Cleveland RN's topic in General Nursing

    We do all of our charting in the computer system, but our crash carts all have neon orange clipboards with Code Record Flowsheets for note taking. It is not entered into the Electronic record, but is...
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    various field practice tests

    RapidRN posted a topic in General Students

    Hey all, I was trying to find practice exams for when I attempt my Vascular Access Board Certification and came across this little gem of a site. It has various practice exams for all kinds of...
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    How to keep the team motivated

    RapidRN replied to special1rn's topic in Nurse Management

    So I myself have never been a nurse manager. My older sister is a nurse manager at my hospital and has some of the best staff in the hospital and has a significantly lower turnover than most floors....
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    Emergency response team

    RapidRN replied to Tomi90's topic in Psychiatric

    At our 240 bed hospital we have CODE STARR paged overhead for verbal aggression/ combative pt. We use a program called STARR by a company named Mitigation Dynamics. A good amount of our floor staff...
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    Feeling incompetent after rapid response

    RapidRN replied to zinaptl's topic in Cardiac

    As a rapid response nurse, it sounds like you did great. You recognized an issue/change in pt condition, notified RRT and got help. When I arrive to a rapid call, I can direct flow of activity and...
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    Nursing Scope of Practice Regarding Arterial Line Insertion

    RapidRN replied to rntnlee's topic in Critical Care

    Also if anyone is willing to share their hospitals training criteria or policy on this, that would be a huge
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    Nursing Scope of Practice Regarding Arterial Line Insertion

    RapidRN replied to rntnlee's topic in Critical Care

    We are currently in the process of approval for this. Our Rapid Response team is also our vascular team. 240 bed hospital. We can already place midlines, PIV, US guided PIV, and PICC lines. With our...