danh3190

danh3190

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  1. Prep for PALS

    danh3190 replied to socalRN3's topic in General Nursing

    PALS is very easy. I just read over the info that they sent me when I registered. Pretty much the answer to everything was either providing oxygen or giving 20 mL/kg fluid

  2. Ampule Question: Does this make sense?

    danh3190 replied to L&DWannabe's topic in General Nursing

    I never heard of not touching the inside of the ampule. We were taught to use a filter needle so we'd be changing the needle

  3. Denied from nursing schools

    danh3190 replied to buckeye47's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Speaking of Pittsburgh, there are a number of diploma schools where you could get your RN then finish your BSN later, sometimes in as little as 12 months. I can think of 3 diploma schools off the top...

  4. time clock question

    danh3190 replied to gummibear's topic in General Nursing

    My last non-nursing job was very strict about hourly workers signing up for all the OT worked. They didn't even like them coming into the building if they weren't working. I assume they were...

  5. Documenting Report from EMS Contact

    danh3190 replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Emergency

    In the old old days we (EMS) used to handwrite our trip sheets and hand them in before leaving the hospital. Nowadays we write a short form sheet with vitals, meds, allergies, complaint, and some...

  6. Male nurses hired faster?

    danh3190 replied to Chemistry Sux's topic in General Nursing

    I can't comment on how easily men get hired. I've only been hired once and it was at the very end of the nursing shortage so everybody, male and female, got hired pretty easily. Although there were a...

  7. Why do we continue to do it?

    danh3190 replied to BrookeeLou_RN's topic in General Nursing

    We do it because we that's where our talents are. I also do it because of the money. There are not many other blue collar jobs that pay as much. If we stopped doing it they'd end up either training...

  8. I wonder how many nurses out there experienced a needle stick injury

    danh3190 replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I got stuck removing the insulin syringe after an injection. It's been a while but as I remember they didn't have any blood in the lab so had to ask the patient to allow us to draw blood test. He...

  9. Male Nurses and Female Doctors

    danh3190 replied to elias_benjamin2001's topic in General Nursing

    Don't think I'd want to marry a

  10. Do you sometimes feel like an awful nurse?

    danh3190 replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    If you worry that you might have forgotten something it just means that you're trying to do the best for your patient but like the rest of us you aren't perfect. Doesn't fit the criteria for "awful...

  11. How often does this REALLY happen?!

    danh3190 replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    I forget something a lot. If it's important I write a late note next shift. If not I don't. I've occasionally called back to the floor to tell my replacement something I

  12. We have to COUNT drugs like lisinopril and Claritin

    danh3190 replied to glutton4punishment's topic in General Nursing

    We don't have the routine drugs like lisinopril in the pyxis. We get our day's supply of meds in individual bed-numbered drawers that the pharmacy delivers in the AM. For prescription changes they...

  13. ACLS and Advanced Airways

    danh3190 replied to mskate's topic in General Nursing

    In our area all the paramedics have to have ACLS. A lot of the hospitals here teach ACLS both for their ICU folks and for the medics. You could ask the paramedics where they take it or go to local...

  14. EKG readings

    danh3190 replied to hard working student's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting info. I was wondering that myself once while I was at the ambulance base. Hooked myself on the 12 lead monitor and did EKGs in different positions but didn't see much

  15. RN with 2 years experience and still feel uncomfortable at times.

    danh3190 replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing

    You sound a lot like me. I'll have 3 years in July. I avoid the nurses station too, not because I'm worried about the other nurses but because I can't stand listening to all the chit chat. I've...

  16. Time to read the chart, MD notes?

    danh3190 replied to stellaRN1983's topic in General Nursing

    We always tape report. I think it's rude not to. However it's also rude for the departing nurse not to ask the oncoming nurse if there are any questions. Back to the OP comments... I get a lot out...

  17. Dropping pressures with nitro. Anyone experience this??

    danh3190 replied to TinyRNgrl's topic in Emergency

    On an ambulance call as a new EMT about 30 years ago the paramedic gave the patient NTG. Then we had to carry her down a flight of stairs. At the bottom of the stairs SURPRISE!!! unconscious...

  18. How do You Treat PRN/Agency Nurses and Why?

    danh3190 replied to tiroka03's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know how people can be PRN nurses. It must be a matter of experience. I've only been a nurse 2 1/2 years and I dread getting floated to a different unit, and PRN nurses do it all the time!...

  19. Do you stop infusion "for a walk?"

    danh3190 replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    If a competent patient insists an infusion be stopped don't know what choice you have. They can refuse a treatment, at least in this country. Of course it has to be an informed refusal which means...

  20. Nurse Called Police/CPS on Parents over Jaundice

    danh3190 replied to Simply Complicated's topic in General Nursing

    I have a feeling there is some more info out there that's not being published. In any case an investigation certainly needs to be

  21. How's My Mom iPhone app

    danh3190 replied to Dorali's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't a HIPAA violation if you have the permission of the patient and family. On the other hand who on earth would have time to post the

  22. Standards of Behaviour

    danh3190 replied to celticgirl's topic in General Nursing

    In our hospital the managers tend to sign such things as an example before asking employees to

  23. Standards of Behaviour

    danh3190 replied to celticgirl's topic in General Nursing

    So by refusing to sign the form and by telling the manager that she won't sign it, the employee was telling the employer, in the person of the manager, that she is refusing to agree to follow the...

  24. Older mature nurses: How can I encourage my mom to pursue her RN with me?& should I?

    danh3190 replied to Skylarslaughter's topic in General Nursing

    I was 55 when I started and 57 when I finished. No problem. There were a number of 50+ and a bunch of 40+ in my class. Most of the older students were good as they'd already been holding down jobs...

  25. An RN with a Bachelors in Biology instead of BSN?

    danh3190 replied to Skylarslaughter's topic in General Nursing

    In my bedside job I can't see any difference between BSN, ADN, and diploma nurses that can't be explained by experience on the job. The only reason I'm considering doing the BSN is that it might help...