harley007

harley007

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  1. heparin and cardiac caths

    harley007 replied to RS0302's topic in General Nursing

    This is a very reasonable question with the very real concerns for bleeding after such a prolonged FA stick. All of our Cariologist Interventionalist MD"s and most of the Diagnostic Cardalolgists...

  2. Lipping the bottle

    harley007 replied to PoppaD's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught this in LPN and then following in RN school. Does it help? I haven't seen a study. I work in a cath. lab. and we also do it only with the bottles of betadine. The person draping the...

  3. twin delivery...vaginal or c-section???

    harley007 replied to samsmom95's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Deliveried my identical twin girls vertex presentation- 20 years ago - standing upright! I walked for the whole 10 hour labor and went with a "natural" delivery - no meds, no epis., just catch them...

  4. Nursing scholarships for advanced nurs.degree

    harley007 replied to nursprof2b's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry about the incorrect site address for the Dr Lorraine G Spranzo Scholarship. I hope the folowing helps. I was involved with the original development of this scholarship and it has changed in...

  5. Nursing scholarships for advanced nurs.degree

    harley007 replied to nursprof2b's topic in General Nursing

    Scholarship foradvanced nursing degree in infomatics: in memorial to Dr Lorraine G. Spranzo; http://www.cfgnb.org/.../Scholarships/ScholarshipList/...

  6. HELP-clinicals tomorrow!!

    harley007 replied to oneluv's topic in General Nursing

    Just remember not to insert the catheter too far as it can exit the bladder especially in a male pt. We usualy used a 4" average insertion length. I worked a shift following a routine S/P cath...

  7. Wanted - Funny Triage stories

    harley007 replied to phuninfl's topic in General Nursing

    I just wish you could have seen how serious this woman was about the ''squirrel". Her own child's bite was almost a minor concern, the baby squirrel was everything. Forget how she knew it "looked...

  8. Pregnant and can't lift?

    harley007 replied to RNsRWe's topic in General Nursing

    I worked until the day I delivered my twin girls - full term, waddled in to the DR at 8cm, had a natural delivery, nursed them on the table and went home 10 hours later. Okay my ankles got a little...

  9. Wanted - Funny Triage stories

    harley007 replied to phuninfl's topic in General Nursing

    Mom brings son to ER @ 10:00pm due to "squirrel bite". I asked her exactly when did his happen? "3:00pm - the children found a baby squirrel yesturday and this morning it looked constipated so I gave...

  10. Why do I always hear, why are you ONLY doing LPN?

    harley007 replied to agldragonRN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I graduated from LPN school and followed two years after with my RN. I was asked the same question about being an LPN and then it became why did I become a diploma RN instead of a BSN. You just can't...

  11. Free goodies from the OR...

    harley007 replied to brewerpaul's topic in Operating Room

    Disposible Kelly Clamps great for all kinds of kitchen needs and craft prodjects. Love those blue sterile towels - clean anything including windows,use as napins, place matts. Perfect for washable...

  12. Healthy women schedule C-sections to prevent vaginal stretching

    harley007 replied to rph3664's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had my idendical twins natural vag. del. - no drugs, no tears nothing but nursing them both 10 minutes after del. and home in 8 hours. Then 16 months later I prolapsed the cord at home - emergency...

  13. Some of our residents scare me. . . . .

    harley007 replied to kcalohagirl's topic in General Nursing

    Years ago I worked in a 12 bed ICU. The ONLY residents we had were family practice Docs. Many of them attended med. school in Mexico, as they were not accepted into any schools in the US. Because...

  14. G's and P's question-mom has had twins

    harley007 replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My OB says G=pregnancies P=live births as well as my OB Text. I was pregnant with a singlton after a complete live twin birth. My OB and the OB residents etc all stated I was G2P2 until I had the...

  15. Does anyone here actually like or "not mind" cleaning poop???

    harley007 replied to MrsNursey2006's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Originally Posted by harley007 The higher the level of education the more important total body care should be. Hi, Earle58, I mentioned the above statement because I am an older Diploma Graduate...

  16. Does anyone here actually like or "not mind" cleaning poop???

    harley007 replied to MrsNursey2006's topic in First Year After Licensure

    This situation just happened to me! I work in a Cardiac Cath Lab. So what are the chances of cleaning up much of anything aside from LOADS of blood? Perhaps every 10 months or so I need to clean...

  17. any nurses out there with back injuries

    harley007 replied to rehab nurse's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Good luck to all of you - I know it sounds so lame to say - I wish I had a majical disc wand! Totally unrelated - Hoozdo, is that a Schipperke in your picture? Lost mine in a divorce and still miss...

  18. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    harley007 replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    This is so sad in this day and age that I was in tears many times reading these posts. I am an older WF and I have never had to suffer like this. As much as I care I think of a situation I was in...

  19. I thought I'd heard them all.......

    harley007 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    My day is made when I find out am assigned to work on the same cath. lab. team with our departments only male nurse. We have fun and tease each other all day, just as friends. The day flys by and...

  20. Is this nursing shortage scream blown out of proportion?

    harley007 replied to BethulieRN's topic in General Nursing

    St. Francis Hospital, Connecticut is to hiring an additional 372 RN's with it's planned expantion. They just opened "The Connecticut Joint Institute", within the hospital, and with the required...

  21. Question for Cathlab/tele/Special proced RNs

    harley007 replied to sharann's topic in Cardiac

    Our patients go directly from the lab back to our pre-angio holding/post angio/PCI unit and into their lovely beds. Their relief to their backs in getting onto their stretcher from our table - which...

  22. TR Band following Radial Angiogram

    harley007 replied to jobyjoz's topic in Cardiac

    Are you saying you're performing frequent radial cases? If so why radial over femoral? Our lab does 25 -30 cases a day and we do 99.9% femoral sticks closed very sucessfully with Angeoseals. About...

  23. Help me stump the nun;)

    harley007 replied to southernatheart's topic in General Nursing

    At my very first job as a GRN I had a supervisor who was another amazingly brilliant nurse. She gleefully asked two other GNR"S and myself a question she had been asking for 20 years without anyone...

  24. Nursing informatics?

    harley007 replied to bjmarthin1986's topic in General Nursing

    If you are a resident of Connecticut there is a scholarship available for students pursuing advanced nursing degrees in informatics. This scholarship is in remembrance of Dr Lorraine G Spranzo who...

  25. Crying when stressed/overwhelmed

    harley007 replied to SillyLilly's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I cry when I am happy, sad, overwhelmed, frustrated .... dang it I cry when they play the Star Spangled Banner! I am over 50 and it still embarrasses me. At my new job they were a few people that...