RunnerRN

RunnerRN BSN, RN

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  1. Deadly Epidural

    RunnerRN replied to WorkofHeart8's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :wakeneo: While I agree that we are getting only one side of the story, it seems quite coincidental that there were so many problems with the epidural, including having it become completely...

  2. Cats and babies

    RunnerRN replied to Paprikat's topic in Ob/Gyn

    My friend had a baby last year, and they have a very affectionate cat - this thing likes to sleep on your neck and chest every night. They were so worried about having their little boy, afraid the...

  3. how do you introduce yourself to patients?

    RunnerRN replied to panamama's topic in General Nursing

    We wear scrubs with our hospital's name and "RN" on the left breast. This has helped the confusion of wondering who is a nurse, now that everyone wears scrubs. I write my name on the white boards in...

  4. Level 1 vs Community ER

    RunnerRN replied to aimeeinorbit's topic in Emergency

    I started off in a Lvl 1 a year ago, and (as the above poster said) they had the resources to help me and help me learn. I went through a 3 month course, and had a 6 month preceptorship. While we...

  5. Putting RN on license plate???

    RunnerRN replied to Kalico's topic in General Nursing

    This whole thing just freaks me out! I used to work with a girl named Gina, who had her little sports car personalized "Gina RN" She had to stop for gas on the way home one night - in a not so great...

  6. Desperately need help with dosage calculations

    RunnerRN replied to ER-RN2009's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The best advice I have for you is to write down every conversion factor (1 tsp = 5 ml, 1 oz = 30 ml, etc) and then take another piece of paper and just write the english measurement (1 tsp = x, 1 oz =...

  7. Question about COPD and Oxygen

    RunnerRN replied to RN and Mommy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm not making fun or anything, but if you knew how many times I have thought that exact thing in the last

  8. precepting nursing students?

    RunnerRN replied to scrmblr's topic in General Nursing

    I have precepted several students (in my short nursing career) and enjoy it greatly. BUT I asked my CN to ask me before plopping a student next to me. There are days that I just want nothing to do...

  9. Cat Scan vs. sit and wait?

    RunnerRN replied to LIZPICURN's topic in General Nursing

    How awful! It sounds like you did everything you could. I'm sure a CT would have been in order - like the above poster said, we scan people until they glow "just to make sure" but when someone has...

  10. Have you ever encountered this?

    RunnerRN replied to mad9's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Thanks for the help. I hope to never have to deal with this, but I love to learn! Very interesting, but sounds

  11. kind of a vent....Paramedics

    RunnerRN replied to weirdRN's topic in General Nursing

    As an ER nurse, one of the more frustrating things is receiving a pt (from anywhere) and not getting the full story from EMS. When a pt is transferred from LTC to the ER, the care is also transferred...

  12. Nurse charting inaccurate vital signs...please help

    RunnerRN replied to NurseLatteDNP's topic in General Nursing

    oh holy poop. you have to hope that is one cna that doesn't want to go on to nursing school. i don't know what is worse...the fact that she falsified the vitals, or that she told you straight out....

  13. Have you ever encountered this?

    RunnerRN replied to mad9's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm an ER nurse who has obviously never encountered this, I don't even remember learning about it in school. I read the above link, but haven't had my AM coffee yet and need someone to dumb it down...

  14. how can i keep from vomiting?

    RunnerRN replied to sadstudent's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My stomach is pretty strong, but every once in a while I clean out a commode or see something that just turns my stomach. I think it is mostly mind over matter - I dissociate from whatever I'm seeing...

  15. What do school nurses do?

    RunnerRN posted a topic in School

    Okay, dumb question I know, but this is yet another thing no one teaches in nursing school! I am currently an ER nurse with 1 year of experience, both in adult and peds ED. I am so tired of...

  16. Just quit my first nursing job.

    RunnerRN replied to rsmn17's topic in General Nursing

    Ooooooh I feel ya! I just finished updating my resume. Been at the hospital for a year, and I'm so ready to go. Just tired of not eating, not peeing, doing everything to avoid being sues, and in...

  17. What do you do when it's time to go and you still haven't charted yet?

    RunnerRN replied to Shell5's topic in Medical-Surgical

    I always make sure my charting is complete....remember from nursing school "if it wasn't documented, it wasn't done." If you don't chart fully, you're just putting yourself at risk for problems. I...

  18. Oddest things found in a patient!

    RunnerRN replied to Antikigirl's topic in General Nursing

    I have a few. One is a pedi story. 4 year old boy with a lego tire up his nose; he was at day care during nap time, and said "everytime I put it up there it fell out, so I kept pushing until it...

  19. Im Injections

    RunnerRN replied to Queen of the E.R.'s topic in Emergency

    I'm with you.....EW! The worst is giving an IM to a baby, you feel like you're going to kill them! What has worked for me is reviewing my sites and landmarks, and being a stickler for making sure...

  20. Are your hopital security armed?

    RunnerRN replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    I feel safe around our security. They do not carry guns, but are all (with the exception of 1 or 2) large young men that I would not mess with. Several are in their 40s and are former police...

  21. Why do I hate this

    RunnerRN replied to Goldenhare's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I can second (third, fourth) the reality shock problem. I actually made plans to go back to school and get my education degree - was seriously days away from quitting, but my husband convinced me to...

  22. Urban legends in nursing

    RunnerRN replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing

    I remember seeing a movie in nursing school about med errors and how easily our checks and balances can be violated, leading to catastrophic errors. They referenced the airline industry, where there...

  23. mumps...to vaccinate or not to vaccinate?

    RunnerRN replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    Check with your school's student health center....they did my varicella titers during nursing school, and it was very affordable. On the same note, on of my patients yesterday was a probable mumps...

  24. Urban legends in nursing

    RunnerRN replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing

    In nursing school, I always heard the story about "two student nurses talking about a patient's Ca diagnosis in the elevator, and the other person in the elevator was his wife who hadn't been told...

  25. Starting my ER Preceptor

    RunnerRN replied to SeriphumRN2b's topic in Emergency

    I had a wonderful preceptor when I did my ER time in school - she pushed me, but sheltered me from certain things (violent psychs), and made sure I was in on as many things as possible. The first...