ERNurse752

ERNurse752 RN

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  1. My sister is on life support

    ERNurse752 replied to realnursealso/LPN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm

  2. Excessive sweating! I need advice please!

    ERNurse752 replied to swatch83's topic in General Nursing

    For gloves and masks specifically...gloves, all the time. Masks not as much, but sometimes, just depending on what was going on. (This is in ER.) There are also nonclinical jobs where you wouldn't...

  3. Excessive sweating! I need advice please!

    ERNurse752 replied to swatch83's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I just remembered. I did see an ortho surgery resident a couple times who always soaked through his gowns during surgery - would have to scrub out and change. (This was during my short stint in...

  4. ASN to NP?

    ERNurse752 replied to rockexrolloh's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    An NP has an MSN. Some schools do offer bridge programs from ASN to MSN, without having to get a separate

  5. Excessive sweating! I need advice please!

    ERNurse752 replied to swatch83's topic in General Nursing

    In addition to Botox, I have read where some patients are candidates for beta blockers and some anticholinergic drugs. There is also a surgery where they (I thnk) cut some of the sympathetic nerves to...

  6. Is it a HIPPA violation?

    ERNurse752 replied to DixieNurse2244's topic in HIPAA Challenges

  7. Is it a HIPPA violation?

    ERNurse752 replied to DixieNurse2244's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Did they tell you at the time of the blood draw it was for BAC, or did the doc explain his rationale after the fact? If they did not tell you at that time it was for BAC, what did they say they were...

  8. Bad shift, need a pick me up.

    ERNurse752 replied to RNcDreams's topic in General Nursing

    Shifts like that are why I left the ER. Only advice is that you can only do what you can do. You can't be in more than one place at one time. The goal is just to keep them alive. It

  9. Am I stupid? Med question...

    ERNurse752 replied to allthingsbright's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't think anything of it, as long as it didn't drop into a ring of dried pee left by a urinal or something. I wouldn't use a needle/syringe I dropped on the bedside table, but a pill should be...

  10. What does the acute area of an SNF mean?

    ERNurse752 replied to CNAinNeb's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like they're talking about long term acute care, aka, LTAC. Here is a good explanation:

  11. Drug Screen

    ERNurse752 replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    It actually can cause a false positive for PCP. I've seen it happen only one time. Like a previous poster stated, just declare it on your form and it shouldn't be a

  12. Poison Control Nursing

    ERNurse752 replied to Bella RN's topic in Infectious Disease

    Oh, you can check out http://www.aapcc.org It's the national poison centers website,

  13. Poison Control Nursing

    ERNurse752 replied to Bella RN's topic in Infectious Disease

    I work in poison control. I wouldn't say it has much in common with either epidemiology or infection control. But it probably would be closer to epidemiolgy if I stretched it a bit. As far as poison...

  14. Its True about Nurses and Tickets

    ERNurse752 replied to ScooterNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard from a couple cops that the stethescope hanging from the rearview mirror is irritating, and more likely to get you a ticket. (Since it's sort of like advertising your status/saying you're...

  15. practicing iv

    ERNurse752 replied to Agnus's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe you can ask to spend some time with the IV nurses. Or in the ER (someplace with a high volume of sticks.) Does your facility require/offer an IV class? The only way to become skilled is to...

  16. Getting tired of working 12 hour shifts......

    ERNurse752 replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    I worked someplace where no one EVER got out on time. It shouldn't be that way - if you always have so much work to do you chronically get out that late, they're too short staffed. (And need to crack...

  17. RRT vs. RN

    ERNurse752 replied to keaton90's topic in General Nursing

    Someone once told me...if you hate poop, be an

  18. need advice about a job offer

    ERNurse752 replied to evecel's topic in General Nursing

    I'd ask them about it first thing in the morning. They may not want you to go ahead with the physical and paperwork, so I would ask about that also. It seems kind of like a bait and switch, so I would...

  19. How many times did you switch jobs as a RN?

    ERNurse752 replied to RNroseshea's topic in General Nursing

    8 jobs, 5 hospitals, 6 years. :) Pretty happy in my current position,

  20. CKD, Liver Disease, & heading for ICU

    ERNurse752 replied to OncNewbie's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like you did everything you could. And it sounds like your charge nurse should have been a better advocate for YOU, especially as a new grad. Don't beat yourself up. You recognized the...

  21. Nurses salary vrs teacher's salary

    ERNurse752 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Eh, teachers' hours aren't really all they're cracked up to be. They take home work every night during the week. Grade papers and tests all weekend. Prep for the next week over the weekend. Often...

  22. How to get nursery job?

    ERNurse752 replied to MommyandRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Where I live, no jobs like that exist. Well babies all room in with the moms and only go to the nursery for their metabolic screens, hearing screens, circumcisions, etc. They have nurses who are...

  23. Is There An AllDoctors.com?

    ERNurse752 replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    I rather enjoy studentdoctor.net - I joined awhile back and haven't really noticed anything shockingly offensive. Everyone bashes someone sometimes, whether it's ER vs. floor, RNs vs MDs, NPs vs PAs,...

  24. Any Indiana NPs?

    ERNurse752 replied to 7starbuck7's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi! I'm not an NP, but I'm an RN in IN researching NP programs also. My background is mostly ER. I got my BSN from Univ of Indianapolis, and they have FNP. (A few others too, but not ANP or PNP.)...

  25. Officer Disciplined for Stopping Doctor On Way to Birth

    ERNurse752 posted a topic in General Nursing

    http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/03/29/doctor.ticketed.ap/index.html Oops...