Kerrigan 06

Kerrigan 06

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  1. 21 SATA questions on my NCLEX!

    Kerrigan 06 replied to rabird's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Of course it's allowed. I wouldn't recommend contacting the nursing board over this. Let us know once you find out if you passed. Good

  2. Returning blood waste back into a PICC

    Kerrigan 06 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    The A-line tubing in reference - the SafeSet - is actually very handy to have around. It's basically a 12-or-so mL syringe built into the tubing. This only applies to arterial lines as far as I've...

  3. How long did you wait.....

    Kerrigan 06 replied to curetheworld's topic in General Nursing

    I had a job lined up in October, graduated in December. Not helpful. I know. Don't give up.

  4. New CNA in ICU need Tips!!

    Kerrigan 06 replied to need714's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    First important lesson I learned in the ICU: Make sure there is plenty of slack on the ventilator, chest tube, IV, monitor, etc. tubing before you turn the patient away from them!

  5. HELP !!! ! accidental arterial stick

    Kerrigan 06 replied to Li'lOne's topic in General Nursing

    I thought of this later on regarding the saline flush... Remember, with arterial lines, we do have the constant slow-flow of heparinized or normal saline, but those also get fast flushes of saline...

  6. HELP !!! ! accidental arterial stick

    Kerrigan 06 replied to Li'lOne's topic in General Nursing

    Meh. Next time make sure you don't need an ABG before you pull it out. ;-) Probably didn't cause any more damage than an intentional arterial stick does. The important thing is you realized your...

  7. Monitor and IV pump Alarms, I hear them im my sleep

    Kerrigan 06 replied to Morettia2's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    A few nights ago I had an IV pump that kept on going off for various reasons - I guess I had several drips, or tiny air bubbles, I don't remember. After I'd gone in a couple of times to fix the...

  8. nurse with STD

    Kerrigan 06 replied to wannaberarara's topic in International Nursing

    In the U.S., I don't see why not - unless you plan on having sex with your patients. Otherwise you oughta be okay. (Obligatory Universal Precautions reference

  9. Difference between scrubs vs. uniform?

    Kerrigan 06 replied to karleigh's topic in General Nursing

    Me? I'm staying up all night 'cause I work tomorrow night. Somebody's got to take care of the patients after the day shift

  10. Catheter beyond comfort measure?

    Kerrigan 06 replied to cowboy_carl's topic in General Nursing

    I can't think of a reason that having a foley catheter would prolong life in a patient who has already been sick enough to be placed on comfort measures. If there is, I bet the comfort that it...

  11. I asked my doctor to get me a licensed person to give me an injection

    Kerrigan 06 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds to me like if you were satisfied with the MA's explanation of her experience, you may well have stopped there. The onslaught of accusation about MA's who portray themselves as nurses was...

  12. Difference between scrubs vs. uniform?

    Kerrigan 06 replied to karleigh's topic in General Nursing

    When I was starting, we were instructed just as vaguely to wear all-white uniforms, and not scrubs. Turns out they just meant they wanted our scrub tops to be

  13. Sweet Dreams, Baby! Tell us about your strange dreams r/t nursing

    Kerrigan 06 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like this might not just be me. Frequently when I'm dreaming about being at work, I'll either wake up, or alarm clocks will wake me up, but I'll be so disoriented that I'll try to go back to...

  14. Why do you think so many healthcare workers are mean and arrogant?

    Kerrigan 06 replied to mikethern's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If you're talking about arrogance, physicians and nurses/other healthcare workers are really not in the same class. Shoot, some surgeons deserve a class of their

  15. swab stopcock before IV push?

    Kerrigan 06 replied to RNcathlab's topic in General Nursing

    I swab. If I have swabbed in the last few minutes and I find myself to be out of swabs, I skip it. I think I've only pushed one drug during an actual code, and I didn't swab that time. When we...

  16. Nurse's what's your New Year's resolutions?

    Kerrigan 06 replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    Instead of giving myself a checklist, I just want to live better. This includes, for me, things like losing weight, reading my Bible and praying more, being nicer to people when it isn't a...

  17. Appearance at work

    Kerrigan 06 replied to peds_cna's topic in General Nursing

    Solid, usually brightly colored scrubs that get the dryer-iron treatment while I shower. My hair is long and thick, and I usually wear it up in a ponytail. I've worn it down maybe 5 times at the most...

  18. Why be a CCU/ICU RN?

    Kerrigan 06 replied to spottybug's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I thought I would never want to work in critical care, no matter what, up until my last semester of nursing school. I got placed for the entire semester in a medical ICU. I had excellent preceptors...

  19. Chito-seals

    Kerrigan 06 replied to cardiac.cure03's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Apparently we're using the Chitoseals wrong, from reading this thread. You hold it over the puncture site immediately after pulling the sheath, along with the manual pressure? Do you wet it with...

  20. How are things done in your units?

    Kerrigan 06 replied to dnursewa's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    From my understanding, physicians "officially" have 24 hours from time of admission or consult to physically see the patient. Usually it takes nowhere near that long. In the meantime, we make liberal...

  21. Open heart ICU

    Kerrigan 06 replied to Kiwi's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I started in a cardiovascular ICU - including open hearts - right out of graduation. I had a 13-week internship in which I attended critical care classes for a month, and worked with a preceptor on...

  22. First code O_O

    Kerrigan 06 replied to SaraO'Hara's topic in General Nursing

    It's always hard to see a patient die. It's especially hard if it was not expected and provisions hadn't already been made to let them die peacefully (of course this is not always appropriate!). I'm a...

  23. CVICU vs. CCU

    Kerrigan 06 replied to marvinskbaby1's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    In my unit the two are used interchangeably. We deal with both areas that suanna mentioned: cardiogenic illness and pre- and post-op cardiac, thoracic or otherwise vascular

  24. Arterial and Venous Sheath Removal Policies

    Kerrigan 06 replied to mcgowenl's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Ours is similar. Our patients fresh from the cath lab, sheath or no sheath, get vitals q15min x 4 sets, q30min x 4 sets, and q1h x 4 sets: 7 hours' worth. If they come with a sheath, the process...

  25. Tachycardia and an occluded RCA

    Kerrigan 06 posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I'm a 6-months-new nurse and I work in a CVICU. Last night, I was taking report on a post-cath patient. He'd had a CABG 8 years ago, and his first cath showed all of his vein grafts to be heavily...