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  1. My Needlestick, I'm crazy!

    level1_traumaRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    So...I'm driving myself crazy :*) 1 Week ago tomorrow I walked into my patient room and started a 20 gauge PIV, somehow I managed to stick myself (superficial) in the high side/ at the main tip of my...

  2. My Needlestick, I'm crazy!

    level1_traumaRN replied to level1_traumaRN's topic in General Nursing

    I just want those of you to know that it's reported

  3. My Needlestick, I'm crazy!

    level1_traumaRN replied to level1_traumaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Trust me, I know how to appropriately ask medical questions to patients :) and it's not in front of a room full of people

  4. My Needlestick, I'm crazy!

    level1_traumaRN replied to level1_traumaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you everyone! I know now everything is going to be fine. You know..as nurses..we work in a risky environment But our patients count on us and we are there because God put us there ya know. I...

  5. ER Questions

    level1_traumaRN replied to punkstar's topic in Emergency

    With ABG's you don't apply a tourniquet. When applying a tourniquet you are occluding that vein, it's the total opposite for an ABG :-) You should be able to palpate the radial or brachial artery and...

  6. Student Loan Assistance!! PLEASE!!!

    level1_traumaRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey everyone! I'll first tell you a little about my situation! I have 50K in student loans (private) loans:madface:. I can't afford my payment hardly we just bought a new house and my interest rate on...

  7. Student Loan Assistance!! PLEASE!!!

    level1_traumaRN replied to level1_traumaRN's topic in General Nursing

    question...does this include private student loans..because that's what i need to

  8. Hey ER, what takes so long???

    level1_traumaRN replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in Emergency

    In my ER we have 42 beds, it's a level 1 trauma center and there are only 2 in the state. Our problem is that the hospital is always full and it has 450-500 beds. However, we work as hard as we can,...

  9. Does ED have a bad rep for mean nurses?

    level1_traumaRN replied to noelle4's topic in Emergency

    Thanks. I'm not trying to use the excuse "we see so much crap everyday". I am nice to all my patients, some people are like "why are you so nice???" haha but you know I treat everyone the same. I...

  10. Should a new grad try ED or not?

    level1_traumaRN replied to MegRyanGirl's topic in Emergency

    Hey...guess what I graduated in May...started at a level 1 trauma center june 12th with NO prior experience!! I feel I had a great orientation/preceptor...I have been on my own since November and I...

  11. Does ED have a bad rep for mean nurses?

    level1_traumaRN replied to noelle4's topic in Emergency

    I work at my level 1 trauma center and I am a happy/friendly person, or so I've been told. However I feel the ER has turned me into a not so nice person. I can't hardly explain it to you but everyone...

  12. TNCC or ACLS?

    level1_traumaRN replied to Djuna's topic in Emergency

    I work at a level 1 trauma center and all of the following are required: BLS ACLS PALS/ENPC TNCC I do think TNCC and ACLS are totally different classes and both are great to have. ACLS focuses on...

  13. *do I even know what I'm doing?*

    level1_traumaRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Guys I just need someone to talk to. I don't know what I would do if I didn't have the hope and encouragment from reading all the treads here. I get off orientation in 1 week after jumping into the...

  14. Question about Acute Care Nurse Practice?

    level1_traumaRN posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am planning on attending the University of Kentucky to become a NP. My question is this: where can a Acute Care NP work, I understand in the hospital...but outside of hospitals? Which types of...

  15. Need Advice...Please help me*

    level1_traumaRN posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am really into a dilemma with my own life. I can't decide what I want to do? I am working in a level 1 ER which is very stressful, I am applying to NP program within the next year. I have always had...

  16. Rules for the ER (long)

    level1_traumaRN replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    If you come in for "Chest Pain 10/10" please do not tell me you are going to go smoke, i will only tell you no...and then if i see you go outside I am telling the doctor, and he can send you home!...

  17. How do you handle the "ones that are out for drugs"

    level1_traumaRN posted a topic in Emergency

    In the ER I have noticed that we have many patients that constantly want pain medicine and refuse to take the PO kind because it "dont work as fast". I am not talking about the patients who are really...

  18. Rules for the ER (long)

    level1_traumaRN replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    1. If you come to the ER, think your waiting too long...go back home and call the ambulance to bring you in, we WILL make you wait in the waiting room with everyone else and put your name on the...

  19. Enpc *help*

    level1_traumaRN replied to level1_traumaRN's topic in Emergency

    Yes Suzanne I know it is illegal-- I was asking for examples, not the test questions. I didn't know if it was like TNCC questions or PALS...anyway I just need

  20. Enpc *help*

    level1_traumaRN posted a topic in Emergency

    I had the ENPC course today, the test will be next week. For those of you who have had ENPC, is the test like TNCC or totally

  21. *What is the funniest thing someone has came to the ER for?

    level1_traumaRN posted a topic in Emergency

    In the ER I have noticed that we have many patients that constantly want pain medicine and refuse to take the PO kind because it "dont work as fast". I am not talking about the patients who are really...

  22. *I seriously need support from u guys!*

    level1_traumaRN replied to level1_traumaRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I do have a preceptor, she is a great teacher. I am still in my orientation, which has been 4 months thus far and I have 3 weeks to go. I am just so scared! Some nurses have told me it takes them a...

  23. *I seriously need support from u guys!*

    level1_traumaRN posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    So here I am at this Level 1 Trauma Center...and yes...it's overwhelming. I wonder if I am supposed to think as critically as other nurses do? I feel dumb at times....I can tell you all about how to...

  24. Nurses don't have a hard job

    level1_traumaRN replied to classactkellie's topic in General Nursing

    Don't forget about sticking people with needles like a million times a day, constantly monitoring the ICP, CVP, PWP...oh and did I forget to leave out the overdose patients, trauma victims who need...

  25. Experienced Nurses Only

    level1_traumaRN replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in General Nursing

    Wow...you shouldn't even be posting on this site!!! You were once a nursing student or a "nurse wanna be" as you say!!! I can't believe you would even start a thread like this. I was a NURSE WANNA BE...