nerdtonurse?

nerdtonurse? BSN, RN

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  1. Blood Transfusion and Infusion Pump use

    nerdtonurse? replied to Mr.Fatback's topic in General Nursing

    Only time I HAVEN'T used a pump with blood was when I was squeezing PRBCs for all I was worth to keep a pt with a GI bleed from dying....and that was scary. Doc was screaming "Squeeze it in!" and I...

  2. Can nurses be forced to work during pandemic

    nerdtonurse? replied to nursey04's topic in Disaster Preparation

    If you want to read some scary, scary stuff, go read "The Great Influenza" -- it's about the 1918 outbreak, but has a couple of chapters on what the goverment did regarding the outbreak. They pretty...

  3. Can nurses be forced to work during pandemic

    nerdtonurse? replied to nursey04's topic in Disaster Preparation

    What the goverment can do depends on the country. I'm more worried about what the state BON might decide. They come up with some pretty "whaaaaa?" kinda stuff, and I could see them saying if we...

  4. Airborne or Droplet?

    nerdtonurse? replied to Aneroo's topic in Disaster Preparation

    On the job, I'm doing either N95 or respirator. Period. I decide if I need PPE beyond what our infection control nurse states, and I'm going in dressed for contact, droplet and using eye protection...

  5. I have the flu.

    nerdtonurse? replied to Capt_Syd's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yowie, you're cookin' with 103. I agree, my doc would have slammed me in the hospital (mainly to keep my nurse manager from pitching a fit for me to come to

  6. Test question, just wanted your thoughts

    nerdtonurse? replied to RNnTrainin''s topic in General Students

    I put this to my teacher this morning. She said "tylenol" because of C&S collection. So, while it may or may not help the OP, at least I know I'm on the same wavelength with the

  7. Mid-levels doing rounds who will NOT acknowledge or interact with nursing

    nerdtonurse? replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    And if I may use a nerdish word...DORK. And my greatgranny's favoritie...eejit! I want to be a NP ... but with God's grace, may I never forget the first word in my title will be

  8. Attention New Grads- Pinning Ceremony Question

    nerdtonurse? replied to Ready2GradMay09's topic in First Year After Licensure

    In LPN school we were pinned by out teachers (I was first, and threatened to scream "OW, bloodwings!"). If we get to get pinned by someone else, it would be my aunt, who's a retired nurse. It's like...

  9. Attention New Grads- Pinning Ceremony Question

    nerdtonurse? replied to Ready2GradMay09's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Just an idea for flowers...we did carnations, but maybe for the more "masculine" idea (we didn't have guys that made it all the way thru, and their uniforms didn't have lapels for the boutineers) --...

  10. Struggling with anxiety over previous job

    nerdtonurse? replied to Moogie's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Pick up the phone and call the board of nursing and report the LPN signing her name as a RN. Call whoever certifies NH /LTC (hospitals have Joint Commission, do they do LTC, too?), and report that the...

  11. Attention New Grads- Pinning Ceremony Question

    nerdtonurse? replied to Ready2GradMay09's topic in First Year After Licensure

    When I graduated from the LPN program, we didn't do candles (fire code), but what we did do was have a pastor from a church most of the students went to come in and do a "Blessing of the Hands" -- one...

  12. How far would you commute for your first job?

    nerdtonurse? replied to Guest321574's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm 35 minutes each way now, and I'm not kidding, after a 3rd 12 hr shift (especially if they've been horrible shifts), I've caught myself going to sleep on the way home, especially in the winter when...

  13. Share Your Saying

    nerdtonurse? replied to angelique777's topic in Nursing Humor

    No matter where you go, there you

  14. Test question, just wanted your thoughts

    nerdtonurse? replied to RNnTrainin''s topic in General Students

    The only problem I have with antibiotic first is then you've messed up your C&S. We would give tylenol, take the sputum sample for a C&S, then give them something like Levaquin until the lab...

  15. First Year Finished!! Anyone else??

    nerdtonurse? replied to graceomalleyRN's topic in General Students

    Waiting for May

  16. How far can a patient go?

    nerdtonurse? replied to junebride's topic in General Nursing

    I had one over the weekend -- HIV positive, likes to spit at the staff, spit in her hand and wipe it all over anything the nurses touch, tries to make you stick yourself when you have to restart an IV...

  17. Intuition??

    nerdtonurse? replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    Or the intercession of our guardian angels (our's, the patient's, who cares). Personally, I sorta think my guardian angel looks like a newborn gerbil at this point, I've scared all the feathers off...

  18. The nastiest story that I have EVER heard! It happened to me!

    nerdtonurse? replied to lovegoddess1977's topic in Nursing Humor

    Well, my yuckiest (don't eat for the next minute, okay?)..... I lived up to my "Nerd the fearless" name one night. We had a pt who would dig his own poop out and eat it. If he hadn't had a bowel...

  19. Grad gift - survival kit

    nerdtonurse? replied to RNBelle's topic in General Nursing

    What a great idea! Even though we swim in a sea of meds, we can't get to them. In my bag, I carry the following: Advil, Prilosec, Tums, Imodium, Benedryl, and during the winter, those "shake and...

  20. Swine flu raises fear of pandemic - Adults and Children

    nerdtonurse? replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I remember reading about the autopsies done on 1918 victims and how their livers were rock hard and their lungs full of fluid that they had to ladle out, and how folks were dying within 24 hours when...

  21. Do you ever have a subject that you are just not able to grasp no matter what?

    nerdtonurse? replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    I'm an LPN in the RN program, but I'm NOT looking forward to the OB/GYN rotation again. I usually got good grades in the LPN program, and "A's" in the RN as well, but I CANNOT BEND MY HEAD AROUND OB....

  22. Intuition??

    nerdtonurse? replied to Tweety's topic in General Nursing

    I absolutely believe in intuition....the times I've looked at a pt (when I was in the room asking the pt's nurse did they want this admission or catch the next one) and thought...."hmmmmm, let's check...

  23. Swine flu raises fear of pandemic - Adults and Children

    nerdtonurse? replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    They keep talking about the 50 million doses of Tamiflu -- Well, last I heard, there's over 400 million of us. If I see Randall Flagg, I'm outta here.... I'd take zombies and go hang out at the...

  24. ACLS

    nerdtonurse? replied to HURN's topic in General Nursing

    Learn the meds. Learn the rhythms. Main thing with ACLS -- they're already dead, you can't make them worse. http://www.flashcardexchange.com/study has an EKG flashcard set that's good. Dale Dubin's...

  25. In desperate in of some pointers!

    nerdtonurse? replied to mRpeNa's topic in General Students

    I have the silvestri RN review and Q/A books. I hit the topics covered; it's organized a LOT better than any nursing textbook I've ever