nrsang97 BSN, RN

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    Patients with sticky fingers!

    nrsang97 replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    Maybe get a bigger bag and add those items. Those are essentials too if you need to evacuate. Like another poster said a "go" bag isn't only for going to the hospital. What if you had to evacuate...
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    I notice nice veins!

    nrsang97 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I have thought that before. I have actually described a pt like that to a coworker
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    Feeling so guilty calling off sick

    nrsang97 replied to mclennan's topic in General Nursing

    I just had a week off due to gastroenteritis, and worked two days this week. I was feeling fine. My eye was irritated Tuesday night. By Wednesday it was fire engine red and painful, itchy, and felt...
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    Feeling so guilty calling off sick

    nrsang97 replied to mclennan's topic in General Nursing

    Stay home. I had to call out 4 shifts in a row with gastroenteritis. I know my attendance can get me into some trouble, but neither me or my boss wanted that spread around. That is what MD notes are...
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    What are the little things you do to help the next shift?

    nrsang97 replied to kristandrews's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I always tried to have fresh fluids hanging. If IV tubing and CVP and ART lines dressings were going to need changing I would change those. I always tried to have extra drips in the bin or at least...
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    You know you are going to have an interesting day when you get report that . . .

    nrsang97 replied to anon456's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Sure would set you up for a bad day.
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    What Are The Most Creative Call-off Excuses You Have Heard?

    nrsang97 replied to bluegeegoo2's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    That is truly the "crazy cat lady" there. This is in response to the post about the lady with the "emotionally needy"
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    What is the lowest HGB you have seen?

    nrsang97 replied to I<3H2O's topic in General Nursing

    The lowest I have seen was in the 5-5.5 range. Young woman with
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    Best Scrubs for the Money?

    nrsang97 replied to RInursingstudent's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I find koi scrubs super short in the crotch. I like dickies gen
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    ReUsed surgical wound ice paks

    nrsang97 replied to ckm2's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Just gross. We have nothing but single use ICE
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    ICU nurses covering Rapid Response. Help!

    nrsang97 replied to kdubose12's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I work in a 300 bed community hospital and we have dedicated RRT. I think there should be a RN dedicated to covering RRT and the charge nurse as back up. I am a dedicated RRT nurse, and there are...
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    Dressing for psych

    nrsang97 replied to OCRN3's topic in Psychiatric

    Our psych nurses wear
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    Code rolee

    nrsang97 replied to NurseYe's topic in Critical Care

    Record , like the pp said you will never get sent out of the room. Get up there and do compressions. Take your ACLS class, it will help you feel somewhat more
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    Am I too old to go back?

    nrsang97 replied to jschut's topic in Nursing Career

    If you want to go back then do. You are never too
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    Rapid Response

    nrsang97 replied to PMFB-RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Butterfly41 we have that posted too and I have never received one of those calls. I have never received a call from a family stating that their family member was in trouble either. Some days when...
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    Rapid Response

    nrsang97 replied to PMFB-RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    PMFB-RN we round on our patients that were discharged from the ICU/CCU 24 hours after they leave the ICU/CCU. We do occasionally have some bounce back. Our issue is ER patients that come up and go...
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    Rapid Response

    nrsang97 replied to PMFB-RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    We have 4 FT RRT RN's and 3 contingent RRT RN's. We had 91 calls last month. Some were false alarms, others were true patients in distress and needed higher level of care. We do tons of IV's and...
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    ER nurses not calling report anymore...

    nrsang97 replied to plinytheRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    dudette10 I completely agree with
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    Snowed in ER's, what do you guys do?

    nrsang97 replied to Adenosine6's topic in Emergency

    I know at my current health system that all personnel are mandated right now to stay until released. We have been expecting this storm so people had time to get arrangements to get to work. I have...
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    What caused the hypothermia?

    nrsang97 replied to AlphaPig's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds septic to me. Even with the low temp. Esme gave you a lot of great info. My first thought was
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    Books about nursing

    nrsang97 replied to mmcc01's topic in General Nursing

    There are some books by Echo Heron (Herron ? spelling). They were good. Took place in the 70's and
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    ER nurses not calling report anymore...

    nrsang97 replied to plinytheRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Being rapid response I have sent patients to the unit within minutes of coming up from the ER. HR of 150, unresponsive and GCS of 5-6 needing immediate intubation, Hypertensive >200 SBP, pt on...
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    8 month old baby dies because iv line could not be accessed

    nrsang97 replied to ibnkoomson's topic in General Nursing

    IO or cut down if
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    Nursing Salary Survey 2014

    nrsang97 replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    I live in SE Michigan metro Detroit area, I make 37.50/hr, I am a Rapid Response RN, I work nights with a 7% shift differential, I have been a RN for 12 years, I have my ADN and taking some classes...
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    ER nurses bringing pts to the floor soiled

    nrsang97 replied to garn12's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree that bringing pt up from the ED soiled is bad. But sometimes stuff happens. Usually the ER nurse doesn't want to just leave the pt soiled. If this is a regular issue then you need to bring...