cari rn

cari rn has 7 years experience and specializes in Peds Oncology, Public Health, Peds Emerg.

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1. Info needed on Vancouver

   cari rn replied to viclady's topic in International

   I grew up in Toronto, and have lived most of my life here, but for 3 years in Japan, and 2 wonderful years in Vancouver. It's true, Vancouver is a laid back city, where for the majority, people like to make money to DO things, rather than to HAVE th...

2. Nursing 10 years ago

   cari rn replied to kauffman's topic in General Nursing

   Okay - maybe someone can clarify this one for me, but 10 years ago urine caths were sterile. Now, a nurse recently told me that they are a "clean" procedure (I'd taken a few years out of nursing, just back to Emerg). Has the whole sterile thing cha...

3. Sleeping during nightshift!!

   cari rn replied to helpinghands's topic in General Nursing

   I also live in Canada. Have worked in major city hospitals in both Toronto and Vancouver. On nights, in both hospitals, the norm was that the nurses "pooled" their breaks into one long one, usually 2 - 2.5 hours, depending on how busy things were. It...

4. Why do so many of you hate working med/surg?

   cari rn replied to jollyjenny's topic in General Nursing

   I personally would quit nursing before going to work on an adult med/surg floor. But like one PP said, it's just not the right fit for me, but it might be for you. I still remember how much I thought I hated nursing while in university, UNTIL I did...

5. Hourly Rounding

   cari rn replied to neneRN's topic in General Nursing

   I've worked in two different major pediatric hospitals, both in Oncology and Emerg. Two different cities. We always checked our kids a minimum of q1h, no matter what. Now, these were kids, and they can change quickly. But, can't adults also? I'm ...

6. What was the MOST BIZARRE thing a pt has been brought to ER for (and lived to tell)?

   cari rn replied to cari rn's topic in Emergency

   These are just unbelievable!! Keep 'em coming! (ER nursing - at least it's never dull...)

7. Rules for the ER (long)

   cari rn replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

   To Nurse-o-Matic: You should be in journalism!!! Made me laugh out loud, you're a great writer!

8. What was the MOST BIZARRE thing a pt has been brought to ER for (and lived to tell)?

   cari rn posted a topic in Emergency

   You know...impaled by a fence, or swallowed 50 screws, or that sort of thing! Thought we'd try again - that last thread (the WORST thing) was too sad to read. I'd love to hear about those freaky/bizarre things that happened to people, stuff you would...

9. What was the WORST thing a patient has been brought to ER for?

   cari rn replied to SteveNNP's topic in Emergency

   Okay, these are just getting worse and worse!! Maybe we should change this thread to the WIERDEST things a patient has been brought to the ER for? Slightly less depressing!

10. What was the WORST thing a patient has been brought to ER for?

    cari rn replied to SteveNNP's topic in Emergency

    Wow, had no idea how awful some of these would be when I posted the thread (call me naive). I've had my hand over my mouth for all of them! Some of you have seen and dealt with some truly horrible things. It's no wonder when they say that it takes...

11. What was the WORST thing a patient has been brought to ER for?

    cari rn replied to SteveNNP's topic in Emergency

    This isn't meant to make people feel sad or freaked out or anything (!!!), but I know we all have very memorable events that stick in our minds. One in particular I remember is the 13 month old little girl, rushed in because she injested the ecxtasy ...

12. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    cari rn replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    - had a mom bring in her 14 year old son b/c he had a low-grade fever for 30 minutes - had someone come in b/c they wanted to change the colour of their cast - had a teenage girl come in b/c she'd had sex the night before and wanted to get a pregnanc...

13. Assessment Skills

    cari rn replied to cari rn's topic in Emergency

    I agree with the previous poster, especially as it relates with peds. Kids can crash so quickly; can go from looking just fine, to being septic the next minute. This is why good assessment skills are so essential. Again, I'm comfortable assessing ki...

14. Assessment Skills

    cari rn replied to cari rn's topic in Emergency

    Thank you, that was another question I had: do you have to assess the WHOLE person, or just specifically related to their concern? Sounds like it's only the latter.

15. Assessment Skills

    cari rn posted a topic in Emergency

    Am going to be new to Emerg soon. Wondering if all you experienced ED nurses can talk about your assessment skills, namely, how you specifically approach your assessment, how to "assess the pt in 2 minutes" and what this means, etc. I feel fairly con...