AnnieOaklyRN

AnnieOaklyRN BSN, RN, EMT-P

Adult and Pediatric Vascular Access, Paramedic

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  1. Anyone else try urgent care and hate it?

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in Emergency

    I would say if you are an ER nurse now, chances are Urgent Care will be just blah to you, as it is me. It just doesn't really involve a lot of nursing care. It's just more educating patients on...

  2. Anyone else try urgent care and hate it?

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in Emergency

    Thanks everyone for your input! I will give it one more shift, which would be Wednesday of this week. Thursday they are going to invest the whole day training me for labs, their specific monitor...

  3. Is $40 Grand too much for an Associate Degree...

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to WCSU1987's topic in General Students

    Umm yes way to much!! also RN-BSN generally costs 10K-15K, should not cost even remotely close to any amount requiring 20K off!!

  4. Seems like nursing school isn't for people with other responsibilities!

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to marij's topic in General Students

    I have one thing to say.... Amazon.com for your books! Don't go to the school book

  5. Mini cath on peds

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to fromfaraway's topic in Emergency

    I have never gotten an adequate urine sample from a bag, it either leaks everywhere or the child doesn't have enough urine in the bladder to make them go, and we wait and wait. I am sure it isn't to...

  6. NICU RN transitioning to ER-- Looking for all the help I can get(:

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to katenicuRN's topic in Emergency

    Hi, That is kind of funny, I was a burnt out ER RN a few years ago desperately trying to get into a NICU (without success I might add). I did get an interview and shadow and realized during the...

  7. Hiring manager offered position, HR said no and won't tell me why.

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to MiloRN's topic in General Nursing

    1) If you have worked for this hospital, or any of its entities prior too you could be on a no re-hire list. IF you did previously work at this hospital or for this system I would work on getting...

  8. A Nurses Duty to act

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to Mellissa81's topic in General Nursing

    hi, 1) You are not being specific enough. Was the nurse working on behalf of the patient or was the nurse off duty and it was just a social visit? 2) Was the person alert and oriented x 4 , if so...

  9. 7 on-10hr Work and School

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to Mayred18's topic in General Nursing

    What they said, you have clinical, and to my knowledge there aren't to many online RN programs.

  10. 7 on-10hr Work and School

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to Mayred18's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, You cannot do that schedule if you are heading to school, that would be impossible! With clinical and lecture portions I cannot see how you could even attempt this. the combination is usually...

  11. Employee Complaint

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to FlyingFishofFury's topic in General Nursing

    1) I think you should sit down with this person and talk to her and maybe appologize that she took your tone and questioning the way she did. Let her know you were having a bad day etc. If this...

  12. Central line dislodging?

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to daniela095's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree unless they take the dressing down and measure, chest

  13. Loss of all personal freedom.

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to Runnerlives's topic in General Nursing

    Well I haven't noticed any smokers apologizing to me for my loss of freedom of good health and wellbeing, as they smoke 2 feet in front of the door to businesses, so no, no concern here for

  14. Do RN led Rapid Response Teams Have Too Autonomy?

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to Sweets's topic in General Nursing

    Paramedics DO NOT have "far less education", we have more focused education on emergencies versus nurses who generally have a broader education on wide spread ongoing problems that patient's...

  15. BSN/Pre-Med

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to Verlina's topic in General Nursing

    If you are really going to med school skip the BSN and get a batchelor degree in a science, either chemistry or biology. If you obtain your BSN you will then have to go and take a ton of science...

  16. ER RN

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to kardz33's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, In the ER you typically would not need to know how to insert a PICC line, as most hospitals would not opt to do that in the ER. Patient's would either go to radiology to have it placed or would...

  17. IV lines

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to Elena88's topic in General Nursing

    1) I would make sure the line wasn't accidentally placed in an artery if the blood is back flowing even with the clamp shut down. 2) As others have posted keeping the bag as high as possible and...

  18. Central line dislodging?

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to daniela095's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, and if the line is still in the neck an X-ray should be done to recheck placement.

  19. Hoping for a miracle

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to Feinhawk's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, You could also do something like urgent care or occupational health, both of which would involve no lifting I would assume since the patients are usually ambulatory. You could switch to something...

  20. Last Clinical Rotation :)

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to emmjayy's topic in General Students

    Congrats to everyone who is

  21. Patients Say the Darnedest Things - WIN $250! Nurses Week Contest 2018

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to Brian S.'s topic in General Nursing

    I went to a call with some panicking parents, who both directed me to their son who had a broken arm. He was about 10 years old and sitting as calm as could be with a deformed obviously broken...

  22. FAILED FNP BOARDS

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to BucketList1's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I would assume the FNP test is set like the NCLEX and many other computer based tests, in that it picks on your weaknesses. The computer will start out with easy questions until it gets to the...

  23. Maintaining Patent Venous Access in Hypercoagulable State

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to bgxyrnf's topic in General Nursing

    Hello, In my hospital if we have a patient who is frequently having issues with occluding lines we will start flushing with Heparin Flush after use, which has totally eliminated the problem in most...

  24. Dose angio catherter size matter angiopain when potassium fluid injected via IV?

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to Ironprostate's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, A lot of people think irritating medication need a bigger catheter. That is all wrong. If you have a medication that is irritating you want a larger vein with a smaller catheter, no smaller than...

  25. BEWARE of online nursing degrees

    AnnieOaklyRN replied to scandy's topic in General Nursing

    I just went to the website, and it honestly doesn't make it impossible to discern it from an accredited program. I think the goal of this is to allow you to take online classes through their site...