ritarunningfeet

ritarunningfeet specializes in Emergency room, Flight, Pre-hospital.

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1. Question on iv fluids

   ritarunningfeet replied to Nursey103's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   I would think to keep it in normal range, because the fluids could cause it to get low from cellular shifts without it. 125cc/hr is a pretty good amount of fluid that is 3,000 ml in 24hrs. Just a...

2. my first day to come home and cry... little pt had an emergency trach change

   ritarunningfeet replied to caregiver0204's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I'm sorry you had a bad day, but you had another nurse with you and everything turned out fine. It is frusterating being new, and not knowing, but it gets better with time and experiance. Right now...

3. anyone seen a pH this low?

   ritarunningfeet posted a topic in Critical Care

   Hi just wondering if anyone here has seen someone with this low of a venous pH and still be alive? Venous pH 6.662 and HCO3 2.6!! I felt like I was chansing my tail trying to stop the downward...

4. Happy Nurse Roll Call

   ritarunningfeet replied to sunray12's topic in General Nursing

   Just checking in to say I love my job and can't imagine doing anything

5. What else is there to do??

   ritarunningfeet replied to tammy07's topic in General Nursing

   you could take a phlebotomy course, or like you said OR tech classes, you could take EMT classes, or MA classes. My sister in law is taking MA courses until she can get into the program she wants,...

6. Patient Perspectives 2 - Nurses

   ritarunningfeet replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thank You for sharing this video, it reminds of why we do what we do.... for the patients. The one nurse said such a wonderful thing " I know that no day is a wasted day." Do you have a tissue for my...

7. What type of a nurse are you?

   ritarunningfeet replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

   I consider myself a type A personality in most things, however do try and keep things fun and light. I usually laugh, joke and giggle when the time is appropiate. I consider myself a team player and...

8. Nursing Responsibilities

   ritarunningfeet replied to oldfashionedlove's topic in General Nursing

   It is everyones responsibility, you can't ask someone else to do it if you won't. It can be delegated if you are too busy, but if you are not busy, you can empty it just as well as the

9. Open letter from a Paramedic

   ritarunningfeet replied to NativeSundance's topic in Emergency

   :rotfl::redlight::redlight::redlight::redlight::redlight::w00t::w00t: Fantastic letter!!!!! LOL! Love

10. Top 10 Meds Used In The ER

    ritarunningfeet replied to Never Let Go's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Here we go other than the main ACLS drugs: Epinephrine, and Atropine 1. Tylenol 2. Ibuprofen 3. Dilaudid 4. Ativan 5. Cardizem 6. Versed 7. Morphine 8. Levaquin 9. Rocephin 10. Aspirin hmmmm... a few...

11. Nurse with bipolar disorder or adhd?

    ritarunningfeet replied to nursedudekl's topic in General Nursing

    I am not dx with anything but often say "this isn't good for my ADD" (25% joking and 75% really feeling like I have some sort of ADD). One day I said it and a doctor told me that something like 90% of...

12. RN to Paramedic Bridge Course

    ritarunningfeet replied to ironjohn929's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    The director and all of the instructors do an awsome job. I posted in this thread a long time ago before I took the class trying to get some information, but it has gone so far off the question and...

13. HELP, I NEED ADVICE

    ritarunningfeet replied to brandy1215's topic in General Students

    Take a deep breath Brandy.......ok is it the content? or is the teaching different? or maybe just so stressed that things are not sticking? Take a moment to breathe, calm down and tell yourself...

14. ER vs. Bedside

    ritarunningfeet replied to californiadreaming's topic in General Nursing

    First off trying to be as unbias as possible, but I am an adrenaline junkie and ER is my love, but I can tell you what my days were like on a med/surg floor vs what they are like in the ER. And not...

15. ER nurses wear "biggirl panties"

    ritarunningfeet replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    Pulling up my big girl panties, and yelling LOUD and PROUD of what I