ritarunningfeet

ritarunningfeet

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  1. 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...

  2. 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...

  3. 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...

  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

  16. Dealing with the death of a patient...for the first time

    ritarunningfeet replied to NursingStudent!'s topic in General Nursing

    I have found that every death and every family is different in their own way. There is no one way that I have found to approch the situation. I have learned that it is ok to get emotional and even...

  17. Pneumonia...Sepsis... how are the two related?

    ritarunningfeet replied to CandyGyrl's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    A r/o diagnosis is usually something that you don't get instant answers for, like sepsis. To find the bacterial infection in the blood, blood cultures are done, and usually they grow for 72 hours...

  18. is nursing shortage really exists?????

    ritarunningfeet replied to leesinos's topic in General Students

    I know the hospital I work in is short alot of the time, we can't send our pt's upstairs from ER not because there isn't a bed but because there isn't enough staff to take care of a full floor. There...

  19. Accelerated Nursing Program

    ritarunningfeet replied to alli521's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    what kind of accelerated program is it? There are a few different types out there that I know of, a LPN to RN, a Paramedic to RN and a Bachlors to

  20. Shin splints, help!

    ritarunningfeet replied to ShelleyERgirl's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with BerryHappy 100% I also have run quite a few marathons. Staying off the concrete is definatly a big deal. This month in runners world magazine they had an article on the kinesiology tape...

  21. Have your feelings about the human body changed?

    ritarunningfeet replied to learning08's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the greater appreciation for the human body and when they are healthy. I must say, nakedness has become a normal thing, not something that I really get embaressed about like when I was a...

  22. sizure like activity after fainting

    ritarunningfeet replied to Guest219794's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    saw it once in er, pt fainted and started twitching then came to, really weird, I grabbed some ativan thinking was a seizure, but it wasn't. Only that one time, haven't seen it

  23. RN to Paramedic Bridge Course

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

    Hey hherrn, I took this course in october 07' And I actually had someone from ski patrol in my class. I thought it was a very well run course, they built on what we already knew. It was very...

  24. An EMT's place among Nurses

    ritarunningfeet replied to Tiki8767's topic in General Nursing

    Don't give up Tiki, there are spots in hospitals, some ER's use EMT- B, and some paramedics. Those spots are sometimes harder to get. You would see alot in an ER, however on the road you would see...

  25. A comic going to the ER

    ritarunningfeet replied to loricatus's topic in Emergency

    Oh my gosh!!! that is hillarious!! I thought my sides were going to split with the moaning!