ritarunningfeet

ritarunningfeet

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  1. Ever have a day like this?!?!?!?!

    ritarunningfeet replied to nurseofalltrades's topic in General Nursing

    I hope to be happily demented some day, because I don't want to know my health is going. Plus then I can pinch all those cute grandsons of other residents on the tush and just

  2. "Funny Codes"?

    ritarunningfeet replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

    Ruby that story is GREAT!!! I almost pee'd myself laughing so hard:lol2: :chuckle

  3. Am I having an acute BF (Brain Fart)????

    ritarunningfeet replied to BrnEyedGirl's topic in Emergency

    I have been in ER for 1.5 years and my experiance has been the same as above, we usually don't have time to check and wait for a mg level to come back. When they are in SVT we give the adenosine,...

  4. Important Drug Tips!!

    ritarunningfeet replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    The reason you aren't supposed to crush po pills of potassium like K-dur, is because it has a micro coating on it so it breaks down differently in the stomach. The effervesant kind is called k-lyte...

  5. IV drugs RN's can give?

    ritarunningfeet replied to bill4745's topic in Emergency

    I think it all depends on your state and hospital. We can push almost any drug, about the only one we don't do is pentathol, we mix it and then the dr pushes it. Only one of our doctors actually...

  6. Zoll autopulse

    ritarunningfeet replied to babynurselsa's topic in Emergency

    Had pt a few months ago brought in with on, it was nice for the medics because there hands were free to do other things rather than compressions. Easy to turn off and get out of way once got to ER,...

  7. Guess this chief complaint

    ritarunningfeet replied to ernurse61's topic in Emergency

    Sometimes its not just the spelling it is the acutal complaint Just the other day had a guy whose icd was firing. His complaint when asked was " I was sticking it to my old lady, when I burnt her...

  8. What I Love About Nursing Is....

    ritarunningfeet replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

    The difference I can make in someones life Also the variety in what I can do In ER never nowing what is coming through the doors and having to jump into immediate action....Love it....adrenaline...

  9. Can someone explain this please?

    ritarunningfeet replied to SCRN1's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    morte is right the hyperglycemic patients are usually dehydrated, also alot of times these patients can become acidodic and the fluids help to reverse and/ or combat the

  10. lpns and iv's

    ritarunningfeet replied to kappykatlpn's topic in Michigan Nursing

    In michigan it is based on the facility and maybe the department. The med/surg floor I worked on in one hospital didn't allow LPN's to start IV's. However the er I work in, our LPN's can start IV's....

  11. Drug dispensing systems

    ritarunningfeet replied to mkmdbm7's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Where do you keep your meds now? We use a pixis in the er I work in and it really doesn't slow us down at all, granted the pt name is in the pixis, as soon as they are registered. So I just sign in....

  12. Hey ER, what takes so long???

    ritarunningfeet replied to RunningWithScissors's topic in Emergency

    What is your hospital policy on who writes the admission orders? Because the small er I work in the er physician writes the admitting orders and then the accepting dr has to see the pt within 24...

  13. paramedics in the ER

    ritarunningfeet replied to blufoxtrot's topic in Emergency

    I work in 2 different ER's and there are paramedics in both, but their roles are different. In the small town er there is an RN and paramedic in the er and perform pretty much all the same tasks....

  14. She's fallen and can't get up! Now what do you do?

    ritarunningfeet replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Actually I had a similar situation with similar resistance. We had a pt that was 350#, that had slipped and fell, but couldn't get up. It was someone we had brought upstairs from ER, We initially...

  15. transfusion ??'s and other iv ??'s

    ritarunningfeet replied to dayshiftnurse's topic in Medical-Surgical

    check you hospital policies of course. But my experiance is that blood and blood products are dedicated lines as far as when infusing, you cannot y meds or other products in. Of course to run things...

  16. IVs and kids

    ritarunningfeet replied to bill4745's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Go to http://www.med.umich.edu/survival_flight/Primary%20Pages/staffkudos.htm and read the first artical listed. It was written by one of the flight nurses and just gives some good tips on pediatric...

  17. Prospective Nursing Student with Career Questions

    ritarunningfeet replied to sexymonkeyboy's topic in Michigan Nursing

    Hello, I am an RN in Michigan, 2 years out of school with an ADN, this past year I made 55k in er on nights, with very little over time. As a nurse there seems to ALWAYS be opportunity for overtime....

  18. EMT training helpful?

    ritarunningfeet replied to sconoli's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I am an RN in an ER and work with many Nurses who were emts or paramedics first. And in my opinion they seem very comfortable with the trauma aspect right off the bat, where as I wasn't exposed to it...

  19. What age were you when you went to nursing school?

    ritarunningfeet replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    Pre reques took a long time as I was initally a pre-vet student. Got into the RN program at 23, and graduated with ADN at

  20. Belittled

    ritarunningfeet replied to NicoleRN07's topic in Emergency

    Can you write him up? We have a doc like that at both hospitals I work at, and unfortunatly, everything flows down hill if you know what I mean. The problem docs we have, we write up and keep...

  21. Great Book

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

    Just Finished it!! Amazing book totally rocked!! , makes me want to be a flight nurse even, more, just have to get my years of experiance

  22. Would You/Do You Offer Assistance?

    ritarunningfeet replied to KellNY's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the direction of this thread, if ems is there, stay out of the way or offer comfort to the family if you know them. If they are not there then stop, but as a nurse outside of the...

  23. ER Dept Scrub Color

    ritarunningfeet replied to blufoxtrot's topic in Emergency

    In the ER I work in we are the only department in the hospital that is color coded, but it helps the volunteers, lab people and transport techs spot the nurses. We can wear any top, but out pants are...

  24. ER Nurses. Read This!

    ritarunningfeet replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    I Love this article, we had it hanging at all of our nurses stations and in the break room when it came

  25. What nursing shoes do your recommend?

    ritarunningfeet replied to XtineRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I used to wear brikenstock clogs which I loved however I have allignment problems and they didn't help. I now am wearing danskos, which took a week straight to get used to and I was sore at first but...