Corey Narry MSN, RN, NP

ACNP-BC, Adult Critical Care, Cardiology

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    President Trump and the First Lady Test COVID Positive

    Corey Narry replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    The recommendation for dexamethasone was based on the RECOVERY trial in the UK that used a dose of 6 mg of dexamethasone daily for 10 days or until discharge and showed a benefit for mechanically...
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    President Trump and the First Lady Test COVID Positive

    Corey Narry replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in U.S. Politics's Talk Politics

    normal lungs...but yet it must be him, because there is no visible cardiac silhouette, hence, no heart. On the other hand, that is noticeably a fit person with a slim frame...not Trump's body
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    What's it like in the VIP wing of a hospital?

    Corey Narry replied to marienm, RN, CCRN's topic in General Nursing

    Flex rooms are not new. I've known of hospitals adopting it 10 years ago. They are basically rooms that can accommodate fluctuating acuity and in the one I was familiar with the patients admitted...
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    What's it like in the VIP wing of a hospital?

    Corey Narry replied to marienm, RN, CCRN's topic in General Nursing

    Where does it say that in the original link? That link you provided is not the same VIP area that @NRSKarenRN provided. This new structure opening in 2021 is their new wing for any patient admitted...
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    What's it like in the VIP wing of a hospital?

    Corey Narry replied to marienm, RN, CCRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thing is, they only get a "special room". It doesn't say for instance that if they need services such as Radiology (CT Scan, MRI), Surgery, IR, etc that there is a special suite for them. They still...
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    Standard COVID Precautions

    Corey Narry replied to rooftop-yawp's topic in Disaster Preparation

    1. Not outside of patient rooms. N95 masks are used inside the room of a patient who is COVID 19 positive, PUI's and pending COVID 19 results, and patients having any of the aerosol-generating...
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    Don’t want to take care of people anymore...

    Corey Narry replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    Try Case Management or Hospital Bed Control
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    Age vs Years Nursing

    Corey Narry replied to Erika Patterson's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting data collection but I'll bite. Did one year of undecided college major after High School then transferred to BSN. Age: 51 Years as RN + NP: 28 Years as NP:
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    Microscopic UA and UTI question

    Corey Narry replied to lucy8686's topic in General Nursing

    Aside from seeing WBC and bacteria, agree that leukocyte esterase indicates UTI but can be present if the specimen is contaminated with lady partsl contact. Nitrites on a specimen indicate presence...
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    Newbie nurse, 2nd day precepting in ICU. I cried. Will I make it?

    Corey Narry replied to Guest1158260's topic in General Nursing

    It's not unusual to be slow when you're new. I once did clinical teaching in a nursing program where we had a clinical skills lab and the students would return demonstrate priming an IV line and...
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    Not sure if I should get an NP or a MHA

    Corey Narry replied to HiddenShadow20's topic in General Nursing

    Personally, I would say no. There are two main types of MHA programs...the traditional MHA and the executive MHA. Traditional MHA's admit students with a variety of undergrad degrees who are...
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    Not sure if I should get an NP or a MHA

    Corey Narry replied to HiddenShadow20's topic in General Nursing

    With your background, you can consider PA. I am a Nurse Practitioner but I was a staff RN in the hospital setting before going back for grad school so that was more of a natural progression in my...
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    Questionable Preceptor

    Corey Narry replied to MagicalBunny's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    At first, I was like "what a ...!" but then I read the responses and agree, this staff nurse does not need to take on the school's faculty role 100%. That preceptor is not getting any extra perk for...
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    Surgical Trauma ICU vs SICU

    Corey Narry replied to tinysnailRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    That will vary within different hospitals. Surgical/Trauma ICU's may have a combination of Trauma admissions (traumatic injuries such as gunshot wounds, motor vehicle crashes, pedestrian accidents,...
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    Adverse Effects of Calcium Gluconate, Patient States “getting really hot”

    Corey Narry replied to Nurse-please's topic in General Nursing

    It's a known side effect of calcium administration. Micromedex actually states it should be given at a rate not to exceed 200 mg/min. In cardiac arrest situations from presumed hyperkalemia, calcium...
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    Case Study: An OB Catastrophe

    Corey Narry replied to Corey Narry's topic in Critical Care

    Great! Ferning is test that determines that the fluid is amniotic. You may move to the next
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    Subjective vs Objective Assessment

    Corey Narry replied to LittleZee's topic in General Nursing

    @JKL33 Based on your quoted response, I did make an effort to look up nursing assessments on Epic (something us providers never really view at all) and found that it does mix both subjective and...
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    Subjective vs Objective Assessment

    Corey Narry replied to LittleZee's topic in General Nursing

    I feel like physical assessment is your objective examination findings and subjective data is what the patient tells you. It is however rare for a patient to state that they are having abdominal...
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    California NP Furnishing Number

    Corey Narry replied to ms5547's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    @ms5547 that course should suffice but also call Barkley and Associates to make sure. That company was started by Thomas Barkley an NP who became faculty at CSU Los Angeles. They would know what CA...
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    California NP Furnishing Number

    Corey Narry replied to ms5547's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I think the question is an endorsement situation... the OP took the Advanced Pharm six course years ago...California requires that the applicant completed this course within the last 5 years. If the...
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    EPIC

    Corey Narry replied to jag nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Right, it's always fun when a resident comes in yelling about why a medication ordered wasn't given yet and the nurse says "you ordered it for tomorrow",
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    RN pay in the Bay Area, CA?

    Corey Narry replied to soontobenewgrad2020's topic in General Nursing

    UCSF is posted online, the starting pay for Clinical Nurse 1 is $68.30 per hr: https://myhr.UCSF.edu/index.php/tpp/tpp_detail on this link just type nurse on the search box. Kaiser...
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    EPIC

    Corey Narry replied to jag nurse's topic in General Nursing

    If your Epic is similar to ours, providers just have to pay attention to the order details before hitting sign. Epic order entry gives us the option to give the medication now, as scheduled (based on...
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    No med room.

    Corey Narry replied to nursing9462's topic in General Nursing

    Got it. It's the same here in Northern California, we have a master plan for a new hospital campus slated to open in 2030...that's with a lot of wrangling with the surrounding neighborhood about what...
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    No med room.

    Corey Narry replied to nursing9462's topic in General Nursing

    @RNperdiem let me guess, California where space is premium and regulations galore prevent new hospital structures from being built because the neighborhood association would not like the shadow of a...