BrnEyedGirl BSN, MSN, RN, APRN

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    administering blood products

    BrnEyedGirl replied to ello7's topic in General Nursing

    I work in the ER and we have the same argument! I could easily dump 4 U FFP in 30 min and if I'm using the Level 1 I can do the same with PRC's. I have just started telling them yes I will be...
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    Lying about a med to a psych patient

    BrnEyedGirl replied to cel58's topic in Emergency

    I will admit that as an ER nurse my experience with true psychiatric pt's is limited compared to a psych nurse. I made my statements based on my experiences. We have two patients that immediately...
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    Is it ok give the patient water when they are having hypertension emergency

    BrnEyedGirl replied to princess007's topic in General Nursing

    Did the doctor write an order for
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    Triage Regulations

    BrnEyedGirl replied to medic182's topic in Emergency

    Another issue that occurs when the nurse isn't the first to see the pt is that the L arm pain is an MI or the R hand is tingling is a stroke,....registration can't be responsible to identify this!...
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    Lying about a med to a psych patient

    BrnEyedGirl replied to cel58's topic in Emergency

    I would almost always agree that you shouldn't lie to a patient,..this however might be the exception. In my ER, in my state, if this psych pt was out of control, a threat to himself or others, we...
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    The student nurse

    BrnEyedGirl replied to musickx2's topic in General Nursing

    that was the most pc response to a student nurse i've seen in a long time! :) (now pardon me while i
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    What is up with these Sickle Cell Patients?!

    BrnEyedGirl replied to BrandNewbieNurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    there are numerous posts about rude, crude patients. it seems that someone always comes to there defense. there is always an excuse for being rude. i don't understand this. is it a generational...
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    Disaster at work?

    BrnEyedGirl replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I work in a community just east of Joplin Missouri. When the tornado hit Joplin, several from my hospital were there within a couple of hours. It was devastating, but almost magical. We had no...
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    thoughts on only Paralytic while intubated....

    BrnEyedGirl replied to MassED's topic in General Nursing

    I refuse to give a paralytic without sedation,...period. In the ER where I work, we often hang Diprovan on our intubated patients, so it isn't often a problem. If I have a doc order a paralytic...
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    Wow They Are Really Serious - smokers not hired

    BrnEyedGirl replied to LemonIndiscretion's topic in General Nursing

    There are only 2 major hospitals in my area, one is a Catholic hospital. It doesn't cover oral contraceptives and doesn't allow it's physicians to perform tubal ligation's,or vasectomies. If you have...
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    "But for me, 98.4 means I have a fever...."

    BrnEyedGirl replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    In my 20+ years in this wonderful career, I've never seen a doctor take a BP! I often cringe when patients say "I'm a really hard stick, the doctor will have to put in my IV",..I'm thinking yeah, I'm...
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    Giving narcotics to patients with no ride

    BrnEyedGirl replied to alimill's topic in Emergency

    I have to actually see the person who is driving before I give narcs. It is our hospital policy. We have had pts who lie or suddenly their ride is gone, security watches these pts and they notify...
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    Call Off Policies?

    BrnEyedGirl replied to belle87RN's topic in General Nursing

    I guess I've never understood requiring a note from a doctor. First off, many illnesses that require an absence for work, don't require a visit to a doctor, and most of the time, by the time I could...
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    30 bucks an hour starting salary???

    BrnEyedGirl replied to pat8585's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Starting salary for a new grad RN at my hospital is $17.40/hr. Our cap is only $31.80. Of course, you can also buy a nice 2500sq ft home with all the trimmings for about $200,000, and when I bought...
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    Did I catch this guy in a lie?

    BrnEyedGirl replied to CNA1991's topic in General Students

    Me too,...who
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    This is the worse idea I have every heard of-not safe.

    BrnEyedGirl replied to jlog.j's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I have worked at places that do this. I'm not sure why you think that bedside report will cause the patients to be unstable? The hospital I work for now has discussed this as an effort to move...
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    Waiting a year to take TNCC?

    BrnEyedGirl replied to brainkandy87's topic in Emergency

    One year is the policy in my ER. ENA suggests 6 mo clinical experience in the ER. Trauma Nursing Core Course
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    What's the longest er wait time you have Even seen

    BrnEyedGirl replied to Trekfan's topic in Emergency

    I work in a 50 bed ER, one of only two in our area. We often have 4-6 hr waits in the waiting room, occasionally much longer. Our wait for admits to actually get upstairs to a bed is often 12 hrs +,...
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    Sticky fingers-stealing other people's food/office supplies

    BrnEyedGirl replied to Black Jade's topic in General Nursing

    I don't understand this violation of privacy, while at work. We have cameras everywhere except pt rooms! We have caught several thieves this way over the years, pts, visitors et
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    pt. called in narcotics under MY name...now what

    BrnEyedGirl replied to Yulie's topic in General Nursing

    Where do you live that you can call in narcs? We can't
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    IM multiple med compatibility & technique

    BrnEyedGirl replied to flyingchange's topic in General Nursing

    Always, always, always look up your meds! Toradol doesn't play well with
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    This is for all you Trauma/ER-ED Nurses

    BrnEyedGirl replied to JWestbrook20's topic in General Nursing

    I've been on the scene for two serious MVI's. To be honest with you it was very frustrating for me. These folks needed blood and to get to the OR and all I could do was sit with them by the side of...
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    NPO in the ER

    BrnEyedGirl replied to hunnybaby24's topic in Emergency

    All of our pts are NPO until worked up et ok'd for PO by the doc. Not just for "tests" but possible dx that may require surgery, angio, swallow screen, sedation
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    Help me understand

    BrnEyedGirl posted a topic in Emergency

    Here's the scenario: 59 M c/o rapid onset of L sided weakness, slurred speech, double vision, onset at 0800 EMS arrival at 0830, pt with L facial droop, slurred speech, L arm et leg numbness et...
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    Pediatric death kits

    BrnEyedGirl replied to Jennifer, RN's topic in Emergency

    We have a memory kit. It has a ribbon to tie off a lock of hair, ink and a place for hand/foot prints, it's all in a pretty box, and the medical examiner doesn't have a problem at all. If we cut...