nursekatie22

nursekatie22 RN

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  1. EKGs.....I think I'm screwed!

    nursekatie22 posted a topic in Cardiac

    i honestly hate them! it really stinks since i work on a med-surg floor that is also tele so there's always the possibility of having at least one tele pt. i mean, i passed the ekg test after taking...

  2. EKGs.....I think I'm screwed!

    nursekatie22 replied to nursekatie22's topic in Cardiac

    i haven't really been back here since i posted this but i'm glad i got some input. i took acls this past week and it was great! the guys who taught it were medics who do this sort of thing all the...

  3. EKGs.....I think I'm screwed!

    nursekatie22 replied to nursekatie22's topic in Cardiac

    okay, had a chat with the nurse who actually told my boss about my "issues" and since i never see my boss (i work nights) we worked it out and i learned a lot!

  4. How do you treat Meth OD?

    nursekatie22 replied to HopeItWorksDNP's topic in Emergency

    this may sound like a dumb question, but all of the "afters" but one seem to have these red lacerations/wounds on their faces. why is that? i've never had to deal with any ods before so i'm very...

  5. Do you have time to cut diabetic toenails?

    nursekatie22 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Thank god, NO!! They're

  6. my son getting tubes in ears

    nursekatie22 replied to lpnurse!'s topic in General Nursing

    Having a testicle brought down???!?!?

  7. Challenging boards?

    nursekatie22 replied to nursekatie22's topic in General Nursing

    you guys are good!!! yup, i'm in california. i didn't know you could do that with the lvn boards and i hope you can't do that with the rn boards! i'm happy that this might make it easier for her...

  8. ACLS training!

    nursekatie22 posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    Okay, I have to do ACLS for my job that I just started and I'm terrified!! It all looks so hard! Course I haven't had my basic EKG strip reading classes yet so that may not be helping, but STILL!!!...

  9. Explaining: WHY nightshift, to family and friends

    nursekatie22 replied to skislalom's topic in General Nursing

    ;)do what i do and say............... "because i like

  10. ACLS training!

    nursekatie22 replied to nursekatie22's topic in Medical-Surgical

    yeah, i just got hired in june and started on the floor july 3rd and the class is september 3-4. i'm hoping the ekg class will help a lot cause i don't remember too much from school!

  11. Who can witness a waste?

    nursekatie22 replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

    As a student nurse extern this past semester (having finished my nursing classes in December) I could waste as long as the other person was an RN. At the hospital I'm at now as an RN, it has to be...

  12. Nrp

    nursekatie22 posted a topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I live in California and was wondering where to get my Neonatal Resucitation certification because I'd like to float to mother/baby every now and then. I've e-mailed my education department and am...

  13. Signed up for Med-Surg but feel like I am in ICU!!!!

    nursekatie22 replied to ExTechie's topic in General Nursing

    OMG!! I'm always stressed out before I even get in the door (just had my 2nd night of work on my own after 3 1/2 weeks orientation--which I didn't feel was enough!) and I can't even imagine what...

  14. Picc Line Flushing

    nursekatie22 replied to arms's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Where I work, PICCs are flushed Q8 with 10ml NS and we don't use heparin for them. PACs and such are hep-locked, though and we flush with 10ml NS then lock with 5ml heparin. At the place I worked in...

  15. Nyc!

    nursekatie22 posted a topic in New York Nursing

    I want to try living in NYC after I get done with my first year of nursing and was wondering which hospitals were good (Med-Surg wise), pt to nurse ratios, and where housing is available (i.e. close...

  16. Med-Surg/Onc/tele

    nursekatie22 posted a topic in Cardiac

    I work on a MS/Onc/tele unit and I'll have to take ACLS in September and I'm so scared! I didn't know if there was a book, internet link, etc that would help me understand heart rythems. I'm just...

  17. Nyc!

    nursekatie22 replied to nursekatie22's topic in New York Nursing

    *bump*

  18. Anyone using a good electronic medication admin. system?

    nursekatie22 replied to suanna's topic in General Nursing

    The one we're using sounds identical to the one you're describing and it works pretty well. It was just hard to get used to because I'd never used anything like that before, but it's pretty

  19. HELP! 2.5 hour interview! AHHHHH!

    nursekatie22 replied to jamonit's topic in First Year After Licensure

    :uhoh3:Holy crap! That's a LONG interview! I had 40 minutes (not expecting to even get an interview that day!) and I thought that was a

  20. Med-Surg/Onc/tele

    nursekatie22 replied to nursekatie22's topic in Cardiac

    Thank you all so much! I'll try to get a hold of some of those books and go on the

  21. how long did your nclex-rn in california results before it was online???

    nursekatie22 replied to imhopeful's topic in California Nursing

    I took mine on Tuesday, July 3 and my results were up Thursday the 5th. That really suprized me bcause of the

  22. Flunked out of School!

    nursekatie22 replied to Helluvaguy's topic in General Nursing

    Yup, that happened to me. I started at one school and had to finish at another school. It was my fault, though, cause I wasn't applying myself and didn't want to do nursing back then (I was a music...

  23. whats happening out there???

    nursekatie22 replied to whitman's topic in Medical-Surgical

    It's been lower census for my floor, too, but at the same time, it can seem really busy! :uhoh21: Maybe that's just cause I'm a new

  24. Floor Nursing?

    nursekatie22 replied to mr.rn-2010's topic in Medical-Surgical

    When I was in school I SWORE I'd never do Med-Surg and now that I've graduated, that's what I'm doing and I like it. Granted, that's 100% due to the people I work with, because they're making the...

  25. Cellulitis and spider bites

    nursekatie22 replied to nursekatie22's topic in Medical-Surgical

    well, i hate spiders anyway:rolleyes:, but that's just what the patients come in saying. i don't know how they can tell what bit them or when, because sometimes the bites don't even hurt! i just...