brent_25

brent_25 RN

Med/Surg, IV therapy, Emerg, Peds

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  1. Endorsing RN license to NY?

    brent_25 replied to share's topic in New York Nursing

    LOL - that is probably the funniest reply I've seen

  2. CVS NY Application

    brent_25 replied to Transitiontime's topic in International Nursing

    Sent you an

  3. CVS NY Application

    brent_25 replied to Transitiontime's topic in International Nursing

    Hey there - send me a PM - I can help you with this - I moved from Canada (Vancouver) to NYC 3 years ago and I am familiar with the process. I can't promise I will have all the answers but I'm sure I...

  4. Midline IV

    brent_25 replied to 1Grateful1's topic in General Nursing

    As previously mentioned - a midline catheter is a peripheral IV (ie not a central line). The tip (or end - where the medication infuses) - is in the mid basilic/cephalic vein - it does not extend past...

  5. How Much Do You Make???

    brent_25 replied to amoss2345's topic in General Nursing

    1. RN - staff nurse 2. BSN 3. 9 years exp 4. Peds ER 5. NY NY 6. 79K base + 5K nights. (120K last year with

  6. IV fluids to gravity, infiltration?

    brent_25 replied to kmoonshine's topic in Emergency

    I have seen patients 'play' with their IV's too many times..it is so easy for a roller clamp to get opened (or closed)..I think what everyone is saying is that infusing KCL without a pump just isn't...

  7. Peds Or Adult Stethescope?

    brent_25 replied to peds_cna's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I work in a peds ER and a co-worker of mine has the stethescope you want to get - the 'blazing sun' one..she LOVES it, and I have used it a few times and I can really hear well with it - they really...

  8. a dumb question

    brent_25 replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    Just interested as to the reason a CVC 'didn't happen'? I'm assuming it was attempted multiple times without success? That is really the solution here - obviously this type of fluid resus patient...

  9. How do you, on a Med-Surg floor, get report from the ED?

    brent_25 replied to cdm.rn2006's topic in General Nursing

    I should have added to my last post that I work in a 60 bed ED in NYC. Trust me when I say we're busy - and in the last year I've only gave a written report ONCE! Every other time has been verbal...

  10. How do you, on a Med-Surg floor, get report from the ED?

    brent_25 replied to cdm.rn2006's topic in General Nursing

    A phone report is ALWAYS the best way to endorse a patient - but occasionally our ED will have to give a written report - if the receiving nurse is unable to come to the phone. Of course, we have...

  11. Picc Line Flushing

    brent_25 replied to arms's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Flushing with anything less than a 10cc is syringe is a big no-no. It has to do with the pressure exerted from the syringe - and the smaller diameter syringe you use - the more pressure it exerts....

  12. central lines to gravity

    brent_25 replied to mosjes's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    We run CVC's to gravity all the time (mainly because we simply don't have enough pumps in the hospital for all the CVC's we have!)..but when we do - it is our policy to hang micro-drip tubing instead...

  13. Government classifies nurses as 'unskilled workers'

    brent_25 replied to karensflowers's topic in General Nursing

    Is this really true? All I can say is that I am a "foreign nurse" (educated in Canada - BSN) who is now licensed in multiple states - and of course I had to write the NCLEX (as well as undergoing...

  14. Drawing blood from a PICC line

    brent_25 replied to rnewmanjunkie's topic in General Nursing

    I have drawn blood from PICC's for years on an IV team - and we always use vacutainers - and have no problems. A syringe actually creates more pressure than the vacutainer we find - we will use a...

  15. Drawing Lab Samples from Hickman Lines

    brent_25 replied to rnewmanjunkie's topic in General Nursing

    My 2 cents again..at my hospital (every institution has different policy of course) I work on the IV team and we do all the blood draws from lines - we draw from all lines - groshong ended or open...

  16. Drawing Lab Samples from Hickman Lines

    brent_25 replied to rnewmanjunkie's topic in General Nursing

    HI all - I agree with all of the responses thus far - I just wanted to add that I am aware of 2 different 'systems' for this - the yellow vacutainer and the needle is usually a 2 piece system - where...

  17. Endorsing RN license to NY?

    brent_25 replied to share's topic in New York Nursing

    Hi all, Hope I can help - I am a Canadian RN who recently moved to NYC. I already have a MN RN license, and looked into getting my NY state RN license through endorsement. As a foreign educated RN...

  18. How to make formal complaint to CGFNS?

    brent_25 replied to rsmit02's topic in International Nursing

    HI all, Just need to vent a little about CGFNS too! Ironically enough I did the VisaScreen (CES) certification through them (from Canada) and it didn't take too long (about 3 months from start to...