stunner127

stunner127

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  1. Allergic to tegaderm?

    stunner127 posted a topic in Patient Medications

    I had started an IV on a stable er patient tonight and she claimed to be "Severely allergic" to tegaderm, refusing to let me put a dressing on the site. I had no idea how else to dress the IV site so...

  2. how does your facility cover call?

    stunner127 posted a topic in Gastroenterology

    I work in a small community hospital GI unit, we have 6 staff members. We typically run 1 endo room on week days, occasionally we open a second room. Half of our staff members have less than 1.5...

  3. how does your facility cover call?

    stunner127 replied to stunner127's topic in Gastroenterology

    The OR has been helping us cover call but now they are fighting against it because they just had 5 nurses quit. They are more burned out than we are. They hate covering our call which I do...

  4. baby with strange bruising from tourniquet

    stunner127 posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    The other day I saw something strange and I was wondering if anyone here has seen anything like this before and can give me any info. The patient was a baby in the ER. A nurse had placed an IV on...

  5. Considering move to Nashville area, looking for any advice!

    stunner127 posted a topic in Tennessee Nursing

    Hi everyone, I'm a little Yankee girl that fell in love with a travel nurse from TN a year ago. Now it's time for one of us to make a move and put a stop to this long distance nonsense. I really have...

  6. CEN Challenge

    stunner127 replied to m_chatelaine's topic in Emergency

    i just passed cen about a month ago. less experienced than you - icu as a new grad, 2 years er nursing. i found the actual test much easier than the review books. they throw you some bizarre...

  7. Insight & advice on Critical care(ICU) VS. general Med-Surg floor?

    stunner127 replied to RUcon08's topic in General Nursing

    Not to get into the whole "should ICU's take new grads" debate...but having recently quit my job as a new grad in an ICU (and currently working in med surg) I just feel like I want to emphasize that...