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b eyes

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  1. Discovery Days for High School students

    b eyes posted a topic in Emergency

    hi everyone...:redbeathe i am in need of some ideas. i am doing discovery days in the er on tuesday for high school students, and i was wondering if anyone had any ideas. some things i need to show...

  2. blood gases

    b eyes replied to b eyes's topic in Emergency

    With training , lab techs can do them. b

  3. Discovery Days for High School students

    b eyes replied to b eyes's topic in Emergency

    thank you everyone for your advice and ideas. Seriously, I love this site soo much...anyway, the day went great. I totally forgot about most of my plan as the kids were so interested in the medical...

  4. Lavage and the GI bleed

    b eyes replied to olddog1's topic in Emergency

    I had to do this about 2 months ago maybe on a jehovah's witness int the back of an ambulance for 1 hour and ten minutes to a level 2 trauma center (we are level 4). Patient was very messy by the...

  5. CEN exam tomorrow

    b eyes replied to LOVETHETRAUMA's topic in Emergency

    I am in the process of studying for it as well. Just relax, take deep breath , and do what you know and know what you do. I know you will do great.. Thinking of you and let us know how it...

  6. Help me find the positive in this

    b eyes replied to Faeriewand's topic in Emergency

    There are many positive in your new role. You will be able to help out the secretaries when they are busy, you will understand their role and their responsibiliites and like everyone else has said,...

  7. In a slump

    b eyes posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hi. I need some advice. I am an RN working in a small rural ER. Love nursing, however the hours have been getting to me. We are short staffed so I have been getting scheduled for several different...

  8. Question about sub-q heparin

    b eyes replied to Jolie's topic in Patient Medications

    I couldn't find anything online about this, just that the syringes are generally predrawn syringes for SQ injection. I will look further at work tonight. Just make sure that you are not using the...

  9. Question about sub-q heparin

    b eyes replied to Jolie's topic in Patient Medications

    HMMMMM...Our heparin for SQ injection is in prefilled syringes, therefore all we need to do is attach the needle and give the injection. But I will try to find this information for

  10. Am I stepping on senior nurses toes?

    b eyes posted a topic in Emergency

    Hi. Have a question for you. I work in an ER which is staffed with one nurse and one doc for each shift. Small hospital. Anyway, I have noticed that when I am with a critical patient and cannot...

  11. EWWWW, something doesn't seem right to me here!!

    b eyes posted a topic in Emergency

    I have yet another question... In ER yesterday, we had to intubate a patient. anyway, ater all was said and done, I called to have the blades sent for sterilization so I cuold get the crash cart put...

  12. SCARED to death of conscious sedation

    b eyes posted a topic in Emergency

    Can anybody boost my confidence with experiences/ knowledge about conscious sedation? We frequently do it in our ER, although I haven't done it yet. We generally work alone in the ER with one nurse...

  13. EWWWW, something doesn't seem right to me here!!

    b eyes posted a topic in Infectious Disease

    I have a question, I posted this in emerency section, and many of the replies came back as to contact infection control so I would like to post this question to all infection control nurses. In ER...

  14. EWWWW, something doesn't seem right to me here!!

    b eyes replied to b eyes's topic in Emergency

    Thank you. And that was a great site. Answered my

  15. EWWWW, something doesn't seem right to me here!!

    b eyes replied to b eyes's topic in Emergency

    Sorry if this is a dumb question but, can you explain why saliva or blood should not be on the instrument before going in the

  16. EWWWW, something doesn't seem right to me here!!

    b eyes replied to b eyes's topic in Emergency

    Our peds crash cart has sterile disposable blades. And I agree with you about if someone is dying, and wiping a port, but just think if they survive, It's just going to make their recovery that much...

  17. EWWWW, something doesn't seem right to me here!!

    b eyes replied to b eyes's topic in Emergency

    Oh see, that's interesting, because central sterile told me yesterday that if I did not like the idea of just using soap and water, I COULD drop them into the "green stuff" HMMMM... Thank you, by the...

  18. EWWWW, something doesn't seem right to me here!!

    b eyes replied to b eyes's topic in Emergency

    What is the solution that you use to clean your supplies? I know they are not packaged sterile, however, I think that they need to be cleaned much better that soap and water. Something else to kill...

  19. EWWWW, something doesn't seem right to me here!!

    b eyes replied to b eyes's topic in Emergency

    I still disagree. As I said, then it would be the same as using the same yankauer for each patient just wash with soap and water between uses. This day and age, just doesn't seem like safe practice...

  20. EWWWW, something doesn't seem right to me here!!

    b eyes replied to b eyes's topic in Emergency

    I would like to say they did not understand, however, they came to the ER and showed me how they would like me to do it!! I was absolutely

  21. Can anyone explain J waves to me?

    b eyes posted a topic in Emergency

    can anyone explain j waves to me? i went to ena symposium yesterday and one of the topics was hypothermia and j waves on an ekg. what do they look like? why does the patient get them? also...

  22. children with asthma

    b eyes posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi. I am just looking for some support, insight, anything there is to offer in the way of asthma in children. My son was diagnosed at a year and a half old. He has had some pretty serious...

  23. Am I stepping on senior nurses toes?

    b eyes replied to b eyes's topic in Emergency

    making up the packets does require some work, however, nobody has taken the initiative to keep the packets made up besides me. one nurse is mad because the management position was taken away from him...

  24. update on steppping on senior nurses toes

    b eyes posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all! and thank you for the replys. Helped alot. However, now I have a addendum to that issue. here goes, It seems that the senior nurse I was talking about has been trying to set me up for...

  25. Am I stepping on senior nurses toes?

    b eyes replied to b eyes's topic in Emergency

    No one HAD done anything with the forms in twelve years!! I left them for people to go through and people did not know what they were used for. Presented differently, Like how, I asked them what...