RainbowSkye

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  1. Why did you take up nursing? What's your story?

    RainbowSkye replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    My mom brought home a box of Cherry Ames books she bought at a garage sale when I was nine or so. I read them all, and decided then and there I wanted to go to a diploma nursing school and be a...

  2. Your Worst Mistake

    RainbowSkye replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    As far as I remember it was the same stuff. I know, I'm amazed at what's changed over the past few years. This is off topic, but back in the 70s we hung alcohol drips and gave IM paraldehyde for...

  3. Your Worst Mistake

    RainbowSkye replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    Yup, time keeps on marching by for all of us. The only meds I gave in the 70s that were sent in tablet form for IM or IV use were morphine and dig. I'm sure there were others, but I didn't give...

  4. Your Worst Mistake

    RainbowSkye replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    Back in those olden days when I started my nursing career (diploma grad 1974) there were several medications we mixed with a sterile dilutent and gave IV. I don't even recall using a special filter....

  5. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    RainbowSkye replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Okay, I'm going to be the devil's advocate here. No, I don't think nurses who work with the nursing home/extended care population are stupid or uncaring. However, this is an ER thread... At least...

  6. Nrsing in Savannah GA

    RainbowSkye replied to ER-RN's topic in Travel

    I lived and worked in Savannah (in the hospital with the only level one trauma center) for about 12 years. I'd be happy to chat with you privately if you're interested. Just e-mail. By the way, I'm...

  7. Is the ER supposed to stablize the Patient before transferring to the unit?

    RainbowSkye replied to indapinda's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Well, gee, that hasn't been my experience at all (sending nearly dead patients to the floor or unit). As a matter of fact, if death seems imminent and there is nothing that can be done, we keep them...

  8. "Are you saved?" How do YOU deal with these types of questions

    RainbowSkye replied to porterwoman's topic in General Nursing

    Reborn, By your screen name I believe you're letting us all know that you are Christian, and proud of it. Maybe you could shed some light on this discussion. Why do you think that some Christians...

  9. 1950s nursing

    RainbowSkye replied to colrainrn's topic in General Nursing

    Well, we had to pay tuition to the local university for the first two terms - I think that was $300/term. And $200 for the nursing classes the first year. Junior and senior year: $100/quarter. Grand...

  10. "Are you saved?" How do YOU deal with these types of questions

    RainbowSkye replied to porterwoman's topic in General Nursing

  11. "Are you saved?" How do YOU deal with these types of questions

    RainbowSkye replied to porterwoman's topic in General Nursing

    For the Christians on this thread: Yes, I really am offended if someone asks me if I'm saved. I try very hard not to show that I'm offended when asked at work (which is nearly every work day), but...

  12. 1950s nursing

    RainbowSkye replied to colrainrn's topic in General Nursing

    When I was about nine years old my mom bought a huge box of Cherry Ames books at a yard sale. From that point on, I knew I wanted to be a nurse. And I wanted to go to a diploma nursing program just...

  13. Out with "Nurse" In with...?

    RainbowSkye replied to The Veridican's topic in General Nursing

    How about nurse? Maybe it's not the name that needs changing, but how we're

  14. How Long Is Your Wait In The Er?

    RainbowSkye replied to mdslabod's topic in Emergency

    A few years ago I worked at an inner city ER that had a wait time of over four hours for non-acute patients (not bad when you think about it). Anyway, the triage nurses were continuously harrassed by...

  15. Drug Seekers- the Wrongfully Accused

    RainbowSkye replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

    Pain control in the ER is such a dilemma. I want everyone with pain to be appropriately treated. I want everyone who has a prescription drug abuse problem to be appropriately treated. It's just kinda...

  16. Your least favorite patient.

    RainbowSkye replied to errn7's topic in Emergency

    Oh, my gosh, there are so many. The teenage princess who has the entire family hovering over her at all times. Who can't swallow a pill - "don't you have that in a liquid?". The frequent visitor who...

  17. Names of Online MSN(FNP) Schools

    RainbowSkye replied to vickieMSN(FNP)'s topic in Online Distance Learning

    How about Frontier Nursing School? It's even in Kentucky.

  18. Rural ER Staffing

    RainbowSkye posted a topic in Emergency

    I work in an itty-bitty rural hospital ER with three beds. We do have 24 hour physician coverage (some of the other hospitals around here don't) and an RN on each shift. Night nurses work alone, the...

  19. Telephone Advice

    RainbowSkye replied to SLPorterRN's topic in Emergency

    Well, when I did the telephone triage thing (ask a nurse, dial a nurse, whatever) we were a regular hospital unit with a medical director and nurse manager. We strickly followed computer protocols...

  20. Telephone Advice

    RainbowSkye replied to SLPorterRN's topic in Emergency

  21. Drug Seeker Stories

    RainbowSkye replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    Okay, now that we know that all the nurses who work in the ER only want to label people with pain as drug seekers, and that many of you out there are afraid that we might someday have to take care of...

  22. How do you feel Paramedics can improve?

    RainbowSkye replied to Medic_78's topic in Emergency

    I can't imagine being a paramedic. It's hard enough assessing a patient in the chaos of the ER. I sure wouldn't want to do it in the street. I love the paramedics who act on their assessments....

  23. Drug Seeker Stories

    RainbowSkye replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    Okay, here's my most recent drug seeker story. I was caring for a gentleman well known to our ER who was demanding demerol for his mosquito bite. Yup. There happened to be a local police officer in...

  24. Nursing Identity: is it to Dress in White?

    RainbowSkye replied to Daqueengene's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Well, I'm not so sure I would like to go back to all whites, but I do think there is a distinction between the folks who work at the bank and nurses. Nurses have a long history and tradition of...

  25. old skills that we do not use anymore

    RainbowSkye replied to sassykitkatt's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, here's some stuff I remember from days gone by: Yup, the rotating tourniquets. We had three big abd pads with three fat tourniquets on our crash cart. You would put them on three out of the...