NYCRN16

NYCRN16

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  1. Drug Seeker Stories

    NYCRN16 replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    This was the best..Sat night there was a 20-something year old patient admitted to psych for taking a few too many Xanax's..sleepy at first, but otherwise OK. Its now 6 hours after getting 2 tubes of...

  2. meds that should never be given IV push

    NYCRN16 replied to newgrad2005's topic in General Students

    Unless you work for the executioners, NEVER PUSH IV POTASSIUM!! (they use that as part of the lethal injection)! In fact, any IV potassium, K-rider and all that, should be on a pump and in our...

  3. Scheduling lunch breaks in the ED

    NYCRN16 replied to Elle2's topic in Emergency

    We do team nursing, so we cover each other for our breaks. It works like this: There are 3 nurses on each team (for the main ED), and the breaks go from 1:30-3:00 am, 3:00-4:30 am, and 4:30-6:00 am....

  4. GYN patients in ER (I fought last night with GYN resident!)

    NYCRN16 replied to NYCRN16's topic in Emergency

    You are right about the Methergine..that is what I gave (I assumed it was some sort of brand name for pitocin?). Glad to hear from you, and experienced OB nurse that the pitocin drip was out of

  5. changing to team nursing

    NYCRN16 replied to lisa122's topic in General Nursing

    We do team nursing in my ER, but we do it somewhat differently from what I am reading here. It breaks down like this: There are 2 teams: 3 nurses start at 7 am, another comes in at 11 am. At 7 pm, 3...

  6. Rude Families-How do you deal with them?

    NYCRN16 replied to sassynurse78's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I will try my best to explain to them what is going on, and if they are not happy with the answer than I get the doctor to talk to them. If they are just being outright rude and nasty, I get security...

  7. nurse's aides doing accuchecks

    NYCRN16 replied to panurse101's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I usually do my own accu checks anyway, because I dont trust anyone else (techs and nurses) to do them when *I* am the one giving the insulin. In my busy ED, the patients are moved around often, or...

  8. Funny Sign In Slips

    NYCRN16 replied to TraumaInTheSlot's topic in Emergency

    I once had a slip that said "Has questions about enlargement". When we called him into triage he stated that his girlfriend told him that his member was too small and that he wanted to talk to a...

  9. Phenergan Supp given to toddler; child dies

    NYCRN16 replied to Mom23's topic in Emergency

    I am so sorry about your loss, my heart breaks for your friend. A comment to all other posters: What great info you all have given! I rarely float to Peds ER, and when I am over there I am scared as...

  10. Holding patients in ER

    NYCRN16 replied to Nursinist's topic in Emergency

    An indisputable fact- Once the floors are full, the nurses up there can only have X amount of patients period. We dont have a limit of patients in the ER. We routinely carry 9-14 patients, some of...

  11. THE QUESTION US STUDENTS REALLY WANT TO KNOW?? Starting Salary and What State.

    NYCRN16 replied to dream8's topic in General Nursing

    I work in NYC and my salary is $30-something an hour, but my salary breaks down like this: $60,000 base pay $6,000 night differential $1,450 BSN differential However, housing here is very expensive,...

  12. new grad RN- want to quit nursing

    NYCRN16 replied to sax_journey's topic in General Nursing

    Dont give up!! I am a fairly new grad, only out of school a little over a year, and I felt exactly the way you do (still do sometimes!). The first few months are tough, you will feel like you know...

  13. Drug Seeker Stories

    NYCRN16 replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    I had a guy come in a few weeks ago screaming and throwing himself on the floor in triage..OK, this guy was in a week before with confirmed kidney stones..So I go to get the toradol to give him before...

  14. Our first big test...is this normal?

    NYCRN16 replied to miafuture's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Is this the first test of the entire program or have you completed nursing classes before? If this is your VERY first nursing school test, get used to this happening..but not for much longer! Nursing...

  15. NEW LPN in NYC looking for first job(hospital)?

    NYCRN16 replied to [email protected]'s topic in New York Nursing

    Maybe others have some information that I dont have, but when I was an LPN I was unable to find a job in a hospital on LI, since most dont hire LPN's. I did have a friend who worked med surg at a...

  16. 265 and last question???

    NYCRN16 replied to adnstudent's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I saw this too since I took Kaplan to prepare for boards..However, I believe that they said that how you answer the last question is important when you have 265 questions. To the best of my memory,...

  17. VANCO in 250cc bag or OK to buretrol?

    NYCRN16 replied to bluesky's topic in MICU, SICU

    This just made me think..We are always searching for IV pumps when its busy and can never find enough, I could just imagine having to find a pump for everyone that gets vanco! We are supposed to...

  18. APLS (advanced pediatric life support)

    NYCRN16 replied to Sarah, RNBScN's topic in Emergency

    I didnt realize that APLS was a different course than PALS! I was assuming that this is what the OP was talking about PALS, but was just calling it by a different name. You learn something new every...

  19. APLS (advanced pediatric life support)

    NYCRN16 replied to Sarah, RNBScN's topic in Emergency

    I just took this course a few weeks ago. I found it a LOT easier than ACLS. Overall, I thought the course was good, I just dont like sitting in the classroom for 8 hours a day for 2 days :angryfire...

  20. CNA's passing meds in ALF. What's your opinion?

    NYCRN16 replied to Marti Ann's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    So what? Is the nurse right there when they are administering medications? No they are not, so they are still passing meds on thier own, so they ARE out there doing thier own stuff. Even if the med...

  21. CNA's passing meds in ALF. What's your opinion?

    NYCRN16 replied to Marti Ann's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is scary stuff..Physically passing pills is not that hard..We could train a chimp to do it. The hard part is knowing the action of the med, what it is used for, contraindications, and side...

  22. What to do when family says no to care?

    NYCRN16 replied to juley0129's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I agree with you that it is dispicable that some families do not care about the patient, and are just interested in any inheritance that they have coming to them. We as nurses must be advocates for...

  23. Do the state inspectors ever show up on noc shift?

    NYCRN16 replied to Blackcat99's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    When I worked LTC they came at 0500 and started questioning the staff as soon as they got there! Thank god I was off that night!!

  24. What to do when family says no to care?

    NYCRN16 replied to juley0129's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I worked for 2 years at a LTC facility before working in the ER, and I would like to offer my opinion. When I was at the LTC facility, we would send the patients out with chest pain, and more often...

  25. Best Manhattan hospitals

    NYCRN16 posted a topic in New York Nursing

    I am thinking about working in Manhattan, and I was wondering if anyone had advice on which hospital they would reccommend. I was thinking about possibly Beth Israel, Mt. Sinai, or Cornell? I work ER....