longjourneydream

longjourneydream

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  1. Florida Roll Call ......

    longjourneydream replied to RNPATL's topic in Florida Nursing

    IF YOU LIVE IN CARLOTTE COUNTY, FAWCETT IS NOT A BAD PLACE(ACROSS FROM PRRMC). DO NOT LISTEN TO WHAT FOLKS HAVE TO SAY GO THERE AND CHECK IT PRRMC THEN DOWN THE ROAD SOUTH IN PUNTA GORDA, THERE IS...

  2. Florida Roll Call ......

    longjourneydream replied to RNPATL's topic in Florida Nursing

    welcome! you have a great start. i am also a graduate of charlotte technical center, but when i was going we called it charlotte vo-tech. i started as a cna/pca which qualified me to do...

  3. emergency care handbook

    longjourneydream posted a topic in Emergency

    Hello all, I saw a nurse with a pocket sized book for Emergency medicine, with laminated pages with all the important charts for drips with calculations etc. I need a book like that! Does anybody have...

  4. emergency care handbook

    longjourneydream replied to longjourneydream's topic in Emergency

    I appreciate that! Thank you

  5. HELP I'm falling apart!!!

    longjourneydream replied to longjourneydream's topic in Emergency

    Yes bigsis, it is getting better. I am learning, sometimes the hard way, but I try to make everyday a lesson. It takes a long time to become a good ER nurse. I have good preceptors. Different...

  6. Tylenol, how safe is this drug

    longjourneydream replied to nialloh's topic in General Nursing

    in my opinion no drug is safe; if not taken as directed. i was hearing that tylenol is or was at one time, very popular with teens when it comes to drug of choice for suicide. it can be one of the...

  7. Bipolar nursing student

    longjourneydream replied to PharmLover's topic in General Nursing

    I have a different oppinion on this subject. Bipolar is a medical condition. If you can make it through nursing school, then half the battle has been won. School is an extremely stressful situation on...

  8. orientationg new nurse

    longjourneydream replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    i know where you are coming from. when i was in clinicals, and at the end of my nursing program, my preceptor just babied me and really never let me do anything. when i compared notes with the other...

  9. no more techs for us....

    longjourneydream replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    tech duties, EKG's ,blood draws, simple dressings, foley caths, splints/temp casts, monitor hookups and all the other duties CNA's would do on the floor, along with monitoring patients and keeping RN...

  10. no more techs for us....

    longjourneydream replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

    That right there sounds realistic... That is what they try to go with in our ED, but many times it is no techs, a charge with an assignment and a 4:1 that at times turns to a 6:1 (only for a short...

  11. Dreaming about work while you sleep:(

    longjourneydream replied to Shantas's topic in General Nursing

    Oh my, I am a new grad since June of this year. I never dreamed as much as I do now... I dream of taking orders from doc's lasting,all night long. I dream of putting IV's in and taking blood, all...

  12. CNA trouble.. again!?

    longjourneydream replied to lvlissl2ebecca's topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I myself a CNA/Tech for 17 yrs. was asked maybe just a few times to stay over, but if I did not was never held accountable, if I refused. The awful thing about it was if nobody would stay then,...

  13. Lazy Charge Nurse in ED

    longjourneydream replied to BriBriRN's topic in Emergency

    Hello, In my ED, our charge nurse takes an assignment (triage tries to give a less involved patients if possible)until help gets there, for about 2-3 hours, while she picks up slack for other nurses,...

  14. Unsafe ER - any suggestions?

    longjourneydream replied to Anagray's topic in Emergency

    Well, I am sure this can happen, but who is responsible? This issue would not get away without investigation. I too am in a risky situation. I am a new grad, back on orientation, because I felt I...

  15. HELP I'm falling apart!!!

    longjourneydream replied to longjourneydream's topic in Emergency

    I honestly belive Nov- April are the most hardest months to get through, season in SW FL are gruling, but I belive if I make through these hard times, I will make it through anything. Given the...

  16. NG Tubes... Sigh.

    longjourneydream replied to DudeNurseRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Yes, isn't it weird... Question:Are these from EMS or from triage out front, sending them back to you? Just

  17. Feeling wiped out, overwhelmed, etc.

    longjourneydream replied to cherokeesummer's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hello, I am not a NICU nurse;but hats off to all of you that are... I cringed when we had a 4 month old die of respiratory arrest, in our trauma room, I did not get near it, due to my weakness of...

  18. med mistake/question

    longjourneydream replied to hollyberry678's topic in First Year After Licensure

    You did not do anything wrong. You picked up on it, and did what you were suppose to do. I do the overkill thing sometimes; eventhough I know something is compatable,or if no time to look up...

  19. NG Tubes... Sigh.

    longjourneydream replied to DudeNurseRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey, The other day I put one down which was also a challenge in the ER. 1st I twisted the end of the Lavene 18 gauge tube around my finger several times, until I got it soft, and it no longer had a...

  20. NG Tubes... Sigh.

    longjourneydream replied to DudeNurseRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    OK, There are so many ways that I see nurses do NG placement. 1st hyper extend to get past the throat(when they start to gag) then tell them to put chin to chest and swallow, with or without water. I...

  21. HELP I'm falling apart!!!

    longjourneydream replied to longjourneydream's topic in Emergency

    Well, I must say I really have had experience since my orientation with my new preceptor. Must take the hardest patient's that come through the door, her and I take on 4 to maybe 6. It has been...

  22. Sloppiness results in write-up

    longjourneydream replied to longjourneydream's topic in Emergency

    hello all, clarifications: triage meant bedside triage, as ems brings them in. yes. i did hook them up for vitals just forgot to put them on the triage sheet. meds that were spelled wrong were...

  23. Sloppiness results in write-up

    longjourneydream replied to longjourneydream's topic in Emergency

    Acctually in our ED the 1st thing to do is get an EKG on all CP. If there is no hx, and Ekg is normal then no labs,just Chest x-ray. If there is CP with hx;all cardiac protcols come into play esp,...

  24. HELP I'm falling apart!!!

    longjourneydream replied to longjourneydream's topic in Emergency

    If you really want to know, I work for HMA. They are based out of Naples. My hospital is just North of Naples between Sarasota and Port Charlotte FL. Since I last posted though, I have voiced my...

  25. Let's introduce ourselves...

    longjourneydream replied to pedi-RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Oh, Sorry the other question you were asking was are you allowed to work as a nurse before NCLEX. I only know, you can work as a GN graduate nurse, before you can work as a full fleldged nurse. There...