Blueorchid

Blueorchid ASN, RN

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  1. Do I take the CFRN or the CTRN?

    Blueorchid posted a topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Hello all, Bit of background history, I am a nurse with 5.5 years of ICU experience in a busy trauma ICU followed by 1.5 years of experience in the Cardiac Cath Lab. I switched to CCT ground in 2017...

  2. Needle stick injury

    Blueorchid posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Never one to do things halfway- the second night off orientation I manage to stick myself with a 21 G butterfly needle. I was drawing an ABG on a patient that required multiple measures of sedation-...

  3. Multidisciplinary rounds

    Blueorchid replied to avaloncar's topic in General Nursing

    Our multidisciplinary rounds consist of the critical care team with the attending physician, the fellow or resident, pharmacy, infectious diseases, nutrition, and respiratory therapy. Bedside...

  4. Keeping Trauma nurses employed

    Blueorchid replied to Joe V's topic in Nurses Rock

    "Hold my beer and watch this!"...yep

  5. How would you handle this..?

    Blueorchid replied to crichards00's topic in MICU, SICU

    I had a similar experience when I was in nursing school (and a tech in the ED) to which I always hear the resounding words of my clinical instructor. You are the nurse and you protect your patient....

  6. Feeling like Im back in high school...

    Blueorchid posted a topic in Critical Care

    This isn't the first time I've seen a thread like this but I would love to hear opinions from other people to get a better grasp on reality. Coming up on February of this year I will have been an ICU...

  7. Feeling like Im back in High School

    Blueorchid posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    Reposted this here because I think I might get better responses. If that's a problem someone let me know :) This isn't the first time I've seen a thread like this but I would love to hear opinions...

  8. Feeling like Im back in high school...

    Blueorchid replied to Blueorchid's topic in Critical Care

    Updated: I took a deep breath and reported to my manager how my shift report was a load of BS. I put it nicely that I was concerned if she was getting an incomplete report from the OR that there might...

  9. Clinical Preps Rant

    Blueorchid replied to rei-chan's topic in General Students

    Hahaha oooh I remember those days. My Med Surg instructor was the same way. We would go on the unit the day before our clinicals with our patient assignments, look up lab values, meds, medical...

  10. Anyone used music as an intervention?

    Blueorchid replied to mamatara's topic in Critical Care

    I knew an old Neuro ICU nurse who swore by Frank Sinatra for her really sick heads. She said the tones decreased their ICPs. I think there's benefit for both the nurse and the patient so I'll...

  11. A Time You Made a Patient Smile?

    Blueorchid replied to amyn87's topic in Nursing Humor

    A slight reversal of the situation. As a new grad on a busy ICU floor, I had the pleasure of dealing with a nurse for the first 4 months or so off orientation who would go out of her way to tell me...

  12. Needle stick injury

    Blueorchid replied to Blueorchid's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Well, to all those who wanted to know everything came back negative :) :) :) After an unpleasant weekend wondering what to do next I went down to employee health and was told I was extremely low risk...

  13. The Patient I Failed

    Blueorchid replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Amen, Our unit is going through something very similar with a patient right now and siblings that just can't seem to get it together. Meanwhile this poor woman is slowly melting into a hospital bed....

  14. How hard can I hit the liver?

    Blueorchid posted a topic in Critical Care

    Didn't really know where to put this since its trauma related. But! Had a patient a few days ago with a Grade III liver injury, MVC that was ped struck and her organs took a hit from the aftermath....

  15. Starting as an ER Tech, what do you nurses want from me?

    Blueorchid replied to NurseMaybeBaby's topic in Emergency

    Oh boy get ready to learn a ton! I was that ER tech with a little bit of experience in the middle of nursing school. Best get a good pair of running shoes because you will be doing alot of work :)...

  16. Am I the only one that cant get SATA?

    Blueorchid replied to melmonlove's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Nope, you're not the only one. I was worried about SATA too. Prioritization Delegation and Assignment by LaCharity has a lot of good SATA questions- if you're taking the test in 2 weeks you would have...

  17. What does your username mean?

    Blueorchid replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    My mom grows these beautiful orchids that for some reason have like 8 blooms a pop and last forever. I never got her green thumb but I've always loved the flowers...and the White Stripes just happened...

  18. I passed- yahoo!!!

    Blueorchid posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I passed the NCLEX in 75 questions YEAH!!!! PVT really works, even though I was one of the people that kept checking to make sure my popup was the good pop up (you know...in case they changed their...

  19. Hallelujah, passed nclex-pn on first try!

    Blueorchid replied to sheila0313's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Yay yay yay! I know this is a little late on my part but

  20. I passed- yahoo!!!

    Blueorchid replied to Blueorchid's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I used the second edition of La Charity. It has a blue, gold, and red cover. Its really good for explaining the criteria behind delegation but don't be surprised if you take La Charity and Kaplan at...

  21. tested for RN today and I am feaking out now

    Blueorchid replied to Ilovethe80s's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I did the same thing! Took my test today and it shut off at 75 questions. I had around the same SATA but I also had a couple math (which scared me to death). Went home and tried the PVT got the...

  22. 10 days Nclex countdown

    Blueorchid replied to sheila0313's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Likewise and amen We have gone through so much to be here- we can do one more test! Woosah...as I sit here with my mug of tea I'm starting my own week countdown. Positive thinking trumps

  23. I need to woosah...

    Blueorchid posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Alright...everyone's allowed their moments of nerves, here's mine. I'm doing pretty well on Kaplan, getting scores anywhere from 58-72 in the QBank and I just took QT6 with a 67%- they seem to be...

  24. Retake Kaplan Q-Trainers?

    Blueorchid replied to noyesno's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I just did QT 4 before my class was done- the only reason I'm working on the QBanks and other QTs is because my class was done the first week of

  25. Retake Kaplan Q-Trainers?

    Blueorchid replied to noyesno's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My Kaplan instructor suggested that we do the QBank before redoing any of the Question Trainers. The plans in the book give a list if you're taking the NCLEX x number of weeks after you finish the...