RNcDreams

RNcDreams

Tele, ED/Pediatrics, CCU/MICU

Member
  • Content

    202
  • Visitors

    5,998
  • Followers

    0
  • Likes

    2

All Content by RNcDreams

  1. RN vs. Phlebotomist

    I work in ER and we only call for lab draws if -the RN can't get blood from an IV start, and then a tech tries and misses -an RN and a tech tries and each misses -the IV nurse is barely able to start...
  2. Hey you..with the trashy blonde hair

    Bottom line: Work should not give you
  3. It's not the nicotine patch!!!

    I had a patient the other day who had an H&H of 7.4 and 22 and he actually fought with me about going out to smoke. My answer was "I could lose my license if I stand you up outside to smoke in...
  4. On flight to Europe... "we need a nurse"!

    Thanks for all the good stories and thoughts....... This seems to be an interesting topic, there's no clear right or
  5. On flight to Europe... "we need a nurse"!

    I don't quite understand..... Am I legally obligated to help, if the call goes out for "medical personnel" ? Or are you saying I'm just going to do more harm than good? (Also, I am taking comfort in...
  6. rants about work

    Oo OO me! Me: "Hello, My name is ____. I am calling because Patient XYZ is coming over to you for a CT of his _____. Can you please bring him across the hall to Xray when you are done? He is to have...
  7. My embarassing moment re: doc and TO

    Hahah i had that happen to me today! (Im new as well...) Doc asked me for an Alcohol Detox protocol sheet... and it was loud and he has an accent... and I had to go "What?" three times, because...
  8. AHHHHHHHH REAL Monsters!!!!!!!!!!!!

    When I get very frustrated and upset (i.e., I ask 3 available techs "Can any of you help me bring up my tele admit?" and they stand together, look at me, and begin to crack jokes about how short I am,...
  9. a dumb question

    What is the intended effect of the Sandostatin in these patient
  10. Being on the Code team freaks me out

    For me, when responding to floor codes with my preceptor and an ER doc, I find the CROWD to be anxiety producing!! There's usually way too many bodies in the room, most of which are not doing...
  11. question about IV pump

    You were right to be concerned! It can be tough to try and "think" like your pump in order to troubleshoot. We use Alaris pumps, and they, like stated above, are gravity based. On our pumps, you...
  12. how about "sphygmomanometer?" hehehe... I can say it as long as I
  13. You must do what makes you happy, and what works for you. I graduated May '07, went straight to ER, and came off orientation last week... and yes, it works for me :) If you are sensitive and can't...
  14. charting sleep question

    Well.... if a patient is on a monitor, and their HR is steady in the 70's, they are breathing regularly, their pressures are stable, resp rate in the low teens, and their 02 sats are in the 90's.......
  15. A Generation of Wimps?

    It's quite frustrating when you're assessing a patient with a minor complaint, who says "I just wanted to get it looked at" when you ask them what made them come to the hospital, TODAY, for their back...
  16. I'm off orientation tomorrow, and for the past 6 months I have been paid the bare minimum. I have worked weekends with my preceptors, as well as evenings and nights.... making the bare minimum. There...
  17. Nurses not responding fast enough-VENT

    Ahhh.... that's the feeling I get when I am juggling a bag of saline, a few syringes, a chart, and a pillow, and need to start an IV and check someones vitals, and a family member is hovering outside...
  18. Hello Just posting because I feel so angry at myself, and so very inadequate. I am a new grad in the ED, off orientation this coming sunday. Yesterday, while doing conscious sedation on a 17yoM, I...
  19. Made first med error :( Filled out first OAR.

    I did look them up-- I know Dilaudid is stronger. The point was, Demerol IM was a new med for me. So, I triple
  20. Made first med error :( Filled out first OAR.

    Thanks for all of the positive, supportive responses! Since that patient, I have been checking any syringe that I am unsure of with another RN--any time I give a new IV med, and if I feel even the...
  21. Nurses taking patient's off backboards without doctor clearnce?

    I agree with above posts-- I had a doc recently say "You can take the backboard out" on a pt who was found on his floor, and had been there for an unknown length of time. I know for a fact the doc...
  22. Do/did any of you hate clinical?

    I really didn't like Maternity.... I was pretty grossed out by the whole push-out-a-little-gooey-body-while-you-poop-everywhere ordeal..... I never enjoyed the mushy warm fuzzy mom-baby bonding stuff...
  23. Considering career change.........

    If you're looking for work as a Patient Care Tech/ Patient Care Associate/ etc (glorified name for a nursing assistant with extra skill in taking EKG's, drawing blood, sometimes putting in Foley's,...
  24. She did not just say that . . .

    I'd be irritated too! Perhaps you could suggest to her that in the future, she uses the description "I work with the doctor, and when you are sick, I give you medicine, and help you to feel better" or...
  25. Families from Hell

    Siiighhh.... I'm in the ED, and as you know, almost every patient comes with family members.... Thanksgiving eve, I came on at 11p, and one of my patients was an elderly woman with a documented brain...