NYnurseatheart

NYnurseatheart

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  1. CEN, ENA, TNCC

    NYnurseatheart replied to yankee nurse09's topic in Emergency

    Hi there, As others have posted, the CEN is much more challenging than the TNCC (and way more in depth). The TNCC is as stated before a 2 day course. I am not sure where the poster who states it is...

  2. ER Nurses please help

    NYnurseatheart replied to Soon2bnurs's topic in Emergency

    Hi there Soon2b, I would suggest that you ask people to PM you and answer these questions by email, rather than on the online forum. I am an ER nurse and I am sure you are going to get a lot of...

  3. Staying late without pay

    NYnurseatheart replied to coolpeach's topic in General Nursing

    I think that other nurses have hit the nail on the head...time management skills need to be improved. I don't know if you chart on paper or in the computer, but I have found that the best way to keep...

  4. To drink or not to drink

    NYnurseatheart replied to ArmyMomJo's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked in a hospital where they actually hung alcohol drips (I think it was 5% alcohol or 10%, not exactly sure) on patients who had surgery who were alcoholics. If their liver function was...

  5. Really disappointed with the reality of nursing.

    NYnurseatheart replied to NurseFrustrated's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hi there NurseFrustrated, I am not sure where to begin. I have been a nurse for over 17 years now, with 17 years of hospital experience. I have found that the majority of my bad days can be blamed...

  6. Opinions/Advice on how to handle short staffing

    NYnurseatheart posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hi, I am sure this subject has been discussed to death, but in looking through other threads about short staffing I did not come across anything specifically like our situation. I work in a tiny...

  7. Info on travel assignments in the NYC area (including Long Island)

    NYnurseatheart replied to frmrnyker's topic in Travel

    Avoid Bronx Lebanon. I worked there as a traveler before - was floated 2 out of 3 shifts. ER can have as many as 120 people listed on the board at one time (and they are all sitting in chairs...

  8. Lovenox Injections: SC, But Where?

    NYnurseatheart replied to lmz's topic in Patient Medications

    Hello all, Reading this made me smile. Back when Lovenox was first being trialed in the hospitals (back in 1994) during a double blind study comparing its efficacy with heparin and coumadin, we were...

  9. Opinions/Advice on how to handle short staffing

    NYnurseatheart replied to NYnurseatheart's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hi NightshifterRN, Are you sure you aren't working at my hospital??? Actually - we have had no aide on the night shift (except one perdiem who works every other weekend) for 3 months now - and no...

  10. Opinions/Advice on how to handle short staffing

    NYnurseatheart replied to NYnurseatheart's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yes I do work at a small community hospital - there is no step-down unit - as a matter of fact, having recently worked in another hospital that is much larger - the types of patients I now see in the...

  11. Opinions/Advice on how to handle short staffing

    NYnurseatheart replied to NYnurseatheart's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hello there MichiganRN - thanks for your response. I guess to give you a better picture of what I mean, because I too have worked in ICU for quite a few years. As a matter of fact I am often in the...

  12. Advice re: nightshift

    NYnurseatheart replied to Jules A's topic in General Nursing

    I can vouch for Melatonin being helpful if you don't want to take Benadryl (I have an adverse reaction to Benadryl half the time so can no longer take it). Other advice - same as others have posted....

  13. O Grady Peyton and Preferred Healthcare

    NYnurseatheart replied to a21chdchic's topic in Travel

    Medical Express is owned by American Mobile (not a fact they advertise), I worked for Med. Express for over a year (four years ago), and I didn't know that until my third

  14. Any Suggestions?

    NYnurseatheart replied to NYnurseatheart's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Montie, Yes the re-injury was on the job - I think I simply was too anxious to work (or more accurately, anxious for a full paycheck), and if you have worked in the ER, you understand that no...

  15. Any Suggestions?

    NYnurseatheart posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had posted this under a different forum, but am not sure where it should be posted. Hi all, I am new here, and have looked around the forum (which is awesome from what I have seen so far) and...

  16. Any Suggestions?

    NYnurseatheart replied to NYnurseatheart's topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, Thanks for responding. My current hospital has some "rule" that unless you have worked in the ER for a year (at their ER), you are not allowed to do Triage - I will not have been there for a...

  17. "Did you report her?"

    NYnurseatheart replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I wasn't sure if this is the place to discuss this, but I did not report a co-worker one time, simply because I was sure no one would believe me. I was working the end of a 12 hour shift in the ICU -...

  18. Any Suggestions?

    NYnurseatheart replied to NYnurseatheart's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for responding deeDawntee. Sadly enough, there recently was a posting on the psych unit I used to work at. I am still perdiem there, and will talk with the unit director and manager. I am...

  19. Strange diagnosis

    NYnurseatheart replied to aerorunner80's topic in General Nursing

    i thought i would join in on this thread because i have seen numerous real, and pseudoseizures. i know there are many different kinds of seizures. are there different types of nonepileptic seizures...

  20. help!

    NYnurseatheart replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    To answer your question about clots, it would depend what the solution was that was running (if LR or D5), then yes, if sitting for too long, it can clot. If the solution running is an antibiotic,...

  21. help!

    NYnurseatheart replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I do exactly as Bookworm does - usually flush with saline, the lowest port with a pulsing type action. I absolutely would not disconnect it and run it into the garbage. If it did not clear up...

  22. Any Suggestions?

    NYnurseatheart replied to NYnurseatheart's topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I guess I had hoped that there might be some nurses here who have been hurt at work (I know that the most common injury is to our backs), but maybe I am just posting in the wrong spot. Has...

  23. UltraScope Stethoscopes

    NYnurseatheart replied to NC Girl BSN's topic in General Nursing

    I have owned both types - Littmann and Ultrascope - I think I prefered the Littmann - however, the Ultrascope lasted longer (it too walked off, as well as two Littmann's). I have literally had to run...

  24. When you're the pt or family member

    NYnurseatheart replied to All_Smiles_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Hi All Smiles, I think that many of the nurses here can easily put themselves in your shoes. I know that it is sometimes hard to "switch hats" from nurse to mom. How good of a rapport do you have...

  25. What to do???

    NYnurseatheart posted a topic in Nursing Career

    Hi all, I am new here, and have looked around the forum (which is awesome from what I have seen so far) and thought I might as here for some advice. Here is my story: I have been a nurse for 14 years....