kimmie4476 ASN, RN

kimmie4476 is a ASN, RN and specializes in Med-Surg/Tele, ER.

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1. Minimum staffing need data

   kimmie4476 replied to kimmie4476's topic in Emergency

   Thanks for a starting place, I was getting no

2. Minimum staffing need data

   kimmie4476 posted a topic in Emergency

   Hi all, I am trying to find some peer review articles or any data on the safe minimum number of nurses in an ER. My ER is a 22 bed level 3 trauma center with an average census of 80-100 per day. We...

3. tips to keep patients from passing out durumg blood draws?

   kimmie4476 replied to LPNtoRNin2016OH's topic in General Nursing

   If I have someone who tells me they are feeling faint, or that they normally faint with blood draws, the first thing I do is whip out an alcohol pad and stick it under their nose and tell them to take...

4. TNCC please give me some inputs

   kimmie4476 replied to redseven's topic in Emergency

   Make sure you know the assessment process and practice saying it OUT LOUD. They will go over most of the book in class, so you can take good notes there, but KNOW THE TRAUMA ASSESSMENT. You will only...

5. I need help!

   kimmie4476 replied to AlexaG's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   I can answer some of these questions. A little background....I got my LPN in 07 and my RN in 09. I have worked the same hospital as both an LPN and through school for my RN. 1) In my hospital, when I...

6. Getting Your Desired Position 101

   kimmie4476 replied to BostonTerrierLover's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

   Wow, this is great! I for one am horrible at interviews because I am so shy. On the positive side it keeps me in the same position for many years which looks good on my resume

7. Assessments every shift?

   kimmie4476 replied to Ntheboat2's topic in General Nursing

   It really doesn't matter what anyone else does. You are responsible for what you do and for holding yourself up to your own standards. You have to find a way to keep your full assessment and fit it...

8. Things that make it all worth it

   kimmie4476 replied to kimmie4476's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, it wasn't requests that they were calling me for, it was because they were critical and in addition...anxious about it so the thank you was for getting her through the anxiety...talking her down...

9. Things that make it all worth it

   kimmie4476 posted a topic in General Nursing

   Had a really rough night at work...one patient in particular ran me ragged all night...so much so that I was begging the other nurse to just answer their call light once. Then, just as I'm about to...

10. improving staff responsiveness

    kimmie4476 replied to idonthaveaphd's topic in General Nursing

    Take away the "That's not MY patient/job" mentality. Everyone where I work answers call lights regardless of whose pt. it is including the ward clerk and DON. It only takes a second of your time to...

11. Where do the damn pillows go?

    kimmie4476 replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    I'm lucky in that our hospital uses the disposable kind and we have an abundance of them. Our DON who is extremely budget conscious (tight with the money lol) Says they are actually cheaper than...

12. LVN to RN on same floor?

    kimmie4476 replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in General Nursing

    I started as an LPN on my floor then became an RN on the same floor...no one had a problem with it but me lol, I was the only one having to make the change from an LPN mentality to an RN mentality....

13. It's all in the resume!

    kimmie4476 replied to CharleeJo.RN's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Thanks for posting this, everywhere it says that the cover letter is the most important part of the resume, but all I've ever been able to find are generic ones that never really fit me...yours has...

14. what is the BEST material i should use for the NCLEX PN

    kimmie4476 replied to juh_lee_suh's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    My In addition to studying content, maybe try reading up on test taking skills. I think that a lot of times when a person has taken the same test over and over again, it has to be something with...

15. "Don't be nice to her"

    kimmie4476 replied to NurseBatzy's topic in MICU, SICU

    regardless of what the other nurses say, always assume your patient can hear you. I had a nursing instructor who developed sepsis and was coded 3 times, was in ICU for awhile unconscious, but she...