Coffee Nurse

Coffee Nurse BSN, RN

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  1. I have a priority nursing question?

    PALS still says CAB for pediatric cardiac arrest, but I think the NRP guidelines are more applicable here, especially since you have a big hint (emesis around the mouth) that the problem is...
  2. I have a priority nursing question?

    If the baby is blue, he's probably not breathing, and quite possibly in cardiac arrest secondary to respiratory arrest. I'd maybe do a fast check to see if he was breathing, but would be calling that...
  3. Neopuff Question

    If you couldn't grasp it, why didn't you ask the person to show you again, more slowly? We're talking about breathing here, the second most important component of sustaining a life (the first being,...
  4. Can we just agree, being honest is not akin to being "rude"?

    Confession time: I'm nearly 30 and I still almost never eat oranges unless I'm with my dad and he's peeled it for me That's just a quirk between us, though. I promise otherwise I'm perfectly
  5. Phlebotomy & EKG

    I think CNA would definitely be useful but not a must. Phlebotomy is marginal, it'll teach you some technical skills but I don't think it would be a game-changer on a résumé. I'd hold off on...
  6. • initiating & implementing change

    Tell your instructor that's a moronic suggestion, as she has no way to know who's responding to you on "social media" or what kind of experience they have, and whether it's real or fake. Tell her to...
  7. First nursing care plan

    Please try coming up with your own answer first and then posting here for feedback if you need
  8. Esme Needs Your Prayers

    Prayers and best wishes to you, Esme. Get well
  9. decision making

    The members of this site are not here to do your homework. Please try answering the question yourself and then asking for
  10. Breastmilk Errors

    You really should be taught about the risks, maybe that will drive home the point about the importance of checking. A project for your clinical educator
  11. I need your help!

    Presumably you answered "yes" to this? I did and the whole survey worked for
  12. NICU pearls

    -Make sure the foot is warm -- wrap it, use a heel warmer or warm compress. The perfusion (=flow) will be better, plus your results will be more accurate. -Be firm in your stick -- I see a lot of new...
  13. NICU pearls

    I always get suspicious when I see the probe temp and air temp are reading the same or nearly the same. Check to make sure the probe hasn't come off and is just reading the air temp. Our policy is...
  14. Nicotine Testing

    Don't know how the testing works, just wanted to add my two cents and say congratulations as well :) I've watched and helped my mom and my boyfriend both try repeatedly to quit, so I have some idea...
  15. How do you sign your name?

    Used to be C(illegible) N(illegible) followed by printed C. Nurse, RN. My new employer issues stamps with full name/position/unit, so that now goes in place of the printed
  16. How to get rid of hospital smell?

    You know what I'm talking about -- that persistent twang of alcohol gel or hospital hand soap that soaks into your pores over the course of a shift. I can't get rid of it even by showering when I get...
  17. I designed a shirt for named "Love Nurse"

    Lettering is kind of hard to read. And before I saw the nurse's face in the negative space, I thought the thing on the right was a stomach (with a nurse's cap on
  18. work 1 day week, 8 hours, is it possible?

    What IS it with your obsession with poop? Why do you talk about it in almost everything you
  19. How old is too old?

    I agree with the point about primary teams (our unit doesn't do primary nursing, which I have a problem with, although the logistics would be difficult given how we're set up), but surely a one-way...
  20. How to get rid of hospital smell?

    Ew. Yes, well, fortunately these are not the only alternative to smelling like handrub. Which is the problem I'm actually having. Thanks for sharing,
  21. How to get rid of hospital smell?

    Interesting, I'll try that! Incidentally, how do you get on with washing your hands instead of gelling? I don't think I'd have the time or enough skin cells to wash and dry for every time I use...
  22. How to get rid of hospital smell?

    Nope, NICU ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It is just the smell of the alcohol handrub that I find clings to me, and somehow that gets into my skin all over. Probably is the type of product we use; I don't...
  23. Applying for jobs before graduation

    This. I also wouldn't limit it to paying jobs; if you have experience that honed and highlights these skills, include it. I wrote about being a stage manager (leadership, delegation, critical...
  24. Performing Vital Signs Without a Policy

    An algorithm for vital
  25. New Hampshire Hospital Reference

    The first sentence of the OP says "I live in the seacoast area of New