CritterLover BSN, RN

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    ER Nurses help me out!

    CritterLover replied to Afrolinda's topic in Emergency

    professional cpr is basic life support offered through american heart association. it includes adult, child, and infant cpr/basic airway management/automated extenal defibrilator training. different...
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    Patient care measurement tool

    CritterLover replied to PattonD's topic in Ob/Gyn

    i'm not really sure what you are getting at. there are plenty of things a nurse can do for a patient without a doctor's order. nursing interventions. sitting and talking is one that may or may not be...
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    ER Nurses help me out!

    CritterLover replied to Afrolinda's topic in Emergency

    a us nursing license as an rn. (there may be some ers that will hire lpns, but most now want an rn. i know our hospital system
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    Can anyone explain MSSA vs MRSA to me?

    CritterLover replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    i've always seen mssa used to designate a staph infection as not mrsa. meaning no precautions needed, other than the usual (standard) ones. could it be that someone who designated the need for...
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    Question for the ICU nurses??

    CritterLover replied to GWVRNS's topic in MICU, SICU

    radiology nurse? wow. never heard of one of those, outside specials. [color=#483d8b]non-vented, relativly stable: nurse, assistent (another nurse, bored md, orderly, whomever is available)...
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    Interpreting these PT/INR, APTT, and D-Dimer results

    CritterLover replied to leesespieces's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    you know, sometimes coags are ordered just because....without any really good reason, esp in the er during the initial workup. while i admire you for trying to figure out the rationale, i hate to see...
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    Which is correct method admin meds via GT

    CritterLover replied to Kashia's topic in General Nursing

    just wanted to remind everyone -- the feeding and all meds will mix together in the stomach, even if you stop the feeding, give each crushed pill separately, and flush between meds. [color=#483d8b]the...
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    Bard triple lumen power picc vs double lumen??

    CritterLover replied to blsmom's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    risk of dvt is always going to be higher with larger size (french) catheters, be it picc, tlc, cordis, whatever. [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]i don't have the actual numbers for the power picc,...
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    Ice packs for fever?

    CritterLover replied to santhony44's topic in Emergency

    We don't use them routinely. Actually, I've never seen anyone use ice packs in a kid, and we see some fairly high temps in kids -- 103, 104. Haven't even seen ice packs for febrile sz, though the kids...
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    Phenergan IV changes in policy

    CritterLover replied to RNKPCE's topic in General Nursing

    no, anzemet/zofran do not cause the same problems. they are not considered to be vesicants or irritants. im is a better route for most (not all) irritating meds. why? because the big muscle can...
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    Phenergan IV changes in policy

    CritterLover replied to RNKPCE's topic in General Nursing

    ok, those threads are more difficult to find than i thought they'd be. here are a few, i'm not sure if i've found the one i was looking for. i seem to remember that it started in 2001 or so, but...
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    Phenergan IV changes in policy

    CritterLover replied to RNKPCE's topic in General Nursing

    yes, our hospital system recently made similar changes. plus, it cannot be given through a hand or wrist iv. [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]there is actually a very lengthy, old thread on this very...
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    Rules for the ER (long)

    CritterLover replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    they wern't so bad before the saftey thing came about. when i lived in arizona, they really looked like butterfly needles with an iv catheter. now, though, that safety feature makes them impossible...
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    Rules for the ER (long)

    CritterLover replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    did it look something like this: these are iv catheters that are similar to butterfly needles, but have a soft catheter like an angiocath. i've never had any success with them, though i'm sure...
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    Is this a good price for this Acer Laptop? Please help!

    CritterLover replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    looks like it is a good price. [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]i'm really not familier with us/canadian conversions, but a quick glance on ebay shows that computers with a slower processor are going...
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    TPN and Lipids

    CritterLover replied to Nurse1966's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    lipids can be run through at peripheral line, though they usually arn't. tpn, on the other hand, really must go through at central line. the osmolarity is too high for it to be given peripherally. it...
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    Need advice

    CritterLover replied to UnidentifiedNurse's topic in General Nursing

    have you tried asking this charge nurse if she could check to see if one of the nas is available to handle the task? [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]she may feel that she is telling you that the task...
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    The physician made a mistake; can I get my money back?

    CritterLover replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing

    in general, i agree with blee. [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]while i don't think physician's should be sued for every little thing that goes wrong with a procedure/surgery, i don't think the patient...
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    Rules for the ER (long)

    CritterLover replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    i have come to believe that the "butterfly myth" has been perpetuated by some lab people (i'm including all who draw blood for lab studies here -- phlebotomists, mas, nurses, etc) who can't stick...
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    Rules for the ER (long)

    CritterLover replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    the er waiting room is not a good place to pick up women. especially when your cc is "hurts to pee" and her cc is "funny discharge." can't we give the rocephin a chance to
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    Picc Question...technique

    CritterLover replied to blsmom's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    and, blsmom, you shouldn't have to go through the back wall of the vein to use an angiocath to start the picc, just like you shouldn't be going through the back wall of the vein when starting any iv....
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    Picc Question...technique

    CritterLover replied to blsmom's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    i was taught to do piccs using a 20g (2inch) angiocath, not the steel needle, and have had great success with it. however, i have recently started using the steel needle some, as well, i have found...
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    When is a situation considered an Emergency?

    CritterLover replied to I want to be a nurse's topic in General Nursing

    i don't know about you guys, but that wouldn't fly where i work. [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]many people come in c/o sob via ambulance and get sent to triage anyway (if there is no evidence of the...
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    When is a situation considered an Emergency?

    CritterLover replied to I want to be a nurse's topic in General Nursing

    i think we all agree that pain needs to be addressed. in the op, maya stated that there were about "100 people" waiting at the first hospital. many of them were probably in pain. it isn't as though...
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    Cross-training to the ER

    CritterLover replied to cardiacRN2006's topic in Emergency

    i did the same thing -- had worked in icu for years, then cross-trained to the er. [color=#483d8b] [color=#483d8b]well, i no longer work in icu, and really don't want to go back. [color=#483d8b]...