TinyNurse

TinyNurse RN

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  1. Your least favorite patient.

    TinyNurse replied to errn7's topic in Emergency

    I agree with everything snowfreeze said. I'd rather care for a beligerent etoh man, than a demanding flu/generalized bodyaches person anyday though. xo

  2. New grad in ER.. ADVICE PLEASE!!!

    TinyNurse replied to nursemeow's topic in Emergency

    I've been a nurse, and Er nurse for 1 1/2 years........ I once got some most wise advice......."go with your gut". those simple words have worked wonders for me. you know your assessments ( years...

  3. on the line bc advocated for pt

    TinyNurse replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

    I'm soooo sorry this happened to you. If it were me, i'd just get another job, haha. but.... geeze i'm not a burn nurse, but a Level I ER nurse and I remember in nursing school they told me not to...

  4. Potassium piggybacks

    TinyNurse replied to starcandy's topic in General Nursing

    at my Er we usually inject lido into the bag, and some at the closest port on the IV, ( forget how much, at this time) xo

  5. Potassium piggybacks

    TinyNurse replied to starcandy's topic in General Nursing

    at my Er we usually inject lido into the bag, and some at the closest port on the IV, ( forget how much, at this time) xo

  6. how many times can a human be defibrillated?

    TinyNurse posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I've only been an ER nurse for a year, so i haven't seen much, most i've seen someone shocked is 4 times............... but have you ever had a patient on your unit, say in cardiogenic shock, goes...

  7. Anyone fax report?

    TinyNurse replied to RNin92's topic in Emergency

    I first used it at a travel assignment I was at for all floors, it worked well, the form was well written...............NOW at my new hospital we newly use it on a few floors where patients are...

  8. ICU holds

    TinyNurse replied to samie's topic in Emergency

    YES, it happens all of the time!!! at the level I i work at now and at the level II that I used to work at...................... but when i apply for jobs I "do not have Icu experience" for some odd...

  9. Tele transports from the ER

    TinyNurse replied to Surfnurse's topic in Emergency

    If the patient is on tele on the floor , we use either an ACLS RN, or a paramedic. ( would anything else be responsible?) xo

  10. Owww! She bit me!

    TinyNurse replied to V. Nightingale's topic in Emergency

    not recently,4 months ago, but yeah the only ER assault I've had was to be bitten by a "post ictal" patient. broke the skin, all was fine after all blood work was back. I was trying to hold her...

  11. If you could do it all over again.....

    TinyNurse replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    I love the ER, and I love being an RN, I'm just 2 years into it. Best of luck on your choice. xoxo

  12. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    TinyNurse replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    I think the meeting you speak of is a GREAT idea!!! I'm sure the majority will prevail. You are lucky you get a pinning ceremony.......My class didn't get one. I would have been for the all whites,...

  13. How did you find out about allnurses?

    TinyNurse replied to cnelle101's topic in General Nursing

    Google, searching for nurse forums! I love this

  14. Ethical delima????calling in or giving meds to drug seekers???

    TinyNurse replied to Kansas_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have any real advice to give you, just a story i have to tell, and how I've learned. i started my nursing career in a small community ER, and a "known" patient came in for pain and the doc...

  15. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    TinyNurse replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    at my first RN job in a small community ER, had a 50something male come in at 3am for hiccups. We used an NG tube to stimulate the vegas nerve. few months ago, a 19 yo female ( college student at a...

  16. Is it all worth it?

    TinyNurse replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have my BSN, but I gotta tell ya that my ADN was all worth it. I'm a single mom and Hunter was like 2 years old when I was in school and I took all of my anatomys with nursing......... this...

  17. What do you HATE to do at work?

    TinyNurse replied to mickeymouse1205's topic in General Nursing

    I just hate it when people puke........ I cannot stand the smell. I deal with it yeah. but it dang near kills

  18. Phenergan?

    TinyNurse replied to RN92's topic in General Nursing

    I've often wondered the same thing whether it was addicting or not........ yes, patients do ask for it often. I've given 12.5 or 25mg IVP slow i usually open the IV WO in the ER while I'm giving it....

  19. Nurse Educator Opinions

    TinyNurse replied to barb4575's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    not an educator, but an ER nurse, single mom of a toddler. If I didn't complete an assignment 2 years ago in nursing school, it was an automatic failure. I do not think you are hard on your...

  20. Roll Call for all Military and VA Nurses and those considering the Service

    TinyNurse replied to RNPATL's topic in Government, Military

    would join ASAP, but only have my ADN, and couldn't practice as a nurse in the armed services without my BSN.... I think I'll hold out xo

  21. Craziest delivery stories

    TinyNurse replied to sierranurse's topic in Emergency

    A mom CAN nurse with nipple rings. Worked in a rural 12 bed ED, had a young mom come in with abd pain, ( didn't know she was pregnant) delivered twins... ( 2nd pregnancy, the first she delivered in...

  22. Breaks in the ER

    TinyNurse replied to chellet98's topic in Emergency

    When I first started as a nurse in the ER, My preceptor taught me that "it is important to take a break and get away from the ER for a few minutes" We never took a full break, but took one...

  23. 8:1 ratios in the ER???

    TinyNurse replied to jaimealmostRN's topic in Emergency

    On my first and last travel assignment in an ER, I routinely had 8 patients, supposidly I had the "less acute" in my area, but routinely I was running insulin drips, having elevated K+,...

  24. A & P 2 and Nursing I together, I am that CRAZY???

    TinyNurse replied to dream8's topic in General Nursing

    Been there, done it and I'm an RN of almost 2 years now. Hunter was 2 years old at the beginning of nursing school and A&P. I was 25 years old. Not an easy thing, but nursing is not easy...

  25. A & P 2 and Nursing I together, I am that CRAZY???

    TinyNurse replied to dream8's topic in General Nursing

    Been there, done it and I'm an RN of almost 2 years now. Hunter was 2 years old at the beginning of nursing school and A&P. I was 25 years old. Not an easy thing, but nursing is not easy...