goldRN

goldRN has 3 years experience and specializes in ER.

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1. Health food store giving medical advice

   goldRN replied to mom4jesus's topic in General Nursing

   i had a type II diabetic who stopped taking her diabetes medication because she read that cinnamon i repeat cinnamon would "cure" her diabetes. So she went to the health food store and bought cinnamon supplements, which I had never seen before, but t...

2. Accidental arterial stick !!!

   goldRN replied to Li'lOne's topic in Emergency

   to obtain an arterial blood gas (ABG) to determine how well, or how poorly in some instances a pt is oxygenating.

3. How do you treat headaches?

   goldRN replied to Anagray's topic in Emergency

   Hello...I'm new here and don't want to make anyone mad, but I have been reading post for the past couple of days and this is the second time I've heard reference to Droperidol. I have given this drug before, and I'm not saying anything negative about...

4. Accidental arterial stick !!!

   goldRN replied to Li'lOne's topic in Emergency

   I've done this before too...it's not a big deal. I just explained to the patient that the line was "not in the right place" and removed it held pressure, but only after I got my blood :) I've had a doctor put a central line in the femoral artery too!...

5. Becoming A Nurse

   goldRN replied to NebraskaRN's topic in General Nursing

   LOL...I remember after I graduated and passed my boards on my first day "as a real nurse" thinking to myself holy cow these people are under the impression that I know what I'm doing. I learned quickly that they knew I was clueless, because they had ...

6. Stupidest reason to go to ER

   goldRN replied to DachRN's topic in Emergency

   ok i have two that i didn't see listed yet....50 year old female came in by EMS stating that she was on the phone with her daughter and mentioned that her lips had been chapped and her daughter stated that she needed to be seen by an MD IMMEDIATELY f...

7. Praying with your patient

   goldRN replied to MShell's topic in General Nursing

   Dear atheist in the bible belt. I was born and raised in South Carolina, and I'm agnostic. I have only been an ER nurse for 3 years, but my advice to you is this... If you're in a room and the family/patient decides that they want to pray then you bo...