WonderRN

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  1. Escape Room

    WonderRN posted a topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I am creating an escape room experience for trauma education and I was wondering if anyone has done this before and has any suggestions for successful puzzles. I have several puzzles already that...

  2. Struggling with ED Orientation, advice appreciated

    WonderRN replied to AvaRN22's topic in Emergency

    I would encourage you to keep your head up and work hard. Learn on the job. Look up stuff you don't know. Find a mentor and ask questions. Look stuff up in detail when you get home. Review patho of...

  3. Struggling with ED Orientation, advice appreciated

    WonderRN replied to AvaRN22's topic in Emergency

    1) This is not an ICU forum 2) What is your contribution to the OP's

  4. How will I know when I am ready?

    WonderRN replied to amzyRN's topic in Emergency

    You should jump on in. You'll never know if you're ready until you do it! Skills come with practice and

  5. SLU accelerated BSN tuition

    WonderRN replied to asillig10's topic in General Nursing

    whoops, I just read that its not an advanced practice program. Well, I don't really know that much about it..... but would just wonder in the end, if there would be any real difference in the amount...

  6. SLU accelerated BSN tuition

    WonderRN replied to asillig10's topic in General Nursing

    There was no AGMSN program in 2008 when I did the ABSN. If there was, I just might have done it! Just thinking about it, i would be intimidated by the idea of going from knowing next to nothing about...

  7. Another silly "what should I do" thread...

    WonderRN replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    I know I am a little late to the party, but I just wanted to add.... Perhaps she charted "pt taken off the bedpan" to indicate she was in the room and provided care to that pt during that hour? I...

  8. Your ER policy on giving rides home

    WonderRN replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

    They can call a ride and wait in the waiting room. Or we will call a cab for them and the cab can take them by an ATM on the way home. If they are really belligerent I will call the charge nurse and...

  9. Amio in a Code

    WonderRN posted a topic in Emergency

    Documenting a code today. Full arrest, kept going into pulseless vtach, vfib. Drug pusher mixed the 300mg of amio to hang PB over a few minutes...... ?!? Don't you just push this in a code

  10. Amio in a Code

    WonderRN replied to WonderRN's topic in Emergency

    OH, YEAH- He also orders.... 2.5 mg of morphine on EVERYONE- we only have 5mg and 10mg vials. So i have to waste 2.5mg on EVERYONE..... and then I have to go back in there in an hour and give another...

  11. Amio in a Code

    WonderRN replied to WonderRN's topic in Emergency

    She did have CKD (no dialysis), and for that reason probably lives above 5.1. She had EDEMA everywhere (CHF) and used to be on lasix everyday but was taken off (dont know why). Lungs were clear. This...

  12. Amio in a Code

    WonderRN replied to WonderRN's topic in Emergency

    oh, no. She was giving the 300mg as a IVPB. We then did a drip. I have given this drug several times in codes, always as an Iv push. I am at a new facility now and they are driving me batty. Causing...

  13. Amio in a Code

    WonderRN replied to WonderRN's topic in Emergency

    Thanks, Lunah. I have pushed the Amio myself before in a code, different facility. Just wanted to check with y'all, make sure I wasn't missing

  14. Nurse Manager position

    WonderRN posted a topic in Ambulatory Care, Clinic

    I have been offered a Nurse Manager position at a fledgling urgent care system in the midwest. It consists of 2 locations at this time, one is well established and the second location is newer, still...

  15. Should I take the job?

    WonderRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I posted a similar thread in the ambulatory care area of this site, but its been 24 hours with no replies..... I have been offered a Nurse Manager position at a fledgling urgent care system in the...

  16. Why I'm sick of the ED

    WonderRN replied to RoyalNurse's topic in Emergency

    I have felt the same way....... I just moved to a new ED. The docs i worked with at the old ED learned to trust my judgement/assessment, with some exceptions (some docs just don't care what nurses...

  17. Will I ever keep up the pace???

    WonderRN replied to Traum-a-Rama's topic in Emergency

    You are doing fine. I was a new grad in ED, and I hit a slump too. It is partially because my preceptor was watching the computer for orders and would intervene when she became impatient instead of...

  18. How long until you were pretty good at IV starts?

    WonderRN replied to sweetER's topic in Emergency

    I've been a nurse for 1 1/2 years. I have worked in the ED the entire time. I think I was decent after 6 mos, and after a year, colleagues would ask for help on hard sticks. I would get the hard...

  19. treating hemolyzed potassium level...

    WonderRN replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

    I think you were prudent to wait for the redraw. We don't do the K cocktail unless the K is over 6. Esp in a dialysis

  20. The 5 things you love & hate about being an RN

    WonderRN replied to Aly529's topic in General Nursing

    I work in the ED: Love: 1. Learning new things every day 2. Using my knowledge to make a suggestion to the doctor that in the end, makes the patient feel better 3. Being part of the most trusted...

  21. Pregnant nursing student....

    WonderRN replied to CrunchyMama's topic in General Nursing

    I was about 6 mos pregnant when I started interviewing for nursing jobs. I was a few mos from graduating with my BSN. I couldn't get anyone to hire me because I was very obviously pregnant. I kept...

  22. Awesome story

    WonderRN posted a topic in Emergency

    About 2 weeks ago, 46 y.o. male presents to ED with c/o crushing chest pain. Saw him rolling in on the stretcher from across the room, thought he looked bad, new grad assigned the room, thought I...

  23. Awesome story

    WonderRN replied to WonderRN's topic in Emergency

    \ Yeah, not sure. No ST elevation. Didn't have much time to look at it for obvious reasons. It was actually a mess. He was a super hard intubation. Had to call a second doc in to try. Then he...

  24. To all the newbie ER nurses out there...

    WonderRN replied to shieldanvil81's topic in Emergency

    Ok, I'll bite...... What is crumping !?!? I know what krumping (with a K) is.... and I'm pretty sure you don't mean beckoning providers to the bedside of pt's that are hip-hop

  25. Reporting off

    WonderRN replied to Nrsstudent09's topic in Emergency

    Ditto Fribblet, but I also like to hear what their systems specific assessment was for that RN... like if they are here for abdominal pain- that their abdomen is soft, nondistended with active bowel...