ACRN06

ACRN06

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  1. The North American Lookey-Loo

    ACRN06 posted a topic in Emergency

    Just for laughs... but OH SO TRUE! :chuckle ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The North American Lookey-Loo The North American Lookey-Loo is a very...

  2. kind of a rant

    ACRN06 replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

    Thats all very...very... sadly true. When I first got into ER I definately had a reality check. Half of it is hardly "EMERGENCY medicine". Its like a freakin high tech doctors office. Half...if not...

  3. Night shift med/surg RN moving to day shift ER!!

    ACRN06 replied to AnaBanana12's topic in Emergency

    I think you'll be fine Get all your certs... ACLS (if you don't have it already), TNCC (get it ASAP! Its an awesome class and will provide core information you'll need daily in the ED!), and PALS I...

  4. New Nurses: Is nursing what you expected it to be???

    ACRN06 replied to Misslady113's topic in Emergency

    I'm actually 3 years in, but I'm gonna go ahead and put a reply.. its stilll early in the big picture Nursing has actually been even BETTER than I expected! Granted the floor I started on I got my ass...

  5. This week's ER

    ACRN06 replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! This week's ER episode was actually really good! It does make you think..... As far as Dr Banfield's comment, I hardly gave it a second thought... just roll my eyes.. come to think of it, the...

  6. Asso. VS Bach in nursing, can someone please help?

    ACRN06 replied to TCLA's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    No difference in pay In practice, it'll only affect you if you wanna get up into management and all, then you may wanna go the BSN route Its true some hospitals prefer BSNs, but once you get...

  7. Congrats to Gonzo1

    ACRN06 replied to loricatus's topic in Emergency

    Is there a certain resource you study for the tests? I have a "Emergency Nursing Procedures" book, plus the CEN Review Manual that I refer to when looking up things... Just wondering out of curiosity...

  8. Congrats to Gonzo1

    ACRN06 replied to loricatus's topic in Emergency

    Hm.. haven't travelled since being an ED nurse but I wonder if thats standard for a lot of hospitals? Different from the PBDS stuff I'm assuming right? Parkland is an awesome hospital. Its always been...

  9. Congrats to Gonzo1

    ACRN06 replied to loricatus's topic in Emergency

    Hey! We talking Parkland in Dallas? When I move home I was gonna put in an application there... is there a big bad exam I should know

  10. ER nurses wear "biggirl panties"

    ACRN06 replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    Lol! :chuckle Exactly what I was thinking... We can't even give ourselves a pat on the back without it! I LOVE ALL MY ER NURSES, WE FIGHT SIDE BY SIDE ON THIS BATTLEGROUND KNOWN AS THE ER. AND YOU...

  11. What about my pain!?

    ACRN06 replied to chicagobsn's topic in Emergency

    I agree with most of the posters. Coincidentally they're actually ER nurses. But my gosh... the whole subject of "PAIN" on our ER threads is getting old... I'm in pain You're in pain We're all in pain...

  12. Help! I'm Overpacking!!

    ACRN06 replied to Spiderella's topic in Travel

    Uh.. hehe... I know that was supposed to be a joke and all.... But I did. Ha! I kid you not...Got out of my little Civic and into a nice big SUV (great deal, used) right before starting my travel...

  13. Question: Is there a thread that ONLY belongs to nurses?

    ACRN06 replied to sweetsounds's topic in Emergency

    Um.. the answer is no. No there is no such place. Man wouldn't that be great though? What would you call such a site? Something like "All....Nurses... .COM"! :icon_roll Seriously the title of...

  14. Comments about our choice of profession

    ACRN06 replied to sweetsounds's topic in Emergency

    Haha! We think alike! My response was gonna be along the same lines: "The ____(blood/vomit) is the least of my worries" Cuz seriously, it IS! Shoot if I've got a simple dermal bleed to control or a...

  15. Comments from the peanut gallery....

    ACRN06 replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    Haha!! As I was scrolling down reading through the thread I was thinking the EXACT THING at that point! Its such BS You know what else I've noticed... 99% of the time the people aren't nurses......

  16. Cannulated an artery

    ACRN06 replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

    One of my coworkers were helping me out one day and started an IV in a difficult stick pt... just a saline lock.. So it wasn't until I was DC'ing the IV upon discharging the pt that I realized my...

  17. Tips on how NOT to appear like a Drug seeker

    ACRN06 replied to WillowBrook's topic in Emergency

    The mere title of this thread makes me want to hurl... and why the F has it made it 14 pages long?!? I can't even stand to read the whole thing... are all you other nurses seriously giving up our...

  18. Shoes for the ER??

    ACRN06 replied to TJG618's topic in Emergency

    I have 2 rules for nursing shoes 1. comfort 2. leather or whatever non-permeable material you can find... you WILL get body fluid of one kind or another on your shoes, and you WILL want to be able to...

  19. Questioning Our Compassion

    ACRN06 replied to TraumaNurseRN's topic in Emergency

    THANKYOU to TraumaNurseRN for a thread that nurses can openly vent at...Although to my dismay, I saw that there are still those that can't just let a thread vent in peace.... My vent: I was...

  20. Worst doctors orders ever received

    ACRN06 replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    :smackingf omg! you're freakin kidding me! that cracks me up!!!! "holy crap! the patient keeps going into vt! i need a banana....stat!... what do you mean the cafeteria is closed for the night! we...

  21. Worst doctors orders ever received

    ACRN06 replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    You think 2 units is bad.... the last hospital I worked at, their sliding scale protocol seriously had doses of ONE unit for certain blood sugars (like 115 or something) and THEN it gets...

  22. Drug rant: Legalized Dope Dealer, RN

    ACRN06 replied to alkaleidi's topic in Emergency

    Amen! On my not so long ago working the floor days what would get me the MOST... more than most of the druggies... were the ones that made the BIGGEST deals over the pettiest things.... the ones that...

  23. Drug rant: Legalized Dope Dealer, RN

    ACRN06 replied to alkaleidi's topic in Emergency

    Does anyone else cringe and get just a little nauseous every time they hear the schpeel: "Pain is the 5th vital sign and needs to be addressed every 2 hours at minimum ON ALL PATIENTS, and if medicine...

  24. faxing report to the floors

    ACRN06 replied to ernurse1993's topic in Emergency

    Heeeyyy! How about that? Thats exactly what I did! :) Just got a job in the ER... start Monday... soooo excited! I've been waiting over 2 years for this! I've got my experience under my belt that I...

  25. Math Quiz For Er Nurses!

    ACRN06 posted a topic in Emergency

    alright... you've probably all read this one before, but i was getting my "nursing humor fix" and these for some reason cracked me up more than anything else! just the mental picture i think! lol... i...