taz628

taz628 BSN, RN

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  1. Vocera Easter Eggs

    taz628 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I looked up an older post about this, but there were very few responses, so I decided to start a new post! My ED started using the Vocera units recently. This past week we've all had fun learning the...

  2. Who was the last patient to just break your heart?

    taz628 replied to ChristaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe I'm just a softy, but in my little more than 2 years as a nurse I have several pt's already cemented into my mind and will never leave my memories. Just this past week I refused to leave my pt's...

  3. Reporting to ICU

    taz628 replied to inteRN's topic in Emergency

    it's the same story no matter where you go. we've got a great new intensivist who believes that ICU pts are to be in the ER for as short of time as possible - which means we often don't have time to...

  4. Must see commercial for nurses

    taz628 replied to TDKH54's topic in General Nursing

    apparently, so the story is told, we once had one of those nifty fetal heart rate ultrasound thingys in our ED. wellllll... a dad let his kiddo play with it one day without the nurses knowing. they...

  5. Best White Scrubs

    taz628 replied to ishootu's topic in General Nursing

    I've had my white koi pants for almost 2 years and they are only a teeny bit dingy, nothing a light bleaching (if i weren't so lazy) wouldn't take care of though. :) the fabric seems rather thick, i...

  6. Nursing school: Bizarre practice in learning to bed bath..

    taz628 replied to Cat_RN's topic in General Students

    My nursing program did this. We were separated, men in one group, women in another, so that it wasn't overly awkward. As others have stated, it wasn't to teach HOW to give a bed bath, it was so that...

  7. Ever Refuse a MD order?

    taz628 replied to Leelee2's topic in General Nursing

    yep - just the other day I was going to use "nursing judgement" on an order. Resident ordered 60mg toradol, IV. Called the doc up, wanted to know if she wanted 60 *IM* or *30* IV. She said she "looked...

  8. BSN Required...what does this mean for the 2yr ADN programs ?

    taz628 replied to DaddyO's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    a note in one of my work emails stated that our CNO is watching the movement out of Philadelphia to push for ALL entry level RNs to be BSN prepared. So there is a fairly serious movement for such a...

  9. Transfer from Stepdown to ED

    taz628 replied to SoilderofLove's topic in Emergency

    This move is pretty much EXACTLY what I did. we call it "special care" but it's essentially an ICU step-down. I was there for 10 months and then transferred to the ED - where I originally REEEEEEALLY...

  10. Clogged feeding tubes

    taz628 replied to Phillygryl's topic in General Nursing

    ....last week... diet ginger ale... allllllll over my scrubs. but, I got that stubborn tube open! I just the rapid push/pull "agitation" with the plunger. Works for me.

  11. Bad code

    taz628 replied to sk8rn's topic in Emergency

    we don't bother with finger sticks during a code... the docs usually do some sort of lab draw (fem stick) and we ALWAYS run an iStat for codes (from the few I've actually witnessed anyway). The BS...

  12. What's your favorite computer charting program?

    taz628 replied to TDCHIM's topic in General Nursing

    We use EPIC at my facility. Once you learn all the short cuts, it's really easy to navigate and to quickly chart. It's nice - basically looks like an excel flowsheet. Some of the info (like the nurse...

  13. IF you WEREN'Ta nurse, what would you be???

    taz628 replied to sjoy's topic in General Nursing

    my biggest pet peeve about nursing is being stuck inside a single building/unit for hours upon hours. Ideally, I'd find myself in a job that keeps me outdoors. My cousin and her husband are...

  14. "Clinical Decision Unit"

    taz628 replied to AggieNurse99's topic in General Nursing

    there are actual separate CDUs out there? At my hospital, if a pt is CDU'd (always chest pain/SOB, kept overnight for stress tests in AM, then d/c or admit) they are kept in the ER. Ugh. We have a...

  15. HELP...Health care considerations for the Amish culture

    taz628 replied to cluv2nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Oooo... the Amish. My grandmother was Amish - but then shunned for marrying a heathen. I've taken care of SEVERAL Amish patients. One of my FAVORITE patients ever was an Amish man in his 70's who had...

  16. PACU Question

    taz628 replied to channyyy's topic in General Nursing

    I was offered a position in the PACU as a new grad - two of my classmates accepted their offers (I chose another path). So, there is a chance you could still do PACU as a new grad, depends on how the...

  17. Vocera Easter Eggs

    taz628 replied to taz628's topic in General Nursing

    The funny genie is awesome. :) I also found that site about the chicken dance and sex in the city theme, one of my co-workers and I are sitting here trying to find new cue words to make other things...

  18. Vocera Easter Eggs

    taz628 replied to taz628's topic in General Nursing

    "Shut up" does the same as swearing at it then, lol. The "good-bye" command gives you Leonard Nimoy saying "Live Long and Prosper." Funny stuff.

  19. Patient beds in hallways

    taz628 replied to massrn116's topic in General Nursing

    from what i've heard - $8/hr at my hospital I believe. they are the lowest paid employees and some of the most overworked. it's RIDICULOUS what admin expects such a small crew to do (night shift =...

  20. Best Doc Stories

    taz628 replied to country mom's topic in General Nursing

    the peds intensivists at my hospital are all generally WONDERFUL to have come around! there have numerous times in a peds trauma when they show up and are all, "I've already called my charge nurse,...

  21. What is the most common chief complaint or diagnosis in your ED?

    taz628 replied to QueensNurseNY's topic in Emergency

    -chest pain/palpitations -SOB -abdominal pain -kidney stones/UTI symptoms -migraine headache -syncope/near syncope -GI bleed I think that sums up the majority of our frequent complaints. We'll have...

  22. Magnet designated hospital--anyone work at one?

    taz628 replied to CathiP's topic in General Nursing

    We've had our magnet status for a bit more than a year now... meh, i really don't see any difference - except that they've taken away our staffing incentive bonus! part of magnet is cutting costs,...

  23. Assault on a nurse

    taz628 replied to futureRN09's topic in General Nursing

    Pennsylvania is one of those states that have that sort of law. Actually, there was recently an incident in the ER I work at where a vistor tossed her soiled shorts at our front desk registration lady...

  24. Trying in vain to get in a vein

    taz628 replied to robinbird's topic in General Nursing

    I had the same issue as the OP when I transferred to the ER. I was trained to start IVs on my old unit, but working nights I rarely had a reason to start them. I'm not waking a pt in the middle of the...

  25. Anyone from Mid-Atlantic states interested in sharing their snow storm stories?

    taz628 replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Living in and working in a (large) hospital in rural NE Pennsylvania, I've heard that nurse managers will send hospital security in their 4x4 SUVs to pick people up. We were talking about it at work...