My wife is an RN on a Neuro PCU floor, she has this one beat, she has a fellow (sister I guess actually) RN that every night is sleeping at one of the nurses stations. All of the other RN's are...
SpaceCoastRN replied to mommy123RN's topic in Emergency
I actually prefer and feel more comfortable with the high acuity cases including codes from my paramedic experience. Hell I prefer patients with tubes coming out of every orifice. The important...
SpaceCoastRN replied to SteffersRN87's topic in General Nursing
That is used a lot in making carpets (cheaper stuff from what I recall). I find it rather annoying having patients list every expected side effect of all the medications that they have ever...
SpaceCoastRN replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency
Our management's answer to division of the waiting room was separating the last row of chairs (about 14 or so) with fake potted plants, not sure exactly what the isolation advantage the fake plants...
SpaceCoastRN replied to FloridaRN09's topic in General Nursing
Prior to doing nursing I was in fire rescue. This was always a problem as we worked 24 on and 48 off, so bringing food was a fact of life. A friend/coworker had a dirtbag shift that would always eat...
SpaceCoastRN replied to biker momma's topic in Emergency
IIRC ours are set at 130. They have to bet set by engineering also for ours. All I know is that patients are quite fond of them as they are synergistic with the dilaudid and turkey
SpaceCoastRN replied to Lunah's topic in Emergency
Our dept. did nothing for it, but yesterday when I checked my work email before leaving there was a new email celebrating this week Biomedical Engineer week which told the history of their department...
SpaceCoastRN replied to RNShenanigator's topic in General Nursing
I carry a book called Nurse's Pocket Drug Guide 2010 by Judith A. Barberio (ISBN 978-0-07-162743-6). I had the 2009 prior to this, it has every medication that I have administered so far in the ED...
SpaceCoastRN replied to LLLLiiiFFEsaveer's topic in Emergency
I have never really had an issue with any code including pediatrics. From my EMS side I have ran far more than my share of pediatric codes including one day with 3 (two separate pool drownings and a...
SpaceCoastRN replied to mmgirlsmom's topic in General Nursing
Might want to check with your state nursing board on the rules/requirements for application for a license. I recall something on there about being treated or confined for psychiatric
SpaceCoastRN replied to bassadict69's topic in Emergency
I transitioned into an ED setting as an RN back in June. My background is from EMS but as a paramedic working in busy systems since 1992 (2 years before that as an EMT-I). Most EMT's that I have...
SpaceCoastRN replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in General Nursing
This was done a long time ago on MASH by Father Mulcahy utilizing a pocket knife and ballpoint pen, makes for good television, not a good plan to go outside your scope of practice though and test the...
SpaceCoastRN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing
Not reading this whole thing, but the one that has been bugging me of late is Cardizem, people saying it Cardiazem. Just grates on the nerves. Adding that 'a' just sounds so very
SpaceCoastRN replied to ozmalenursie's topic in General Nursing
Just march out your PR intervals. If they are getting progressively longer until there is a missing QRS, you have a 2nd degree Mobitz 1. If the P waves are disassociated from the QRS (P waves are...
Don't expect much from the legal system. My wife was head-butted by a person that was in for an overdose (cocaine and Xanax, and of course alcohol). The patient was then tazed by law enforcement and...
SpaceCoastRN replied to FriarTuck's topic in Emergency
I was always amused by the MD's moving patients over from ambulance stretchers on ER. I have been working on an ambulance since 1990, I have met one doc in that time that did that (and does so quite...