Erin RN

Erin RN

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  1. What do I do...I witnessed pt. physical abuse

    Erin RN replied to abnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with this stmt. If you are hesitating ask yourself why? Is it because this is an MD? If this was a fellow nurse, what would you do? I have lavaged many pts and some very combative...

  2. Coumadin and Cranberry Juice

    Erin RN replied to MarcusKspn's topic in General Nursing

    Grapefruit juice is also a big no no when taking norvasc. Sounds like the mechanism of action of the cranberry juice is similar so I would wonder if cranberry juice should be avoided as

  3. I spoke to an MD the other day who told me that Hepatitus C was the SINGLE biggest...

    Erin RN replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I know 2 nurses who were infected. One was infected during a "take down" with a psych patient and ultimately needed a liver transplant at the age of 40. The other is unsure of the exact incident but...

  4. Update!

    Erin RN replied to tmiller027's topic in General Nursing

    Good luck to and

  5. Critical thinking exercise

    Erin RN replied to Teacher Sue's topic in General Nursing

  6. Critical thinking exercise

    Erin RN replied to Teacher Sue's topic in General Nursing

    True Oliguria is less than 500 cc out in a 24 hour period of course I would need more info..like how much she has diuresed so far, but if 500cc was empited only 2 hours previous I would doubt that...

  7. Critical thinking exercise

    Erin RN replied to Teacher Sue's topic in General Nursing

    in keeping with ccu's assessment of scenario number 1..on number two, i would perform an emergency trach using one of the 200 bic pens in my pocket...sorry, just couldn't resist!!

  8. Critical thinking exercise

    Erin RN replied to Teacher Sue's topic in General Nursing

    Make sure the O2 is on..many times the resp therapist turns the O2 off while giving a treatment...:)

  9. Hep c

    Erin RN replied to Mandy333's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I know two nurses with Hep c, both got it while nursing, both responded well to the interferon and now have undetectable viral loads..good luck to

  10. What do you think is the MOST difficult clinical skill to acquire in your experience?

    Erin RN replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    The hardest skill that I had to get the hang of was straight cathing baby girls with those tiny little

  11. Critical thinking exercise

    Erin RN replied to Teacher Sue's topic in General Nursing

    OKay I will bite..the VERY first thing I would do is make sure that the foley is patent by checking to see that the tubing is not kinked, since many times when pts are in bed they can lay on the...

  12. Unexpected Request from Boss

    Erin RN replied to JuicyJem's topic in General Nursing

    I agree... I worked nights for 4 years and looking back I honestly don't remember most of my life during that time. I usually started to feel physically ill around 4 am and was always and I mean...

  13. Am I alone in liking being a nurse?

    Erin RN replied to Shotzie's topic in General Nursing

    Yep...love it. Nursing has been good to me or is it that I have been good to nursing??? Either way....I can't imagine being anything else.:)

  14. Do nursing schools actually conciously REALIZE they are being ridiculous or is it a..

    Erin RN replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Lizz You took the words out of my fingers..LOL. I also noticed the other supply and demand thread and this thread is in conflict with that one, for sure. Nursing school is hard and intense and I will...

  15. Do nursing schools actually conciously REALIZE they are being ridiculous or is it a..

    Erin RN replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    Nrs Stephanie I was just curious about the 2200pg stmt the OP made. In your experience is THAT much reading truly assigned for one test in one class? I actually pulled out my old med/ surg book which...

  16. Why, would any RN oppose requiring a BSN for all future nurses?

    Erin RN replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    So in your opinion what SHOULD the average nurse with a few years of experience be compensated? I am just curious. I have only held one job where my reason for leaving was monetary related. The others...

  17. just another burning question......

    Erin RN replied to MAGIK GIRL's topic in Emergency

    It seems like there is a little "sibling" rivalry that goes on between ER and ICU..don't you all think? I just remember the time that I took a pt that had coded enroute and coded in the ED over to...

  18. Your last day in the ER

    Erin RN replied to teeituptom's topic in Emergency

    To the drunk patient that I was drawing blood on who so tenderly reached up and grabbed and held onto my breast..rather than calmly saying "Sir, if you don't let go of my breast I am going to push...

  19. This is sposta happen to someone else

    Erin RN replied to BarbPick's topic in Cardiac

    Barb I am sorry to hear you had such a scare!! Nurses make the worst patients, dont we?? Hope all is well

  20. Would you join a union

    Erin RN replied to BadBird's topic in General Nursing

    Most do because you pretty much are pushed into it. I had worked for a non union hospital before going to the union one. When I was hired my husband had been given an opp to go back to school for 3...

  21. Would you join a union

    Erin RN replied to BadBird's topic in General Nursing

    My exp with the union was not good only because our union went to battle for our sister hospital which was larger..all of my dues paid to get the nurses there raises. My friend worked ER at the bigger...

  22. Sacred cows that need to be laid to rest

    Erin RN replied to stevierae's topic in Operating Room

    Eastern WA..it gets really cold here sometimes..a couple of weeks ago it was 3 and sunny!! I thought it was a pretty funny story. I had one night where I was bringing IV supplies to a house..I was...

  23. Dr. orders or nursing judgement???

    Erin RN replied to Alie's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you Athomas..I read about the mainlining of Dig and thought WTH!!! That is something I would never do..not even IF the MD told me to mainline it!! Too risky! Beings as I have pretty much either...

  24. To all the ER nurses...

    Erin RN replied to I_Love_Donuts's topic in Emergency

    I have a book that is very good..I got it at Barnes and Noble "Manual of Emergency Care" put out by Mosbys. As far as the IVs..you will get really really good at them since you will start them over...

  25. Prior to a doctors appt have you ever had to

    Erin RN replied to Keysnurse2008's topic in General Nursing

    HIPAA does not apply to L and I..if the ins employs a case manager the case manager is privy to all notes etc that relate to injury. Likewise, if an employer employs a case manager in most states (I...