EymieICURN

EymieICURN

Adult ICU (All over), NICU, Education

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  1. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    EymieICURN replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    BONES! bones that stick out of the skin, broken bones that crunch together when you touch them, joints out of alignments, I paid someone $5 to take an IO out of one of my patients. I am thinking of...

  2. Colds and ATB

    EymieICURN replied to nursesaurus's topic in General Nursing

    Assuming ATB stands for antibiotics...antibiotics are used to kill bacteria not viruses for those you need

  3. screaming doctors....how can we handle them?

    EymieICURN replied to KSU-SN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Have the nurse and anyone that witnessed the incident fill out an incident report. Where I work the risk management department sends the report to the responsible party/department and they have to...

  4. C's In Nursing School

    EymieICURN replied to redraider1977's topic in General Nursing

    My good friend used to say

  5. Old nurse needs math help!

    EymieICURN replied to PureLifeRN's topic in General Nursing

    8 mcg X 130 lb X 1kg/2.2 lb X 250 ml/400mg X 1mg/1000mcg X 60min/1hr ______ kg/min =17.7

  6. Dilation Issues Pts w/ Prior Cryo

    EymieICURN replied to honeymist's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I had this problem...A nurse actually manually stretched my cervix...that was more painful that anything else during labor. I went from being 1 cm for over 12 hours to 3 cms after she "streched" my...

  7. Diurese at night?

    EymieICURN replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    IN the heart failure patient; Nocturia develops as edema fluid from dependent tissue is reabsorbed while the patient is supine. A healthy person may have nocturia if the lower extremity valves are...

  8. Diurese at night?

    EymieICURN replied to Vtachy1's topic in General Nursing

    In the Heart Failure

  9. TPN HELP!!! (please)

    EymieICURN replied to peachpower's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience the Filter size does matter! So, it depends what your hospital buys. I have worked in hopitals where we run lipids and TPN throught the same filters and some that you have to run the...

  10. Words you never dreamed you would say as a nurse...

    EymieICURN replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I had a confused patient that spend half the night saying " Oh Lord, Lordy, Lord". I had a male co-worker call him on the intercom and say "MR...., this is the Lord, please get some sleep" and he did!...

  11. s/s of sepsis?

    EymieICURN replied to Ms.RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Even though the BP looked "fine" the fact that the HR was so elevated means that the heart is working really hard to keep the BP at that level. Once the heart poops out that BP will drop fast. Like...

  12. Thinking MSN... Barry? FAU?

    EymieICURN replied to NurseFL's topic in Florida Nursing

    I worked as a NUrsing Instructor for 3 years and now I am the Critical Care Educator at a hospital in Tampa. I LOVE IT! I always loved education, so this was the right job for me. I did my MSN in a...

  13. Thinking MSN... Barry? FAU?

    EymieICURN replied to NurseFL's topic in Florida Nursing

    I am a graduate of FAU...I did my BSN and MSN (in nursing Education) with them. I love the school and their philosophy (Caring). Since I did my BSN with them and had a good GPA I did not have to take...

  14. certifications for new grads

    EymieICURN replied to kitty72's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the correction GOMER...the CEN does not required 2 years experience but two yeas of experience is recommended.

  15. certifications for new grads

    EymieICURN replied to kitty72's topic in General Nursing

    You can do an ECG course, highly recommended before you take ACLS you can take PALS and NRP You can sign up for a critical care course (those can be a bit expensive) or and ED course. Certifications...

  16. How do I deal with my emotions?!

    EymieICURN replied to namahshivaya's topic in General Nursing

    It is very hard to let go of some things when I get home...I make it a point on reading before bed...something unrelated to nursing. Find a good book ( love the Twilight series) or a magazine (love...

  17. Want to go to graduate nursing, have a question

    EymieICURN replied to batz39's topic in General Nursing

    I had a D in Linear calculus when I was doing my ADN (I was working on a biology degree also), I had no problems getting into the MSN program and I did send in my transcripts with the big, fat D on...

  18. Need help with creating Skills Fair!

    EymieICURN replied to jaxnRN's topic in General Nursing

    When we did our last skills Fair we set up for things that are not seen often and for some mandatories, restraints have to be done every year if your facility uses them. MAke sure you recruit some...

  19. what to bring to a career fair?

    EymieICURN replied to mixedfruit's topic in General Nursing

    I would bring copies of your resume, if you have a cover letter you can bring a few copies of that. I always carry my references with me because you may be filling out Applications and you want to...

  20. Quit in orientation

    EymieICURN replied to NewRNdreams's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like you are unhappy where you are...do yourself a favor and leave that job...if you feel that way this early it will only get worse. Best of Luck! I would sit down with your NM and thank...

  21. PreSurgical Teaching

    EymieICURN replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Pre surgical instructions of the importance of coughing and deep breathing. Early ambulation after the procedure, I remember having surgery and being in so much pain I did not want to move...I could...

  22. How would a nurse mgr view this situation in interview?

    EymieICURN replied to Kitty Hawk's topic in General Nursing

    Good Luck in your interview!!! Are your sure you will not be able to take time off for a whole year? In all the jobs I've had you start accumulating time off as soon as you start working, but you...

  23. Question about Desaturation

    EymieICURN replied to IcanHealYou's topic in General Nursing

    Rationale: Hypotension, hypothermia, and vasoconstriction may alter pulse ox values by reducing arterial blood flow. Likewise movement of the finger to which the oximeter is applied may interfere with...

  24. Dimensional Analysis problem

    EymieICURN replied to ICAN!'s topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I agree with

  25. Shift Assignments - Who bugs you the most?

    EymieICURN replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    I can put a face, or two, to all those