SkiingCait

SkiingCait BSN, RN

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About SkiingCait

SkiingCait is a BSN, RN and specializes in ER, ED.


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  1. Facebook almost cost me my job

    I am on facebook and enjoy using it to keep in touch with family and friends who live far away. With that said, I have nothing on my page that I wouldnt want my bosses to see. I use my account to keep in touch with my friends and very rarely say a...
  2. Temps in the ER

    I'm in the same camp as you. VS at triage, and unless the temp is elevated or low, I usually won't re-check it. If we are holding the pt in the ED for an extended time, I will get one q6h. We use oral/rectal temps...I wish we had temporal/tympanic...
  3. Toradol IM Injection.

    As the others said, if I am giving 60mg, I always give it in the gluteal b/c it is 30mg/mL. The 1 or 2 times I gave 30mg IM, I gave it in the deltoid, and the pt didn't react.
  4. Is it possible to become an LNA...

    MentalHealthRN - I agree that it is quite confusing! Where I work, however, LNA's really function in the same capacity as CNA's, they just also work under a license (and therefore are required to get CE's, renew their license, etc). As for the more...
  5. Is it possible to become an LNA...

    That is most definitely possible. In my state (NH), nursing assistants are licensed, and called LNA's. In my ADN program, after completing your first semester of nursing school you could apply for your LNA license (and many people did). If you don...
  6. Help with blood draws--please

    Where I work we can only draw off an IV as it's being placed, before the saline lock is connected. I would definitely suggest checking the policy where you work. Good luck!!
  7. New to er and iv question..

    We just got on in our Pedi ED that I have used on both peds patients and hard adults sticks - it's amazing! I'm a new nurse (started in July) and in the ED - so I've only been starting IV's for a couple of months, but every time I've used the AccuVe...
  8. I take NCLEX in 3 days am I ready?

    YaY! Congrats! It's an amazing feeling, huh?
  9. Pearsonvue Trick Is this TRUE? Does it work every time?

    I originally got the "On hold" response, then a few hours later got the "good" pop-up. Excited to say I looked at the BON today, and I am officially an RN! While I knew that it wasn't guaranteed 100%, it certainly did help ease my worries a bit whil...
  10. I take NCLEX in 3 days am I ready?

    Just got my results - I passed!! Soooo excited! Hope you did as well!!!
  11. I take NCLEX in 3 days am I ready?

    Lilkk - How did it go!? I just finished...had 75 questions and finished in just under an hour. Now, the waiting game begins!! Hope your exam went well!!
  12. I take NCLEX in 3 days am I ready?

    I am also taking the exam on Wed and am so nervous that I am not ready. I know that logically I probably am as I have been studying consistently and doing pretty well on practice exams, I just can't believe that my test date is finally approaching! ...
  13. When you have students on the floor...

    What we do at our facility, is on the EMR, when doing the final check before medication administration, there is a section that says "Co-signature - Student Use". You click it, then enter the name of the person who is co-signing your meds (your inst...
  14. When you have students on the floor...

    I agree with the others that you most certainly are not out of line in being upset at this. I am graduating next week, and the way it worked in my program is that our instructor was the one to sign off on our meds, unless we had arranged something d...
  15. NHTI 2010 New Nursing Students?

    I chose to take ethics as a week-long intensive course over Winter Break and found that to be the best way to do it. I still had a few weeks off for break and didn't have to write papers all semester long. I have heard from some other people who to...