sabRN2b05

sabRN2b05 BSN, RN

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  1. Cranky feet....better shoes?

    sabRN2b05 replied to BethyC123's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Crocs have become very popular on our unit as well. Seems like we all wear them. I was skeptical at first, but one 12 hour shift and I was hooked!! I found that my feet don't feel like they weigh 50...

  2. adn graduate

    sabRN2b05 replied to mitch8lem's topic in MICU, SICU

    I have been a nurse since May 2005. I work on a BUSY medical/telemetry floor...a stepping stone for a lot of nurses. Our unit has high turnover due to the overwhelming stress...run around like a...

  3. Care Plans

    sabRN2b05 replied to Julie029's topic in General Students

    I love that web site as

  4. Who'd You Forget to Thank?

    sabRN2b05 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    I will be graduating in May and I work as a Tech now....I will very much appreciate my techs when I graduate and become an RN since I've "been there, done that". The nurses that I work with not only...

  5. Stupid People Award

    sabRN2b05 replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    Geez, these people just need to go to one of those "fun" parties and get safe items to satisfy their needs (and just for the record, I'm not speaking from personal experience!!

  6. Help with taking BP

    sabRN2b05 replied to shel_wny's topic in General Students

    In my first semester when I learned how to take a BP, I was SO nervous that I would never get it down pat. The systolic "sound" threw me, too. Any background noise made me second guess what I was...

  7. Patients who come to the ER in labor and do not know they were pregnant?

    sabRN2b05 replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    Just curious....did you get your sperm count checked afterwards?? And..did you sue your urologist?? My husband had a vasectomy almost 5 years ago...he has a daughter from a previous marriage and we...

  8. Do you keep a "med kit" in your car? What's in it?

    sabRN2b05 replied to np2b's topic in Emergency

    Ok...so I haven't been here for a while (second semester of nursing school was tough..lost my dad to pancreatic cancer, my husband/kids, and I moved in with my mother-in-law, and I worked nights all...

  9. Need "non-see through" white scrub pants

    sabRN2b05 replied to RedSox33RN's topic in General Students

    Life Uniform sells "non see through" as well. Thank God the uniform at my nursing school changed last semester to navy scrub pants. I hate

  10. Ketamine

    sabRN2b05 replied to Uptoherern's topic in Emergency

  11. overwhelmed with paperwork!!!!

    sabRN2b05 replied to April~futureLPN's topic in General Students

    Overwhelmed???????? Nooooo! What ever on earth made you feel that way? Seriously though, my second semester ADN class had a 5 hr orientation today on all the paperwork we have due over the...

  12. Your last day in the ER

    sabRN2b05 replied to teeituptom's topic in Emergency

    I don't get how someone could fake a seizure - your vitals would be a "tell-tell" sign that you are faking. To all you seasoned ER nurses out there, am I

  13. CNA job types

    sabRN2b05 replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone know of any way to get your CNA licensure without actually having to take a CNA course? I've heard before that when you've had a semester of nursing school (i'm currently in my second...

  14. Your last day in the ER

    sabRN2b05 replied to teeituptom's topic in Emergency

    [ No offense, but we're being taught in nursing school that "pain is what the pt says it is" I work in an ER, so I have seen my fair share of drug addicts coming in "seeking" (or at least it seems...

  15. Peds Question

    sabRN2b05 replied to VickyRN's topic in General Nursing

    "Hypo = H2O" is how I remembered it for a test. I come up with all kinds of corny stuff to remember things for tests and they WORK!! You want to push water to the cells, you use a hypotonic solution....

  16. 12 STD's of Christmas

    sabRN2b05 replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Nursing Humor

    :roll :chuckle Hysterical!!!!!!!!!!!1 Dejavu for me - my A&P II professor assigned each of us an STD to do a research paper on!!! Thank God that's over! I've forwarded the link to two of my...

  17. Welcome to the ER. Please observe the following rules. (mild rant)

    sabRN2b05 replied to V. Nightingale's topic in Emergency

    "A little off topic, but.... Please don't assume that everyone coming into the ED with c/o back pain is "drug seeking". " To nursemaa, I am SO sorry that happened to your husband I apologize to you...

  18. Why can't people just be sick at home!? (RANT!)

    sabRN2b05 replied to MrsWampthang's topic in Emergency

    Finally, someone said the magic word, EMTALA!! The root of all our problems. The ER that I work in, we can't even ask for insurance at triage or registration because of EMTALA. This means that we have...

  19. Welcome to the ER. Please observe the following rules. (mild rant)

    sabRN2b05 replied to V. Nightingale's topic in Emergency

    Scis, It sounds as though you are an ER nurse yourself - is that why you are advocating that field? Thanks for the compliments! In all honesty, once I complete next semester, I hope to be a Nurse Tech...

  20. Welcome to the ER. Please observe the following rules. (mild rant)

    sabRN2b05 replied to V. Nightingale's topic in Emergency

    V. Nightingale, I laughed so hard I was crying!!!! I am a first semester nursing student (with ONLY 4 days left in this semester!!!!) and I work in an ER as an Admit Representative. I can totally...

  21. Let the controversy begin.

    sabRN2b05 replied to skybirdrising's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, I've read all the posts on this subject. I am working as an Admit Rep in an ER in Louisiana while I am in nursing school. I agree with the various points that have been made. Of course, I don't...

  22. Bad Day at Work (rant, sorry)

    sabRN2b05 replied to MarcusKspn's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Marcuskspn, I thought I had a bad day at work yesterday! I am a first semester nursing student (ADN program) who works in an emergency room (2 - 12hr shifts on the weekends and 3-11:30 on...