NurseKitten MSN, RN

Case Mgmt, Anesthesia, ICU, ER, Dialysis

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    Flight nurse?

    RN at the bare minimum. The flight crews around here require an EMT-P as well. One of my gf's is preparing to challenge the EMT-P so she can fly - and they'll be lucky to have her. She has 10 years as...
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    Catheterization problems

    I'm left handed too...set up your sterile field where you can't contaminate. Ask for extra sterile drapes if you have to. Make it large enough where you can lay whatever you need out, along with a...
  3. You'll be busy, but you can do it. You won't have much of a life in the process, but it's do-able. Hire a tutor if you have to. A good tutor is worth their weight in
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    my plan for nursing

    If you want a CRNA education, your specialty needs to be ICU. The skill sets come the closest to overlapping. Good
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    Pre-School Studying?

    Fabulous complilation. I'm forwarding on to the incoming anesthesia students...'cause they're gonna need that stuff
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    Let's introduce ourselves...

    Hey y'all...I'm Amy, in North Florida - might as well be South Georgia. I've been at this a long time - started in dialysis in 1994, and have done ER, case management, ICU. Last year, I took leave of...
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    Aesthetics Nursing

    OK, from one Florida nurse who's seen what the BON can do to an RN's career who was injecting illegally.... DON'T DO IT! They are NOT playing about that mess! One of the aesthetic clinics around here...
  8. As wide of varied experiences as you can possibly have... Certification as a case manager wouldn't hurt... Have you gotten on the Florida Department of Health website to read about what the critieria...
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    Help with Pulse Oximetry Question

    Attached is my set of notes regarding pulse oximetry monitoring from my anesthesia program - it was the first time I truly UNDERSTOOD what was going on. :) Holler if you have any questions, but I...
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    Infiltrates...explain more.../lab interpretation

    http://www.aic.cuhk.edu.hk/web8/Very%20BASIC%20CXR%20lungs.htm From the Department of Anesthesia at University of Hong Kong. It addresses specifically what you're talking about.
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    Will Florida inmates come to my home?

    If you work in corrections, you can elect to not have your address listed, or you can list the address of the prison as your address. Signed, A Florida RN who's husband is a 21-year law enforcement...
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    omg some one help meee :'( time to cry

    If you make up your mind you're going to get past it, you will. If you allow it to control you, it will. It really is that simple. How bad do you want to be a nurse? Good
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    placenta accreta

    A Google search might be useful, but Daytonite is 100% dead on the money. We can help you evaluate the legitimacy of websites and validity of information, but it does you no good to learn if you don't...
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    MRSA Question

    My favorite is when I've been caring for a new admit for 3 days, come back on the fourth to find them on isolation for MRSA. "Oh yeah, the wife/husband/significant other told us today they were in...
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    How often do you get sick?

    I am convinced we have amazing immunity to be around what we're constantly exposed to and not be sicker than we are. Last time I called out for being "sick" was when I got the stomach bug going...
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    Stethoscope cleaning

    Alcohol wipes, and have used Lysol wipes when I was using my stethescope on a family member or
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    missing narcs

    If your pee test is negative, there's nothing they can do. Consult an attorney if you're nervous. Good
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    Does the MAGNET system work?

    It's a nice concept, but for all the things it's added to my daily routine to try and care for patients...they should take the hourly pay they have to dish out to us and hire more nurses with it....
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    Curious... Why would an ICU pt go to PACU?

    Two thoughts that come to mind immediately: they can bill for a PACU stay and PACU nurses are more attuned to surgery-specific complications such as MH. Unless a diagnosis specifically called for it,...
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    Some questions about heparin/coumadin, help!

    Coumadin interferes with the extrinsic clotting pathway. Heparin interferes with the intrinsic clotting pathway. (And you thought you'd never use all that A&P! :) ) Heparin itself it a poor...
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    Where is blood not admnistered?

    Depends on where you're at and local policy on giving blood in a dialysis clinic. We gave it until a patient died from a transfusion reaction. I gave it twice more after that, but only because the...
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    Epinephrine Dosage - is this too much?

    A patient in anaphylaxis needs the beta-2 action of bronchodilation, and beta-1 action to increase cardiac output. (Remember, CO = HR x SV) But at 20 mcg/min of Epi, you're also in the range of...
  24. OK, to the one who's DH said she hadn't been doing CPR right - girl, you want us to hurt him?? 'Cause we will! To the one who's DH gave them crap about "sleeping all day"...yeah, I got that on a...
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    CLINIC MANAGER PAY-Fresenius

    LOL! DaVita definitely IS one for conference calls, aren't they?? One thing I do NOT