akvarmit

akvarmit

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  1. Do things get better?

    akvarmit replied to champagneferret's topic in Emergency

    Hi OP and GaJen! I just returned to the ED after a hiatus of 8 years on a PCU unit. I am copying down all the wonderful comments here and from other threads to read when I have my OMG moments. I...

  2. Eaten Alive in the ED

    akvarmit replied to MillennialNurse's topic in Emergency

    [quote=MillennialNurse;9114160} Thanks everyone! It helps to know that I'm not alone. I'm trying to just ignore the comments, accept that I'm there to gain experience and not to make friends. It's...

  3. Always Rumors

    akvarmit replied to babynurse101's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Everywhere I've worked two nurses ALWAYS check blood/identifiers/unit number together before each

  4. Heading out soon

    akvarmit posted a topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the messages here from the AK nurses! Our plans have finally come together, our house sold, I have a temporary license for AK and a job offer. We'll be hitting AK in 2 months, looking...

  5. Cardiac vs. Neuro

    akvarmit replied to Lovelymo79's topic in Cardiac

    Hi Lovely - I personally think there is a big difference in cardiac or neuro nursing. I love cardiac - it's very measurable and you get instant gratification from giving IV drug therapy. (when it...

  6. Alaska here I come!

    akvarmit replied to smilealot's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard of the facility, it's just up the road...but have no real info for ya, sorry!

  7. Relocating to anchorage

    akvarmit replied to Kaligirl02's topic in General Nursing

    Umm from what I'm aware of, no, UAA is it. I think there's a LPN school, too, but I see little hiring of them in the hospitals. I have also heard there is a big wait list due to UAA being the only...

  8. Alaska here I come!

    akvarmit replied to smilealot's topic in General Nursing

    Hi all ! I haven't posted here in a while.......but I relocated to Anchorage last year and the hospital employing me paid the relocation expenses. (Otherwise, we'd never have been able to afford the...

  9. From Communty Health back to Acute Care: Need Advice

    akvarmit replied to marksimmons's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I have found that casual/registry positions sometimes come with less oritentation than a regular position, and might leave you feeling even more overwhelmed. Check in your area for which hospitals...

  10. tridil and heparin together?

    akvarmit posted a topic in Emergency

    I would like to know how others hang their tridil and heparin IV when ordered on the same patient. Does your facility allow them to be infused via the same site? And which do you connect closest to...

  11. Heading out soon

    akvarmit replied to akvarmit's topic in General Nursing

    aknotted - Thanks for your reply - all good info! The cruise is one part I'm definitely looking forward to Heck, I'm looking forward to the whole process! I'm so excited I could bust, then I get...

  12. Heading out soon

    akvarmit replied to akvarmit's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks AKnotted! We have a few days in Seattle & Bellingham waiting for the ferry, so I may check out the shopping there to kill some time.

  13. Do you know the right answer?

    akvarmit replied to KarynicaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Dang........I even subscribed to this thread so I can keep an eye out for the answer..... or rather, what the OP's prospective employer THINKS the answer is. ShEEsh. Since Florence N's day, nurses...

  14. Foot Detox

    akvarmit replied to country mom's topic in General Nursing

    There is a fine line between complementary and quackery! When I did health lectures at an in-pt drug and alcohol detox unit, one of the patients asked me about doing colon cleanses...... he saw the...

  15. dumb conscious sedation questions

    akvarmit replied to julezzz26's topic in General Nursing

    Magnolia- #1 - Definitely call your Board of Nursing and find out if your practice act allows you to give those meds. Here in PA, LPN's are NOT allowed to push any IV meds, they can only start IV's...

  16. Any excelsior grads here in PA?

    akvarmit replied to Pipsqueak's topic in Pennsylvania Nursing

    Hi Pip - I'm an Excelsior Grad from 5 years ago. Have had no problems with jobs. I was an LPN working at a hospital and getting tuition paid for when I did the program, then I just moved into an RN...

  17. Pacemakers

    akvarmit replied to GoldenFire5's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the above posters - and if it really fired - YOU probably would have known it too! See the web page below under the topic "what should I do if I get a shock" - it talks about warning...

  18. No one else to talk to and just need to vent....

    akvarmit replied to klcrn1987's topic in Emergency

    klcrn- I am in an ER exactly like you have described. Nothing gets in my craw worse than a poor, poor orientation program that leaves us good nurses doubting ourselves instead of being trained! The...

  19. "Flex" Competition Ideas

    akvarmit replied to kaiteeb61's topic in Emergency

    Saline shooting for distance with a Level 1 rewarmer............... not that I EVER did that on a slow night shift. No, I usually got hit with

  20. ER Pet Peeves

    akvarmit replied to ERERER's topic in Emergency

    I love it! So true! We've had a run of 3 day old bug bites with about 1-2 cm of erythema, no itching, no pain........and "I thought I better get it checked out." Also, the kids 2-3 years old with...

  21. Where do you give your heparin?

    akvarmit replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    My belly, below the belly button. Except for the time I had a physician as a med-surg patient and he had HIS physician give us a written order to give his Heparin in his arms. Have never done it...

  22. Small ER Management

    akvarmit replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

    I hear ya! I just came back to ER nursing in a tiny ER.... I did a BIG hospital ER in the past. It's very interesting to see the difference in small versus big ER. I keep telling myself the...

  23. measuring pulsus paradoxus

    akvarmit posted a topic in Emergency

    Just curious for your thoughts on this..... I'm working in a VERY small ER (after doing level I trauma a few years back) and I've encountered a doc that just makes me crazy! He and I have clashed on a...

  24. Excelsior Grads-need your opinion!

    akvarmit replied to hiyall's topic in General Nursing

    I can "ditto" what the other posters here have said...... Excelsior is do-able, with the right background and personality. There was a huge wait to schedule for the clinical part. You need to study...

  25. Pet Un-Peeves, or what I like about Emergency Nursing

    akvarmit replied to ERbunny's topic in Emergency

    This is a great thread! Thanks for reminding us that in the midst of the negativity - there's a reason we keep coming back and clocking in! I love it because no matter how long you've worked there,...