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1. Dirty Needle Stick....

   calicamper replied to TsavarenaRN's topic in General Students

   If your needles are the same safety needles that we have, the best way to do it is to slide the needle against a hard surface, a table, with enough pressure that the resheathing device will slide up...

2. Question for the experienced cards rns

   calicamper replied to martymoose's topic in Cardiac

   I had my first code two weeks ago after working for 13.5 months. It was such a relief for me b/c like you describe, my anxiety was so high. My colleagues got me very involved, though. I took turns...

3. RNs in CT scan c pt

   calicamper posted a topic in General Nursing

   I've seen a couple of times at my hospital the RN be in the CT scanner room with the pt while pt was being scanned. As I understand it, a CT scan is the equivalent of 300 chest xrays and a CT scan for...

4. Looking for nursing area with less physical expectations.

   calicamper replied to calicamper's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you all for your comments, suggestions. I had already spoken with my manager and she said that unfortunately, hospitals in our region weren't using lift teams. I just got the feeling from my...

5. Looking for nursing area with less physical expectations.

   calicamper posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have worked in an ICU for 7 months now, and LOVE the job except I am VERY worried about the physical expectations. I am in a coronary care unit (ICU), which also gets overflow medicine and burn ICU...

6. blood exposure and intact skin

   calicamper posted a topic in General Nursing

   Last week I got blood on my pants from a known Hep C patient. It soaked through my pants and through my hose underneath. (this was not an obscene amount of blood, just a couple splashes about an inch...

7. Embarrassing Incident/Klonopin?

   calicamper replied to calicamper's topic in Psychiatric

   Hi, I'm the original poster, Thanks all for writing to me. I know my post was really long to read. I really appreciate your commiseration. Also, thank you for your support for getting more physical...

8. Embarrassing Incident/Klonopin?

   calicamper replied to calicamper's topic in Psychiatric

   Thank you JentheRN05, I really appreciated your post because it seemed like you could kind of relate. Yeah, I don't know if they should give RNs in the unit special confidentiality tx. Usually when we...

9. Embarrassing Incident/Klonopin?

   calicamper posted a topic in Psychiatric

   I was mortified earlier this week. I work in an ED and during this story, keep in mind that I am a 25 year old healthy-looking female. I have taken lamictal for depression for 4 years and have not had...

10. Tagging HIV status in chart?

    calicamper replied to calicamper's topic in MICU, SICU

    Fergus51 I thought that last statement was interesting and also a good reminder for me. I saw someone accidentally get blood on their hand from a TB patient the other day and my first reaction was...

11. Tagging HIV status in chart?

    calicamper replied to calicamper's topic in MICU, SICU

    Here's what I was thinking about when I querried about communicating HIV status to nurses. I found that another nurse agreed with me on this. What we felt was that when a patient's HIV status is first...

12. Want to be an ICU nurse?

    calicamper replied to loconno2's topic in MICU, SICU

    ER sounds like something you might enjoy. The best way to know would be to shadow nurses on different units. Also, in nursing school, you'll get exposed to different types of

13. Tagging HIV status in chart?

    calicamper posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    Hi Everybody, I was wondering what your hospitals' protocols are for tagging HIV status in the chart or communicating HIV status to nurses at shift change. I know that we should always be using...

14. If there was one piece of advice...

    calicamper replied to ImaERtraumaRN's topic in Emergency

    For Dixielee especially, thanks for taking the time to write up this advice. I start working in an ED in October. Very much appreciated your suggestions, and everyone

15. Johns Hopkins BSN Program

    calicamper replied to calicamper's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Kayleen-I was accepted to Hopkins accelerated program, Penn 2nd degree program, Univ. of Miami 12 month program, Duke, and UNC-CH (14-month BSN program). I have narrowed it down to Duke and UNC-CH and...