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For a grand mal I remember you have to secure the head so that it doesnt repeatedly hit the ground and cause injury and make sure that the tongue is away from the teeth as not to have the patient cause bleeding from biting it. Laying them supine would be best and removing any objects nearby that can injure them. After they calm down you'd put them on their side. I wonder what you would do if they had food in their mouth though. In high school a kid had a seizure and they placed him supine but to this day i wonder if that was a good idea, but the body is so rigid at the time that I wonder how easy that would be.

Get some letters of recommendation from your teachers or past employers. It helped me a little bit but it makes you stand out. After applying go to the HR department and drop it off personally and say you've applied but had to drop this off in addition to your resume. Put any awards and such in your resume. If you have a hard time and after a while you dont get anywhere you can consider taking some certification courses, like basic EKG or ACLS, again it makes you stand out. I would recommend basic EKG though because lots of units use tele. And as always you have to have a good cover letter, even though lots of places dont even read it, you gotta have it. Bottom line, gotta be creative. Lots of people are out there trying for the same job and if everyone looks the same they just pull the 1st one out of the box.

I'm interested in becoming an ER nurse. Ive taken a basic EKG class and am singing up for ACLS. My floor is now becoming remote tele so that will help. I wanted to prepare a bit better and get a nursing ER book but which one would you guys recommend? And why? Also is there anything that can give me an edge when applying for ER positions? Thanks!

No Im assuming the line had something run through it before and the remains are left in the line, as some medicines do.

Yes I did everything you are supposed to do. I think it may be remains of whatever was running through it before. Sometimes certain medications remain in lines long after they are d/c like TPN and heparin, you shouldnt draw labs through those even though you do everything you are supposed to (flush clamp etc). So thats my best guess

Theres always that chance, but if its flushed it should be clean. I just learned though, that if there is a heparin drip or TPN going through a line it should of course be labeled and nothing else should go through it. A PICC nurse told me that there are always minute amounts of those drugs in the line even after stopping it and flushing the line. So I'm assuming the same goes for this and even though someone is getting 0.9 NS for example, another drug could still be in the line/port. Thats the only thing I assume could be the reason. At first I thought it was a contaminated dilaudid, but when it happened again I reconsidered.

Nothing is running in between, IV is completely stopped and flushed.

Does anyone know why IV dilaudid sometimes turns white in the IV line? I flush well pre administration with saline but occasionally the dilaudid turns white.

Someone told me that and I was just wondering. But in regards to home health I cant imagine blood being given. How would that be possible? Isnt a patient supposed to go to the hospital in order to get a transfusion? After all, what about anaphylaxis or needing the blood to remain refrigerated?

Is blood not administered in the OR? Are there any other locations where it is not administered?