belle87RN

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  1. You Know You're A Nurse If...

    belle87RN replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    Thought of another one... If you've ever said, "This patient's history reads like a

  2. You Know You're A Nurse If...

    belle87RN replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    When you can change your dust ruffle on a full size bed using the same technique as doing a bed change on a total care patient. You have night mares of taking care of 8-9 patients after a night of...

  3. Worst doctors orders ever received

    belle87RN replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    Why was he giving in and giving her Dilaudid, if he knew that she is a drug

  4. What is the most interesting case you've seen in the ER?

    belle87RN replied to BigDiesel's topic in Emergency

    You guys all have great stories. Mine is from when I did a shadow day in the ER as part of my new nursing orientation. I had previously worked in the ER as an aide before I graduated nursing school...

  5. Epic (Nursing) FAILS!

    belle87RN replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in Nursing Humor

    Ouch! That had to hurt. Nubain and I are not friends. In my OB rotation in nursing school I went it to my patient. It was my ever REAL experience with an ampule and was supposed to be my first ever...

  6. Call Off Policies?

    belle87RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    What are you facilities call off policies? I think my work stinks, if we call of more than 3 times in a rounding year we either get a verbal or written warning, or suspended if it's more than 5. The...

  7. Best Shoes...

    belle87RN posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I'm sure this topic has gone around this place a few time, but I have yet to really find a pair of shoes I love. When I worked in a college kitchen for a year I had a pair of shoe called Klogs, they...

  8. Call Off Policies?

    belle87RN replied to belle87RN's topic in General Nursing

    It frustrates me that we don't have a little more leeway. If I'm sick, I don't think I should be taking care of any patient, let alone the surgical patients that I was supposed to take care of. I was...

  9. Am I wrong for calling off? Please help!

    belle87RN replied to np2b4me's topic in General Nursing

    It probably wasn't the best idea to call off, although I don't blame you. No nurse, no matter how experienced you are should ever have to deal with that kind of mess. The charge nurse was definitely...

  10. He wont bleed....Is there a trick to this?

    belle87RN replied to dscott76's topic in General Students

    Warming up their fingers or a little finger tip massage to get the blood going. Although the later isn't really recommended. Also make sure you aren't too far off to the side. Sometimes the sides of...

  11. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    belle87RN replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    I CAN NOT stand epistaxis! Ugh, so gross! Especially when they have clots built up in their throats and they are hacking it up. I volunteered to help out in room 7 in our ED (our ENT room, without...

  12. Just 75 Questions!

    belle87RN posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I can't believe it! I took the NCELX yesterday and only had 75 questions. I was so nervous and didn't know what to think. But I got my results this morning and I passed! I was so excited, one of the...

  13. I want to be an ER specialist Nurse

    belle87RN replied to Dijon's topic in Emergency

    You are able to specialize in emergency medicine here in the states. There is something called a CEN or certified emergency nurse that you can earn (not sure how yet cause I'm still in school). But...

  14. Funny things that pts say

    belle87RN replied to jRN4now's topic in Nursing Humor

    I love the patients that come to the ER thinking the have "amonia" One time a patient came in complaining of pain in his "wing muscle" I said to him "you mean your shoulder?", "No my wing muscle,...

  15. How to give an injection?

    belle87RN replied to Aspiring Nurse 777's topic in General Nursing

    The above two are correct, you will be taught the best ways to give injections in schools and the patient rights. I was scared at first too but there are a lot of ways to reduce pain with injections....

  16. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    belle87RN replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    As much as we scoff at it, it can be an emergency. Twice in one night we had young females come into the ED for stomach pain and N/V for several hours by ambulance. One had a almost if not already...

  17. Is there an easy way memorizing drug names?

    belle87RN replied to mariamawit's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Some drug classifications are easy to remember because of there endings. - olol or lol drugs are Beta Blockers - statin's are lipid lowering agents - caine's are usually numbing agents - il's or...

  18. Which drug to give..........and why????

    belle87RN replied to donnaclure's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm an not familiar with the second two drugs but I am familiar with morphine, and we had a representative from our local hospice care in our nursing class last week. She talked about a lot of times...

  19. Kid fell off bike: what would you anticipate?

    belle87RN replied to MikeyBSN's topic in Emergency

    I work in the ED and I do agree it's up to the doc really. We have docs that would just do the basics and docs that will give them an entire work up "just in case". I will venture to say that the...

  20. Weird Idiosyncratic Reaction????

    belle87RN posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Okay so this is more for myself than anything else. I know that lots of people can have idiosyncratic reactions to medications. In my case, I've taken Levaquin, Biaxin and a Medrol dose pack in the...

  21. Whats the worst that can happen?

    belle87RN replied to melonbelly7's topic in Camp

    What camp did you work at? It sounds like a camp in NY that I go to called Word of Life. But I would imagine you would have seen a few fractures and sprains there given all the activities that they...

  22. Echo interpret- R or L sided HF?

    belle87RN replied to RNstudentc/o2010's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    To answer your question regarding the L sided heart failure causing R sided heart failure. In this case you need to think about your patho. What is going on in L sided heart failure and where is the...

  23. Nursing Diagnoses

    belle87RN posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    So, I'm sure that I will be able to figure out some on my own but I just thought I'd ask for your thoughts on nursing diagnoses for a patient who is 65 years old, with a recent tracheostomy and PEG...

  24. Lab Values

    belle87RN replied to MEDICJOHN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would go with what the book says or what the hospital your school is affiliated with says. If they wanted you to buy the book, that means they are probable using the values and info from those...

  25. HELP Med-Surg 1

    belle87RN replied to curtRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    These are the med-surg text books we use and they are helpful. This one even comes along with a study guide with really helpful study questions on each chapter. Then you can go online and look up the...