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  1. ED treatment for severe burn victim

    phoenixrn replied to jcast2213's topic in Burn

    1) We don't refer to them as victims unless they're dead. Burn SURVIVOR. 2) The primary focus of the ER should be to stabilize the patient and get them to a Burn Center as quickly as possible....

  2. CBD in California? Will my nursing license be safe?

    phoenixrn posted a topic in General Nursing

    Greetings! It's 2017. I'm the primary caregiver for my mother, who is showing s/s of advancing memory loss. She frequently has back pain also, and the two issues are keeping her out of the garden,...

  3. How did you start in Burns?

    phoenixrn replied to dbear3's topic in Burn

    I was hired as a new grad into a hospital that has an ABA certified ICB. I was hired onto the "ortho/neuro" med surg unit. In addition to ortho/spine patients, we would see cosmetic plastics patients,...

  4. Burn dressings vs. Defibrillation

    phoenixrn replied to marienm, RN, CCRN's topic in Burn

    Gosh.... this is a great question. And what if you cut the dressings down but the torso is covered in goopy silvadene and eschar? Burn patients are often slimy and slippery. And we get plenty of...

  5. Nursing students who want to be NP's

    phoenixrn replied to Teaching the future's topic in General Nursing

    This is also fueled by the fact that there is a PHYSICIAN shortage..... this is why APNs are in demand. Many bright young people considering medical school will also look at the APN pathway and think...

  6. Used CPR on my neighbors toddler today... it wasn't enough... warning, graphic..

    phoenixrn replied to NursingInChaos's topic in General Nursing

    Hero nurse!!! I guarantee you that mom and dad were praying to God/Allah/Jesus/Jehovah and probably Satan as well for any chance to hold their live baby again, deficits or not. You are a

  7. Accepted to FNP program but having change of heart

    phoenixrn replied to phoenixrn's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Update: I've accepted my admission. It's a State school (hella cheap tuition, and my facility will pay a chunk of it). Mostly online classes, but driving distance for on campus seminars and...

  8. Accepted to FNP program but having change of heart

    phoenixrn posted a topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Greetings APNs! I could really use your advice. I was just accepted into an FNP program at a well-respected four year university. It will be dirt cheap (subsidized in-state tuition, employer tuition...

  9. Accepted to FNP program but having change of heart

    phoenixrn replied to phoenixrn's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Well hello my fellow burn nurse!! We certainly are in a niche, aren't we? You either love our specialty.... or you don't touch it with a ten foot

  10. Non-medical staff giving injections?!!

    phoenixrn posted a topic in General Nursing

    So I was just at a "medically supervised" weight loss clinic. The "counselor" gave me a subQ injection in the upper arm. I had to tell her to wash her hands and put on gloves. I asked her if she was a...

  11. Albumin Resuscitation

    phoenixrn replied to BriGuy31's topic in Burn

    Gotta watch out for pulmonary edema also. If the patient has a good, health strong heart prior to the burn injury, they'll be able to handle the fluids. Patients with weak hearts can get backed up...

  12. Excoriated Skin= Sloughing??

    phoenixrn replied to Nurse_Nancie's topic in Burn

    I agree with what Marienm said... I will add: I would consider eschar to be nonviable tissue that covers a wound bed ... eschar can be yellow, white, or scabby. Eschar doesn't necessarily come off by...

  13. silver nitrate sticks & silvadene creme

    phoenixrn replied to onthemark's topic in Burn

    We use silver nitrate to cauterize areas of hypergranulation in healing graft sites. Granulation tissue = pink or red smooth wound bed. Hypergranuation = raised, caviar-like dark red or purplish...

  14. Forced to stay and work under mandatory evacuation?

    phoenixrn replied to squatmunkie_RN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I live in earthquake country.... 30 min away from the city where my hospital is at and in a safer earthquake zone than the city. If the "big one" hit and I knew my family was safe, I would do...

  15. Pyxis (almost) nightmares. PLEASE be careful.

    phoenixrn replied to dudette10's topic in Patient Medications

    My routine: I check the MAR, then pull the meds. Then, I chart the meds one by one against the MAR, checking the name and correct dosage again, then opening the package, announcing the medication and...

  16. Worst night ever

    phoenixrn replied to beeker's topic in General Nursing

    1) I saved a patient's life by NOT listening to the charge nurse's advice. I got an order for the EKG which concluded a STEMI (Charge wanted to ignore it, because the pt was homeless and yelling out...

  17. Studied for 6 days, passed NCLEX-RN in 75 questions

    phoenixrn replied to hakunamatata's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I'm a good test taker. I downloaded NCLEX study questions onto my Itouch. There were 1000, and you could bookmark the ones you got wrong. I studied them until I had 0 wrong. I passed with just a few...

  18. Do you love Ortho?

    phoenixrn replied to sarahsmile44's topic in Orthopedic

    I like that most of my patients get better and go home. You see your nursing interventions actually work and patients progress. But don't take it lightly.... when these patient's are fresh post ops...

  19. Is this appropriate behaviour when placing a condom catheter?

    phoenixrn replied to canned_bread's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I use the skin prep swabs... gives a sticky surface to grab onto the condom cath so it won't slip off as easily, protects the delicate skin, using a downward motion sweeps any stray hairs out of the...

  20. Do you think that a "high school dropout" mentality exists in the field of nursing?

    phoenixrn replied to WillRegNurse's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The irony of your entire post, OP, is that by singling out a group of people (of whom you have gathered no evidence to support your claims) you are making cruel and degrading generalizations which...

  21. Do you ever get tired of hearing this phrase?

    phoenixrn replied to Double-Helix's topic in General Nursing

    As long as the nurse isn't hosting her Media website DRESSED UP AS A NURSE!!! Wish the BON could go after Media sites that have a "nurse theme." Sorry to get off track here

  22. Was asked if I was bisexual?!?!?

    phoenixrn replied to caregiver1977's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I was at a free clinic once and going through the questions.... thought I'd heard it all at that point and was unimpressed, until I was asked if I regularly came into contact with BLOOD during sexual...

  23. YouTube Nurse Vlogs

    phoenixrn replied to Biffbradford's topic in General Nursing

    THIS GUY IS SOOO FUNNY! He's a doc, but a seriously funny one.

  24. What's the task you like doing most on the job?

    phoenixrn replied to PreStudent101's topic in General Nursing

    I love making my patients and their families

  25. A doctor's apology.....

    phoenixrn replied to PinkRocksLikeMe's topic in General Nursing

    "so I said IT'S GONE, IT'S MY FAULT, MOVE ON, WHAT CAN I GET YOU RIGHT NOW..." Beautiful. A metaphor for all relationships