kool-aide, RN

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  1. Key lanyards around neck

    kool-aide, RN replied to rickbren.lds's topic in General Nursing

    Great point, anyone can strangle you anywhere!

  2. My favorite med:

    kool-aide, RN replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in Patient Medications

    Smoothes the wrinkles. Lol love

  3. Key lanyards around neck

    kool-aide, RN replied to rickbren.lds's topic in General Nursing

    Only time that could be bad is if you're working in psych, I'd

  4. why do nurses hate medics?

    kool-aide, RN replied to loboracer's topic in Emergency

    An EMT-B acquaintance of mine goes on and on about nurses v. EMS and I just don't see it, although I work in Inpatient acute care and not ED. I occasionally have pts brought to me via EMS and never...

  5. Cardiac Arrest

    kool-aide, RN replied to starlane's topic in General Nursing

    MI can lead to cardiac arrest. An mi that is untreated will ultimately lead to cardiac arrest, which is what kills

  6. Drawing up Ativan

    kool-aide, RN posted a topic in Patient Medications

    At my hospital, when administering Ativan through continuous infusion, we are to attach a micron filter to the tubing. This got me thinking, should I be drawing up IVP doses of Ativan with a filter...

  7. All Men Shift

    kool-aide, RN replied to kalevra's topic in Men in Nursing

    All male shifts are nice

  8. Did You Go Into Nursing For One Specialty?

    kool-aide, RN replied to Satori77's topic in General Nursing

    I used to love to watch Trauma: life in the ER, and still do occasionally, and so I thought I wanted to be an ER nurse. Since I've had more exposure to healthcare and been to and graduated from...

  9. What is the toughest question you have ever been asked by a patient?

    kool-aide, RN replied to Zilijn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What time will I see the doctor

  10. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    kool-aide, RN replied to northmississippi's topic in Patient Medications

    Nitroglycerin, Coreg, Plavix, Lasix, fentanyl I work in CCU and that was really hard to narrow down. I really want to add Lipitor also.

  11. Questions from a student!

    kool-aide, RN replied to Christinajoannne's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I think it would be beneficial for you to have experience in CCU. I'm a new RN in CCU and receive pts from cath lab all the time, remove sheaths, assess chest pain, EKGs, and affected limbs(pulses)....

  12. What is the proper way to address an RN?

    kool-aide, RN replied to planetoi's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I personally wouldn't like to be called "Nurse (last name) because I don't want my pts knowing my last name.

  13. ICU RN Report- How does your unit do it?

    kool-aide, RN replied to seamel's topic in Critical Care

    My hospital does bedside report, and while it takes time to get used to, a lot of mistakes are caught during

  14. State differences for NCLEX

    kool-aide, RN replied to mandyhatch's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    It's a national exam, therefor it's the same in all states. If you have questions about how your license will transfer from state to state, it may be wise to ask your state board of nursing and the...

  15. I/O in ER

    kool-aide, RN posted a topic in Emergency

    So I went to the ER to pick up my CHF exac. pt and found the nurse toileting her without a hat to measure urine output. I figure this is common place for ER but in my opinion if there's anyone who...

  16. Held to a higher standard

    kool-aide, RN posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Hello everyone, Did anyone notice that once you became a nurse you somehow always are held to a higher standard than any other person? With all this ebola crap it's just making it more and more...

  17. I/O in ER

    kool-aide, RN replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in Emergency

    Good point about dly wt-it is more important. Lol Idk how ER nurses do it. I like knowing EVERYTHING about my pts in CCU. Saw you had surgery same, hope you're recovering

  18. I/O in ER

    kool-aide, RN replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in Emergency

    That's the *frustrating* thing about reading text, it's difficult to convey tone. The tone of what's read is completely up to the reader.

  19. I/O in ER

    kool-aide, RN replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in Emergency

    I just think it's pretty important after a pt has their first dose of IVP

  20. Pt stable with a very low Bp?

    kool-aide, RN replied to sugar12's topic in General Nursing

    The the pts norm was 80s and say maybe 2L taken off in HD for ESRD, this could be normal for the pt. Maybe could have asked to draw a

  21. PICC line flushing question

    kool-aide, RN replied to newgraduategal's topic in General Nursing

    I guess it's not a huge deal if you're not planning on drawing blood from it ever.....but why not? It takes 3

  22. Patient's rights dilemma

    kool-aide, RN replied to newgraduategal's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If your facility is smoke-free, he has no right to smoke there. End of

  23. PA catheter help/question

    kool-aide, RN replied to Teddy11's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Clamping is important to prevent air

  24. Held to a higher standard

    kool-aide, RN replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT!!!!! That's why I don't post much on here

  25. Held to a higher standard

    kool-aide, RN replied to kool-aide, RN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That's what I'm saying. A doc I know was found in possession of street drugs and tox screen was hot for those drugs. Still