kool-aide, RN

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  1. Held to a higher standard

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

    Held to a higher standard in nursing/healthcare, yes, but for instance a local news source shared a story online talking about how an alcoholic died in jail of a ruptured peptic ulcer. A coworker of...

  2. sedation

    kool-aide, RN replied to jacsbein's topic in MICU, SICU

    Mostly fentanyl.... And precedex

  3. Swan question from a new CCU RN

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

    Thanks to all for your replies! This makes so much more

  4. Swan question from a new CCU RN

    kool-aide, RN posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hello Allnurses! I'm new in CCU and had my first pt with a swan last week. I work nights so it was my job with my preceptor to draw a "mixed-venous" specimen from the PA lumen on the swan to run an...

  5. Private Pinning Ceremony

    kool-aide, RN replied to littleamyd's topic in General Students

    Harsh!

  6. Goodbye...

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

    This site definitely has become much more negative since I joined....I feel like I can't post anything without being jumped on by other

  7. Telemetry patches

    kool-aide, RN replied to ttlarson's topic in Cardiac

    Q day and

  8. Does your hospital or facility badge include your credentials?

    kool-aide, RN replied to icuRNmaggie's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Mine says: Kool-Aide, ASN, RN CCU With a red hanging tag with"RN" in big letters My hospital also places certifications on our badges, I just don't have

  9. need help with a maternal care plan!

    kool-aide, RN replied to kimb1221's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Risk for deficient maternal-newborn bonding. Incorporate trust vs mistrust yada yada

  10. Valsalva maneuver

    kool-aide, RN replied to Just_Kidney's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    When one coughs, bears down, or forcefully exhales pressures are increased in the head, eyes, thoracic, and abdominal cavities. This increased pressure causes increased venous pressure which is needed...

  11. Addressing patients by their first name...

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

    I usually just go for the first name.....on night when I wake pts up, they usually respond more quickly to their first

  12. CCU RN to CRNA

    kool-aide, RN posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    Hello Allnurses! I'm a newly hired CCU RN and I'm considering the path of becoming a CRNA down the road in my nursing career. I'm aware that most, if not all, NA programs require one to two years...

  13. Stethoscope covers OK for men?

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

    I know a nurse with a para cord stethoscope cover and it looks badass!!! It comes in all different colors so definitely

  14. BSN or ASN? Decisions, Decisions..

    kool-aide, RN replied to BSNMeme2B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm an ASN RN but I suggest you go the BSN route. Hospitals want it and you'll have more luck getting

  15. Do power cords for IV pumps bother you?

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

    I just don't like when cords from all the pumps and other machines are on the floor and tangled. I try to keep them coiled up but that can pose an endless task. I don't dwell on

  16. How old were you when you started nursing school?

    kool-aide, RN replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    Started college at 18, started nursing school at 21, am now an RN at

  17. Hello! Any Cardiac Cath Lab nurses out there? Questions about how your lab runs...

    kool-aide, RN replied to sarahbellum's topic in Cardiac

    Esme, you're damn impressive. I'm a new nurse starting in CCU at the hospital I worked as an aide, and I think I'll probably go to cath lab at some point. That experience sounds incredible, thank you...

  18. New job on 3rd shift. Struggling. Need tips

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

    I chew gum and keep a rubber band on my wrist and snap myself with it if I'm getting tired while I'm driving home. My commute home during rush hour is 45

  19. Undershirt

    kool-aide, RN replied to OwlieO.O's topic in Men in Nursing

    Yeah, that's actually a pet peeve of mine. I'm a man and wouldn't DREAM of not wearing an undershirt with my

  20. Lack of basic care--appalling!

    kool-aide, RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    hey folks, i know we've all read threads on this topic before, but i just need to talk about it! lack of basic care is really starting to get under my skin, so to speak.. last weekend i was working...

  21. Antipyretics on a dying patient

    kool-aide, RN replied to Faust09's topic in Patient Medications

    A febrile pt who is already most likely dehydrated will only speed up the disease process and cause

  22. Father of a nursing student needs advice

    kool-aide, RN replied to Keane68's topic in General Nursing

    I'm about to graduate nursing school in May, as well, and I wouldn't dream of taking time off. I believe employers would be curious to this gap of unemployment on my resume and might view me as less...

  23. Annoying female coworker conversations

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

    If you

  24. Annoying female coworker conversations

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

    Thanks to everyone for the supportive replies! I truly was not trying to start arguments, just some light conversation. Personally, I think there's no harm in saying women annoy men sometimes and men...

  25. did i fluid overload her to death??

    kool-aide, RN replied to heshamhesham's topic in Cardiac

    If the pt had known heart failure and was possibly being treated with a potassium wasting diuretic, as well as being acutely malnourished, she may have also had a severe electrolyte