RescueNinja

RescueNinja

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

    RescueNinja replied to BigDiesel's topic in Emergency

  2. IVP vs IVPB

    RescueNinja replied to PediLove2147's topic in General Nursing

    I'm really surprised to see people saying you need an order to piggyback something. I have never seen an order for anything other than "IV." You can dilute things as much as you want as long as it...

  3. Holy guacamole, this new grad just scored an awesome gig!

    RescueNinja replied to autbot4500's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congratulations!

  4. First shift off orientation.

    RescueNinja replied to Crux1024's topic in Emergency

    Wow I'm so jealous of all your orientations! I had 8 shifts before I was thrown to the

  5. What the what??

    RescueNinja replied to pockunit's topic in General Nursing

    Here you go :) Push the little pronunciation button at the top

  6. What the what??

    RescueNinja replied to pockunit's topic in General Nursing

    So many of these drive me bananas. The worst is O2 Stats. Or the patient is statting at whatever. Those make my skin crawl! Shortly after I started a new job about an hour and a half from where I live...

  7. low pressure alarm if trach comes out?

    RescueNinja replied to nursedelia's topic in General Nursing

    I did not read through all the posts so this may have been posted already, but the very first thing I check when I have a trach patient (okay, second thing after code status) is that I have an extra...

  8. first code

    RescueNinja replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have taken part in many codes including a few hours ago and yesterday too. My first was in my third semester of NS. None of them were my patients and none of them survived, unfortunately. Since I...

  9. Oxygen by mask

    RescueNinja replied to melissa3333's topic in International Nursing

    I agree with other posters. I would never wait for an order to put my pt on O2 if I felt it was necessary. You do need to be careful, but you will learn who can tolerate the O2 and who can't. Now I...

  10. What can you run iv tylenol with.

    RescueNinja replied to evolvingrn's topic in General Nursing

    The only incompatibilities listed on Medscape are diazepam and

  11. Drugs used on adult critical care unit

    RescueNinja replied to rn_yogi's topic in Critical Care

    We use Propofol almost exclusively, but if BP is an issue and Levophed is not working well enough or if we are unable to wean pts off the Levophed within a day or two, we tend to ask for the...

  12. critical care texts

    RescueNinja replied to krista312's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    http://www.amazon.com/Critical-Care-Nursing-Made-Incredibly/dp/1609136497/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1322615881&sr=8-2 I don't have this book in particular, but I have several others from the...

  13. am I covered by my facility when transporting?

    RescueNinja replied to shisquy's topic in General Nursing

    Your facility should have a policy on this. Mine does. As long as we follow our facility's P&Ps for our department/specialty we are

  14. Scope of practice ?

    RescueNinja replied to cornettclan's topic in General Nursing

    We thought this at my facility (LTC) too until one of our local coroners was angry that we hadn't been putting anything in the preliminary cause of death section of our facility's internal paperwork....

  15. Worst doctors orders ever received

    RescueNinja replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    Not that the orders weren't warranted, but I recently had 2 patients that the EDP saw back to back and ordered a soapsuds enema for both of them...30 minutes before my shift ended. Not

  16. Moving back to Canada at 26, and starting from scratch... overwhelmed!

    RescueNinja replied to BarefootedSarah's topic in International Nursing

    You will likely have to upgrade your high school courses AND take a pre-nursing course. I'm from Ontario and tuition at my school was approximately $6,000 per year. Depending on the semester you're in...

  17. Nurses ordering meds

    RescueNinja replied to robby5313's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it's legal. When the nurse takes a verbal/phone order it is his/her responsibility to ensure s/he transcribes it correctly. I always scribble them on a piece of paper (or paper towel which is...

  18. Who has more stess RT or RN?

    RescueNinja replied to samirish's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I believe I clearly stated both professions are stressful. I have never worked in a facility where all patients are assigned to a RT 24/7, but each pt is assigned to a nurse at all times. My comment...

  19. Who has more stess RT or RN?

    RescueNinja replied to samirish's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Neither. Both are stressful. FYI, RTs are not the only ones working in highly stressful, critical care environments. Nurses are there 24/7 and a lot of non-respiratory crap hits the fan too. RTs...

  20. NS at 125 ml/hr is not an ER order

    RescueNinja replied to Guest219794's topic in Emergency

  21. How to deal with mean old men

    RescueNinja replied to AMCNurse's topic in General Nursing

    I do not take that crap from anyone. Pts, co-workers, people in public, etc. If anyone is rude to me I just say something along the lines of "your behaviour is...

  22. No code changed to Full code

    RescueNinja replied to yooperPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I'm curious as to why the MD did not write an order for no resuscitation?? Maybe it is different in the US, but here they can (and do) write DNR orders in situations like

  23. Disposable Bedpans?

    RescueNinja replied to scarlet87's topic in General Nursing

    Well, we only cover the pans coming out of isolation rooms (or if it's something really nasty out of respect to those we may pass on the way) and carry them down to the dirty utility room. It's big,...

  24. Disposable Bedpans?

    RescueNinja replied to scarlet87's topic in General Nursing

    We use VernaCare products at both of the hospitals that I work at. Even our wash basins are disposable. I LOVE them. I have never noticed measurement lines, but we have a little scale and weigh the...

  25. Brain Sheet Diagrams

    RescueNinja replied to whitecat5000's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Could you copy and paste the URL for the examples? Not sure what you're talking