IamVickiRN

IamVickiRN

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  1. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

    IamVickiRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

    "Maybe nurses are not all interchangeable as administrations sometimes like to think." Shout it louder for the folks in the back!! It is not true that "A nurse is a nurse is a

  2. Deciphering ABG's

    IamVickiRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone have an easy, understandable way to decipher ABG's? Metabolic acidosis/alkalosis vs. Respiratory acidosis/alkalosis? This stuff is looking like a foriegn language to me!! Then they...

  3. ER. A Clinic?

    IamVickiRN replied to JSlice.'s topic in Emergency

    I have just the opposite problem! I work in a clinic that the patients think is an ER! They come in to us for chest pain, stroke symptoms, etc and get MAD when we tell them we are calling an...

  4. Wound care

    IamVickiRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone. I work in an income based clinic where 90% of our clients are no isurance/under insured. I have a case with a client that has cellulitis on her leg and desperately needs unna boots but...

  5. ADM?

    IamVickiRN replied to RNfaith331's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I don't know if it was ADM? Maybe they meant ADN? Thats Associates Degree in Nursing as opposed to a diploma nurse or BSN? Just a guess... I don't have any other ideas.

  6. If I had a dollar every time I heard....

    IamVickiRN replied to bobber's topic in General Nursing

    All I want is a refill on my Xanax and Vicodin, why do I have to see the doctor for that?? Can't you just call them in for me?? I hear that at least 5 times a day in my

  7. Gee, thanks, Mom!

    IamVickiRN replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thats funny, I've always said we put the FUN in dysfunctional. Maybe it really is more the FUNK!! I can relate to your post immensely. My mom would take healthcare advice from dog if he could talk...

  8. any ideas to help me with motivation?

    IamVickiRN replied to ElphabaRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, Just curious, how does licensing work with travel nurses? You still have to be licensed in any state you work unless its a VA, right?

  9. New nurse

    IamVickiRN replied to midnight4678's topic in General Nursing

    ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS ask for help! Any nurse you are working with should understand that school does not teach you all the things you need to know. I went through a very similar situation, I...

  10. Lol?

    IamVickiRN replied to emnicams's topic in General Nursing

    Too

  11. What things do your family members do that drive the nurse in you nuts?

    IamVickiRN replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    SMOKING! My mothers' best lines... 1. Smoking after a lung resection: "Please God, don't let it be cancer, if its not cancer I'll stop smoking!" DX: Histoplasmosis. "Well I've smoked all these years...

  12. LPNs Salary Poll. I might use this for new job. HELP?

    IamVickiRN replied to lpnsider's topic in General Nursing

    Title: LPN LTC, First job out of school: $20.50/hr

  13. Am I wrong because i don't want to do CNA duites

    IamVickiRN replied to zoeyzoe's topic in General Nursing

  14. do i take my NCLEX test in TX or IL?

    IamVickiRN replied to luckyu17's topic in General Nursing

    You will have to be fingerprinted and backgrounded in IL. They are real buggers from what I understand. I am licensed in Indiana because I live here, but since I live on the state line, I am...

  15. Understanding Differentials and Overtime

    IamVickiRN replied to mi428454's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, ain't that the

  16. My clinical day (kinda long)

    IamVickiRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    So my day in clinical sorta sucked. My patient is actively dying. My care consisted of comfort measures; more so for the family than for him. He was an interesting learning experience. I got to do...

  17. Ok seasoned nurses, I have a question!

    IamVickiRN replied to gagurl's topic in General Nursing

    Good ol Vaseline!! Run your hands in warm--NOT hot-- warm water for a few minutes, just to soften them up, SLATHER on the vaseline and put on a pair of cotton gloves. Go to bed. Sleep well and wake...

  18. Capping Ceremony

    IamVickiRN replied to WhoNeedsaShot?'s topic in General Nursing

    Whoneedsashot: If you private message me I think I may be able to help you out.

  19. Lung Sounds

    IamVickiRN replied to EJSRN's topic in General Nursing

    We were taught that vesicular is just a fancy schmancy way of saying Lung sounds are

  20. Deciphering ABG's

    IamVickiRN replied to IamVickiRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, I started flipping the PaCO2 after I read this and it does make more sense to me by having them on the same

  21. Manipulative Clients

    IamVickiRN replied to ilovechadkrause's topic in General Nursing

    AMEN!!

  22. just quit job

    IamVickiRN replied to Croutonx's topic in General Nursing

    I currently work in a toxic environment similar to what you have described. I was a brand new nurse, so new that the ink was still wet on my license! I started in July and had no orientation. The...

  23. Patient with maggots in head

    IamVickiRN replied to RD_Congo's topic in General Nursing

    :omy:

  24. New Grad Earnings

    IamVickiRN replied to revolution's topic in General Nursing

    I'm an LPN in Indiana and I make $20.50 straight out of

  25. Ever wonder if you should have just let them go?

    IamVickiRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi, I work in an LTC and I recently had a patient that is elderly (frail, 91 but able to ambulate, communicate, eat, and toilet self) with several disease processes, none of which are necessarily life...