hannahmaepunk

hannahmaepunk has 1 years experience and specializes in Med-surg, ICU.

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1. Ridiculous V/S...are you out of your mind?

   hannahmaepunk replied to BrazoriaLVN's topic in General Nursing

   Faulty training on CNA's. Faulty certification. Faulty education.

2. Is nursing really for me?

   hannahmaepunk replied to Monica08's topic in General Nursing

   Is nursing for you? Seek validation from yourself, the patients you handled, your preceptors, and your co-workers. See if that helps.

3. what would happen if you defibrillated a pt w/ a pacemaker?

   hannahmaepunk replied to JemJ's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah, fun is the right word to use in defibrillating patients. In filipino movies and tv shows, people who have a flatline ALWAYS receives a shock from the good 'ol nurses. (random thought)

4. What are your pet peeves when orienting a new ER nurse?

   hannahmaepunk replied to NeoPediRN's topic in Emergency

   Slow nurses. And nurses who lack confidence. Overly dependent nurses. Cramming nurses. Nurses who doesn't think quickly. Nurses who doesn't have an open mind. --these are the unwanted nurses in the ED

5. Nursing education

   hannahmaepunk replied to MyGranniePanties's topic in General Nursing

   Lazy people+enrollment in whatever class=money. Administrators+school=costs Lazy people failing+enrolling again and again=more money High standards= less people enrolling School - high standards= easier for lazy people to pass School - high standard...

6. Staff Nurse with a MS Nursing degree?

   hannahmaepunk replied to NICU<3RN's topic in General Nursing

   Good thing here in my country, RN's need to get BSN first before getting their license. And nurses who are master's degree graduates or still taking their master's, get better pay and better staff positions. I will not comment on the programs that ar...

7. Stupidest comlaint of the night award...

   hannahmaepunk replied to JDougRN's topic in Emergency

   People are people. Many people are not nurses. Some do not have proper education on some situations and sometimes they panic and feel like they're going to die. A patient came to us in the ER because of a painful ingrown on his left big toe.no ischem...

8. Simple IV Questions

   hannahmaepunk replied to MAL, RN's topic in General Nursing

   Infusing 1liter/hr? That's like fast drip. 1,000mcgtts/min via microset or 333gtts/min via macroset @20 df? Really? Seriously? Hmmm? Theoretically, the insulin would STILL be infusing accordingly if it is theoretically on piggyback with PNSS line. It...

9. Simple IV Questions

   hannahmaepunk replied to MAL, RN's topic in General Nursing

   As long as the PNSS is at KVO rate, the insulin drip will infuse accordingly. Just make sure that the insulin piggyback is secure as in some situations, the infusion rate varies because of position. Or check the hourly input and hourly decrease in th...

10. My hospital is breaking the law...

    hannahmaepunk replied to MEDICJOHN's topic in General Nursing

    Double-check the scope of the LVN's first. That way you'll really know what's going on out there. The issue is not in the patient assignment, but with the scope of practice among LVN's.

11. I'm pretty sure my preceptor thinks i'm done

    hannahmaepunk replied to Deetermined's topic in General Nursing

    Starting a peripheral line is DIFFICULT and FRUSTRATING at first, and even discouraging if you missed on your first shots! When i was new @ a secondary hospital, i told my preceptor right away, "i just want you to know that i SUCK at starting periphe...

12. First med error

    hannahmaepunk replied to LPN9816aj's topic in General Nursing

    I, for one, tend to do medical errors sometimes. I gave an extra dose of amlodipine 5mg after she had been given by last shift's amlodipine. I checked the drug study and max dose is 10mg/day, but still, having given the drug made me feel fear. Lapses...

13. Smoking is bad, i need some help!

    hannahmaepunk replied to jakerosenthal's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think two sticks of cigarettes are enough to induce moderate to severe chest pain. There might be an underlying cause. See your doctor.

14. Sleeping is an observation, not an assessment!

    hannahmaepunk replied to BUNightingale's topic in General Nursing

    Here's how you can assess a patient on narcotics and asleep: enter the patients room, check o2 sat if there's pulse ox hooked. Check the depth of respirations and rate, cause that's what you can do to monitor for respiratory depression related to nar...

15. Please explain what an ELECTROCARDIOLOGY RN does?

    hannahmaepunk replied to Nack's topic in General Nursing

    Non-RN's can do EKG with proper training and they get paid less than RN's, why hire RN's then? Electrocardiogram tracing is a SINGLE diagnostic/nursing procedure, so i guess if you want to spend a whole day doing nothing but EKG's, it's your call.