LegzRN

LegzRN

CEN, CPEN, RN-BC

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  1. Nurses with Type 1 Diabetes

    LegzRN replied to ScwwcS's topic in General Nursing

    I don't really think this is medical advice. This nurse with a certain disease is reaching out to others with a certain disease about how they manage their workday. I think another nurse would be a...

  2. remember when....?

    LegzRN replied to kjpstmb's topic in General Nursing

    Still do it for antifreeze ingestion

  3. remember when....?

    LegzRN replied to kjpstmb's topic in General Nursing

    One of my nursing instructors told me a story about how they used to use red rubber catheters chilled in ice water for NG

  4. Would EMT B help me land an er tech job?

    LegzRN replied to soxgirl2008's topic in Emergency

    Same here... it's a requirement for our techs to be either an EMT-B or CMA. Our techs do a lot and I'm really grateful for them. They start IVs, do venipuncture, EKGs, ortho stuff including...

  5. ED Nurse Liason

    LegzRN replied to sChOOLRN48's topic in Emergency

    Agreed... I feel like a position like this takes a lot of, for lack of a better word, balls. The ability to stand up to docs, suits, admin, and the

  6. ED Nurse Liason

    LegzRN replied to sChOOLRN48's topic in Emergency

    I really like the idea of this position... but I can easily see you being thrown into an assignment when short staffed, very busy,

  7. Ampule Question: Does this make sense?

    LegzRN replied to L&DWannabe's topic in General Nursing

    Did a quick check and all I could come up with is that some chemicals interact with rubber stoppers... but then again I think of all the meds that come in both amps and vials, so that doesn't make...

  8. Ampule Question: Does this make sense?

    LegzRN replied to L&DWannabe's topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone know the rationale behind using ampules? I've always wondered... Same with carpujects? I don't even use them, I just draw the meds out into a

  9. Ampule Question: Does this make sense?

    LegzRN replied to L&DWannabe's topic in General Nursing

    Why is your institution using needles and not filter straws? The medical world is needle-less and your school is not conforming. They want you to stick yourself with a needle. Your school is evil....

  10. Epi Pen makes a good day

    LegzRN replied to ImThatGuy's topic in General Nursing

    Wouldn't an unintentional firing of an epipen into a digit cause a pressure injury and really jack up one of your

  11. Epi Pen makes a good day

    LegzRN replied to ImThatGuy's topic in General Nursing

    I've heard stories of troops panicking when using the MARK I and instead of holding it against their leg and pressing they've swung it into their leg, breaking their

  12. New nurse, need some more info on ER

    LegzRN replied to CalidthreeN's topic in Emergency

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  13. Student summer externship in ER

    LegzRN replied to flyingchange's topic in Emergency

    That's a pretty high volume for such a small amount of beds, sounds busy

  14. Can NPs write fertility drugs?

    LegzRN replied to SusGob711's topic in General Nursing

    Per the Pennsylvania Nurse Practice Act: © A CRNP may not prescribe or dispense a drug from the following categories: (1) Gold compounds. (2) Heavy metal antagonists. (3)...

  15. Need help to convince parents!

    LegzRN replied to NateH's topic in General Nursing

    I did the ADN then RN-BSN and it took me 3.5 years as a full time student. Plus, I worked full time ED during my RN-BSN. I think you should really pay attention to the job market. I landed a job in...

  16. Anyone use Meditech computer charting?

    LegzRN replied to TooterIA's topic in Emergency

    I use Ibex now at my ER, and the floors use Meditech. I used to hate Ibex, but I'm warming up to it. It's the 2nd computer system I've had to learn, with the first being Cerner's FirstNet. I like...

  17. Patients refusing assessments

    LegzRN replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    If she's not budging you need to work your way up your chain of command letting everyone know about this problem so no one can say "why wasn't I informed of this?" I mean, charge RN, unit director,...

  18. Patients refusing assessments

    LegzRN replied to rkitty198's topic in General Nursing

    I'm just really surprised she went for the femoral vein, but then a quick search yielded that it isn't all that uncommon. I've seen arms, hands, fingers, lower extrem, feet, ankles, and toes, but...

  19. Male nurses hired faster?

    LegzRN replied to Chemistry Sux's topic in General Nursing

    No, I don't. And why did you feel the need to capitalize MALE NURSE? Furthermore, if this is going to be your deciding factor between being a nurse or not, maybe it's a

  20. how long until nicotine and byproducts are flushed from your system?

    LegzRN replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in General Nursing

    I work at a facility not far from St. Luke's, but I read about this issue maybe a year ago and it always makes for an interesting debate at work. I also brought it up in one of my graduate classes...

  21. how long until nicotine and byproducts are flushed from your system?

    LegzRN replied to ashleyisawesome's topic in General Nursing

    I bet you're talking about St.

  22. Anyone noticing this trend with IV Avelox?

    LegzRN replied to KaitRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is interesting. Were these patients also on corticosteroids? From what I've read there can be serious complications when these two are ordered for a

  23. Job Hunting: MDs as References?

    LegzRN replied to Music in My Heart's topic in General Nursing

    I've used physicians as references before and landed the

  24. Blood: do you administer platelets or PRBC first?

    LegzRN replied to TJacob's topic in General Nursing

    I give the platelets first for the sheer fact that I can fly them in. On a trauma pt, we have protocols,

  25. Pearsonvue Trick

    LegzRN replied to NurseJennaDahl's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    LVN: http://www2.dca.ca.gov/pls/wllpub/wllqryna$lcev2.startup?p_qte_code=VN&p_qte_pgm_code=9110 RN: