LegzRN

LegzRN

CEN, CPEN, RN-BC

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  1. Pearsonvue Trick

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

    It's your states license verification Go to google and type: (Whatever state you live in) license verification Go from there If you took your test today it's obviously not going to be there and...

  2. Pearsonvue Trick

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

    You could always try your state's license verification website. While waiting for my results a friend sent me a text saying congratulations. I asked "what for?" and he told me he was on the site...

  3. How old were you when you finished nursing school?

    LegzRN replied to pgray1229's topic in General Nursing

    ADN - 19 BSN -

  4. NPO in the ER

    LegzRN replied to hunnybaby24's topic in Emergency

    And those who have had non stop diarrhea for 3 days can't seem to ever give a sample for r/o

  5. NPO in the ER

    LegzRN replied to hunnybaby24's topic in Emergency

    The people who are NPO: C/o n/v/d x 4 days, I walk into the room and see an empty bag of doritos stuffed behind their

  6. did you hear?

    LegzRN replied to Mulan's topic in General Nursing

    Was this just one study? I need to see p values, confidence intervals, sample size, methods, and limitations before I make a decision. Wait, are you telling me that if I work 12's I get 4 days off,...

  7. Not sure I can handle the suffering and emotional drain...

    LegzRN replied to R!XTER's topic in General Nursing

    I forget the names, but the faces of the patients with the saddest stories always stick in my mind. I think the worst was the "John Doe" unhelmeted motorcycle vs. telephone pole that was wearing a...

  8. How often does this REALLY happen?!

    LegzRN replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    If it's really important, someone will call... Someone always calls the minute before you fall asleep, when you're kinda in that lala land... That is always when the phone rings and scares the crap...

  9. A Word of Wisdom

    LegzRN replied to Willow Moonsidhe's topic in General Nursing

    Are the new nurses you're FYI'ing the ones not hiring

  10. Evidence based practice projects in the ED

    LegzRN replied to agt25's topic in General Nursing

    I like your idea... but what about the times when you need to push meds fast like adenosine or basically any drug during a

  11. Temps in the ER

    LegzRN posted a topic in Emergency

    Hello all, I was at a hospital training session the other day and the ED nurse educator made a comment about how we're (ER nurses) are really good about keeping up with vitals, but really bad when it...

  12. Why I'm sick of the ED

    LegzRN replied to RoyalNurse's topic in Emergency

    ED Nurse = Work Horse It's true. Sometimes I feel as though our value isn't measured by our critical thinking skills, but by our ability to come in early, stay late, get called in, and basically man a...

  13. ACLS and Advanced Airways

    LegzRN replied to mskate's topic in General Nursing

    we had to take an online ACLS PREtest before the real class. Aside from that,

  14. Temps in the ER

    LegzRN replied to LegzRN's topic in Emergency

    As for the brand, I have no idea. I can check next time I work. The sheaths we use look like little gray plastic cups with a hole at the bottom. Triage uses them most frequently, so if they are...

  15. Temps in the ER

    LegzRN replied to LegzRN's topic in Emergency

    We really only use the temporal meters in triage and when you're consistently getting patients with a temporal (supposedly core) temp of 96.6F, I'm thinking

  16. Combative/Violent patients - NO MORE OF THIS!!!

    LegzRN replied to abbaking's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Agree with you, but I feel that the phone/tv/and visitors helps to distract the patient, that is unless those are the things that are firing them up. Not going to lie, my practice has changed from...

  17. Temps in the ER

    LegzRN replied to LegzRN's topic in Emergency

    Seems like many of you do the same thing as us. Do you think this warrants further research in the area and maybe a change in policy? I'm not much of a fan of changing/creating policies with no...

  18. Why are so many nursing related things childish?

    LegzRN replied to DeeAngel's topic in General Nursing

    What's it like working at Candyland General Hospital? Do you keep lollipops and sprinkles in the

  19. Gravity NS boluses for pediatric patients?

    LegzRN replied to rainbowbright2's topic in General Nursing

    How long would it take to fly in a liter of NS through a 20 gauge IV... ...on the

  20. What was the MOST ridiculous thing a patient came to the ER for?

    LegzRN replied to JUSTYSMOM's topic in Emergency

    One time I got a pt from a doc in the box with cc urinary retention. He had a foley catheter in and I said "where was that put in at?" He told me one of the nurses at the doc in the box did it. I...

  21. Gravity NS boluses for pediatric patients?

    LegzRN replied to rainbowbright2's topic in General Nursing

    I use a 22 or 24, always a buretrol, and always try to use a pump. I have hung NS boluses without a pump, but always with a buretrol and never a whole liter

  22. How do I know?

    LegzRN replied to Taylo040's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated from an ASN program from a small catholic college (Sisters of Mercy) that was NLN accredited and that didn't stop me from being accepted to and graduating from a BSN program at a large...

  23. Why do RNs fail to press TAKE in the PYXIS supply?

    LegzRN replied to tahoe77's topic in General Nursing

    Our omni requires us to put in our own individual password to get in and if you don't charge for something it records it as a "null transaction" and at your review they sum up all your null...

  24. IV Fluid/IV Tubing

    LegzRN replied to EDrunnerRN's topic in Emergency

    Fluid and IV tubing are some of the items in our omni cell. We select the pt then press the button under the item and they get charged for

  25. I would like to be a nurse in the entertainment industry...where to get started?

    LegzRN replied to HeatherGurl84's topic in Nursing Career

    I didn't know nurses worked for sports teams. I thought that's what athletic trainers were