LegzRN

Just got an email from the PSNA. Apparently, there is a senate bill out there that is seeking to eliminate the requirement that all school nurses, both public and private, must be certified in school nursing. I don't really have an opinion on that ...

Hello ER nurses, Do any of you out there utilize Critical Incident Stress Debriefings in your facility? I realize that a lot of the things we see "come with the territory" of ED nursing, but I'm talking about the things that truly hit close to home ...

TTCFR (Time To Call For Ride) DNNTTTDA (Does Not Need To Talk To Doctor Again) AUS (Another Useless Scan) DSP (Day Shift Problem) FLT (Florescent Light Therapy) Therapeutic Wait Traumas Get Naked and do the No Pants Dance The 411 (4 of Zofran, 1 of D...

Giving nebs ... yes Drawing own labs ... yes Starting your own iv's ... yes Running own blood gasses ... no Cleaning own rooms ... sometimes Walking pt to radiology, CT etc ... if they're critical and on the monitor Testing urine ... yes Mixing meds ...

The lol who was dressed up in complete KKK garb. Not so much an awkward moment, but a W-T-F moment.

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sounds like you have a chip on your shoulder the size of texas

I see a decent amount of CVS around here... seems to be the new Fibromyalgia. They're always the same... retching in triage and making a spectacle of themselves until you IV slam them with Dilaudid about 4 times. Just sayin.

We renew BLS online and go for a quick 15 min skill check. As far as ACLS is concerned, we take an online pretest, then take an 8 hour renewal class.

I'm interested to see if pradaxa really takes off... throwing a new wrench into F UBAR traumas...

We do the Golden Urinals... a spoof off of the Golden Globes. Best RN, tech, PA/NP, physician... Us night shift nurses have a much more humorous version of the Golden Urinals.

I'm pretty sure they'll send you packing once you show up without a prior ACLS card.

If you could choose a song that would play when you entered your facility, what would it be? Mine? http://youtu.be/lu3VTngm1F0

PALS is only good for 2 years. If you took the course over 2 years ago and it's expired, wouldn't you have to take the initial class over again anyway?

Wow, are you serious? In PA, mid levels, especially NPs, play a massive role in the health care system.

You crank on their chest, drive fast and turn left

Still happens to me... I credit it to 12 hours of stress and running my butt off without much of a break. I actually clean my face off with alcohol wipes. My coworkers give me awkward stares, but if you think about it, they're basically the same as...

Feel free to shoot me a PM

Had a trauma last night... 19 year old good looking female. She was boarded, collared with RLE in hare's traction. Asked her if she had any allergies and she said no. In passing, the medic told me she said she had an allergy to latex. I ask her i...

How'd they commit suicide? If anything, learn from this. Probably needs a root cause analysis done. I remember my first job in the ER when a suicidal patient came in. They were a one to one and seemed to be okay and the sitter stepped away for le...

This is dumb, but I have OCD when it comes to certain things, especially proper grammar. Not grammar between friends, or on forums or text messages, but things you'd like to make formal such as resumes and emails to supervisors. Years ago I've alway...

"Car-eh-dee-ah-zem" for cardizem

I have one of those CEN sticky stitched things on my badge. One of the hospitals I work at just has "RN" and the other hospital has "RN, BSN." I never asked for them to put my credentials on the badges, they were just there when my educator gave me...

That's crazy. I've only held three nursing jobs (first one lasted >1 year and still employed at the other two), and I completely resented orientation. The monotonous lectures on the hospital's philanthropy and emergency management plan and blah ...

Wow... just wow. I feel so bad for this guy. I hate when people believe that one drug that knocks someone out encompasses every aspect of analgesia, anxiolysis, amnesia, etc... When we intubate someone with RSI, I always advocate for some versed a...