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  1. Enough is enough- taking back our profession

    brainkandy87 replied to forrester's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Yeah, I agree fully with benm93. I have the utmost respect for NP's, because it's not "easy" to become an NP. It's just not as difficult to become an NP as it is an MD. That being said, there's a...

  2. Autonomic nerve disorder

    brainkandy87 replied to thelema13's topic in Emergency

    I've never seen this, just heard about it, so my guess might be completely out of left field, but just an idea.. Maybe the reason his HR isn't affected or trying to compensate is the same reason why...

  3. Highest Troponin Levels You've Seen?

    brainkandy87 replied to Dogstar's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Saw one with 900 a couple of months ago. He'd been complaining of epigastric pain for about two weeks and never came to the hospital about it. I ended up with a STEMI and was all but dead. I saw him...

  4. Worst doctors orders ever received

    brainkandy87 replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    What scares me most about this is that there are nurses out there that wouldn't have the common sense to catch that mistake like you

  5. Spanish for nurses

    brainkandy87 replied to Robublind's topic in Emergency

    I simply watched the second season of "Eastbound and Down" to learn all my

  6. what are common times to run IV's in ?

    brainkandy87 replied to Amy10BSN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    At my hospital: Mag - depending on how low their level is, we can run 1-2g over an hour. Faster if they're having TDP, of course. K - if they've got a PIV, 10 mEq/hr max, 20 mEq if they've got a...

  7. Apologizing for my prima donna ICU coworkers.

    brainkandy87 replied to NickiLaughs's topic in Emergency

    you're right, i should've not included that post. i do stand by my original statement, as well as the above post,

  8. Worst doctors orders ever received

    brainkandy87 replied to jenfromjersey's topic in Emergency

    We've got a doc that orders 25 mg Benadryl for everything. She once told me to give a guy 25 of Benadryl for a headache. She also considers NS @ 100 ml/hr a

  9. Apologizing for my prima donna ICU coworkers.

    brainkandy87 replied to NickiLaughs's topic in Emergency

    Not at all, because there's a large majority that would rather be on their phone than taking care of pts. I have absolutely no problem making generalizations about older nurses. I work with plenty of...

  10. Help! Anyone else work cardiac stepdown and have no tele techs?

    brainkandy87 replied to working4change's topic in Cardiac

    Speaking of putting on patches correctly, just a little random story: We had a pt with situs inversus (organs all all reversed in the thoracic cavity) and his rhythm just looked crazy. However, the...

  11. Nervous about ER Preceptorship

    brainkandy87 replied to amzyRN's topic in Emergency

    I was in your shoes not too long ago. I went from a tele (SDU) floor to ER and had precepted in the ER in nsg school. The ER is an amazing place, but if you felt overwhelmed in tele, you will feel...

  12. ED basics, as if there was such a thing...

    brainkandy87 replied to maydaymalone's topic in Emergency

    Well, I just moved to the ER and I tried to do a lot of studying ahead of time. I knew a lot of the basics because I precepted down there in nsg school. A lot of it has already been mentioned for CP,...

  13. Apologizing for my prima donna ICU coworkers.

    brainkandy87 replied to NickiLaughs's topic in Emergency

    And I don't mean to offend any older nurses, this is just what I've noticed as a young nurse. So no hate, please.

  14. Apologizing for my prima donna ICU coworkers.

    brainkandy87 replied to NickiLaughs's topic in Emergency

    I've worked the floor and ER, so I have seen both sides of it. I just think nurses who've never worked ER have a hard time grasping the concept of ER nursing. It seems like the older nurses in...

  15. Gen X,Gen Y,baby boomers in the work place

    brainkandy87 replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I'm a Gen Y'er. And I have a B.A. in Sociology. I'll try not to get on too much of a soapbox here... I don't consider myself lazy or want others to bend to my needs. I work with another Gen Y'er...

  16. Help! Anyone else work cardiac stepdown and have no tele techs?

    brainkandy87 replied to working4change's topic in Cardiac

    This is one of the most asinine things I've ever heard of. If we had pagers for alarms on the SDU I worked on, we'd get paged every 30 seconds. We had Space Labs, which is a giant piece of crap, so...

  17. Looking for a good Diagnostic Lab results book...

    brainkandy87 replied to JuLeSx7d7's topic in Emergency

    There are several great pocketbooks of critical care and/or emergency nursing that contain lab values, ACLS algorithms, RSI, rhythm interpretation, etc. Just search Amazon for nursing pocket guide....

  18. Comfortable shoes for the ER

    brainkandy87 replied to nursegirl75's topic in Emergency

    I've got a pair of New Balance 927's and I swear by them. My arches never hurt and my heels are never sore. AMAZING shoes. MW927 : New

  19. ER Nurses- How do you feel about ED volunteers?

    brainkandy87 replied to VagusX's topic in Emergency

    I feel the same about everyone, whether they are a nurse, tech, aide, volunteer, family, et al. I love them if they are a help to me and/or my patients. They can get the #$@! out and stay away from my...

  20. male nurses with beards

    brainkandy87 replied to nrsman1's topic in Men in Nursing

    Get a good face wash that moisturizes and scrub your beard with it. It'll get under that hair and into your skin. I use Nivea for Men Face Wash. Great stuff. Feels amazing when you rinse it off and...

  21. Floor nurse, please forgive me....

    brainkandy87 replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    I'm finally becoming an ER nurse in three weeks, a dream I've had for a long, long time. I'm transferring from the step down floor I started on after graduation. I'm getting the "we will miss you" and...

  22. Have you ever been mistaken for a doctor?

    brainkandy87 replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Men in Nursing

    Yup, happens all the time, especially if I go in to help a female nurse with a pt. Usually I'll say the female nurse is the Doc, just to throw her and the pt

  23. Male nurse crying!!!

    brainkandy87 replied to ClassQ1's topic in Men in Nursing

    I've never cried in a sad/depressing situation with a pt, but I can certainly understand it. Everyone deals with emotion differently. Some guys cry, others hold it in. Personally, I drink

  24. male nurses with beards

    brainkandy87 replied to nrsman1's topic in Men in Nursing

    Whenever I grow mine out, I make sure shape it to how I'll want it when it's fully grown. So even if it's only been a few days since I've shaved, I'll shave around my neck and shape it. That way it...

  25. Are we trapped by our nursing degrees? Is nursing worth it?

    brainkandy87 replied to Lucky724's topic in General Nursing

    I originally started out in college pre-med, got accepted to nursing school, got burnt out before I started it, and ended up changing majors and graduating with a B.A. double majoring in Sociology and...