Adam D. RN2005

Took my NCLEX-RN this morning. Shut down at either 83 or 84 (Maybe 85) questions. I have got to say the blue screen of death that you see when it shuts down is the most disconcerting moment, and strangest moment. Honestly, I did not know what to do n...

I kept on meaning to sit down and write this post over the past couple of weeks, but life just kept on interfering. And the fact that I have been so busy that I haven't had time to really sit down and do this. August 7, marked my one year anniversary...

Thank you for the compliment. I will say that I am humbled by what you have said because I don't think of myself as a rolemodel. I am just trying to be the best nurse that I can be. Again thank you and good luck. Adam D. RN

I had attended my cousins wedding last week, it is now a three ambulance wedding. And it wasn't even an irish one. (My cousin use to be an EMT, so there were quite a few medics, a couple of nurses, a PA and one gynecologist there.) After the ceremony...

To answer some questions: Type of nursing tha I do is Med/Surg Nursing. I work on a TOUGH, and I do mean TOUGH MED/Surg Unit. I was planning this month to start the transition to ICU nursing, but have decided to put that off for a while. I love what...

:bluecry1:I guess stunned, shocked and grief stricken is the best way to describe my feelings right now. That also is the best way to describe my unit feelings. The patient was a favorite of the units, a frequent flier. They had been on the unit mult...

Past two days, I have been taking an ACLS class, today took the certification exam and can now start adding the proverbial alphabet soup after my name. The new way for BLS CPR is completely different. No longer the 2:15 ratio, but now the 2:30 ratio...

It really wasn't that tough. There is a lot that you have to know, but they teach it to you. But they teach you how to run a code, and it really helps you anticepate what the MD is going to order depending on what the situation is. Adam, RN.

My life has been a blur over the past two months. Now that I am catching my breath, back from vacation, and slowing down slightly from the overtime, I now have more freetime. From a nursing perpective after being 10.5 months in, I am really feeling c...

Yesterday, two of my patients expired. In the same room 9 hours apart from each other. I felt honored when the first family saw me walk in yesterday morning and asked me to be the patients nurse. The first one passed away at 9:15 yesterday morning. ...

Your charting reflects more of the antics of the family then the patient. As the family is going balistic, you sit there smiling to yourself knowing that you are going to chart this.

I have been a practicing nurse now nearly eight months. What I can't believe is how well I am doing. I love getting up (okay I don't enjoy the getting up part) in the mornings to go to work. The second I put the uniform on, I become one with it and t...

Loving it more and more. Been busy over the past couple of weeks that has taken me away from my computer, but on February 7th, 2006, I had my six month anniversary as a practicing RN. When I looked over the past 6 months, I realize how far I have com...

You know you have a problem family member when your charting reflects more about the antects and harassement of the family member then the actual condition of the patient. Add that in to two RN's that called in with the flu, and the RN on availabili...

My thing was BM and Vomit. Early on, when I was a student, I got over my vomit issue very quickly. How you ask, had a patient declare to me that she was nauseaous, and stuck a kidney basin in front of her mouth and then she vomited. THe vomit went in...

Hey Rachel, I been praticing 6.5 months now, and I still feel like a student at times. I started feeling like an RN when I came off of orientation. I stopped feeling like a student after a few weeks when I stopped looking for the instructor to check ...

Christine, First, Happy Birthday. Second, good job. You did all of the right things. Sometimes you need to keep on top of what is going on. Chest pain can be anything. And there is such a thing as a silent MI, you have one symptom, and all of the oth...

Having a corporate america background as well as having a lot of interviews under my belt, on both sides, my first sugestion is to relax. Try to leave humor at the door. Dress professionally. I would avoid jeans. Wear slacks or a professional dress. ...

I've got one that happened this past weekend, I was interviewing a pt that was just transfered when my aid asked, "Adam, is the pt in the room accross the hall allowed out of bed, (Yes the demented one accross the hall.) I suddenly hear a crash follo...

I did it again today, saved another life. Walked in on my patient and knew immediately they were in trouble. I heard the patient panting. Resps were at 48. Immediately did a full resp and cardio assesment to rule out CHF. Lungs clear, called RT to b...

While I was in the room for four hours, and running back and forth getting things, it was the last 30 minutes before we sent them to the unit that we intubated them three times. We weren't sure if we were in the lungs or not. Because each time we int...

Know the saying, it ain't over until the fat lady sings. Well, the fat lady hasn't sung yet. When I took the NCLEX, I didn't even think about the exam after I took it. I knew how I did, I didn't second guess myself, and I was not going to be worried ...

Melanie, I lost my first patient as a student in march 2004. The first one(s) will always haunt you. That one I did not take when when she died on me. I went home upset and depressed. (At the time, I was mired in the worst depression of my life due t...

When your Doctor says go immediately to the hospital from their office, do not drive 120 miles into the next state, have your car run out of gas on the side of the road, and come into the hospital (115 miles away from the hospital that your doctor me...

I save a life today. Oh my god. And the amazing thing was how calm I was during the entire ordeal. I had admited the pt yesterday for a GI bleed, and discovered the pt could not swallow. Got an NPO order including meds on the patient. First I have go...