Chad_KY_SRNA

Chad_KY_SRNA

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  1. Have you ever gone in to find a patient dead? What happened?

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, many times. Check for Breathing and Pulse and go get help/check code status. Most recently, I walked in and found a patient in cardiac arrest, I ran to the nurses station, I checked the end of...

  2. Anyone heard of Juniper Health

    Chad_KY_SRNA posted a topic in General Nursing

    They are building a clinic up this way and wanted to know some more about

  3. I saw something new and scary

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to teeituptom's topic in Emergency

    I have seen a geri-psych patient who craved liquids and would drink anything, I mean anything. Yes urine was on of the things she drank. We were told to encourage her to not drink her own urine and to...

  4. I had some trouble with a CNA...should I talk to the manager?

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to bth44's topic in General Nursing

    Had I been the CNA, depending on what type of night I was having and my mood at the time, a comment such as the one you made, even if I knew it was sarcastic whit, would have really hurt my feelings...

  5. Gay Nurses... help!

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to quakerkid's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Ok I'm back, as far as telling my residents I don't really tell them too much, some of them are aware of my sexual preference because they asked me so I felt they could handle the truth. In general I...

  6. Gay Nurses... help!

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to quakerkid's topic in Male Nursing Students

    For the longest time I was the only gay man working at my long term care facility and I came out to the staff as I felt they needed to know, now there are two other gay guys, who I love dearly as...

  7. on call for holidays?

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to bonjovigirl's topic in General Nursing

    At my facility you request your days off two months ahead of time, then the staff with the most seniority are given the holidays off first. The fall is a busy time with lots of people trying to get...

  8. Nurses all come from DYSFUNCTIONAL backgrounds??

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to jodyangel's topic in General Nursing

    On some level we are all dysfunctional but that has very little to do with patient

  9. Bus Disaster

    Chad_KY_SRNA posted a topic in Geriatric, LTC

    A bus carrying nursing home patients from the Houston area caught fire and exploded killing as many as 24 of the 43 patients onboard near the Dallas metro area. I was having breakfast in the Dairy...

  10. Bus Disaster

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    A nurse who saw the incident was just on Headline News, she said that she identified herself as a nurse and was told to start triage. She said that there was a lot of cuts, bruises, burns, and smoke...

  11. Bus Disaster

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Our disaster plan does not address a full evacuation of the facility, we have never faced an outright disaster but no facility is immune. They had patients on military cargo planes in the Florida Keys...

  12. Regarding paramedics in ER..why are they paid so terribly ?

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to carachel2's topic in Emergency

    As most of you know I was having problems with my BP a few weeks ago, while in the ER I spoke to one of several paramedics that work in the ER while he was providing care for me and he said that he...

  13. Code Blue!

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to vegnurse21's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I am a KENTUCKY STATE REGISTERED NURSE AIDE. I have never misrepresented myself in the slightest, I am using the title that was bestowed upon me by the Kentucky State Board of Nursing. I also believe...

  14. Code Blue!

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to vegnurse21's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I find it a bit difficult to remember the code status of all 100 residents on the three units I work on. Truth be told it will probably not make a difference, they rarely get

  15. Code Blue!

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to vegnurse21's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    In my nursing home, you make sure they are a full code and call a code blue before you start CPR. We do not have the tools to do ACLS codes, we do BLS until the county ambulance service arrives and...

  16. Code Blue!

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to vegnurse21's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Well I can walk you through a Long Term Care Full Code. You enter the resident room to provide care. You notice that his skin is a very poor cyanotic color. You can pretty well skip shaking them to...

  17. Advice about CNA's who don't follow orders

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to dinkymouse's topic in General Nursing

    I am a CNA and a nursing student and you don't cuss people in front of a resident, you leave your home life at the house and you take care of everyone and if your patients/residents can be handled by...

  18. The most embarrasing thing you've done at work!

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to ClaireMacl's topic in Nursing Humor

    Every time that I buy new scrubs, I know that I am doomed that night to be covered in something before my shift is over. The other night I wore a new set for the first time, I some how managed to keep...

  19. What do you honestly think you would have done?

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    The CNN video that I have seen, shot by Dr. Sanjay Gupta and his crew showed that the patients from Memorial Medical Center were given priority on the rooftop of the Memorial Medical Center parking...

  20. What do you honestly think you would have done?

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    Well, personally I would try to save as many lives as I could and then I would save myself. My partner stopped to pick up a friend at the nursing home where he used to work and while he was there the...

  21. My bp is 160/120, go to the ER?

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in General Nursing

    Oh yeah the EKG and labs were all normal, duh, would have been nice of me to include that bit of

  22. My bp is 160/120, go to the ER?

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in General Nursing

    I went to the ER, finally. I had a 12 lead EKG, was put on a monitor, had labs drawn, had a chest film, and was put on 25mg of Atenelol daily. Cheerfuldoer, I had my BP checked several times while at...

  23. My bp is 160/120, go to the ER?

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in General Nursing

    I have not actually gone to the hospital. I fell asleep after posting on here, at my mom and dads house and they were aware of my BP troubles. My head is busting and I still feel like my BP is up so I...

  24. My bp is 160/120, go to the ER?

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to Chad_KY_SRNA's topic in General Nursing

    Did I neglect to mention that I am 20 years old, 5'11" weigh 250 pounds, I lost 40 pounds this summer through diet, not really fat any more just a big muscular guy. My cholesterol level was WNL within...

  25. nuring homesdeaths in new orleans area

    Chad_KY_SRNA replied to rondafan's topic in General Nursing

    I just scrolled over to CNN again, they have found 14 more bodies in the flooded Memorial Hospital in New Orleans. They didn't say if they were bodies that had died before the hospital was evacuated...