tech1000

tech1000 has 2 years experience.

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1. Pull Back on Syringe?

   tech1000 replied to Apple-Core's topic in Patient Medications

   I never draw a med with the needle I give it with. Piercing the top can slightly dull the needle. I pull all the med in with a smart tip, then put on my needle, then "prime" the

2. Nursing accessories for ER/ED?

   tech1000 replied to HalfBoiled's topic in Emergency

   Figs are definitely not needed for ER nursing. ER nursing doesn't require more expensive scrubs than any other type of nursing. I wear a t-shirt and regular old scrub pants. No extra pockets or...

3. Staying home day after fever?

   tech1000 replied to nyy2's topic in School

   If the child is fine, I feel like 24 hours is a lot. The germs spread long before the kid got a fever, so does it really matter? And some parents could face losing their jobs if they call out every...

4. Did I make a mistake by going into nursing?

   tech1000 replied to nrsstudent05's topic in General Students

   You aren't a failure! So many people change majors in college! If all 18 year olds knew what they wanted to do for the rest of their life, well, colleges wouldn't make nearly as much money from all of...

5. What is a good attrition rate for nursing school.

   tech1000 replied to honeyforasalteyfish's topic in General Students

   My school had a 97% NCLEX pass rate. I felt good about that :) I knew a lot of other grads from private colleges who paid big money for their degrees and failed the NCLEX multiple times, and multiple...

6. Travel Nursing After School

   tech1000 replied to dominiquejade's topic in General Students

   Travel nursing locally isn't all it's made out to be. First of all, not all cities are big on local contracts. (Portland was, my hometown is not.) A lot of places looking for travel nurses also...

7. Cheating in nursing school

   tech1000 replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

   We had people cheat in nursing school and they got kicked out of the program for good. No chance of

8. Clinical Alone

   tech1000 replied to futurepsychrn's topic in General Students

   Don't fret. Those are observation days usually. No other nurse wants to be responsible for your actions

9. Debt for Nursing School

   tech1000 replied to Karamia0x's topic in General Students

   I never get it when nurses come out of school with major debt. Nursing isn't that lucrative to start with, but if you really want to do it, then do it. But find a way around it. My hospital paid...

10. Medication safety project help

    tech1000 replied to SallyRN15's topic in Emergency

    You could discuss phenergan since it is caustic but still routinely given IVP. We also give it IM on patients who are quite large and I always wonder if it ends up more subq than IM in those patients....

11. Really interested in being an er nurse but some of these topics scare me

    tech1000 replied to Madigan's topic in Emergency

    Well, use that EMT experience to get a job as an ER tech in a hospital. If you can't immediately with the experience you have, you usually qualify to get tech jobs after a semester of nursing...

12. New ER RN- does it get better?

    tech1000 replied to kelbeth's topic in Emergency

    No, it will not get better. I've been in the ER for 5 years now and it hasn't changed at all. While I am burnt out, I don't think I have quite that negative of an outlook. It is unreasonable to expect...

13. EMS Radio Reports

    tech1000 replied to TRC211's topic in Emergency

    If it's an adult patient, we have a monitor tech who is watching all ED monitors and also takes the EMS calls. On our children's side, any nurse or paramedic takes it. Techs aren't allowed to take the...

14. How much experience do nurses need in order to become a Case Manager?

    tech1000 replied to Q_vick03's topic in Case Management

    Just out of curiosity, why did you go to nursing school if you weren't interested in bedside care? What is it that you saw yourself doing with with a degree in nursing if you weren't willing to...

15. IVP vs Drip

    tech1000 replied to Matt8700's topic in Emergency

    Our ED docs order meds ALL THE TIME (as in, every single time they order an infusion, aside from potassium for some reason, which automatically enters that it's 10mEq/hr) with no infusion rate. Not a...