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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. The first time your pt crashed

    tech1000 posted a topic in Emergency

    I'm a new ER nurse (but have worked in the ER for 2 years) and the other day my pt that had been pretty stable for like 4 or 5 hours crashed out of nowhere. My preceptor was nowhere to be found and I...

  16. 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...

  17. MHA vs MSN

    tech1000 posted a topic in Nurse Management

    I'm looking to go back to grad school next fall and am stuck between the MSN/healthcare administration and leadership OR just doing my MHA. More schools offer the MSN at a more affordable rate, but...

  18. Please help me with my homework

    tech1000 replied to brownbook's topic in General Nursing

    In the amount of time you spent typing that out, you could have googled the

  19. NTG and bradycardia

    tech1000 posted a topic in Emergency

    I have given SL nitro a ton of times in my time being a nurse. Yesterday I gave a woman one dose of SL ntg. About a minute after giving it, she said she didn't fell well at all and felt like passing...

  20. Saline Locks & Showers

    tech1000 replied to littlebluenurse's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Tegaderm doesn't stick to wet skin (ever have a diaphoretic patient?! those things fall right off) and if that comes off, out comes the

  21. Flow improvement

    tech1000 replied to RNCEN's topic in Emergency

    Perhaps it's time to push for the change where you all don't have to have nurses go with tele patients. Our nurses only go with ICU/PCU or patients on cardiac drips to the floor. It's our policy. If...

  22. Paramedics in ER

    tech1000 replied to shannonc102's topic in Emergency

    We do! I LOVE THEM! They typically are more task-y people, but they tend to put in our IVs and give meds. Sometimes they have to cath patients or just get VS and do more "tech" tasks. They don't tend...

  23. Relationships with floor nurses?

    tech1000 replied to theantichick's topic in Emergency

    Typically, when a bed is assigned, we HAVE to get the patient up due to the hospital tracking our time from bed assignment to the time the patient goes to the floor. If I give report to the floor on a...

  24. Travel buddy?!

    tech1000 posted a topic in Travel

    I'm going to take my 2nd assignment around Oct 20th, either in Oregon or Arizona and am looking for somebody to travel with! I came to Mass this time with a girl I met but think she may be sitting the...

  25. Quality of Your 1st Hospital As A Traveler: Does It Matter?

    tech1000 replied to PacoUSA's topic in Travel

    I have found that a lot of hospitals don't just want your experience at home but want a YEAR of TRAVEL experience! AZ is a big state that wants prior travel experience. Some jobs want TWO years of...