elijahvegas ASN, RN, EMT-P

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    Pat yourself on the back—even if no one else did

    elijahvegas posted a topic in General Nursing

    Once upon a time... i had had a dementia patient. Sundown beyond all hell. He was medically cleared and we were ready to send him back to his ALF. He was a hard time from beginning to end. And even...
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    Who we are, What we are, Why we're here; An open letter to us nurses

    elijahvegas posted a topic in General Nursing

    Something has been weighing on me for some time now, and I've generally kept it to myself mostly because I'm usually part of the "unpopular opinion" side of things, and for some time i decided to take...
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    Struggles of being a male nurse

    elijahvegas replied to aririe's topic in Men in Nursing

    explain thoroughly what you're doing and why it needs to be done. and if theyre still hesitant, ask if they would feel more comfortable having a female nurse perform whatever task instead. easy
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    Iv antibiotic running as primary?

    elijahvegas replied to SquatsNScrubs's topic in General Nursing

    ah i follow you
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    Military options as an RN? (new ABSN student)

    elijahvegas replied to Anat_AMY_cna's topic in Government, Military

    id like more information on this USPHS you speak
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    Iv antibiotic running as primary?

    elijahvegas replied to SquatsNScrubs's topic in General Nursing

    very confused. if you have 15ml of tubing, and a 50ml bag, thats precisely why you would set the VTBI on the pump to 60 or in this case 65. Unless your pumps switch to KVO mode after infusion or...
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    'My Patient died' Facebook post

    elijahvegas replied to miladaniels's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    HIPAA is weird and super gray, up for interpretation, and often debatable. what i do when i feel the need to post things like that is ill pretty much change all the info so that it doesn't really...
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    Iv antibiotic running as primary?

    elijahvegas replied to SquatsNScrubs's topic in General Nursing

    set the pump to account for the fluid left in the tubing.. 50ml bag of abx VTBI
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    I just need to vent

    elijahvegas replied to LPN shots's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    seems like everyone is overlooking the most important step...HR. especially now your boss got involved, and you have witnesses that can vouch for you when this cna decided to try to go over your head...
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    Military options as an RN? (new ABSN student)

    elijahvegas replied to Anat_AMY_cna's topic in Government, Military

    I'd start off with looking at each branch and checking out the age cut off. RNs as far as I know go in as commissioned officers and their rank starts at o1 and goes up for every 2 years of civilian...
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    Gave up DNP

    elijahvegas replied to LookForward's topic in Advanced Practice

    yeah cant for the life of me see any upside to getting a dnp gun to my head or it aint gonna
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    Should a new grad go into med/surg or into the specialty that they would love to be in?

    elijahvegas replied to StudentRNmt's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Get whar you can get whenever you can get it . But youll burn out quick if you go into something you have no interest
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    Are nurses and doctors equal?

    elijahvegas replied to SisterofMary's topic in General Nursing

    You are essentially colleagues. Thats about it. You are not equal in knowledge by a long shot and if you even remotely think that, youve got a huge ego and wildly out of touch. Thing about nurses and...
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    What do you wish you had known?

    elijahvegas replied to TmooreA's topic in General Students

    Poster asked for things that we realized about our experiences after the fact. We all have great and fond memories and friends from our programs, but im pretty sure the op was asking mainly about what...
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    I made a medication error. What will happen to me?

    elijahvegas replied to whyohwhy's topic in General Nursing

    do you not have an electronic system? im a bit confused at how you were able to scan a med that wasn't on the pts eMAR. mine wont let me proceed unless i scan the right
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    What do you wish you had known?

    elijahvegas replied to TmooreA's topic in General Students

    some things i already knew but intensified when i got into nursing : -dont mention prior medical experience -dont show off your high marks--if anyone asks what grade you got on a test, answer with a...
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    Should I tell my employer about a public reprimand

    elijahvegas replied to Snellpaced's topic in General Nursing

    i wouldn't. unless explicitly told to do so by the BON, no thanks. part of background checks at facilities is to make sure your license is in good standing. once they look for it, theyll find it. and...
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    Might be a dumb question but

    elijahvegas posted a topic in General Nursing

    is ordering fluids in the er just a routine standard of care for docs or something? almost every patient we see docs order a liter of fluid right off the bat, regardless of any vitals that might...
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    Might be a dumb question but

    elijahvegas replied to elijahvegas's topic in General Nursing

    Makes the most sense but seems entirely too
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    What's in Your Pocket?

    elijahvegas replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nurses Rock

    the only constants are my steth around my neck, and maybe a couple pens on my scrub top. everything else was either snuck in by a ninja, leftover from last shift, and 25%
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    Which specialty to choose?

    elijahvegas replied to Alexxoxox's topic in General Specialties

    dunno much about OR but ER/ICU can be broken down by personality type, since they are both highly specialized but almost polar opposites. if you find yourself : wanting new assignments on an hour by...
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    PDN... did I commit career suicide

    elijahvegas replied to AshAveAinRhy's topic in Nursing Career

    are you looking to work on the floor? if not, what difference does it make? and if you are, you will have several weeks of training before youre actually set loose the floor, so there isn't all that...
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    Break up during school

    elijahvegas replied to Nicoleashley's topic in General Students

    if he said to you to pick between him and nursing school which would you choose? I imagine you'd pick nursing school. which means at this point, nursing school is the only thing that deserves your...
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    Why aren't gowns required in Droplet & Airborne Precautions?

    elijahvegas replied to Hope888's topic in General Nursing

    molecular weight of droplet-borne diseases causes them to not be spread very far at all. the masks are there as a safeguard because the size generally cant pass through the mask to transfer the...
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    Two different blood pressure readings?

    elijahvegas replied to 8Lovenursing8's topic in General Nursing

    blood pressures are dynamic, they never stay exactly the same. a good example of this is if you've ever seen a CPV monitor or ART line put in. you'll see it change second by second. the same goes for...