shieldanvil81

shieldanvil81 specializes in Emergency Nursing.

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1. ...annoying little BCx pet peeve...

   shieldanvil81 replied to 80sNurse's topic in Emergency

   Alcohol? Where I work (an ER in Texas) I was taught to use chloraprep instead of alcohol swabs for sites where you're going to obtain a blood culture. Seems like you'd want to use the same...

2. To all the newbie ER nurses out there...

   shieldanvil81 replied to shieldanvil81's topic in Emergency

   Thank you so much for that awesome reply, kyboyrn. It's great to get advice from an NP! Congratulations and good luck to you! My preceptor (I'm doing a 12 week internship) gave me much the same...

3. To all the newbie ER nurses out there...

   shieldanvil81 replied to shieldanvil81's topic in Emergency

   Hahaha that's ok, I know my name isn't very clear on that. I guess if I really cared about people knowing I was male, I'd have named myself RNhasamember or ERmanlyb*lls or something. Thanks to you...

4. To all the newbie ER nurses out there...

   shieldanvil81 posted a topic in Emergency

   I'd love to know what my fellow new grads have learned since becoming nurses. I'm a brand new RN and I've worked in a level 1 trauma center for 3 weeks now. Here are the most important things that...