shieldanvil81

Emergency Nursing

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shieldanvil81 specializes in Emergency Nursing.

...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 precautions on the bottles.
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 advice about the preferences of providers and priorit...
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 RNhasapenis or ERmanlyb*lls or something. Thanks to you all for the replies, btw.
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 I've learned so far: 1. Knowledge is your best weapo...