NurseOnAMotorcycle ASN, RN

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    New to ER - tips, tricks, recommendations & prioritization?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to acuariaRN's topic in Emergency

    I run it at
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    Obligation to respond: what is your take?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to kRN0512's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the wait and watch crowd. Do a quick check: Is air going in and out? Is blood going round and round? Is the person conscious? Usually you won't have to do anything. It's all about...
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    Size matters? (IV question)

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to theantichick's topic in General Nursing

    Also consider that to draw blood from a patient without lysing, they use 23 or 25 gauge butterfly needles for phlebotomy. I am also married to the 20g IVs. I agree with the irritation to the veins...
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    Nursing Survey "ER nurses burnout" Please complete survey for Master capstone project

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to 5baseballmom's topic in Emergency

    Curious about the results. Any chance of posting some of your
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    Patients afraid of needles...

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    My new favorite
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    ED Staff average 12 minutes of every hour on Facebook

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to MunoRN's topic in Emergency

    Don't do FB, but I would think breaks would be ok to go
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    ED Staff average 12 minutes of every hour on Facebook

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to MunoRN's topic in Emergency

    Soltaire. 'Nuff
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    Correct way to give IM injections?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to Black Jade's topic in Patient Medications

    Ouch!
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    Hospital approach to influenza

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to Altra's topic in General Nursing

    We have a policy that all symptomatic pts gets swabbed and any pneumonia pts get swabbed. Swabbing everyone is too costly to the hospital and the pt to make it a housewide protocol. Also, anyone in...
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    the homeless that wander in...

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to mish_RN's topic in Emergency

    It's definitely a problem. They usually go to the next hospital and claim chest pain so they can stay for 4+
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    Doubles

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to nursedanny614's topic in General Nursing

    It may be only my state, but don't they require a minimum of 8 hours between
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    Finding a nurse mentor

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to Med Surg RN's topic in General Students

    Well, I'd try asking a clinical question to one of the nicer ones on their lunch break or some other time like after they've reported off and have a second. If it works out, they won't mind answering...
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    nursing clinicals and glorified cna work

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to kkanady's topic in General Students

    I agree with mommaTy. I think that there is an element of "when can we place NG tubes or use the defibrillator?" in every student, having been one myself, but you can't go from being a newborn to a...
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    Want real life nursing advice on homework assignment

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to CrystalSSA's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Funny!
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    Is cardiac tele experience a semi-good fit for transitioning to the ED?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to dandk1997RN's topic in Emergency

    Sure.
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    what specialties do new grads typically start out in?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to mee9mee9's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you have a choice, then congrats!! Lately most people
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    Something funny

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to itsnowornever's topic in Emergency

    This is brilliant! Are there any down sides? Is there any feedback from the floors and specialists regarding overnight
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    What would you do?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to cowgurl89's topic in General Nursing

    I'm really thinking that all of these first time posters are the same person, even maybe the
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    Is the cynicism inevitable?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to lvnlrn's topic in Emergency

    I found that I went through a period of "all patients are entitled drug seekers" but that fades away to something more tempered. I feel like compassion returns after a while. Naïveté? Of course...
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    What would you do?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to cowgurl89's topic in General Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/emergency-nursing/just-question-understand-786861.html
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    What would you do?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to cowgurl89's topic in General Nursing

    The other scenario I see a lot here is a disgruntled family member trying to get others to be equally righteously angry. Let me find a quick example and edit it in... Here....
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    What would you do?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to cowgurl89's topic in General Nursing

    On the unit? Which unit? That implies she's in a hospital. She would have been wheeled to the ER and treated. Other than that, I agree that yelling and screaming demands constitutes an adequate...
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    What to do if you disagree with the care of another nurse's pt?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to Erythropoietin's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

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    What to do if you disagree with the care of another nurse's pt?

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to Erythropoietin's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Is the other nurse new? Even if she wasn't, did she feel freaked out and sort of freeze up and hope it would get better on its own? Where I work, people jump in to help each other out. If someone...
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    Nurses week gifts from employer

    NurseOnAMotorcycle replied to floridaRN38's topic in Emergency

    I wish there was a LOVE TO DEATH button... hee hee We got t-shirts with hospital logo on it for "Nurses/employee Appreciation