robinbird

robinbird

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  1. Nursing as a Second Career

    robinbird replied to mljhorn's topic in Nursing Career

    There are many of us who are second career nurses. I was in the criminal justice field as my first career, then I was a stay-at-home mom. I know of a veterinarian, a lawer, a spanish teacher, a...

  2. nights are killing me!

    robinbird replied to erin01's topic in General Nursing

    For me exercise is the key. I wake up at around 11am in the morning before my first of three 12 hour shifts. I go for a 30 min. run (or to the gym for 30 min) at around 2pm. I go in to work that night...

  3. Plan to transfer from tele to er

    robinbird replied to pandaboi's topic in Emergency

    I am a tele/cardiology nurse and have applied to the ER. I'm very nervous about making the change because I'm comfortable where I am now. Still, I feel like I need to do ths, to learn how to manage...

  4. Another Outrageous Visitor Thread

    robinbird replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    It was another busy night shift. Had a patient going for open heart surgery the following morning. Daughter flies in from somewhere across the country. She walks into her mother's room pushes the call...

  5. Another Outrageous Visitor Thread

    robinbird replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Had a patient with decompensated heart failure. He was a "frequent flyer". During his previous visits we educated him and his family about salt and fluid restriction, etc. So on one of his...

  6. Priming blood tubing with...blood??

    robinbird posted a topic in General Nursing

    My facility is doing away with priming blood tubing with saline. The policy basically says to prime the tubing with the blood, infuse the blood and then we have the option of following the blood with...

  7. Priming blood tubing with...blood??

    robinbird replied to robinbird's topic in General Nursing

    1) There is no waste of precious blood product while trying to rid (prime) the tubing of bubbles 2) You can pinpoint the moment that the bood actually started infusing into the pt which leads to 3)...

  8. Priming blood tubing with...blood??

    robinbird replied to robinbird's topic in General Nursing

    What about the blood that is left in the tubing when you are finished? Its so interesting to hear about these different methods of practice. In nursing school (I graduated in 2006), we learned to...

  9. What was your favorite...

    robinbird replied to BusinessGrad's topic in General Nursing

    a)what was your favorite experience in nursing school? finishing nursing school. b)what was your favorite experience in your nursing career? recognizing and successfully treating someone in pulmonary...

  10. bolus insulin for meals

    robinbird replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I didn't really answer your question. I definately would NOT cover a CBG of less than 70 (or less than 149, for that matter), even when the patient will be

  11. bolus insulin for meals

    robinbird replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    I would go by the sliding scale insulin order for the patient. Usually you cover a CBG (capillary blood glucose) above 150. The scale was designed to take into account that the patient would be...

  12. Three things...

    robinbird replied to MissKitty21's topic in General Nursing

    Never again: 1. Guiac a C-Diff stool... 2. Clean under porifice folds that haven't been cleaned in weeks... 3. Over-bearing, well meaning family members who do more harm than good. Like to do: 1....

  13. If You Think You Haven't Heard It All...

    robinbird replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    This wasn't my patient but I laughed when I arrived for my shift and heard this story. A patient was due to be discharged late in the day. The nurse was doing rounds and she walked into the...

  14. Nursing License

    robinbird replied to mjm1979's topic in General Nursing

    NC stopped issuing a license that you can carry in your wallet. (I think in 2007.) The idea is that any potential employer can to the NCBON website and verifiy your license online. Luckily, I...

  15. Will I find my place?

    robinbird replied to bridgette_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

    I always thought I wanted to work in mother-baby or pediatrics. I had three kids and breastfed them all successfully and even taught other new mom to breastfeed in La Leche League. When I had those...

  16. measuring pulsus paradoxus

    robinbird replied to akvarmit's topic in Emergency

    Pulsus Paradoxus or (pulse parodox) is an art. The person who taught me how to do it said if you want to get really good at pulse paradox, do it as part of your assessment on every patient. I've...

  17. exercising/working out on work days

    robinbird replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    I normally work three night shifts in a row. I usually go for a run at around 2pm before my first night shift (of three) and don't work out on my second and third night. I've tried working out after...

  18. The things you never forget...

    robinbird replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in General Nursing

    Our tele tech was watching the monitors. She announced on the overhead system, "check [Room 415] now!" I ran by the monitor bank on the way to the room and yelled, "What do we have?" "V-fib!" She...

  19. What does 1:1 sitter mean to you?!

    robinbird replied to ONCRN84's topic in General Nursing

    I had a sitter once that would be on her cell phone each time I walked by the room. She would scoot out of the room when I came in to check on the patient or to do procedures, then not come back right...

  20. What if men dominated the Nursing profession?

    robinbird replied to **All Heart RN**'s topic in General Nursing

    Many of us are second career RN'S and would not have considered nursing if it required 4 more years of college...I know I would not have gone gone through 4 more years. Much of first part of 4 year...

  21. BLS or ACLS?

    robinbird replied to PeachPie's topic in General Nursing

    ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) and BLS (Basic Life Support) are two different certifications. ACLS does not take the place of BLS. I need to have both on the cardiac stepdown floor where I...

  22. leaving

    robinbird replied to amwh's topic in General Nursing

    This doesn't happen where I work, either. Nursing is my second career and I found the situation you describe in all of the other jobs I have had before I became a nurse. It is so refreshing to work...

  23. Being a patient where you work

    robinbird replied to cupcake25's topic in General Nursing

    I was a patient in I the same hospital where I work, when I was diagnosed with MS(multiple sclerosis). I knew it was the best hospital in our region so there was no question that's where I would go...

  24. Multiple Sclerosis

    robinbird replied to kmrmom42's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hi Everyone, Its now been 18 months since my diagnosis and I feel like it's time for me to step outside myself and MY diagnosis and start helping others with MS. I've started a Blog as a first step. I...

  25. Multiple Sclerosis

    robinbird replied to kmrmom42's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    " I was on Rebif from June '07 to December '07 when I was switched to Copaxone due to my liver enzymes showing consistent elevation and beign 3-4x the norm. Copaxone doesn't hurt nearly as bad as...