akulahawkRN ADN, RN, EMT-P

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    Failed nursing school

    akulahawkRN replied to Hello:)'s topic in General Students

    I also failed out of nursing school. Since my school has a re-entry policy that covered my situation, I did the steps that I needed to do to keep that option open/alive. By doing so, I was eventually...
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    IV Insertion in School?

    akulahawkRN replied to meganec17's topic in General Nursing

    I first learned how to start IVs in Paramedic school back in 2000. Back then, we practiced on each other. I figure I lost about 100 mL of blood that day... really, not a lot but considering that we're...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    akulahawkRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    At gun shows, sales there generally have to go through a dealer. Doing that keeps the show organizer relatively free from lawsuits. That doesn't mean that a sale can't happen in the parking lot or...
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    How much compassion is necessary to be a Great RN ??

    akulahawkRN replied to trhumper's topic in Men in Nursing

    What I said was that you don't have to have compassion... but that all the "great" nurses that I know have compassion. Compassion isn't necessary, nor is it vital to doing the job because you don't...
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    IV Insertion Difficulty

    akulahawkRN replied to chanjyj's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient in a recent shift that wasn't happy at all with getting an IV line. This patient had already been stuck twice without much luck and had been stuck a few times a few days before. I...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    akulahawkRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    All of the CCW holders that I know (and that's >100 people) carry their firearms using a holster or commercially designed device for the purpose of retaining the firearm upon the body and allowing...
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    How much compassion is necessary to be a Great RN ??

    akulahawkRN replied to trhumper's topic in Men in Nursing

    I'm going to take a bit of a contrarian view of most people here. You don't have to have any compassion to be a nurse, even possibly a "great" nurse. That being said, the best nurses I know, to a...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    akulahawkRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    I suspect that the point is that sometimes multiple cops and hundreds of rounds of ammunition are NOT needed to stop a threat. Sometimes it just takes one person, and that has been the case in several...
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    IV starts: Need tips!

    akulahawkRN replied to NurseBecky4's topic in General Nursing

    While I haven't used that specific system, the process isn't that much different from any other "standard" IV start. Palpate the vein, make entry into the vein, look for the flash, advance just 2 mm...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    akulahawkRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    The list of states that allow "Constitutional Carry" is growing. That list is now 7: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Maine, and Vermont, with Wyoming allowing it for Wyoming Residents only. The other 6...
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    Safe to take new admit at shift change

    akulahawkRN replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    The ED doesn't have the same luxury of refusing admits at shift
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    akulahawkRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    Keep bystanders out of the crossfire? It's an unfortunate reality that they will ALWAYS be part of the scene. Somehow you think that CCW holders, Police, Military, etc can somehow magically make...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    akulahawkRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    So do I, and because I'm not a member of the Military in a Military situation, my rounds are all JHP. Were I to carry 9mm, they'd also be JHP. Fortunately for me, I'm not very recoil
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    akulahawkRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    Just added the above... What's being conflated here is STOPPING someone with actually knocking someone off their feet with a handgun. The M9, in military situations, is usually loaded with Ball...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    akulahawkRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    Respectfully, you are wrong. Re-read Newton's Third Law of Physics: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. In other words, if the impact itself is sufficient to knock someone off...
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    akulahawkRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    Any round that has the power to knock the recipient flat on their back would be powerful enough to knock the shooter on their backsides. Break ribs? Maybe. Might cause a good-sized bruise though....
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    Concealed Carry for Caregivers

    akulahawkRN replied to ClaraRedheart's topic in General Nursing

    You may or may not lose your RN license... and you may or may not lose the CCW license if you're caught. It depends upon if you're carrying at a place that's not legal for you to do so. Please...
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    Epinephrine IV or IM in this situation.

    akulahawkRN replied to JuliusSeizure's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The preferred route for this is IM. If the patient becomes dead... then the preferred route is IV. Back when I worked in the field, we'd draw and give just 0.3 mg of Epi. This is an emergency...
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    Suicide Season

    akulahawkRN replied to acim's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I have been a first responder and now I'm an RN. Yes, death can be very swift and final. It's very different witnessing events first-hand versus responding to them. It's also very different working...
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    Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    akulahawkRN replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    I did 2 things for my own kid... first, I used the "Eddie the Eagle" program from the NRA. Amazingly enough, it does get the message across and the rules are very simple. Second, (and this continues...
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    Didn't disclose

    akulahawkRN replied to christinarae's topic in General Students

    As part of the initial hearing, she may have technically plead either "guilty" or "no contest" and the sentence was taking the parenting classes/checking in with the judge. After all is completed, the...
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    How would you interpet this order?

    akulahawkRN replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    Exactly.
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    How would you interpet this order?

    akulahawkRN replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    Not well written, IMHO. Could be seen as "milk of magnesia, 15 ml 2 x, per day, PRN" or it could be seen as "milk of magnesia, 15 ml, 2 x per day, PRN. I just don't see that order written specifically...
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    Should Healthcare Professionals Ask About Guns in the Home?

    akulahawkRN replied to P-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Just because someone is a Police Officer, it doesn't mean the person is actually "good" with their firearm or firearm safety. I imagine though, that the Police Officer didn't lose his job over having...
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    Sacramento State Spring 2016 Application

    akulahawkRN replied to coolmommy99's topic in California Nursing

    While I personally don't care much about a person's hair color, you'll find that nursing schools generally want their students to have a generally "uniform" look. That includes hair color. Keep the...