Cohiba

Cohiba

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  1. What type of pacer from a 12-lead?

    Cohiba posted a topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    For background, I'm a RN in the ED of a level 1 trauma center (CEN/CCRN/TCRN plus some other stuff that doesn't make it on my signature block) but have a question that none of our docs can answer and...

  2. Is it illegal to place a towel over a patient's face?

    Cohiba replied to poolnurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Towel = OK. Pouring water over said towel = not

  3. Is it true all nurses get MRSA or C-DIFF?

    Cohiba replied to mzsuccess's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, all nurses, every...single...one... will get MRSA and C. Diff so run now while you

  4. What type of website or app would you make for nursing?

    Cohiba replied to GraysonGitchell's topic in General Nursing

    If there was an app that could direct the user towards the nearest source of coffee or beverage alcohol, I'd be ALL OVER

  5. Name one of your favorite things about being a male nurse.

    Cohiba replied to DatMurse's topic in Men in Nursing

    My favorite thing about being a (male) nurse? Every other

  6. Having trouble interpreting this ECG

    Cohiba replied to JuliusSeizure's topic in Study Tips for Students's Share Tips

    I'm going a sliiiightly different route and voting for multifocal atrial tachycardia since the P-waves I see aren't consistent between QRS

  7. Best advice to give a new nurse

    Cohiba replied to amandaslagel's topic in General Nursing

    Never pass up a chance to: 1) Eat 2) Sit down 3) Drink water 3.5) Pee (see what I did there?

  8. Do RNs get extra pay for working with students?

    Cohiba replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

    https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-student/why-are-the-1004415.html

  9. What to teach in EMS class?

    Cohiba posted a topic in Emergency

    A couple nights ago I was talking with a friend who's one of the instructors in the local college's EMS education program and they said it would be nice if I was to speak in class as a guest about EMS...

  10. ER NURSE PEEVES

    Cohiba replied to wojoRN's topic in Emergency

    https://allnurses.com/emergency-nursing/what-was-the-70657.html

  11. Finally ACCEPTED!!!!!!! Now what?!

    Cohiba replied to frenchtoastwaffles's topic in General Students

    Get drunk, sleep until whenever you wake up vs being tied to an alarm clock, turn 5 y/o again (eg have sugary and nutrition-free cereal for breakfast, then go to McD's for lunch), climb a tree, take a...

  12. ER Books for summer reading?

    Cohiba replied to Jon_Styles's topic in Emergency

    Not ER-specific, but anything by Dr Atul Gawande is marvelous to read, as is Mary Roach's book "Stiff", and anything nonfiction by Bill Bass (founder of the Anthropological Research Facility at the...

  13. Waiting in the ER & Heard This

    Cohiba replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Emergency

    A couple of the EMS agencies serving the ED where I work will say "this patient is triage appropriate" when calling report over the radio and almost universally that patient will be taken to the...

  14. Best one sentence handoff report

    Cohiba replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    I was on the receiving end of: "600 lbs, immobile, constipated, loaded with Colyte just before transfer". It was every single bit as horrible as you can

  15. What is your nursing "joy?"

    Cohiba replied to jamisaurus's topic in Nurses Rock

    Getting a critical patient out of my ED and to the ICU

  16. Fearful

    Cohiba replied to NurseTyler's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Also, if you're not a nurse, please change your username--misrepresentation of educational preparation or licensure here is

  17. What organizations do you belong to?

    Cohiba replied to RNMarykay's topic in General Nursing

    ENA Local ENA chapter NRA my local tobacconist's cigar club The Scotch Whisky Society Sons of the American Revolution (family legend has it that my ancestor got to ruin Christmas for a bunch of...

  18. Working in a Teaching Hospital?

    Cohiba replied to License2Heal's topic in General Nursing

    Cons: Dealing w/1st year Residents Pros: Getting to teach those same 1st years--they have a far-more-advanced academic preparation but that doesn't mean their learning has

  19. Best (Most affordable, accessible ABSN Program NYC?!

    Cohiba replied to AllieW's topic in School, College Programs

    Can't help with info re: a particular program but if you aren't a licensed nurse right now, please change your username since it violates the site's Terms of Service to represent yourself as

  20. The Emergency Department: Where pain isn't what the patient says it is.

    Cohiba replied to CaptCrzy's topic in Emergency

    We've had quite a few folks lately suffering from the terrible affects of

  21. The Emergency Department: Where pain isn't what the patient says it is.

    Cohiba replied to CaptCrzy's topic in Emergency

  22. Managing Patient Outcomes

    Cohiba replied to Nonalovin's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Is this homework? If so, folks around here are generally willing to help but we won't spoon-feed you

  23. Best way to read text books

    Cohiba replied to natmanzo's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Best way to read textbooks? With your eyes in a well-lit

  24. Moving to Atlanta

    Cohiba replied to amortentia62442's topic in General Nursing

    Georgia

  25. Need to interview an RN

    Cohiba replied to cheyenne.waldooo's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Standard answer, since this gets asked at least a couple times/week, is that the purpose of these assignments is for you to go out (perhaps breaking your comfort zone, perhaps not--I don't care...)...