I've assisted with plenty of unsedated colonoscopies. It has always been the patient's choice. Sometimes the patient wants to be able to go to work afterwards or just doesn't like sedation. I've even assisted with a colonoscopy in which a physici...
LollygaggerRN replied to sameasalways's topic in Gastroenterology
At my facility we do both RN propofol sedation and fent/versed sedation. The RN procedures are different for each type of medication, but you seem to do only fent/versed so I will speak only to that. I work at an outpt facility. Our docs typically ...
I am an endo nurse. Started at an ASC then went to hospital. Hated the hospital. Sure, the procedures were more interesting, but being on call was awful!! Dragging my butt out of bed at 2am to drive in to retrieve chicken out of someone's esophag...
Re: administering sedation I work in an outpt facility which utilizes anesthesiologists only one or two days per week. The other days of the week the RNs administer fent/versed for one set of providers, and do NAPS for the other. When doing the fen...
LollygaggerRN replied to BklynHeightsRN's topic in Gastroenterology
If tissue is routinely getting stuck on the forceps it could be the doc is taking too many bites. I work with one doc who tries to get 6 bites each pass with standard forceps. We use tweezers to pry off the "hangers-on". Doc just has to be patient...
LollygaggerRN replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth
Really, Nurse Beth, a "death sentence"? Dramatic much? I was an older new grad five years ago. MedSurg is not for me. It would never be for me. I can't even imagine doing it for a day. Just not my thing. Five years ago as a new grad I took three...
LollygaggerRN replied to jack1971's topic in New Nurse
OP- I was never a "floor nurse". Part of admission to my nursing school was obtaining CNA certification...and I detested every minute of it. I also knew that I could never take care of the same patient for 12 hours. I have so much respect for the ...
LollygaggerRN replied to chickadeepie's topic in Gastroenterology
You can read the ASGE position papers. I found those fairly helpful. If you want to familiarize yourself with the processors, scopes, etc. you can Google Olympus and ERBE. Boston Scientific manufactures many endo supplies, they have a YouTube channe...
I know people who have graduated from each of those programs. All were satisfied, but totally overwhelmed with student debt. I was in a similar situation as you-kids, already a BS in another field. I went a different route. Earned my associate's ...
LollygaggerRN replied to zumalong's topic in General Nursing
I am a school nurse in WA- where we are having the "epidemic". We are taking it very seriously, although, truthfully it is difficult to do much more than inform people and encourage them to get vaccinated. This particular outbreak also seems to be...
LollygaggerRN replied to ginaw623's topic in General Nursing
Gina- You can totally despise PCT work and still enjoy nursing and be a fantastic nurse!! In order to be accepted into nursing school we had to be CNAs. I took the course and hated every single moment of it. Truly. Got my certification and never ...
