veggie530

veggie530 has 3 years experience and specializes in CCRN, ED, Unit Manager.

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1. Gun Owning Nurses

   veggie530 replied to hppygr8ful's topic in General Nursing

   I protect my patients from harm when I work as a nurse. I go through training and develop skills and critical thinking in order to help me fulfill that role as a nurse. I protect myself and my family...

2. Why do you wear a white coat? (if you indeed do)

   veggie530 replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

   I think this topic demonstrates a lot of what's wrong in nursing. I'll just leave it at

3. Failed CCRN again

   veggie530 replied to Whitroth05's topic in Critical Care

   Interesting. I didn't get an IABP question on my

4. Hypothermia s/p cardiac arrest...waking up

   veggie530 posted a topic in MICU, SICU

   So at a new facility I work at, we were reviewing hypothermia protocol. I asked "what if the patient wakes up and is following commands?" and everyone laughed and said "what?? they're on nimbex and...

5. Titratable drips

   veggie530 replied to nurs1ng's topic in Critical Care

   Here's some. IV Critical Care Infusion Drip

6. Taboo: 10 Things Nurses Should NEVER Say!

   veggie530 replied to Julie Reyes's topic in General Nursing

   I say a lot of these things regularly. It makes other nurses squirm and get all nervous and some actually seriously get upset by it. I can't help but laugh that people actually think these things...

7. 150 meq of NaCl?

   veggie530 posted a topic in Emergency

   Hey guys, I'm an RN and also a type 1 diabetic. Recently at work my pump malfunctioned and I received 40-50 units of humalog in a single bolus. Needless to say it was a pain, and I ended up going to...

8. so what happens after passing CCRN?

   veggie530 replied to veggie530's topic in Critical Care

   I used the $150 AACN online review course offered on the AACN website, nothing else! And some youtube videos about concepts I wasn't very familiar

9. so what happens after passing CCRN?

   veggie530 replied to veggie530's topic in Critical Care

   Literally 5 seconds after posting this I figured it out. Whoops :) --> Verification of certification on AACN website I do wonder how long it takes for your certification to post,

10. so what happens after passing CCRN?

    veggie530 posted a topic in Critical Care

    Odd question, but I passed my CCRN recently... now what? Do I get a card or something to go with my ACLS/PALS/BLS/etc.? I googled with surprisingly not many relevant

11. Students who get As are bad bedside nurses

    veggie530 replied to konstantine's topic in General Students

    It's a myth. Some A-students do great hands on. Some C-students do, too. I have noticed that I see a lot of A-student types have extreme difficulty in the work force because there is no "A-grade" for...

12. To tell or not to tell!

    veggie530 replied to XNavyCorpsman's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    They will probably gladly oblige you. Honestly, I would. There are ways of correcting correctable behaviors, and your posts in this topic do not demonstrate a knowledge of how that process works. Good...

13. Baby RN's running ICU?!!

    veggie530 replied to kmarieCCRN's topic in Critical Care

    With terms like "baby nurse" being thrown around I'm not entirely surprised by a high turnover rate. At face value, it sounds like the unit culture is not conducive to wanting to stick around....

14. Switching Specialties

    veggie530 replied to Runninwoo's topic in Nursing Career

    Stand up for yourself, don't take nonsense from anyone -- doesn't matter what it says on their name badge, you're all human beings. Now, maybe you're colossally screwing up all the time, I can't speak...

15. MEN, dont come into nursing

    veggie530 replied to DUDERNGUY's topic in Men in Nursing

    If the message came across far less whiny people may take it seriously. In my experience thus far, your experience in nursing is going to depend largely on your co-workers, your facility, and your...