Racer15 BSN, RN

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    what did you have a previous degree in before you went into nursing?

    Racer15 replied to RNtobe23's topic in General Nursing

    I have a BSA in animal health technology. Loved being a vet tech but the pay was lousy. Grandpa told me he'd pay my way if I went to nursing school so I said what the heck. Now I'm an ER nurse. Miss...
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    I hate cancer

    Racer15 replied to mmc51264's topic in General Nursing

    Cancer is awful. I lost my amazing grandfather (who paid every penny of my nursing school) to cancer in April. It was horrific watching the strongest man I ever knew waste away in a hospital bed. I...
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    Not using an Alcohol swab before injections

    Racer15 replied to newgrad1988's topic in Patient Medications

    I remember when I was in vet tech school, one of my professors (a veterinarian) remarked that alcohol swabs didn't really do anything as far as killing bacteria. He told us it encapsulated some of the...
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    A difficult initiation to nursing in tornado affected area

    Racer15 replied to angie2927's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We had a tornado here last year and it was heartbreaking caring for those folks. That didn't even touch the hardest day of my career though. I work in ER and that day came when my nephew rolled...
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    Mandatory Overtime

    Racer15 replied to newRN_2014's topic in General Nursing

    Mandatory overtime is perfectly legal in most states as long as you are being paid time and a half. I was hired in with the understanding that four twelves every other week was required. I am now...
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    Full Moon Friday the 13th

    Racer15 replied to Biffbradford's topic in General Nursing

    I'm dreading it And our ER doc for that night is a total **** magnet,
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    Demanding family members

    Racer15 replied to PerfectlyNumb's topic in Emergency

    I tell folks like that to simmer down or security will escort them out. Works a
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    stethoscope?

    Racer15 replied to marshmallowstar's topic in Emergency

    I have a Littmann Cardiology III. In coral pink which no one else in my department has. The color isn't my favorite but also makes it harder for it to grow legs and run
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    What is the most overtime you've ever worked

    Racer15 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    We're so short staffed currently that I am working 50+ hours a week, every week with no choice in the matter . My pay checks aren't really any better either. So there is zero motivation for me. It is...
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    Favorite Nursing Class

    Racer15 replied to MizMaverick's topic in General Students

    I found maternal/child very interesting. But I would never work in that field, I'm an ER nurse to the
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    My one big issue

    Racer15 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    If I want a lunch break, I take it. I used to not be such a butt about breaks but my facility now requires that we fill out a form in order to get compensated for lost lunches. Part of it requires us...
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    Nursing Salary Survey 2014

    Racer15 replied to TheCommuter's topic in General Nursing

    Kentucky $18.94/hr with second shift differential which is 12% on top of base pay. ER RN with my ADN and a BSA in an unrelated field. BLS, ACLS, ENPC, and TNCC certified. 1.5 years experience...
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    IV sites for Abd CT

    Racer15 replied to Louerrn's topic in Emergency

    Wherever I put the IV. I have never had CT gripe at me for a 20 in the hand. I place my IVs where I can and I avoid the AC when possible in case they are admitted. Never been an
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    Most terrifying thing?

    Racer15 replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Students

    Exams always scared the pants off of me. That and skills check offs. Those weren't hard and I never failed one but the anxiety about killed me. Clinicals never bothered me. There were always people...
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    HELP! New ED RN Off of Orientation Soon

    Racer15 replied to meghanlyn's topic in Emergency

    It gets easier. I started in the ER as a new grad and it was rough. I thought I was going to be fired at the end of my orientation because I felt I wasn't doing well and my preceptor was forever...
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    From CBS....Health: An Unsettling Investigation Involving Hospitals

    Racer15 replied to goyavo's topic in Emergency

    Staff in the ER are also told to suck it up and not report it. If I had a nickel for every time I was threatened, spit on, hit, kicked...by golly I could retire. I would also imagine many violent...
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    Your first experience with a dead person

    Racer15 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    I work in the ED and can't recall the first code I worked. I do remember the first code that was mine. I was on orientation and we got a call saying we had a code 99 coming in and my preceptor told me...
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    Dealing with calls from work

    Racer15 replied to Katniss88's topic in General Nursing

    If I feel like coming in on my day off, I set the terms. It's my day off and my time. I tell them the hours I will work and whether I'm willing to take my own patients or just float and help out. They...
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    What did you get for nurses week?

    Racer15 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    Pizza and a lunch bag with the hospital logo. Oh
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    Joint Commission vent

    Racer15 replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, JCAHO is due at my facility any day now. I worked 16 hours last Sunday just so I had time to thoroughly clean my area. We've had so many walk through meetings , SO MUCH time has been put into...
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    The newest and coolest thing you've ever done

    Racer15 replied to Christy1019's topic in General Nursing

    It took me awhile to learn how to get it just right. The IVs I was trained on were bigger but more flexible. They didn't have the autoguard feature but it was pretty easy to hold pressure till you got...
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    is it nurse's week?

    Racer15 replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    We always get a few treats. I'm also an ER nurse so we get two weeks a year, but I'd rather get a damn raise and more staffing than some cupcakes and a
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    Night Shift Snack

    Racer15 replied to NextGenRPN's topic in General Nursing

    Whatever I can get my hands on. Breaks are rare now for us. I drink a lot of water and diet
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    Calling out the pts name in the waiting room...HIPAA?

    Racer15 replied to TeresaEDRN06's topic in Emergency

    So what do you do when two patients with same last name or first name check in?? I'm in triage frequently. But my ER is so short staffed that when no one is in triage , I am starting IVs, drawing...
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    The experience of an ER nurse?

    Racer15 replied to Cpf9's topic in Emergency

    I had a coworker that went into travel nursing after one year as a nurse, all if that year in ER. We are not a trauma ER either. He is loving it but I would not be comfortable with that at ALL. I've...