AJJKRN

AJJKRN

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  1. What's Going on with Patients Hgb?

    AJJKRN replied to NerdyMedSurgNurse's topic in General Nursing

    This link may give you more insight: The Effects of Heart Failure on Renal

  2. Med/Surg Certification

    AJJKRN replied to WeirdNurseKelly's topic in General Nursing

    Not to rain on your parade but I'm pretty sure you have to have been working two full years in Med-Surg to test. Honestly if you become a member of AMSN then you can get free CEU's and track them on...

  3. Cold objects and thermal energy: The Nurse's Explanation

    AJJKRN replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Taking a premie diaper and opening the top of it and filling it with ice to make a pretty darn good cool/ice pack for anything rectal or scrotal area that's either abscessed or has a surgical incision...

  4. ascom phone

    AJJKRN replied to socoamaretto's topic in General Nursing

    Yes someone can call the ascom, it's still a phone with a normal phone number assigned to it. Typically the last five digits are used to call each other in network but if you look at your assigned...

  5. M in the Box

    AJJKRN replied to 95PGTTech's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    This is just one more way for the customer service model to eat away at our souls. I agree that we need a better way to consistently communicate important details of patients hospital stays to the...

  6. Fill In The Blank...

    AJJKRN replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    "Here, let me show you how to get my IV. No no, I

  7. Patients Say the Darnedest Things

    AJJKRN replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Confused male patient that apparently thought he was at a brothel on night, "I guess I'll stay another hour or so with you young ladies if you insist but my wife will not be too happy!". Gotta love...

  8. Caption Contest

    AJJKRN replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    "Yep, that's what I thought I said inside my

  9. Patients Say the Darnedest Things

    AJJKRN replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    "Can't I leave to go smoke and then just come back to my

  10. Jimmy Kimmel Thanks Nurses Who Saved His Infant Son's Life

    AJJKRN replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in General Nursing

    Well now my dang nose is running! So sweet and humble í

  11. Feel stupid for having BLS question (getting ambu bag ready first)

    AJJKRN replied to Zithromax's topic in General Nursing

    Believe me, every time I have started chest compressions on a Med-Surg floor it was done on a hospital bed with out a backboard in place yet. Thankfully each time was successful enough for ROSC....

  12. What else could I do?

    AJJKRN replied to AvaRose's topic in General Nursing

    I have flat out had an adult conversation with a sitter before that expressed my expectations for the shift. I reminded the sitter up front that if they were not able to handle (reasonable) behaviors...

  13. ADN or BSN: What's the Big Deal?

    AJJKRN replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Drank the indoctrinated koolaid did ya? Too bad all that critical thinking you posses didn't help with figuring out this fairly obvious topic (in all of your 20+ years of nursing...). I know the above...

  14. Gender Pay Gap in Nursing: 2017 Salary Survey vs. 2015?

    AJJKRN replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Again, here's another generalization. I am a female and support three other humans as well and am currently working full time and pursuing a MSN because I want to. I have always worked full time...

  15. Flying through courses

    AJJKRN replied to Puertoriiquena's topic in Western Governors University

    If you got a strong foundation during your initial RN program and are an independent adult learner then why are you surprised that you're checking off the requirements for the BSN as easily as you...

  16. ADN or BSN: What's the Big Deal?

    AJJKRN replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

    Shop around. You could pay less than $4000 and get a reputable education from WGU if you are an independent learner and don't procrastinate. Wish I had known this when I did my RN to BSN but at least...

  17. Angioedema

    AJJKRN replied to Plumrose15153's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The last angioedema patient I had got a concoction of solu-medrol, Benadryl, and Pepcid to start off with and then a few days of Benadryl and prednisone. No epi needed. Spent a night in the OBS unit...

  18. Are you a nursing manager? I have a question for you.

    AJJKRN replied to Dazglue's topic in General Nursing

    I applied for my current position three times. Each time the manager was wanting to hire me but because of the nature of my job (float pool) if I was up against most qualified applicants...say a nurse...

  19. Math requirement for RNs?

    AJJKRN replied to llg's topic in General Nursing

    I do cringe when I think of the impossible and acute weather conditions that in the past have caused utter destruction and chaos like hurricane Katrina and the Joplin Missouri

  20. Running cardizem drip?!

    AJJKRN replied to johndough's topic in Patient Medications

    Always look at your facility's protocols. Any high alert drug, including cardizem, at my facility requires the med to be on its own pump and clearly labeled...what the patient has for IV access and...

  21. So done with a co-worker

    AJJKRN replied to smf0903's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Some people just need their ego stroked. I would just flat out tell her to not bat an eye my way until she can be civil, respectful, and a team player. And then ignore her...the situation may not...

  22. Chest Tube Insertion

    AJJKRN replied to BeeU_RN's topic in Emergency

    Yep, my place would have done the moderate sedation route with some versed and some fentanyl. Our facility requires all ED, ICU, and float RN's to be competent (aside from all the other RN's that do...

  23. Need advice

    AJJKRN replied to guycna95's topic in General Nursing

    Look around at your options then (and try and job shadow first or volunteer) and make sure the degree you're interested in has actual job opportunities...Good

  24. Thinking about jumping ship, need perspective

    AJJKRN replied to NightNerd's topic in General Nursing

    Just keep in mind as other posters have pointed out...you've had three jobs in three years so you have not ever had enough time in each specialty to feel more confident and less like a new grad. That...

  25. Need advice

    AJJKRN replied to guycna95's topic in General Nursing

    If you could get your college education done and help your grandparents while going to visit your mom and sister often...sounds like an opportunity to take