AJJKRN

AJJKRN

Medical-Surgical/Float Pool/Stepdown

Member

  • Content

    1,224

  • Visitors

    23,048

  • Followers

    1

  • Likes

    50

All Content by AJJKRN

  1. ER rushing patients to the floor

    AJJKRN replied to freckles23's topic in General Nursing

    As a Med-Surg nurse, honestly it looks like your ratios play a much bigger role than being factored in. "My eight other patients..." So what are the ED's ratios??? FWIW, often the pressure to meet...

  2. Influenza Epidemic Declared in Western WA

    AJJKRN replied to nursej22's topic in General Nursing

    In my neck of the woods the flu doesn't seem that bad yet but it's been warmer than usual until this last week. I do feel like the bitter cold plays a huge role in my area as far as how hard we get...

  3. To Float a Swan

    AJJKRN replied to rhinoroc's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    FWIW, The VERY experienced CVICU nurses at my work (as in 10 to 20+ years in CV recovering open hearts) are the go-to's when figuring out how to get all of the CVP/Swann's/etc to work/read pressures...

  4. Royal Blue or Cobalt Blue?

    AJJKRN replied to bgips993's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    You will see the differences between brands and sometimes the same color from the same brand will look totally different (Yes my company has us color-coded now

  5. NCLEX practice question help

    AJJKRN replied to Charisma20's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I would think that it has to do with what is best for the patient at the time and IV ABX would in theory provide a faster therapeutic drug level to help treat the pneumonia. Ideally the blood cultures...

  6. Excited!

    AJJKRN replied to TravelRNdreaming's topic in General Nursing

    What exactly are you doing (in a generalized way of course :)) and is it close to meeting your financial needs? Congrats on your almost done

  7. Wearing mask during flu season

    AJJKRN replied to Nurse Vinnie's topic in General Nursing

    The type of mask that the OP is talking about should not be an airborne mask like an N92 that has to be properly and snugly fitted by employee health, just one that fits well enough to prevent the...

  8. Wearing mask during flu season

    AJJKRN replied to Nurse Vinnie's topic in General Nursing

    Is there any way to vent/tent the sides of the mask so you're not rebreathing your own CO2? This is my best off the top of my head, not sure if it's even possible to be retaining in your mask,...

  9. A nurse with a speech impediment

    AJJKRN replied to Nurse_Tickles's topic in General Nursing

    Remember too that what you may think is your dream job may actually turn out to be a nightmare. You are probably very aware of the push for acute care especially to meet the ever increasing demands...

  10. NIH stoke scale certification

    AJJKRN replied to mm5256's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital offers it through our required education. This is as close of a link as I could find on a quick google search: AHA

  11. Nurses Eating Nursing Students

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

    From the post written, the nurse did tell YOU up front and then YOU proceeded to interrupt her throughout her shift because YOU are in need of learning, correct? YOU are paying the school to teach...

  12. 2017 Nurse Salary

    AJJKRN replied to Darkstar1485's topic in General Nursing

    Location: Good ol state of Ilinoid Experience: 5 years ASN/BSN/Soon to have MSN hopefully but all education levels are the same pay scale. Specialty: Med-Surg float Facility: Level 1...

  13. Obsessed with Scrubs

    AJJKRN replied to Longleggedstar's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    So far I don't see Iguana Med as a suggestion, by far these were my favorite scrubs as far as fit and design until my hospital went to color coding everyone a few years ago. Otherwise I like Dickies...

  14. Fun with Residents

    AJJKRN replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    For the most part I really enjoy having residents...unless/until they get cocky...or are so afraid to act that a patient goes back into DKA or something insane like

  15. Credits needed MSN

    AJJKRN replied to pamelakrn's topic in Western Governors University

    The 36 credits are what is required, no more, no less. Look at the WGU website and you can see the breakdown on the required classes. You don't have any gen ed classes in the MSN to fluctuate the...

  16. Why did i received 265 questions on NCLEX?

    AJJKRN replied to rainydaysoo's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    If you go to the NCLEX info website and read up about the test, everything Rose Queen just explained to you will be

  17. INR 5.2 read as 2.5

    AJJKRN replied to Ethio22's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, how does that song go..."go ahead and HIT me with your best

  18. What does it take exactly to become a nurse?

    AJJKRN replied to Juson's topic in General Nursing

    Just an FYI... GED = HS Diploma I have a GED that got when I was 17 then and decided to start college 10 years later and assessed into honors English and tested into the appropriate Math level...

  19. Nursing Dreams and Nightmares

    AJJKRN replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe it's just me but being in the garage makes perfect

  20. Nursing Dreams and Nightmares

    AJJKRN replied to Joe V's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty sure my husbands favorite, whom is NOT a nurse nor works in any healthcare related fields - he won't even touch plumbing jobs - was the one where I heard a bed alarm going off and jumped...

  21. Getting a job without being a CNA...

    AJJKRN replied to arojumper's topic in General Nursing

    Being a CNA does help get your foot in the door at my work too but so does being and ECG tech, phlebotomist, transporter, etc. Maybe not in the same sense as working on a floor and getting to know the...

  22. Moving out of oncology

    AJJKRN replied to guest908299's topic in Oncology

    I'm not an Oncology nurse but the specialty can definitely involve treating very high acuity and complex patients while also titrating some very serious chemo drugs.

  23. transition from PA to NP

    AJJKRN replied to kkkrrr's topic in General Nursing

    I would stay away from Kaplan, I fully support the use of Kaplan studying materials but would not get any degree from them, surf around allnurses for more reputable NP

  24. Opinion on what to do next

    AJJKRN replied to Ancher's topic in General Students

    Either way if you stay with PDN or try for acute, (I work acute and it has its challenges, aka the grass is not always greener) look into WGU for the RN to BSN/MSN in leadership options. I wish I had...

  25. Defibrillator Pads

    AJJKRN replied to christinaaaamarie's topic in General Nursing

    Next time you're at work open a package of pads and look to see if each pad has a picture/diagram showing where to place the pads. The ones I have used so far have pictures that show which pad goes...