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In my 46 years as an RN I have observed 2 problems with starting IV's. 1) using the wrong size butterfly/catheter. 2) placing the tourniquet to tight that it restricts the arterial flow. The tourniquet should only restrict the venous flow back to the heart. Perhaps we should come up with another name for the tourniquet, due to it's real definition.

It was great reminiscing with you. I graduated in '74, at 26, and did much of the same things. Much of my career however was in the ER, psych and Hospice. I enjoyed being an 11-7 Supervisor and teach other employees, pt's, pt's families and their visitors. I still have my licences and doing volunteer work. Continue to have a great life.

I have been an RN for 45 years and when they started 12 hour shifts in the mid 80's I could see nothing but trouble ahead. After 8 hours, one is tired. After 10 hours, one starts making mistakes. And after 12 or more hours, one has become stupid.

Ok,so these people got a big dollar grant, looked at some surgeries, wrote an article and got it published. Nothing new, I have been an RN since 1974 and those results were the same back then, only nobody made big bucks studying it. Boo-boo's happen. The more surgeries and the more complicated the procedure; Duh, the more mistakes. Look at the good outcomes...

Why is that picture used? I am 69, been an RN 44 years and don't ever look that bad, even when I wake up in the morning. Talk about stereotyping. Get a life people....

They say one of the last senses to go is hearing. I don't want to lay there and listen to myself and I know my family and friends don't either. A trach suction tube is all one needs. Furthermore, are you going to let me lie in my bodily waste because it is too much to turn me? Get a life, we are nurses. We take care of patients first, then their families.

Have you thought about becoming a Radiology Tech. Lots of areas to get further certifications and some of your pre-reqs may have already been done. Some places the starting salary is the same as a new grad RN.

I agree with Pixie, RN. I started out in 1970 as a "house orderly". About the only time RNs appreciated anything I did was chest percussions during CPR. When I graduated in 1974, RNs did full pt. care with help from LVNs and Aides, (CNAs). When in charge of a shift, it didn't take a genius to figure out, if I may use a politically incorrect term " the nursing chain of command ", that the LVN's and CNA's are your best allies. They see the pt. more often and can report what is going on. It is even more important today to ask them, (LVNs, CNAs, Med Techs, etc) questions and listen, because we might only see a pt. twice a day. The best to all of you. And yes, Florence Nightingale sat at the desk next to me.