Christie RN2006

Christie RN2006

SICU, EMS, Home Health, School Nursing

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  1. Alzheimer's eye test

    Christie RN2006 posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    I found this a while ago, and I don't know if the reasoning is true, but everyone that has seen it to so far has had the same answer! Alzheimer's Eye Test Submitted by LM Hawes Leighton, AL Count...

  2. One year blues . . .

    Christie RN2006 replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am at my one year mark and I have hit the "one year blues" as you call it... I also work in a SICU at a trauma hospital...well that is when I don't get floated census has been really low here...

  3. Anybody feeling faint??

    Christie RN2006 replied to fluffhead's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I did the exact same thing the first time I watched a bone marrow biopsy! So far that is the only thing that made me see spots, thank goodness!! Most nurses I know admit to at least one thing that...

  4. new nurse-i feel useless when a code is called.

    Christie RN2006 replied to JulieRN07's topic in General Nursing

    The best way for me to learn and become comfortable with things is practice. Do you have a code team at your hospital? If so, ask if you could run with the team for a day whenever there is a code....

  5. New guy saying hello!

    Christie RN2006 replied to CRNA2011-2b's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome! When do you

  6. Calling for an RRT vs calling a code

    Christie RN2006 replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    A code is when the patient has deteriorated so much that they are "knocking on deaths door" aka they have stopped breathing, gone into a life threatening arrhythmia (v-tach, asystole, etc.) A RRT is...

  7. Has your hospital closed the floor for low census?

    Christie RN2006 replied to nursenatalie's topic in General Nursing

    My unit has never closed... even if we only have 1 patient, we can't close our doors. They have been known to close the CCU though. I work in the SICU and since we are a trauma hospital, they always...

  8. What disciplines make up the Rapid Response Team?

    Christie RN2006 replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    Well to be completely honest I'm not sure who all is in the RRT... I believe it is the charge nurses from the ICU, RT, a hospitalist, and I believe the nursing supervisor goes also. I work in the...

  9. Calling for an RRT vs calling a code

    Christie RN2006 replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, rapid response teams (we call them race teams) go when the patient is going down the tubes... for example, their BP is bottoming out, the patient is in respiratory distress, etc. They...

  10. What is your schedule like?

    Christie RN2006 replied to Soneshine's topic in General Nursing

    I work 3 12's a week from 7p-7a. I work every other weekend, but somewhere around the 1st of the year we are switching to every 3rd. Right now my schedule is based on 2 weeks. The first week I work...

  11. I need some help!

    Christie RN2006 replied to at2726's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, you cannot be floated to the ICU unless you have been trained there. Only one time have we ever floated a non ICU nurse to the ICU and we gave her 2 patients that were essentially...

  12. Retired Husband at Walmart

    Christie RN2006 posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Dear Mrs. Fenton: Over the past six months, your husband, Mr. Bill Fenton has been causing quite a commotion in our store. We cannot tolerate this type of behavior and have considered banning the...

  13. US nurse want to travel international

    Christie RN2006 replied to MistyDawnRN06's topic in General Nursing

    I know in Kenya in order to practice as a RN, you have to complete 6 months of their training. I'm not sure how it is in other places

  14. Precepting Questions

    Christie RN2006 replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Nursing

    They are allowing students in my unit this year, but in order to be a preceptor, you have to have worked for at least 2 years and have shown expertise in your area. Then you have to tell your nurse...

  15. BWAHAHA! Check out my new t-shirt...

    Christie RN2006 replied to NursingAgainstdaOdds's topic in General Nursing

    haha... sad, but very

  16. Precepting Questions

    Christie RN2006 replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Nursing

    When I was in school we had a list of different areas/shifts and our professor had us each draw a number out of a hat. The person that drew #1 had 1st choice and then on down the line. If I remember...

  17. Guess the mispronounced medical term

    Christie RN2006 replied to EricJRN's topic in General Nursing

    Just the other day I had a patient tell me that their doctor was going to insult a lung doctor. (She meant consult... I have no idea how I didn't start laughing in the

  18. Guess the mispronounced medical term

    Christie RN2006 replied to EricJRN's topic in General Nursing

    One time I had a patients family member who "done fell

  19. You know it's a bad night when......

    Christie RN2006 replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    When you hear two level one traumas and a cardiac alert being paged overhead within a half an hour of each other. ...or when a patients family member says "It has been really quiet in here tonight"...

  20. interosseous access (IO)

    Christie RN2006 posted a topic in General Nursing

    ACLS now covers IO (interosseous) access in code situations... I was just wondering how many of your facilities have started using IO for codes where you can't get IV access? If you have used IO,...

  21. interosseous access (IO)

    Christie RN2006 replied to Christie RN2006's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you to everyone!! I assisted with a bone marrow biopsy the other day... all I can say is OUCH!!! When the doc started extracting the marrow this patient started crying even with all the meds we...

  22. Do you allow Tele patients to leave unit to smoke?

    Christie RN2006 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    In Ohio it is illegal to smoke in a public place... parks, hospitals, parking lots, bars,

  23. Do you allow Tele patients to leave unit to smoke?

    Christie RN2006 replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    No patients are allowed to leave to go smoke from my unit... #1 my hospital is smoke free and #2 it is illegal to smoke in public places in Ohio. When I was a student we had a patient disappear that...

  24. Ventilating with BVM

    Christie RN2006 replied to antidote's topic in General Nursing

    My mom and sister refuse to watch any show dealing with medicine with me! I point out all the mistakes they are making... Like coding a patient that is in NSR on the monitor or shocking for Asystole,...

  25. Medication error

    Christie RN2006 replied to BlessedbyGod's topic in General Nursing

    My dad did something like that when he was doing his clinicals in the ED to get his medic license. The nurse told him what room to give the medication in, but he didn't double check to make sure it...