Christie RN2006

Christie RN2006

SICU, EMS, Home Health, School Nursing

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  1. Accused of being too busy and not "social" enough?? (long)

    Christie RN2006 replied to jbp0529's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I agree! There is definitely something wrong with this picture!! When I was orienting on day shift, my preceptor accused me of not being social enough and said that no one knows me because I hardly...

  2. Oops, forgot to chart!

    Christie RN2006 replied to NurseMeg's topic in General Nursing

    In my facility, as long as the patient is still there all you have to do is enter the note with the correct date and time, since it is electronic it adds the note in where it is supposed to be. When...

  3. Mystery disease...

    Christie RN2006 posted a topic in General Nursing

    A few days ago there was a patient that came into the ED with a fever, tachycardia, unproductive cough, SOB, and diaphoretic. The did a CXR and chest CT and it showed possible lymphadenopathy. They...

  4. pbds

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

    Oh, we did that at my orientation! They just used it to assess problem areas that we needed more teaching/experience with. Most of the people in my orientation class did okay with

  5. Carpaject!!!

    Christie RN2006 replied to smwhitson's topic in General Nursing

    I dropped one and broke it one time and the end broke off, but likely it was right before the plunger, so I didn't lose any of my med. What I did was just draw the medication out of the carpuject...

  6. Mystery disease...

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

    I sure hope that isn't the case for this patient! Do they have any idea what is causing the

  7. Mystery disease...

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

    They are testing for HIV, and almost every known STD... I read that histoplasmosis usually doesn't get bad unless there is an underlying disease that suppresses the immune

  8. How did you react to your first code?

    Christie RN2006 replied to AZcardiacRN's topic in General Nursing

    I was a student when I saw my first code and I freaked out!! I remember standing in the doorway watching (there were tons of people in the room) and someone pointed at be and said "hey you! do you...

  9. Great inventions, only sleep deprivatio can stimulate

    Christie RN2006 replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    and make it slightly glow in the dark, so you can see it without waking them or tripping over it while trying to sneak in and out of the room at night. Also make it retractable like those dog leashes...

  10. Great inventions, only sleep deprivatio can stimulate

    Christie RN2006 replied to Spritenurse1210's topic in General Nursing

    Oh and attach suction to the emesis basin/glove also, so that you won't even have to clean it, it just sucks up the puke!! lol...I take it you had someone projectile

  11. RN license

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

    When I took my test I found out by going on the BON website...its pretty obvious that you passed if you have a license number by your name :) I took my test a lot later than most new grads, so I got...

  12. Does anyone have a story about an event that happened at the time of a pt's death ?

    Christie RN2006 replied to deaga's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen patients that were very confused suddenly become unconfused right before they code. Or a patient that says "I am going to

  13. Anyone experienced this in the workplace?

    Christie RN2006 replied to Proverbs 16:3's topic in General Nursing

    Thats a good one!! I will have to remember that

  14. Mystery symptoms on hip pt.

    Christie RN2006 replied to Fairlythere's topic in General Nursing

    Ah the dreaded ICU psychosis strikes again!! I had a pt like that a few months ago she was s/p abdominal surgery and she went crazy?!? They had her in the ICU just so that we could monitor her more...

  15. Dropping temp too fast...

    Christie RN2006 replied to ElizabethJRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    A lot of our severe neuro patients will go into seizures when you overstimulate them, something as simple as making them shiver will send them into a

  16. why the cliques in nursing ?

    Christie RN2006 replied to iLovemyJackRT's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    ICUs are known for having the worst cliques... I have worked with every crew in my ICU now and I have finally found a crew that I really get along with! I had to switch weekends in order to find a...

  17. Dropping temp too fast...

    Christie RN2006 replied to ElizabethJRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    When our neuro patients start to spike a temp we start acting! If you try to cool down a severe brain injury patient too fast, you can make them start seizing. You want to get their temp down fast,...

  18. What is the highest temperature you've had a patient at?

    Christie RN2006 replied to Nesher's topic in General Nursing

    Hm I really can't remember what the highest temp I have seen was... around 106 I think... I work on a floor that gets a lot of neuro patients and as you can tell by a lot of these posts, the neuro...

  19. Dear Tide

    Christie RN2006 posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Dear Tide: I am writing to say what an excellent product you have! I've used it all of my married life, as my Mom always told me it was the best. Now that I am in my fifties I find it even better! In...

  20. Really felt outnumbered today

    Christie RN2006 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    I always measured tunneling by using one of those sterile q-tips on a long wood stick and I would put the q-tip into the wound and my fingers right at where the q-tip and the surface of the skin is...

  21. Really felt outnumbered today

    Christie RN2006 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.kci1.com/35.asp check out that website...lots of good info about wound vacs

  22. Really felt outnumbered today

    Christie RN2006 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    wound vacs are fun :) I did my senior preceptorship at Triumph hospital which specializes in wounds, etc. I did a lot of work with wound vacs, but I haven't seen one since then I think they do a...

  23. Places who pay for schooling ????

    Christie RN2006 replied to woogie_nell's topic in General Nursing

    I got a bonus from my hospital when I accepted a position after graduation... I got 1/4 of it up front and I get the rest of it on my 1 year anniversary. It will only pay for about half a year of...

  24. Really felt outnumbered today

    Christie RN2006 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, and I thought of you when I saw it too

  25. Really felt outnumbered today

    Christie RN2006 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    woohoo! I saw someone the other day at the grocery store with a PICC line and they had a pump that they carried around with them... I was trying not to stare, but I really wanted to see how it...