Christie RN2006

Christie RN2006

SICU, EMS, Home Health, School Nursing

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  1. Adenosine & Defib...

    Christie RN2006 replied to ERRNTraveler's topic in Emergency

    In the ICU our patients are already on a monitor, and everyone so far I have given Adenosine to had central lines. I always make sure the crash cart is in the room,I have saline going and if the...

  2. Restraining an intact patient

    Christie RN2006 replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    I have had to restrain "intact" patients before. I actually had one recently who could answer all my questions correctly, but he was a "picker"... he was a post-op belly surgery, so we had to...

  3. nails

    Christie RN2006 replied to iluvmynavyman's topic in General Nursing

    Not just patient safety, but her own

  4. nails

    Christie RN2006 replied to iluvmynavyman's topic in General Nursing

    Just look up "artificial nails" on the CDC website and you will find tons of information! I did a research study on hand hygiene in the hospital setting and used http://www.cdc.gov for quite a bit of...

  5. Ever heard of waterintoxication?

    Christie RN2006 replied to swedishnurse's topic in General Nursing

    There was a patient when I was doing my psych rotation with this. They had to shut off the water to her room and remove the handles from the shower, etc. and watch her to make sure she didn't go in...

  6. nails

    Christie RN2006 replied to iluvmynavyman's topic in General Nursing

    Depends on your hospitals policy. You should never wear fake nails, or long nails when working with patients. Nail polish is okay as long as it is fresh and not chipped. Fake nails, chipping nail...

  7. Retired Husband at Walmart

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

    Oh you should do them and let us all know how it

  8. Does your salary increase after passing boards?

    Christie RN2006 replied to NurseEmily22's topic in First Year After Licensure

    My uncle lives in Rio Rancho right outside of Albuquerque. The weather is nice down there, but way too hot for my

  9. Poor RTguy!

    Christie RN2006 replied to dorie43rn's topic in Nursing Humor

    Thats funny... I have accidentally shot myself trying to flush NG tubes, corpaks, etc. One time I was having a really really bad night... I got tripled in the ICU with 3 very busy patients and a LPN...

  10. Alzheimer's eye test

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

    You must be pretty smart then! Everyone I have asked so far just counted 3 the first

  11. Arg!!

    Christie RN2006 replied to EmmaG's topic in General Nursing

    I have my family/friends all the time asking me for medical advice... One time I had a friend call me and say "I was standing up and felt something pop, now it hurts really bad" he was a few days...

  12. 7 weeks off orientation: First death. (Need support..)

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

    Sounds like you did a good job. It is never easy when a patient dies, but you have to realize that there is only so much that you can do and like Thecommuter said, life is only temporary. The...

  13. Orientation question

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

    Do they want you to go to the training now because this is the only time they offer it for a while? It never hurts to ask what the plan is... and get it in writing! I was put into a EKG class right...

  14. Will nursing allow me to have a life?

    Christie RN2006 replied to Beh21's topic in First Year After Licensure

    1. I was hired to work 3 12 hours shifts per week, but I try to pick up an extra 8 every week. 2. No... I have a set schedule, but they are willing to let you take days off, and trade with other...

  15. Dear Tide

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

    lol... my question was definitely

  16. Dear Tide

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

    Good or bad

  17. Transition from student to staff nurse

    Christie RN2006 replied to samxh's topic in General Nursing

    Its hard going from being a student to being a real nurse. I remember the first time I started an IV by myself, I felt like I was doing something bad because before that I had never been allowed to...

  18. please help! research paper for school! Job orientation and job satisfaction

    Christie RN2006 replied to twoodward567's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I had an orientation. I work Surgical intensive care and surgical step-down, my orientation was about 4 months long and included working full time with a preceptor along with taking classes...

  19. Did I do the right thing, or did I not do enough?

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

    There was a patient like that in my unit one time and one of the nurses got so frustrated that she looked at the patient and said "how old are you... 2?!?!" not the best thing to say, but we all got...

  20. Crocheted Dolls

    Christie RN2006 posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    A man and woman had been married for more than 60 years.They had shared everything. They had talked about everything. They had kept no secrets from each other except that the little old woman had a...

  21. How thick is the forrest? What do you see?

    Christie RN2006 replied to sister--*'s topic in General Nursing

    To finish my rant The only difference between my drowning and yours is that the charge nurse knew I was drowning, so she came in and checked/entered orders for me and sent a float nurse to help with...

  22. How thick is the forrest? What do you see?

    Christie RN2006 replied to sister--*'s topic in General Nursing

    6 patients for 2 nurses isn't bad in theory, but when you add in all the care you have to give, sometimes that is a lot! I only had 3 patients on a step down unit the other day and I was drowning....

  23. My hospital stay

    Christie RN2006 replied to Barbq's topic in General Nursing

    I am sorry you had such a bad experience! Do you know what your heart rate and blood pressure normally run? The morphine could have been a part of your problems... Do you know if the nurse called...

  24. Lessons learned from the other side of the call light

    Christie RN2006 replied to grace90's topic in General Nursing

    When my grandma was sick we had to have someone in the hospital at all times with her so she wouldn't hurt herself. I can't tell you how frustrated I would get when we would put the call light on to...

  25. Travel Nursing

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

    Yes, there are agencies that will hire a new grad. I was offered a position with one, but I turned it down because I thought I should get some experience before doing that! I posted my resume on...