Christie RN2006

Christie RN2006

SICU, EMS, Home Health, School Nursing

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  1. Attention all EMTs

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

    Where are you at in

  2. Attention all EMTs

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

    Here in order to become an EMT-B, you have to sit for the class. I can get out of the majority of my clinicals by working at the hospital. After I get my EMT-B I can take a RN to paramedic bridge...

  3. Attention all EMTs

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

    I am ACLS certified, but I'm not even allowed to intubate in the

  4. Attention all EMTs

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

    I decided on taking EMT classes because I pretty much grew up around the fire department. My dad is a fire fighter/paramedic. I was just little when he took EMT-B and things have changed a lot since...

  5. On flight to Europe... "we need a nurse"!

    Christie RN2006 replied to RNcDreams's topic in General Nursing

    I have heard that all airlines have a doctor that will talk to the medical personel on the phone and tell them what to do, etc. Luckily I haven't had to find that out for myself! The times when things...

  6. Age you will/were graduated?

    Christie RN2006 replied to sweetiez's topic in General Students

    I was 20 when I graduated with my BSN

  7. On flight to Europe... "we need a nurse"!

    Christie RN2006 replied to RNcDreams's topic in General Nursing

    I have done my share of traveling over the years and I have only ever heard the call go out twice that I can remember. Both times were before I was a nurse, but I was with my family and my dad is a...

  8. Using insulin syringes for another purpose

    Christie RN2006 replied to kiszi's topic in General Nursing

    Some Insulin syringes, like the ones we have at the hospital I work at, have both units and mL listed. Some patients would rather us use the insulin syringes for SQ injections because for some reason...

  9. Death and skin color

    Christie RN2006 replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Were their eyes sunken in and creating a shadowing? I have seen that in some of our really sick and emaciated patients, but I haven't really noticed exactly what you are talking

  10. Dry, Chapped, Cracked, Burning Hands

    Christie RN2006 replied to dmarie (GA)'s topic in General Nursing

    When my hands get really bad sometimes I use triple antibiotic ointment on my hands. What I do is put on a thin layer and rub it in good before I go to bed. You might want to wear cotton gloves or...

  11. Is it just me...

    Christie RN2006 replied to SaderNurse05's topic in General Nursing

    Ok I'm going to use your ball idea to try to explain what I think... Life is kinda like juggling, its impossible to keep every ball in the air at the same time without having to touch them just like...

  12. Young Nurse becoming Old

    Christie RN2006 replied to lvlissl2ebecca's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, we either work the eve or the day of the holiday. This year I worked Thanksgiving eve, Christmas eve and I am working New Years day. We get to vote for which one we want and preferences...

  13. What some Home health aides do while on the job

    Christie RN2006 replied to catlynLPN's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a student, I would care for a lady that was in her 90s. I would go and do some housework (sweep, wash clothes, dust, etc), prepare her dinner and go get her sister and they would eat. I...

  14. The Doctor said WHAT?

    Christie RN2006 replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    We also have a few docs like that, but since we have been getting intensivists things have really began to change! The docs will actually ask for our opinions. Like the other last weekend I worked, I...

  15. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    Christie RN2006 replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    Not the grossest, but this rates right up there... The other day I was helping one of our other nurses clean his new admit up. The new patient had global aphasia, so he couldn't tell us what was going...

  16. The Doctor said WHAT?

    Christie RN2006 replied to nurz2be's topic in General Nursing

    Since when can doctors say whatever they want to degrade me and other fellow nurses, but I can't say anything to them for fear of being "insubordinate". The doctors are not my boss. I will show them...

  17. What should I expect to buy?

    Christie RN2006 replied to BiologyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    I work in the ICU and have never used goggles either. We have been known to put on full isolation garb including a mask and face shield to scrub down a homeless person that hasn't bathed in months and...

  18. What should I expect to buy?

    Christie RN2006 replied to BiologyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    I don't have a thermometer. What I bought for nursing school was a manual bp cuff and stethoscope, thats it. Throughout clinicals and since I have graduated I have bought bandage scissors, kelly...

  19. You know you're a neuro nurse if.....

    Christie RN2006 replied to Elenaster's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    You can tell when a neuro patient is going to puke just by the look in their eyes. When your neuro patient twitches or shakes at all and you do a neuro check and then watch them like a hawk to make...

  20. new to neuro icu--will I ever be comfortable?

    Christie RN2006 replied to newohiorn's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Ha... are we working at the same hospital??? Sounds a lot like how the last part of my orientation was! I was getting so frustrated because I kept getting bounced around from preceptor to preceptor...

  21. management of digital (toe) necrosis due to levophed

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

    I have seen my share of mottling, necrosis and cold extremities due to pressors. If they are to the point that they need pressors that badly just to survive, they had better be willing to sacrifice a...

  22. Unusual Occurance

    Christie RN2006 replied to BlearnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I personally might chart something along the lines of (Pt stated "I tripped and fell in hallway". Pt noted to be walking without difficulty and no redness or bruising noted. Pt denies pain. MD...

  23. Inappropriate sexuality...where to draw the line?

    Christie RN2006 replied to Kunzieo's topic in General Nursing

    I also work with a lot of neuro patients... 2 of out my 3 last night were neuro... anyways, I have seen similar situations several times with some of our neuro people. How they act all depends on...

  24. Which to choose CICU or CV Step Down?

    Christie RN2006 replied to jlcole45's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like there are good things and bad things with each position. I think that only you can make the decision. You need to base it on schedule and things you enjoy. Talk to other employees and...

  25. Nsg care of hypotensive pt

    Christie RN2006 replied to OncNewbie's topic in General Nursing

    How low did their BP go? Did they have a change in mental status? Were they laying on a side? If a patient is laying on their side and you take their bp on the arm that is highest, sometimes you will...