Christie RN2006

Christie RN2006

SICU, EMS, Home Health, School Nursing

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  1. question about IV pump

    Christie RN2006 replied to newohiorn's topic in General Nursing

    We occasionally use it for our closed head injury patients too, but the majority of the time we use

  2. just wondering

    Christie RN2006 replied to Newguy32's topic in General Nursing

    His wage is probably with shift diff and all that added. If he has a lot of experience he will make more too, but that wage sounds way too high for Cleveland. Last year a friend of mine took a job...

  3. Comfortable Nursing Shoes

    Christie RN2006 replied to hunnybaby24's topic in General Nursing

    I think I have tried just about every brand of shoe available in my hometown. I like nurse mates, but they wear out within a couple months. Dr. Scholls wear out even faster. The only shoes I have...

  4. Comfortable Nursing Shoes

    Christie RN2006 replied to hunnybaby24's topic in General Nursing

    oops..double

  5. Ways I have heard Metoprolol pronounced...by medical personnel.

    Christie RN2006 replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    I had a patient the other day ask me for his "percentin" It took me a while to figure out that what he was trying to say was

  6. question about IV pump

    Christie RN2006 replied to newohiorn's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.fda.gov/medwatch/SAFETY/2005/Jun_PI/Sodium_Chloride_PI.pdf That site contains just about anything you need to know about 3% nacl infusions. At my hospital, we only give it if the patient...

  7. Stethoscope as Graduation Gift?

    Christie RN2006 replied to Proud Big Sis's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    you could even put her name followed by "RN, BSN" Be careful putting her last name... I do not let some of my patients know my last name and I have blocked out my last name on my ID

  8. question about IV pump

    Christie RN2006 replied to newohiorn's topic in General Nursing

    You are correct. The pump pulls by gravity, it doesn't know which bag it is pulling from, the pump isn't quite that smart! The only thing that would matter about which program (primary or secondary)...

  9. BEST GIFT you ever received from a family member or patient?

    Christie RN2006 replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    There are two certain things that come to mind when I think of the best gift I have received. I work in an ICU that can be absolutely crazy at times. Sometimes we have some very difficult situations...

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

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

    I work in Trauma/Neuro/Surgical ICU and we decided to title our book "Suicide: Doing it right the first time" Also, you know you work in neuro when you spend your entire shift trying to explain to...

  11. Stroke patient blood pressure

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

    It all depends on what caused the stroke. With some types of strokes you do want to keep their pressure a little bit higher to make sure the brain is being adequately perfused. With certain types of...

  12. Fleet enema = NO results!!

    Christie RN2006 replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    Does she always have a BM every day? I think most places don't do anything unless the pt hasn't had a BM for 3 days. Usually people getting lactulose have lots of loose BMs, but everyone is different....

  13. Mrs Butter fingers@Your Service.

    Christie RN2006 replied to henryswife's topic in General Nursing

    Half the people I work with are total klutzes!! I have dropped things, tripped, and ran into things more times than I can count! I was joking around one time that you know its bad when you patient...

  14. A doctor asking you to give him a cup of coffee!!

    Christie RN2006 replied to Shantas's topic in General Nursing

    I would have told him where the coffee was (the kitchen or cafeteria) and left it at that. I draw the line with things like that! I may get medical things for a procedure for a doc, but I will not be...

  15. Help me understand pay scales, please.

    Christie RN2006 replied to clhRN2b2010's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work you get paid by the hour. On those nights/days that you have to work over you will get paid for that extra time. I get overtime pay for anything over 40 hours. I also get a night...

  16. Getting your education out of state?

    Christie RN2006 replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

    You can go to school in another state and then either test in your home state or the state where you went to school and then apply to get your license in your home state. One of my best friends went...

  17. Icp

    Christie RN2006 replied to TeresaB930's topic in General Nursing

    All of our neuro patients HOBs have to be between 30-45 degrees. All of our vent, difficulty breathing and tube feed patients have to have their HOB at 30 degrees also. It decreases ICP, helps with...

  18. Can Nurses work Part-Time?

    Christie RN2006 replied to Hausfrau's topic in General Nursing

    Where I work, my NM is actively trying to find more part-time employees. We are switching to an every 3rd weekend schedule in January and I guess they need more pt employees to fill in the

  19. Another one bites the dust......Nurse Kevorkian strikes again!

    Christie RN2006 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am beginning to get this reputation on step-down. The last 3 times I have worked over there I either had a patient go bad during my shift and I had to send them to the unit or they go bad shortly...

  20. CNA this, CNA that - Enough Already!

    Christie RN2006 replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    It goes both ways. Aides need to treat nurses with respect and nurses need to treat aides with respect. I am not supporting what that nurse did, from what you said, it sounds like that nurse was in...

  21. Nurses Missions to Africa

    Christie RN2006 replied to nipa's topic in General Nursing

    I ended up going to Thailand this past year... I would love to go to Africa someday, but it looks like I am going to be heading back to Thailand this fall :) Keep us all updated on the trip and how it...

  22. CNA trouble.. again!?

    Christie RN2006 replied to lvlissl2ebecca's topic in General Nursing

    I also have been having issues with one of our aides (we call them PCAs) This one in particular is a bit odd, which I can deal with, but ever since she started she has forgotten at least one thing...

  23. What patient population do you enjoy working with the most?

    Christie RN2006 replied to philosophical's topic in General Nursing

    I enjoy those between the ages of 20-40. I sometimes enjoy our elderly patients, but I don't like having tons of chronic illnesses such as COPD, CHF, etc. I would rather have something acute or a...

  24. Help needed: Need to interview a nurse for a health class

    Christie RN2006 replied to lyndsey623's topic in General Nursing

    I am sending you a PM

  25. Silliest thing you ever did after a long shift...

    Christie RN2006 replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    Well, this isn't the craziest thing I have done, but it is the most recent. Yesterday, after having a very busy night at work, I went to my parents to help get ready for thanksgiving. My mom asked me...