Christie RN2006

Christie RN2006

SICU, EMS, Home Health, School Nursing

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  1. How would you explain a family member the concept of ABG

    Christie RN2006 replied to Shantas's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of the families we get have very little to no medical knowledge beyond what they see on tv, so we have to try to explain things in very simple terms. How in depth I get depends on if I sense the...

  2. My baby has lice

    Christie RN2006 replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    Lice seems to be really bad this year... Like someone else said, make sure you clean furniture and especially car seats. Does she ride the bus? If so, they need to be sure to clean bus seats too. Make...

  3. Accepted preceptorship into SICU

    Christie RN2006 replied to femmefatale's topic in General Nursing

    Congrats!! I have been working in a SICU for over a year now and so far I have been very happy with my job. Of course there are days I would like to leave and never come back, but overall I have...

  4. Would you become a nurse today if you could do it over again?

    Christie RN2006 replied to marie-francoise's topic in General Nursing

    1. Yes, I do think I would do it over again, but I would definitely go to a different college. I was lucky enough to find a job that I really enjoy straight out of school. I can't picture myself doing...

  5. Outbreaks...

    Christie RN2006 posted a topic in School

    I occasionally sub as the school nurse at one of our local private schools that has over 700 kids. Whenever I sub, it is always very busy with the typical recess injuries, tummy aches, etc., but this...

  6. Patients Treat Nurses Like Garbage!

    Christie RN2006 replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    You do have to admit that stress does bring out the worst in people... I feel bad for my family when they have to deal with me when I'm stressed, but still that is no excuse to treat people like

  7. I want to be an R.N. BUT

    Christie RN2006 replied to TheDreamJob's topic in Nursing Career

    You don't have to have anything except a high school diploma to go into RN school. I went straight from college into a nursing school! Some programs do require you to either become a CNA or an LPN...

  8. Patients Treat Nurses Like Garbage!

    Christie RN2006 replied to lisa41rn's topic in General Nursing

    There are rude people everywhere, not just in the hospital, but unfortunately for us when people are sick and out of the environment they are used to it tends to bring out the worst in them. As...

  9. blood transfusion consent

    Christie RN2006 replied to bbpp's topic in General Nursing

    We always have to get at least a verbal consent from the patient, their POA or next of kin before giving blood. We have a lot of Jehovah Witnesses in our area that refuse blood products, so it is...

  10. Allnurses Hospital

    Christie RN2006 replied to ebear's topic in General Nursing

    The nurses at my hospital were joking the other day that we should play song clips instead of calling "code blue" overhead. They have started playing a clip of a lullaby when a baby is born, so the...

  11. Allnurses Hospital

    Christie RN2006 replied to ebear's topic in General Nursing

    Where do I

  12. "No New Orders Received" ..... ?

    Christie RN2006 replied to RainDreamer's topic in General Nursing

    I always chart the exact time I first paged the doctor, how and why I paged (Paged Dr. X via office answering service to updated on pt increased difficulty breathing). I chart when the doc calls me...

  13. What states offer good working condition for RNs?

    Christie RN2006 replied to John123's topic in General Nursing

    It is varied greatly by facility.... I personally think that every state has some great hospitals, but you need to research each facility before getting yourself into one that isn't

  14. resuscitation and family presence

    Christie RN2006 replied to gaylordfocker2002's topic in General Nursing

    We do not have a particular policy that I know of at my hospital concerning family in the room. Sometimes we let families in, sometimes we don't. It all depends on how the family is reacting, etc. I...

  15. What states offer good working condition for RNs?

    Christie RN2006 replied to John123's topic in General Nursing

    Ohio also has some nurse-friendly hospitals...especially in the Columbus area. I agree with Vicky, just make sure you research the hospitals well before you commit to

  16. What can we do to change this to prevent errors?

    Christie RN2006 replied to cafecreme's topic in General Nursing

    I do this too! We have scanners where I work, so those help us to catch a lot of errors, but they still are not perfect. The computer system requires us to have another nurse cosign high risk meds...

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

    Christie RN2006 replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    Haha... I totally understand!! One night I went into work after the charge nurse called me in a panic trying to find people to work... the ICU and step-down were both completely full, they had a 1:1...

  18. Lots of reactions to the flu vax this year

    Christie RN2006 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am not sold on the flu vaccine... I have never gotten one and I never plan on getting one at this

  19. Hypercapnia caused by nonrebreather mask?

    Christie RN2006 replied to newohiorn's topic in General Nursing

    Could have been the dilaudid... I have seen pain meds do some strange things to people. A lot of pain meds cause respiratory depression. If the person is a CO2 retainer, putting a nonrebreather on...

  20. Lovenox

    Christie RN2006 replied to kellyjean's topic in General Nursing

    I always keep the skin pinched while giving a SC injection and release it while withdrawing the

  21. Wouldn't you like to know...

    Christie RN2006 replied to punkstar's topic in General Nursing

    You are correct... dialysis patients tend to throw some high levels of K. They kayexalate helps them get rid of potassium through pooping it out. The insulin basically hides the potassium and the D50...

  22. D.i.c.

    Christie RN2006 replied to zlatamoya's topic in General Nursing

    I have personally only had one patient in DIC we gave him tons of Cryo, PRBC, FFP, etc. His was a mild form, but he had a lot of other things going on and didn't end up making it. They had a patient...

  23. Crash course in quick responses

    Christie RN2006 replied to poppy07's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't gotten the EKG basic class yet, let alone ACLS. How would you know about the pacer pads? Is that learned in ACLS? ~Where I work, we are required to become ACLS certified within a year. We...

  24. Crash course in quick responses

    Christie RN2006 replied to poppy07's topic in General Nursing

    I do have one comment to make on this... you cannot rely on your monitor at all times! I had a patient that on the monitor looked like they were in NSR, but they were actually in PEA. Like someone...

  25. Crash course in quick responses

    Christie RN2006 replied to poppy07's topic in General Nursing

    Usually if their HR is that unstable, their BP won't stay stable for long. 150s doesn't put me into "oh crap" mode... at least not in the ICU. I had a patient go into the 220s one time, their BP...