KRVRN BSN, RN

KRVRN is a BSN, RN and specializes in NICU.

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1. Four Days of Nausea, Vomiting and Fever

   KRVRN replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

   What is PaO2 on

2. Four Days of Nausea, Vomiting and Fever

   KRVRN replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

   What is her baseline mental status? What are those herbal medicines? I also want to know electrolyte levels since she has poor intake with N/V. And a UA and

3. Had panic attack, past drug use, my Dr is reporting me to the board! What do I do?!?

   KRVRN replied to Maryslamb77's topic in Nurses Recovery

4. The Story of Nathan - 42 Years Later...

   KRVRN replied to annwats's topic in NICU, Neonatal

   Wow. A lovely story. That was obviously in the pre-surfactant days. Nowadays he'd be intubated, given surfactant, then probably extubated to NCPAP in the morning. NCPAP for awhile, then the...

5. Forced meds?

   KRVRN replied to jodyangel's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Is she pregnant? If she's that developmentally delayed she may have lacked the ability to consent to sex and that might explain some of her refusal to be reasoned with as far as

6. Job interview while pregnant

   KRVRN replied to Goofaroo's topic in Nursing Career

   An interviewer can't ask if you're

7. Cna incident investigation

   KRVRN replied to Nnb07's topic in General Nursing

   NurseBlaq I thought you weren't discussing this

8. D50 amps

   KRVRN replied to fjluce's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Asymptommatic? Unexpected responses? That would make me troubleshoot the equipment, switch glucometers, warm hands, question insulin overdose. Does the pt have this happen

9. Rationale for donning PPE in correct order?

   KRVRN replied to Capp's topic in General Nursing

   Gloves have to go on after the hat and mask because touching your hair or face contaminates your gloves. So hat and mask go on with clean hands, then hand hygiene and then gown and gloves. For removal...

10. Turning babies Every 2 hours?

    KRVRN replied to TeenyTinyBabyRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We only q2 hr repositioning for babies on hypothermia blanket. Everyone else is q4 or even 6 hr if unslable. Micropreemies are still supine midline, but we can do a bit of a logroll tilt for their...

11. Manager Insists....

    KRVRN replied to alaskaman's topic in General Nursing

    So is that okay to do? Accessing patient charts when you aren't on the clock and they aren't technically your patient? HIPAA and

12. Manager Insists....

    KRVRN replied to alaskaman's topic in General Nursing

    Everything gets rounded to the nearest quarter hour. 1922 rounds to 1915 and 1923 rounds to 1930. If you are to work 12 hrs you have to clock out no sooner than 1923, otherwise you only worked 11hrs...

13. Why do some nurses hate it in others pump at work?

    KRVRN replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    Well it should be pointed out that pumping isn't as quick and easy as going to the bathroom. You have to walk to your pumping place, plug things in, hook everything up, undo your clothes and pump....

14. RVN: Registered Veterinary Nurse, what do you think?

    KRVRN replied to AllisonLeighLVT's topic in General Nursing

    Over the years I've noticed that once someone starts listing off all the procedures, details, and things they know, they probably don't know as much as a nurse. Maybe it's confidence or a certain...

15. Why do some nurses hate it in others pump at work?

    KRVRN replied to remotefuse's topic in General Nursing

    Well pumping isn't something that you can say "Oh, the unit is crazy today, I just won't take any pumping