KRVRN

KRVRN BSN, RN

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  1. How long to keep baby in nursery??????

    KRVRN replied to cokegal19's topic in Pediatric

    Without knowing any of your friend's medical history or circumstances with the baby there's no way for anyone here to interpret what happened and why. It is common for the baby to go to the nursery...

  2. Ob Nursing Question

    KRVRN replied to MarAshJoe's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe your classmate was mistakenly thinking of a nurse midwife. That takes additional schooling after an RN

  3. I need advice about daughter's cp and puberty.

    KRVRN replied to Missyb32641's topic in General Nursing

    Well, let us know what the doctor

  4. What is the longest shift you have ever worked

    KRVRN replied to CCURN's topic in General Nursing

    16 hours

  5. Babies uneccessary death!!

    KRVRN replied to RN92's topic in General Nursing

    The diarrhea was probably masking the fact that she wasn't uriniating much. Their outputs are probably measured by weighing the diapers. Apparently no one realized that she wasn't taking in (or...

  6. Gifts for departing travelers...

    KRVRN replied to mother/babyRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    We usually just have a potluck since they generally sign on at the same time and will be leaving at the same

  7. Feeling Burned!!

    KRVRN replied to neonursey's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Is there any way you can volunteer to be strictly nights? At least all night shifts would be better than

  8. Who's #1 your patient or you?

    KRVRN replied to rscarlatti's topic in General Nursing

    We assign a "break nurse" every shift. That person asks you to sign up for a break time at the beginning of the shift and then comes and covers for you and does any care for you pt that needs to be...

  9. Who's #1 your patient or you?

    KRVRN replied to rscarlatti's topic in General Nursing

    We assign a "break nurse" every shift. That person asks you to sign up for a break time at the beginning of the shift and then comes and covers for you and does any care for you pt that needs to be...

  10. What Nursing school are you in? Show your pride!

    KRVRN replied to straba's topic in General Students

    I graduated from San Diego State University in 2000 with a BSN... no one else has mentioned

  11. What Nursing school are you in? Show your pride!

    KRVRN replied to straba's topic in General Students

    I graduated from San Diego State University in 2000 with a BSN... no one else has mentioned

  12. LPN Scope of practice/Picc lines-just moved to Indiana

    KRVRN replied to krissiee's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Let them know when you get a job and they should give you the training or classes needed to do the other things if it is in your scope of

  13. LPN Scope of practice/Picc lines-just moved to Indiana

    KRVRN replied to krissiee's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Let them know when you get a job and they should give you the training or classes needed to do the other things if it is in your scope of

  14. Please read!!!-Advice on Nursing fears

    KRVRN replied to nurses_123's topic in General Nursing

    It's common for nurses have trouble finding veins once in awhile. You'll get better at it as you go. Don't let that deter you. :uhoh21: (And once in awhile the opportunity to start an IV on an...

  15. Please read!!!-Advice on Nursing fears

    KRVRN replied to nurses_123's topic in General Nursing

    It's common for nurses have trouble finding veins once in awhile. You'll get better at it as you go. Don't let that deter you. :uhoh21: (And once in awhile the opportunity to start an IV on an...

  16. Ethical dilemma -- new nurse

    KRVRN replied to pdmt's topic in General Nursing

    Consider looking into the hospital policies regarding some of the things she's not doing. Maybe policy (or dr.'s orders) say dressing changes b.i.d. (versus q 12hr) If so, technically she could get...

  17. Ethical dilemma -- new nurse

    KRVRN replied to pdmt's topic in General Nursing

    Consider looking into the hospital policies regarding some of the things she's not doing. Maybe policy (or dr.'s orders) say dressing changes b.i.d. (versus q 12hr) If so, technically she could get...

  18. A VENT about nursing school!

    KRVRN replied to Phenomenon's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing isn't always like that. It can get hectic, of course. Assuming you're going to work in the same city that you went to school in, different clinicals can give you an idea of where you may or...

  19. A VENT about nursing school!

    KRVRN replied to Phenomenon's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing isn't always like that. It can get hectic, of course. Assuming you're going to work in the same city that you went to school in, different clinicals can give you an idea of where you may or...

  20. Early Extubation in micro-preemies

    KRVRN replied to Gompers's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    We just got a vapotherm to play with. My experience is that it's great for getting a borderline NC/NCPAP baby onto a NC. You can give high flow with good results. When they get down to a 1 L flow...

  21. Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn

    KRVRN replied to obliviousRN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You don't always see tachypneia with TTN. What did the CXR show? Although I'm no good at reading them, I know RDS, TTN and pneumonia all show subtle differences. It probably was TTN because...

  22. whats the weather like????

    KRVRN replied to jeanna's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm, that should say "country" not sure why it is asterisked out... must have been a naughty

  23. whats the weather like????

    KRVRN replied to jeanna's topic in General Nursing

    It's only about 60 out in San Diego... Rainy. Not real rain though... Light San Diego rain that the rest of the co****ry would call sprinkles. The kind that merely spits all over your car and makes...

  24. Hell has no fury like an RN scorned.(ER)

    KRVRN replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    Well, it's a soap opera, really. We don't watch it for the medical

  25. Hell has no fury like an RN scorned.(ER)

    KRVRN replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    I missed the episode where Romano dies!! I haven't figured out what happened to him. What