KRVRN

KRVRN BSN, RN

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  1. Physical Demand

    KRVRN replied to UCRN1111's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    You'll have to stand moreso than walking up and down long halls. Very little lifting. Sometimes you have to push/pull beds and equipment around. I've found that if you can't do that, someone else can...

  2. CNA scope of practice issue on my unit

    KRVRN replied to nurseredd's topic in General Nursing

    It requires sterile technique, perhaps it is outside the

  3. What's harder?

    KRVRN replied to MollyNoah's topic in General Nursing

    School is harder. When I come home from work there's no homework or term papers to worry

  4. Narcotic User

    KRVRN replied to PsychoSocial RN's topic in General Nursing

    How would the employer necessarily find out without breaking HIPAA? With an opiate prescription an opiate-positive result is reported as "pass" to the employer isn't

  5. Weird Kangaroo Care Question

    KRVRN replied to la_chica_suerte85's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hold, rock, cuddle yes. Skin to skin is intimate and

  6. Weird Kangaroo Care Question

    KRVRN replied to la_chica_suerte85's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    No, staff doesn't do that. Only the

  7. Help with this calculation please for gtt/min

    KRVRN replied to direw0lf's topic in General Students

    Your calculation of 40mL/hr x 60gtt/mL / 1 = 2400 is correct, but that is 2400 gtt per hour, you have to divide by 60 to convert to gtt per

  8. Sweeping med errors under the rug

    KRVRN replied to dawnall's topic in Patient Medications

    You say nothing has been done about this nurse. How do you

  9. What should one do in this case?

    KRVRN replied to Nursein2017's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    He might have been looking for shock value to see how you would

  10. Is Mother/Baby a good way to get into NICU?

    KRVRN replied to heathermartin94's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    If you can't go right to NICU, then mother-baby is a good choice. Mother-baby will be much more useful that med

  11. Organ Donation Organization Unethical

    KRVRN replied to dangerous1's topic in General Nursing

    I've had to call the organ procurement people for the death of a 500g micropreemie. Thanks, but no thanks. They don't even come

  12. Blood administration and lasix

    KRVRN replied to Tiya4's topic in General Nursing

    I'm imagining RBCs in the tubing with the lasix and I'm not sure what's supposed to occur

  13. Pyxis error

    KRVRN replied to decarla's topic in General Nursing

    I also wonder if you pulled a narc on your own pt at the same time but selected the wrong pt on the

  14. What sort of physical labour do nurses do?

    KRVRN replied to kater_92's topic in General Nursing

    Zero heavy lifting in NICU. Does NICU interest

  15. NYU-Langone - Infant falls out of incubator

    KRVRN replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Nursing News

    I've seen babies manuever themselves head first right up to the arm holes, with the only thing keeping them in being the non-broken latch. I've seen preemies perpendicular on the mattress to how I've...

  16. NYU-Langone - Infant falls out of incubator

    KRVRN replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Nursing News

  17. Ranch dressing in a breast milk container

    KRVRN replied to adventure_rn's topic in Nurses Rock

    Coffee creamer in a breast milk bottle is even

  18. NYU-Langone - Infant falls out of incubator

    KRVRN replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Nursing News

    I've seen preemies end up in all sorts of positions (and places) inside an

  19. Looking for Guidance on Mistake

    KRVRN replied to katie115's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I would have given her

  20. antibiotics

    KRVRN replied to rockabye's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Early-onset sepsis vs. Late-onset sepsis (>72 hrs old at my work). They choose the antibiotics that are standard of care for whichever one it

  21. Hospital & The Drug Screen: I thought they had to wait?

    KRVRN replied to cassimoo's topic in General Nursing

    Since the employee health clinic is associated with the hospital, maybe someone in HR accessed the result themself rather than the clinic sharing it with

  22. Newborn cribs

    KRVRN replied to Kldrn9963's topic in Ob/Gyn

    You could go with fake wood.

  23. Autism Nursing?

    KRVRN replied to akcw1981's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    I have an autistic child. I don't work with autistic pts (NICU). Kudos to you for your interest! I gotta say, I'm not sure my mental and emotional energy could take working with autistic people at...

  24. Anyone catch HIV from patients as a Nurse or Nursing student? My biggest fear!

    KRVRN replied to FutureLPNNursing's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    And I believe these low statistics are referring to a known HIV positive person. It just doesn't spread that easily. Hep C

  25. Hospital & The Drug Screen: I thought they had to wait?

    KRVRN replied to cassimoo's topic in General Nursing

    If the person has a legitimate prescription to account for the positive result I thiught the screen was reported to the employer as "negative" or "pass" so as not to violate private medical