elizzyRN

elizzyRN has 3 years experience and specializes in Float Pool - Med-Surg, Tele, Psych.

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1. Can a new grad have spidey senses??

   elizzyRN replied to Barbie8808's topic in General Nursing

   An hour and a half is going to be a long long drive after an already long, exhausting shift! Some days I feel like I am barely able to make it home and my commute is only 20 minutes. Unless you're...

2. Best choice for emergent desaturation in COPD

   elizzyRN replied to CraftyKitten's topic in Medical-Surgical

   You still need to treat the hypoxia whether the patient has COPD or not. I agree with using a nonrebreather in this

3. Bed baths

   elizzyRN replied to bryson.holbrook's topic in General Nursing

   What is the harm that comes from soap and water baths? In my experience the wipes don't do as good of a job with bad odors as soap and water, and sometimes the wipes leave a sticky residue. I...

4. Nursing nightmares.

   elizzyRN replied to Been there,done that's topic in General Nursing

   I had a really strange one the other day! In the dream my patient needed some kind of treatment that required me to count every single hair on my head and I kept losing track and having to start over....

5. What HARD truth have you learned once you became a nurse and/or CNA?

   elizzyRN replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

   There are things much worse than

6. How fast do you run blood?

   elizzyRN replied to Rexie's topic in General Nursing

   That's the policy for our med/surg/tele floors. We typically run at 125

7. Blue Apron, Hello Fresh, Etc. - Help with Meals

   elizzyRN replied to Graduatenurse14's topic in General Nursing

   I've been getting Blue Apron for 4 weeks now and I really enjoy it! I live by myself and the meals have all held up well to eat the second serving as leftovers later in the week. The directions are...

8. Words You Hate

   elizzyRN replied to OyWithThePoodles's topic in General Nursing

   Exasperation - as in "she is here for COPD exasperation". Also, "Zyprexia". There is no "i" in Zyprexa. I hear these all the time and it drives me

9. Quick question

   elizzyRN replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

   We use gauze and a

10. What are the top 10 diagnoses you manage?

    elizzyRN replied to jessimee's topic in Medical-Surgical

    These are the most common ones that come to mind for the med-surg floors at my community hospital: chest pain r/o ACS, CHF, COPD, pneumonia, postop abdominal surgery, altered mental

11. Admissions

    elizzyRN replied to nightsinBoston's topic in General Nursing

    At my hospital, we (floor nurses) go to the ED to pick up new admissions and we do bedside report there with the ED nurse and ED provider. I really like it. We get a good overview of the ED course and...

12. Nursing school bloopers

    elizzyRN replied to RookieRoo's topic in General Students

    I definitely had my share of bloopers during nursing school. This was one of my best: I was taking care of a teenaged patient during my pediatric rotation. I was really flustered, trying to track down...

13. EKG practices website or apps

    elizzyRN replied to work77's topic in General Nursing

    I like this one: ECG Simulator -

14. UMass Boston accelerated BSN 2013

    elizzyRN replied to abqbbq's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Hi Lexilou. I was also a little apprehensive about this too but I've been happy with my clinical placements so far. Here is where the class has been placed this year: Nursing Process and Skills...

15. Umass Boston Accelerated BSN 2012

    elizzyRN replied to omosede nosa's topic in Massachusetts Nursing

    Thanks for responding, this is really helpful!