Cathy RN

Work in ER. Recently had a 21 yr old female brought in by ambulance. GCS 3. No deep tendon reflex could not arouse, pink warm and dry VS stable BP slightly decreased pulse 88. History was in a bar found passed out in stall by staff. They thought she ...

These are known as the date rape drugs. And from what I understand from our sexual assault team nurses,the drugs are sometimes just dropped into an individuals drink I think everyone gets the rest of the story. Some are laced with Ketamine. There is ...

What I ahve learnt at our facility that it is the powder in the gloves that distributes the latex into the air. Many of our nurses who feel they have these allergies are not testing positive on allergy testing but they know themselves the longer thei...

Well many years ago ....... I worked in a CCU, I was new and it was a major hospital. When I started there I didn't know but a p wave was fit to eat. There was very little orientation back then and after two months I was put on code. I thought I was ...

Well it use to be a minimun of two years Nursing experience and you could be concidered. Now with the shortage you can go right into ER even the major trauma centers. They are in dire straights so many have put together clinical courses that they wil...

I find myself in this situation as well. Though I do have the respect of my peers we do have a lot of new staff not experienced in ER Nursing. And I have been called intimidating as well which I might add was very upsetting to me as I do not see myse...

Our region is looking into the possibility of beginning a 14 mon Nursing program with a 6 wk clinical......Can you believe this. They are trying to focus on those people who for one reason or another have not been accepted into the Nursing Faculity b...

OK I'm an RN 25 years this year. My Mom was an RN we graduated from the same school of Nursing. I love Nursing. I'm a Nursing advocate. I'm very involved in my Career. I consider myself a Professional. But over the years this topic has caused me grea...

OK I'm an RN 25 years this year. My Mom was an RN we graduated from the same school of Nursing. I love Nursing. I'm a Nursing advocate. I'm very involved in my Career. I consider myself a Professional. But over the years this topic has caused me grea...

My brother is an asthmatic and has been all his life. He is now 43yrs old. Two years ago he got fed up with all the meds, the weight gain etc. and right or wrong, he took himself off everything even his steriods which he had been on for years. Only t...

I work with a RN in the ER. She is most senior nurse in our facility has been ther for >390 yrs. The last few years she has been difficult to work with especially the newer nurses, me I guess I ignore her quirks and kwams. She comes on and starts ...

Good luck Chilli I am glad that you talked to the others and expressed your concerns that is the only way we can survive address ti ourselves, because nothing even seems to change or get done. The health care system is a strian on everyone. I do thi...

I work in an ER. I got supreme hell from a patient once when she thought the Doctor had seen someone else befoer her and she had been waiting ages to see a doctor. She left in a real huff. What had actually happened when I investigated was that a mal...

I guess I'm sensitive as well, and I wasn't there either. It was nice of him to buy you all pizza. But me I prefer respect. The fact he gave you little notice of his visit doesn't show me he really showed you that. I really hope his intention was sin...

chili2641 Enough is enough of this I don't want to get in another arguement. The professional ladder is not my doing. But as education goes the LPN, CNA do not have the education the RN does to do these jobs. End of point. You can have a masters in B...

Nitrous is used in ER to help with pain relief. I do not see a really good sedation with this and have not seen it used for conscious sedation only pain control. It is administered to patients through a mask or T-piece.To prevent over sedation, and a...

Hi I'm from Alberta. Just interested in why you want to go to the states there are lots of ICU jobs here and the Capital Health region here in Edmonton offers critical care course to new hires. Beginning salary $21.54/hr. If you want more information...

I'm sorry. This is a topic that has been around for so long it makes me sick to still be discussing it. As long as I can remember CNA's, LPN's and RN's have gone around this topic. She is too good for this work, she is lazy, there is no team spirit, ...

Sorry Doc. You know working with someone who conctantly makes you feel worthless, upset, not wanting to go to work falls under harassment. This Nurse has been spoken to reported and still continues this behavior. These people are very difficult to de...

Having worked both Medicine and Emergency we usually started IV's in the affected arm of a CVA patient with the idea being, we did not want to further hamper he independence by starting the IV in his good arm. Recently I was orientating a ICU Nurse t...

I remember 1.When a doctor told me it actually told me to obtain an accurate temperature the glass thermometer had to be left in 8 minutes. Even then I laughed. 2. When we mixed what was similiar to TPN on the floors. It said we had to mix it under ...

We use the level 1 fluid warmer as well it infuses at 40 degrees. To the best of my knowledge you only want to warm about a degree an hour. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong......

to the majority of our patients we give an IV bolus 500 - 1000cc and maxeran 10mg IVP. Wait 20 minutes and then give DHE .5mg IVP can rereat DHE in 20 minutes PRN. It works really well for most headaches.These meds can also be given IM but seems crue...

There is a great shortage out there!!!! Go figure heh? If this is something you really want to do then maybe it is a test how just how bad you want this career. Don't give up your dream because of one persons view and someone who doesn't even know yo...