chevygirl1987

chevygirl1987 has 10 years experience and specializes in Stepdown, PCCN.

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1. Age-slapped in the face!

   chevygirl1987 replied to hawaiicarl's topic in Humor

   For me it was when I got up and chastised a group of loud teens in a movie theatre. Oh, lord, I'm THAT old lady.

2. Nurse in a bar... Should you help?

   chevygirl1987 replied to crc2015's topic in General Students

   I don't think my license would be jeopardized for initiating CPR. I've had some form of CPR certification for nearly 30 years, and have used it more times than I care to think about. I don't ever drink to excess so I am confident that I could perform...

3. 10/31 What I learned this week: Walking Dead anatomy lesson, herpes EVERYWHERE

   chevygirl1987 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

   We used to do Thorazine for hiccups a lot, especially for post CABG patients.

4. Bedside Reporting

   chevygirl1987 replied to Bluebell.'s topic in Med-Surg

   In my facility all the tasks you mention fall in the lap of the oncoming nurse. It backs me up even more in the morning.

5. Does everybody want to be a NP?

   chevygirl1987 replied to Cola89's topic in General Nursing

   Health information management.

6. finally got my letter

   chevygirl1987 replied to KThurmond's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Yay!!

7. 10/24: What I learned in nursing this week - moral & legal decisions, patient acuity....

   chevygirl1987 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

   No way from the app you have to use a browser.

8. Never Give Up -- My Story

   chevygirl1987 replied to MrMango's topic in NCLEX

   Congratulations, Mr. Mango. Hopefully you will put the same effort into learning how to care for your patients appropriately. I would also like to see a limit on the number of times people can test. I think that 5 is a gracious plenty. After 2 you s...

9. Drug seekers

   chevygirl1987 replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry, but I'm LOLing. I just had this conversation with someone last week. Her pt was getting more confused and the ammonia was increasing but she was holding lactulose for loose stools. Sigh. To weigh in on topic. I have only ever taken care of...

10. Drug seekers

    chevygirl1987 replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not even thinking getting anyone in trouble; people need to be educated. I do stepdown nursing so I'm thinking of all the times nurses hold the diuretic in a pt with little LVEF because the SBP is 96 or don't give the beta blocker to an MI pt wi...

11. Drug seekers

    chevygirl1987 replied to russianbear's topic in General Nursing

    Can you contact the unit manager or nursing Ed for that facility? Not only did she delay care, but if he's a chronic user/opioid dependent/addicted she was risking putting him through withdrawal and the discomfort associated with that. My unit rec...

12. have bach in biology, adn nursing can I go right to FNP?

    chevygirl1987 replied to Joy16Sarah's topic in NP Students

    My BS is in bio/chem. I have an ASN and have been a nurse for 10 years. I am doing the FNP program at Duke. I know there are others that allow you to skip the BSN step, some may require 1-2 bridge or transition courses. Good luck.

13. 10/24: What I learned in nursing this week - moral & legal decisions, patient acuity....

    chevygirl1987 replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Those are cute. We are uniformed and I do miss fun scrubs.

14. opinions on nurses going on strike

    chevygirl1987 replied to Yerani27's topic in Union

    It could. But like Jensmom said, if it is a big concern don't work at a union hospital. My advice if you do choose a union shop is don't cross the line when your coworkers are out there sacrificing pay to get you safer staffing or health insurance w...

15. opinions on nurses going on strike

    chevygirl1987 replied to Yerani27's topic in Union

    That's from 2012