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  1. All Men Shift

    Guest838984 replied to kalevra's topic in Men in Nursing

    *Is also munching popcorn.... With a soda and

  2. Memorial Herman (Houston, Texas) Travelers in Trauma ICU

    Guest838984 replied to ccan's topic in Travel

    Idk if you're talking about memorial Hermann in the med center or their other ones but I did a lot of nursing rotations at memorial Hermann northeast while in nursing school and I liked it. Everyone...

  3. IM injections

    Guest838984 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have heard different things from different nurses about the max amount of CCs you can give IM in certain areas for adults and pedis and just wanted to clear it up. So for each injectable muscle on...

  4. ICU vs ER career advice

    Guest838984 replied to nrsmom2g1b's topic in Critical Care

    ICU would be easier to start with. I work ER and we have some nurses come down from ICU and their knowledge is much more in depth pathophysiologically speaking. Almost nothing would scare you in ER...

  5. IM injections

    Guest838984 replied to Guest838984's topic in General Nursing

    I mean there's p&ps for things like phenegran admin which is IM only at my facility. They never explained the specifics for medication reconstitution for certain medications. If I ask I'm sure...

  6. Go into nursing for the money?

    Guest838984 replied to jackhensy's topic in General Nursing

    Me too!

  7. What would say to a nurse shadowing you

    Guest838984 replied to cloa513's topic in General Nursing

    I'm confused

  8. IM injections

    Guest838984 replied to Guest838984's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you all for your responses and @Annaflaxis (love the name) we just opened up a new hospital so we don't exactly have set p&ps in place yet or they haven't been clearly explained that there...

  9. Drug Seeker Stories

    Guest838984 replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    @jdub6 you are completely right! I didn't have him when they put his admitting orders in but i'm sure they didn't put in any sort of methadone for him and that's exactly why he walked out. Makes...

  10. Parallon travel

    Guest838984 replied to natashacardiacrn's topic in Travel

    @NedRN this is true and I hope to travel after a year or so

  11. Parallon travel

    Guest838984 replied to natashacardiacrn's topic in Travel

    Although I'm in a totally different state (Texas) I work for HCA and my first job being horrendous working in the ER with high pt-nurse ratios, high acuity, and high volume (literally scared I wasn't...

  12. low oxygen levels

    Guest838984 replied to jonie8693's topic in Cardiac

    I guess it is normal lol you learn more everyday!

  13. low oxygen levels

    Guest838984 replied to jonie8693's topic in Cardiac

    That is definitely not normal. At least not to me. I know even ppl with copd will sat in the low 90s but for a kid with heart issues to be sating 80? In my ER they would get breathing treatments or...

  14. Palpate Cardiac Valves IRL?

    Guest838984 replied to nursetobe111's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have never heard that but I did learn the auscultation points for the valves? I don't get what palpating them would do. Most sick people are overweight anyways so it seems

  15. IV in an artery

    Guest838984 replied to jrmarr's topic in General Nursing

    You def hit an artery. It doesn't always have to pulsate up into the tubing or bag. I've seen quite a few in my ER. Sometimes it's hard to tell cuz it won't pulsate so obviously but yes you hit an...

  16. Clinic to ER

    Guest838984 replied to hawksrn2014's topic in Emergency

    And don't worry if you fell in love with it once then you'll most likely love it

  17. Clinic to ER

    Guest838984 replied to hawksrn2014's topic in Emergency

    I would say the likelyhood is great!! Especially since you basically have all your certs (which is a big hiring point for most directors) just get your TNCC and you'll be like a diamond in that...

  18. New Graduate RN having preceptor commucation problems

    Guest838984 replied to Kaytayxx's topic in General Nursing

    I also am a new grad about 10 months out in the ER. And I just want to say my preceptor was absolutely nothing like your preceptor you described. She sounds very uncooperative, moody and pretty...

  19. Nursing student hair color change for more respect

    Guest838984 replied to Vonqiqi's topic in General Students

    Blonde hur Don't cur Lol They judge on your abilities and how much u put into it nothing about appearance I've seen some odd looking people be the most amazing nurses on earth cause they know their...

  20. Drug Seeker Stories

    Guest838984 replied to ER-RN2's topic in Emergency

    I have a good one This guy comes in with abscesses all over his arms and one foot because he used a dirty needle and says "I'm the worlds worst drug user" which I couldn't help but laugh when he said...

  21. ER NURSE PEEVES

    Guest838984 replied to wojoRN's topic in Emergency

    Drug Seekers "That medicine that starts with a D worked for me last time" "I'm allergic to zofran and morphine ....." When I open a brandnew blood pressure cuff from the bag -pt "Am I gonna be charged...

  22. Adenosine administration

    Guest838984 replied to sreynolds's topic in Emergency

    I've given adenosine without the MD present but I had another nurse in the room with me. And yea that guy was extremely rude to you and shouldn't have treated you that way at all. I hate rude docs,...

  23. Am I On Camera? No Paparazzi Please!

    Guest838984 replied to Bridgid Joseph's topic in General Nursing

    I once was recorded when working the ER one night and it was extremely busy and so one of my admits had gotten a bed upstairs but an ambulance was coming in and my room was the only one opening up so...

  24. New grads in specialties without the basics

    Guest838984 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I also as a new grad caught a baby having an absence seizure and I told the doc and she yelled at me saying that it was NOT an absence seizure because the baby cried upon hard nipple stimulation. The...

  25. New grads in specialties without the basics

    Guest838984 replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I am a new grad in the ER. I was on 3 months orientation before they would let me take patients on my own and I don't think I'm an elite hotshot but I think that I got alot out of my orientation and...