Janlynn

Janlynn specializes in Emergency.

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1. panic-attack reaction to compazine

   Janlynn replied to scootermcnutt's topic in Patient Medications

   When I give Compazine I always mix it wit 50ml/NS. I drip it in slow and have never had anyone get a reaction. I have had one ER doc write an order t give it as 5mg slow IVP and give the other 5mg...

2. What crazy ER hours do you work?

   Janlynn replied to nursebrandie28's topic in Emergency

   5p-1a is the only shift I have been working for almost 2 years now. We also have 9a-5p which I wouldn't mind but with the shift differential it's a big cut plus right now I don't have to pay for...

3. LPN starting wages in central Illinois

   Janlynn replied to notsoinnocentkali's topic in Illinois Nursing

   I graduated from CASPN in 2004--my first job and only job since then has been working in the ER at a major hospital. I started off doing mainly fast track but we have since merged and I am now doing...

4. Low Blood Count

   Janlynn replied to nialloh's topic in General Nursing

   How scary--what was the situation for why it got so low? I myself hemmorraged with a miscarriage a few years ago--my hg was 4.7 or something like that. Needless to say I went into shock a few times...

5. Seeking Advice

   Janlynn replied to checkmate's topic in General Nursing

   Hi--you seem to be taking the same path I took. Although right now I am still an LPN (will be going back next spring). I'm working in the ER now and do *almost* everything the RN does there. There's...

6. What's your holiday bonus?

   Janlynn replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

   Full-time employees at my work get $250 and part-time (less than 1000 hours worked for the fiscal year) get $125. Of course taxes are taken out of that. One year they put it on a Visa gift card which...

7. Best Advice for Successful IV Sticks

   Janlynn replied to healer27's topic in General Nursing

   There are some great suggestions here--I'd also like to add for pt comfort to not dig around too much. If I have a vein that rolls or hides after I insert the needle I will just sit there and wait for...

8. Mom needs advice please!!!

   Janlynn replied to nurselala33's topic in General Nursing

   Wow. Sorry that someone felt the need to scare you. I can say there are days that I've questioned why I went into this field, but you know they are nothing compared to the feeling I get when I've...

9. Mom needs advice please!!!

   Janlynn replied to nurselala33's topic in General Nursing

   I suggest you or her find help such as a tutor or something--don't rely on the school to do it, they get thier money either way. The NCLEX that she will have to pass is mostly multiple choice, she...

10. Rules for the ER (long)

    Janlynn replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    Please don't come by ambulance with a chief c/o earwax--this is not an emergency and certainly not a reason to be brought in per ems. Don't come in with a hangnail that you pulled off the day before...

11. Failed Abortions

    Janlynn replied to Kalico's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    They still do--not long after I started my job in the ED I had a young girl sent over from a Catholic hospital--she was there for the sole purpose of receiving this shot because of an ectopic. The...

12. coma patients-out of bed

    Janlynn replied to katmecan's topic in General Nursing

    My father was in a coma following a motorcycle accident(no helmet). I've also worked on the neuro rehab floor. Any stimulation physical or mental is crucial for anyone in a coma. We always got our...

13. LPN in charge in the ED?

    Janlynn replied to carribeanbound's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    As an LPN I find your post to be very demeaning. With that I wouldn't at this point being a new grad feel comfortable being in charge of anything or anyone except the pt's I'm taking care of. But I...

14. Evil People

    Janlynn replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    I feel your pain--I work in the ED and met the most evil lady and her son Lucifer the other night. We were ungodly busy that night and she came in for a cough--well we had a limp baby barely breathing...

15. New Years nightmare?

    Janlynn replied to LoriAlabamaRN's topic in Emergency

    I work in the ED and worked New Year's Eve night and New Year's Day, NYE we we're dead--I think we had maybe 4-5 pt's in the dept when I left early and NYD I came in at 1700 and didn't stop running...