Janlynn

Janlynn specializes in Emergency.

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1. panic-attack reaction to compazine

   Janlynn replied to scootermcnutt's topic in 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 5minutes later. It worked.

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 daycare. We opened a second dept alongside the main de...

3. LPN starting wages in central Illinois

   Janlynn replied to notsoinnocentkali's topic in Illinois

   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 higher acuity. I would dread going to LTC only beca...

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 before given 4 units (I think? It was all a blur)an...

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 only a few IV push drugs I cannot do. As far as the...

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 was nice as there was no taxes taken out. We also ...

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 it to come back up, sometimes I will have the pt ...

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 truly helped someone. Seems to me the person that e-ma...

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 needs to work on multiple choice questions until 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 demanding abx because you think it's infected. Als...

11. Failed Abortions

    Janlynn replied to Kalico's topic in NICU

    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 Catholic hospital sent her over because it would be a...

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 pt's up everyday, with my father I would get him in t...

13. Agency LPNs doing IV Push

    Janlynn replied to 2rntish's topic in Infusion

    I'm in Illinois and can do IVP's--I do alot of them in the ED, the only things I'm not allowed to give IVP are cardiac drugs and consious sedation. We are also not allowed to hang blood.

14. LPN in charge in the ED?

    Janlynn replied to carribeanbound's topic in Safety

    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 can see 20 years down the road where I may feel comf...

15. 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 rushed in by his father so the lady with the coug...