rgroyer1RNBSN

rgroyer1RNBSN BSN, RN

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  1. Apologizing for being "just an LPN"

    rgroyer1RNBSN replied to OgopogoLPN's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Yeah ok I was an LPN first and I find it insulting when people put them

  2. LPN's Are Lower Class People?????

    rgroyer1RNBSN replied to mammaoftwo's topic in General Nursing

    I dont know, but personally thats insulting to me to as I used to be an LPN and even though Im an RN now I still keep my LPN license up. When I was an LPN I worked in a small town hospital er, and you...

  3. Incometent Doctor

    rgroyer1RNBSN replied to Happy-ER-RN's topic in Emergency

    Yes I work with a doc like this in our er to just chart chart chart, and talk to your manager. The one I work with tryed to get me and another nurse to splint a guys fractured hip however your...

  4. When a clinic employee plays Know-It-All......

    rgroyer1RNBSN replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would have chewed the ma up and spit her out.:angryfire Just because there Ma's they thank they know more then a

  5. Insulin during cardiac arrest?

    rgroyer1RNBSN replied to kimmie518's topic in MICU, SICU

    You might want to add in there to we also use Kaexylate for

  6. Insulin during cardiac arrest?

    rgroyer1RNBSN replied to kimmie518's topic in General Nursing

    You might want to add in there to we also use Kaexylate for

  7. Change in IV Phenergan Policy

    rgroyer1RNBSN replied to RNKPCE's topic in Patient Medications

    we still use phenergan, but the docs order us to dilute it in 50ml/100ml of saline and piggyback it into the primary line with a slow

  8. Funniest Complaint on Press Ganey Scores

    rgroyer1RNBSN replied to nursebrandie28's topic in General Nursing

    We had one the other day, I know this exact pt. he gave it away on the comment section about me and one of the docs I am friends and work with in ER- here goes- Nurse and physician refused to give me...

  9. Speaking of adenosine

    rgroyer1RNBSN replied to TazziRN's topic in Emergency

    Oh my god he didnt, :roll slow Iv push sure and lets start giving benadryl fast Iv push lol it only makes the pt feel like there going to lose conciousness lol, I had a pt the other day allergic to...

  10. vents and sedation?

    rgroyer1RNBSN replied to emmycRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Most of my patients in SICU on vents are sedated. There usually on propofol titrated up or down according to what they need and we eventually wean them off it. Some of ares arent sedated but have an...

  11. Highest BP you have ever seen on a pt

    rgroyer1RNBSN replied to nckayaker's topic in Emergency

    230/150-highest subrachnoid hemmorhage died 60/palp- aortic

  12. Got offered a CNA job in an ICU, what to expect?

    rgroyer1RNBSN replied to mistiffy's topic in MICU, SICU

    You can expect to have to work with lots of lines and drains, turn pts q2h, give lots of bed baths, I&O's are very important to us nurses, assist the nurses whenever you can, take vitals often if...

  13. Doctor comebacks

    rgroyer1RNBSN replied to NiceShot's topic in MICU, SICU

    This is how you deal with them - slap them :angryfire

  14. heplock needle size

    rgroyer1RNBSN replied to greenbean's topic in General Nursing

    It should be as follows: 2 18 g's for a cardiac pt. 2 16 or 18 gauges for a gi bleed or preop 2 14 or 16's for a trauma use 20 or bigger for blood but thats for us in

  15. Nursing students and new nurses.....about injection sites

    rgroyer1RNBSN replied to TazziRN's topic in Patient Medications

    In my nursing school I went to was a hospital school of nursing and we practiced all kinds of skills on each other. We learned no more then 1 ml can go into the Dl site and if you do have say like 2...

  16. subQ narcotics?

    rgroyer1RNBSN replied to khine2mn80's topic in Patient Medications

    In the small hospital I worked in for awhile we had the older docs and they preferred using the subq and IM routes but this is a common practice for the older docs they used to give pain meds this way...

  17. Overdose, using charcoal on a combative pt?

    rgroyer1RNBSN replied to vampireslayer's topic in Emergency

    Why are you all sedating for an NG. First the doc tries to gastric lavage the pt then if the pt struggles and we have to stop the gastric lavage then the nurses restrain and another nurse drops an ng....

  18. EMT training for nurses

    rgroyer1RNBSN replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

    Yeah just get an MICN cert. mobile intensive care nurse

  19. 12 Days of Christmas ER Style

    rgroyer1RNBSN replied to SargeRN's topic in Emergency

    That is hilarious ! oh I got to sing that at work! LOL

  20. OTC's LPN Program

    rgroyer1RNBSN replied to MrsVP-LPN's topic in General Nursing

    OTC= Ozarks technical community college its a wonderfull place to start its were I got my LPN and my gen eds out of the way. Loved it wonderful

  21. What CNAs need to tell the nurse

    rgroyer1RNBSN replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Like marie said that was rude, assumptive, and uncalled for I used to be an CNA and then an LPN then an RN and I didnt mind helping my LPN's and RN's gee weez I would hate for you to be my aide sounds...

  22. chamberlain college of nursing

    rgroyer1RNBSN replied to Alibaba's topic in General Nursing

    I went to deaconess for one semester of the RN to BSN it was horrible I transferred to UMSL, You might also check out Lutheran college of nursing its a Diploma RN program here in St.Louis its a...

  23. I am 51 y/o, is it too late? (need honesty)

    rgroyer1RNBSN replied to wandaeh's topic in General Nursing

    I had a 74 year old in my adn program to be an rn and were best friends she works in my level 1 er and sicu with me all the time. But also alot of physicians offices hire lpns and medical assistants...

  24. Parade article about ER danger

    rgroyer1RNBSN replied to medsurgnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Let them come to my er and do that Ill send in the intern, and no ems will not get you in faster because we triage ems pts.

  25. LPN to RN through testing?

    rgroyer1RNBSN replied to mc3's topic in General Nursing

    A nurse is a Nurse is a nurse whether it be PN or RN, and yes the LPN stdents have tons of hospital clinical time infact I have alot of friends that are LPN's I work with in the