EMTandNurse2B

EMTandNurse2B specializes in Emergency/Trauma.

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1. Things I have learned to ask for when getting report from ER

   EMTandNurse2B replied to ANH_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

   As a new ER nurse, I will gladly start the fluids for you if I have them. We only stock NS and LR, everything else has to come from pharmacy. I do not have time to hold the patient in the ER while...

2. Many RN's administer IV meds wrong.

   EMTandNurse2B replied to Guest219794's topic in Patient Medications

   This also drives me crazy! Also, pinching the line closed (or turning it off) when administering meds IVP into a running line (NS, or other compatable fluid). You do the same thing here when you...

3. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

   EMTandNurse2B replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

   So very, very true; and unfortunately very

4. Most Embarassing Nursing Moments

   EMTandNurse2B replied to Jessiedog's topic in Nursing Humor

   I had to laugh at your post, for I have done the same thing several times! But nothing was as bad as last week when I put a Foley in the wrong patient!! The little lady was alert and oriented, in...

5. new guidlines ???

   EMTandNurse2B replied to DJ-100's topic in Emergency

   I work as an RN in a level 1 trauma center, and this is indeed the practice we are moving toward. If (and only if) the patient has obvious bleeding (inside or out-we use ultrasound), we try to limit...

6. maggots?

   EMTandNurse2B replied to billsnurse's topic in Emergency

   I have a very strong stomach, but I draw the line here. I have yet to see maggots on a living human (thanks to a kind coworker who removed them from between the homeless psych pt's toes), but when I...

7. You Know the patient is going bad when...

   EMTandNurse2B replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing

   When the patient looks at me and says "I'm not sick enough to be here, my family (neighbor, etc), dragged me in, let me go home and I'll be fine". Had this happen to me several times in the last few...

8. blackout curtains advice

   EMTandNurse2B replied to ymm123's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I took cardboard and stapled in to a wooden frame that just fits inside the window. A little weather stripping makes it seal, and no light at all gets through. A fan on, and a towel under the door;...

9. Adequate Staffing = I Love my Job

   EMTandNurse2B replied to MelBel's topic in First Year After Licensure

   I feel the same way about my job. The nights we have enough staff I come home smiling. The nights we are short, I come home crying and work on my resume before

10. Just got my Littmann Master Cardiology Stethoscope..

    EMTandNurse2B replied to Scrubz's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I have a Cardiology III and love it. It never leaves my neck for fear it will walk off. That came back to bite me on my first day on the job as a new LPN. I had decided to not take my stethoscope...

11. Humorous student awards

    EMTandNurse2B replied to abbythetabby's topic in General Students

    How about the one with the strangest patient request? Like the lady that asked me to push her prolapsed hemorrhoids back in, or the patient who asked to replace her prolapsed uterus. ask them for...

12. What is your passing percentile?

    EMTandNurse2B replied to Achoo!'s topic in General Students

    Our School is 75% with no rounding, a math exam every semester that has to be passed with a 90% (3 tries). Considering 1 out of 14 students passed the Med-Surg II exam today, 75% can be very hard to...

13. How useful is EMT-B cert as an RN?

    EMTandNurse2B replied to Strahd's topic in Emergency

    Call or write your state licensing agency. In Mi, I'm going to be able to get some CEUs for my EMT-B, but not all I need. I'm hoping to not only keep up on my Mi EMT license, but my National...

14. How do you stay awake

    EMTandNurse2B replied to DoneIn08's topic in General Students

    Coffee Tea Mountain Dew if above fails Brisk walk Brief nap Housework Bright lights Hard chairs Toothpicks to prop eyes open (Hey it at least looks like you're studying!) Anything else I can find to...

15. First time teaching MedSurg Nsg

    EMTandNurse2B replied to NsgTeacher's topic in General Students

    Hints on what not to do: -Please do not put the textbook word for word on your powerpoint and then proceed to read it to us word for word..for...the...next....four.....hours (and then wonder why...