EMTandNurse2B

EMTandNurse2B

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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...

  16. Charting Bloopers

    EMTandNurse2B replied to AHarri66's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm a student, and in one of my discharge notes on a pediatric patient I charted: "Mother placed in infant car seat" instead of "Mother placed infant in car seat". My instructor tracked me down with...

  17. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    EMTandNurse2B replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I'm a student nurse, and as part of a rotation was shadowing/assisting the team leader for a day. We went to start an IV on a new admit (for another nurse with a heavy load). This lady was in with...

  18. The Frustrated Learner Thread aka "I HATE studying MORE THAN ___!" All rants welcome!

    EMTandNurse2B replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, do I wish I had found this thread yesterday! I would have had much more to contribute. For now, lets just say that over the weekend I actually hated studying so much that I (gasp) exercised!...

  19. Can I hear some positive things about nursing school?

    EMTandNurse2B replied to rntoben2008's topic in General Students

    I have really enjoyed my journey through nursing school thus far. I am just starting my third of five semesters in an ADN program. I posted on this topic a while back, you might see if you can...

  20. Favorite, Fun, Weird, and Scandalous Symptoms and Diagnosis...

    EMTandNurse2B replied to doctordefender's topic in Nursing Humor

    Well, after tonight's shift, being a doc just might be enough reason to get admitted!!! I laughed and laughed over that one,

  21. Last clinical in ER

    EMTandNurse2B replied to NeoRNtobe's topic in Emergency

    My first patient death was as an EMT student, before I got into nursing school. We responded to a call in the bad section of town for a "unknown", turns out a one-night stand had passed out on her...

  22. Has anyone else lost hair?

    EMTandNurse2B replied to lizzybeth's topic in General Students

    My hair is falling out by the handfuls also. In my case in is stress. During the semester it falls out and falls out and falls out, and as soon as I'm on break it stops falling out and starts...

  23. Experience, Yes, but what kind?

    EMTandNurse2B replied to EMTandNurse2B's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I am working on getting my RN, hopefully I will have it by May, 2007. I will work here in the US for a while (at least 2 years, I'm hoping), and probably volunteer on some short-term mission...

  24. Experience, Yes, but what kind?

    EMTandNurse2B posted a topic in General Nursing

    OK, this has been bugging me for awhile, just wanted to get some thoughts. I am currently a nursing student (LPN grad in July 2006, RN May 2007). Eventually, I want to work in overseas missions,...

  25. How many hours per week do you study?

    EMTandNurse2B replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Students

    I'm in an ADN program, getting A-, and I study about 20 or so hours a week. I really should study more, but there is NO time to study more. As it is, that 20 hours eats into my sleep time...