Annony RN

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  1. Nuclear power plant

    Annony RN replied to Annony RN's topic in Camp

    Thanks for all the input. I talked to a friend who informs me that the school district she works for nearby doesn't keep them. Maybe I can go back to focusing on the idyllic parts of

  2. Nuclear power plant

    Annony RN posted a topic in Camp

    Ha. That's probably the weirdest thread title this forum has gotten. A friend just posted online that the county where my camp is located is doing one of their periodic potassium iodine tablet...

  3. Nuclear power plant

    Annony RN replied to Annony RN's topic in Camp

    I wondered too if there was an emergency plan in writing for evacuation, etc. I vaguely remember that the county does have a plan because it involved evacuations to shelter in my childhood school...

  4. Trip & travel groups

    Annony RN posted a topic in Camp

    Our camp has a policy to take temps on kids before (within 24 hrs) and after every group of girls that leaves camp on an outing. My ACA manual has gone missing from my office (ugh, the frustration)...

  5. Trip & travel groups

    Annony RN replied to Annony RN's topic in Camp

    Lol. Yes. Indeed. I feel like I care more about general energy vs fatigue before most trips and injuries, fatigue, headache, nausea after trips. From an infection standpoint- if a kid contracts a...

  6. No such thing as minor surgery!!!

    Annony RN replied to 68RN's topic in Operating Room

    OK, can you tell us more? I just read that chapter posted and looks like culprits during anesthesia include sedatives (I would have guessed that diprivan would cause more reactions than tiopental,...

  7. Tv shows that dictate nurses as a "janitor"

    Annony RN replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    That's because all the nurses are smart enough to refuse assignments with his patients... they are dangerous and unethical, even if they are miraculous and dramatic

  8. Help guys, how can we express the size of the tracheostomy tube?

    Annony RN replied to Melandru's topic in General Nursing

    Just as comparison, think how tiny an 8fr foley is and how large a #8

  9. Child Restraint During Induction ?

    Annony RN replied to OR male nurse's topic in Operating Room

    I wanted to add that I've worked in hospitals that have a pre-op class for kids and it's great. Get a box of goodies together and invite kids and their parents to come in for about an hour on a day...

  10. Child Restraint During Induction ?

    Annony RN replied to OR male nurse's topic in Operating Room

    OK, I skimmed through most of the posts but not all. This thread got lenghty fast! Used to be a peds nurse in community and regional hospitals as well as homecare. Then also an OR nurse in a...

  11. Choosing IV catheter lumen

    Annony RN replied to silver2009's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have an assignment that specifically asks you to make some choices? LIke the other posters said, the central lines are put in by MDs or anesthesia and the PICCs are put in by PICC/ IV team...

  12. Lost my calm in an emergency...

    Annony RN replied to tbanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hug to you, mama! Hope th follow up gives you answers... good ones! I'm sure your husband and even daughter are a little shaken, too, and hiding it in that

  13. Have you ever heard about this?

    Annony RN replied to sam20007's topic in General Nursing

    It's interesting how RR teams are set up in different facilities... may I ask who's on yours? In our hospita it's an ICU nurse, the ICU RRT, and the resident/fellows on the intensivist service that...

  14. Have you ever heard about this?

    Annony RN replied to sam20007's topic in General Nursing

    Our in-room "code buttons" in the OR were only wired to that department. THe OR and anesthesia teams handle their own codes there. Honestly, anyone else would be useless... you want the person (CRNA...

  15. Disinfecting cuffs?

    Annony RN replied to brewerpaul's topic in Operating Room

    Otho guys do that here. It's hard to get the podiatrists to use them... even the ones that do the long procedures. Those are the cases where the cuff is on (not necessarily inflated!) for 2+ hours....

  16. Disinfecting cuffs?

    Annony RN replied to brewerpaul's topic in Operating Room

    we typically use these and send them back to be reprocessed alond with scds. our bier's blocks cuffs (double bladdered) are re-used but fairly easy to clean (send them to spd like bp cuffs) they...

  17. What type of nurse works with babies?

    Annony RN replied to FallinofTheStar's topic in General Nursing

    OK... so you go to nursing school where you get a taste of everything nursing has to offer. I hate to say... but suck up the clinicals in settings you don't enjoy (no-one likes everything) Keep an...

  18. Eeeeevil nurse stories

    Annony RN replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    I sorta sympathise. I once had a M/S nurse say to me "I could never be a peds nurse. I love kids too much" Oh, well luckily for you, there are nurses like me who hate kids and enjoy making them cry...

  19. A-lines vs. Central Venous lines

    Annony RN replied to zlatamoya's topic in MICU, SICU

    Great stuff (as a beginner myself, I recognize easy to digest info, LOL) Thought I'd add the explanation (probably already in the Wikis) that CVP is an indicator of fluid status... overloaded, good,...

  20. What type of nurse works with babies?

    Annony RN replied to FallinofTheStar's topic in General Nursing

    There are different types of "maternity" floors depending on the size and philosophy of the hospital and what was in fashion when the unit was built- (l=labor, d=delivery, r=recovery, p=postpartum) I...

  21. What type of nurse works with babies?

    Annony RN replied to FallinofTheStar's topic in General Nursing

    Very true! Some peds hospitals have floors dedicated to toddlers and under aside from NICU. One hospital I did peds in took any infant after discharge. The other took babies directly from nursery...

  22. ICU for CRNA.

    Annony RN replied to indiawhitaker's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    My previous post was probably more catty than I meant it to be... but I stand by what I said. I just mean this... 2 months ago you wanted to be a peds nurse and last month ER was for you... That's...

  23. ICU for CRNA.

    Annony RN replied to indiawhitaker's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    What UKstudent said... Sorry, I was going to add a lot more but then I looked at your post history. Do a LOT of research to see if this is what you want to do. Sure, the pays is good but the work is...

  24. An old stethoscope

    Annony RN replied to callmekipling's topic in General Nursing

    http://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/4/0/6/3/5/3/webimg/157831154_tp.jpg Used to a standard bell/ diaphragm combo MD stethoscope up until the 50's I believe. I'm sure that bell shape allowed the...

  25. Is an unmonitored sterile field considered sterile?

    Annony RN replied to buck70's topic in Operating Room

    Yup. And we've actually moved an intubated patient to a new room because it was easier than getting the fly