bgxyrnf

bgxyrnf MSN, RN

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  1. I Can't Tie My PPE Gown Correctly! HELP!!!

    bgxyrnf replied to FutureCota's topic in Male Nursing Students

    A) Start by doing it in front of you with you eyes open but really think about what you're doing with each action. B) Then do the same thing with your eyes closed. C) Then roll your hands over so that...

  2. iv fluid

    bgxyrnf replied to mohammedEn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I will help you but you have to answer some questions for me: 1) What is NS? What makes it "normal?" 2) What is D5W? What does the 5 indicate? 3) What are the definitions of hypotonic, isotonic, and...

  3. Planners: Digital vs. Paper

    bgxyrnf replied to AnnPerkins's topic in General Students

    Digital, all the way. Google docs, Google Keep, Google Drive, and Google Calendar - along with your preferred apps on your phone, computer, and/or tablet. I agree with meanmaryjean about writing... so...

  4. How to turn down a job I've already accepted

    bgxyrnf replied to Dmello427's topic in Nursing Career

    Dear Ms. McCall: I have been so excited about the wonderful opportunity to begin my nursing career in your department at Rampart General Hospital. The new grad program has a wonderful reputation and...

  5. ESI practice thread

    bgxyrnf replied to Lev's topic in Emergency

    He's not a 1 based on all the lab results... if he needed to be on bipap enroute then yes... if his sugar on arrival was 45 then yes...As you describe his presentation, I'd have made him a

  6. ESI practice thread

    bgxyrnf replied to Lev's topic in Emergency

    2... definitely high risk but not in need of immediate life-saving

  7. This is so crazy - Do I Need All These Books?

    bgxyrnf replied to KaTStudentNurse's topic in General Students

    Do you need them as in will they be useful? No, probably not. Although you may run across assignments that reference some of them. Do you need them as in are they pertinent to nursing practice? Again,...

  8. I need a loan but can't get a cosigner

    bgxyrnf replied to kendleh's topic in General Students

    I will say that it completely SUCKS that we've reached this point in our country... that there are so few solid career opportunities that people throng to nursing and are willing to take on exorbitant...

  9. I need a loan but can't get a cosigner

    bgxyrnf replied to kendleh's topic in General Students

    Some things bear repeating and this is one of them. And there's nothing the prevents your parents from co-signing... unless their credit scores are now torpedoed by that extra debt that they could be...

  10. What goes on in an ED?

    bgxyrnf replied to BlueBoxSearcher's topic in Emergency

    Well... I did have a dialysis patient that had a bleeding shunt. When we exposed it, it shot streams of blood across the room and through the door about 6 feet. Some of the spray got onto the glass...

  11. What goes on in an ED?

    bgxyrnf replied to BlueBoxSearcher's topic in Emergency

    The other day I kicked ass starting IVs. I had a developmentally delayed man who was clearly septic. He had nothing for veins but I still managed to get a 22 in the back of his hand which gave us all...

  12. 40+ and Considering Nursing School

    bgxyrnf replied to Bookworm17's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I was 45 when I graduated nursing school. I started out on day shift for 1 year then moved to NOC shift which I did for 3 years before moving to a mid-shift. With a new job, I went back to night shift...

  13. Been working in the ER for a while but I don't feel like I've improved

    bgxyrnf replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

    Nothing wrong at all with that.When in doubt,

  14. Been working in the ER for a while but I don't feel like I've improved

    bgxyrnf replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

    You're right... abnormal sensation makes mNIHSS = 1... still not a stroke alert. And I agree, much more likely to be cardiac in nature than brain

  15. Been working in the ER for a while but I don't feel like I've improved

    bgxyrnf replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

    Yep, that's the definition of paresthesia, right? That doesn't make it suspicious for a stroke, though. Given that both the CPSS and mNIHSS were negative and that the patient had no risk factors, a...

  16. Accusation Against Male Nurse (Me)

    bgxyrnf replied to Lapzs's topic in General Nursing

    But you *did* interrupt her break. You should have (a) asked her if she was on break, and (b) left her alone the moment that you realized that she was on break.If I'm on break, I completely ignore any...

  17. UC Davis RN Residency Summer/Fall 2017

    bgxyrnf replied to NursKam's topic in California Nursing

    And it *does* mean that the application has been forwarded along so the recruiter has at least determined that the applicant meets the minimum requirement. It's not much but it's a darn sight better...

  18. Been working in the ER for a while but I don't feel like I've improved

    bgxyrnf replied to Catch22Personified's topic in Emergency

    I would not have called a stroke alert. The patient presumably had no risk factors, a negative Cincinnati PHSS score, and a 0 on the

  19. Can lungs be clear AND diminished?

    bgxyrnf replied to Cvepo's topic in Critical Care

    A lot of docs will write, "lungs clear to auscultation bilaterally with good air movement in all fields" which differentiates between adventitious sounds (e.g. rales, etc) and air flow (diminished or...

  20. Need responses from nurses who work with intubated/ventilated patients.

    bgxyrnf replied to Lycoriselaine's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    My answers are

  21. Med Calc Help!!

    bgxyrnf replied to xnursingstu1995's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The easiest way to solve this type of problem is to determine what percentage of the infusion has completed and determine how much medication is that percentage of the total. 12 minutes out of 20...

  22. How many credit hours did you take during summer in accelerated program?

    bgxyrnf replied to KaTStudentNurse's topic in General Students

    16.We also had no university

  23. Psych pts protocol

    bgxyrnf replied to joyful_wanderer's topic in Emergency

    An amalgamation of various facilities with which I've been affiliated: Keep a security guard on scene maintaining continuous line-of-sight with a ratio of no more than 1:2. Change everybody into...

  24. Older nurses

    bgxyrnf replied to poopylala's topic in General Nursing

    Older nurse here. I'm 52 and going strong in the ED... though just took a new RRT job. Personally, I plan to keep working into my 70's... presumably in a hospital-based clinical role. I still...

  25. Accusation Against Male Nurse (Me)

    bgxyrnf replied to Lapzs's topic in General Nursing

    Let me elaborate from the perspective of a 50+ year-old man: What you did was an inappropriate way for *any* man to treat *any* woman. It was direct, physical intimidation - whether you perceive it...