bgxyrnf

bgxyrnf MSN, RN

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  1. Training for ER; Didn't do so hot

    bgxyrnf replied to RNEulogy's topic in Emergency

    This story emphasizes something that I think is often underlooked: Just because you *can* get the job doesn't mean that it's a good idea to *take* the job. It sounds like you were in over your head. I...

  2. Being Pulled into the Office for calling CAT

    bgxyrnf replied to ryuunohime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Understood.For me, a code means CPR. Everything else is aimed at not having to call a code and includes everything up to and including intubation, cardiac drips, and an emergent transvenous pacer at...

  3. HELP!

    bgxyrnf replied to honeybee3383's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I will only allow myself to change an answer if I am certain as to why the new one is the correct

  4. Sacramento Pay

    bgxyrnf replied to outriton's topic in California Nursing

    Well looky there... a new program... I'm not terribly surprised because retention is a huge issue.I did see the statement, "Applications from the public will generally be considered if a current...

  5. Being Pulled into the Office for calling CAT

    bgxyrnf replied to ryuunohime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Our patient families are actually provided a telephone number to activate the RRT if they feel it's appropriate. I don't work the floor but I don't hear a bunch of RRTs getting paged so I have to...

  6. Being Pulled into the Office for calling CAT

    bgxyrnf replied to ryuunohime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    No need to be on eggshells. Discussion and debate are not argumentative, they're simply all of us sharing our views and opinions based on our judgments and experiences. The patient was clearly in a...

  7. Help! Prioritise Patients

    bgxyrnf replied to NurseJenny21's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It's not so simple as that because you can have the highest priority be in any of those categories but also the lowest priorities. For example: Patient A is brought in by her family, you find her to...

  8. HELP!

    bgxyrnf replied to honeybee3383's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Generally speaking, you're not studying effectively. You need to evaluate your tests and the questions that you're missing and modify your studying and practicing appropriately. Are these...

  9. Being Pulled into the Office for calling CAT

    bgxyrnf replied to ryuunohime's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    From my perspective in the ED, I wouldn't call a code because the patient has pulses and is not in a lethal rhythm.A rapid response is the appropriate action while someone is putting on the pacer pads...

  10. Sacramento Pay

    bgxyrnf replied to outriton's topic in California Nursing

    I wonder if that's in part due to age. The older docs tend to be less amiable with the nursing

  11. Sacramento Pay

    bgxyrnf replied to outriton's topic in California Nursing

    Kaiser is tough to get in to although the ED at UC Davis serves as something of a pipeline for them. I'm not aware of Kaiser having any program for hiring floor nurses from the outside and training...

  12. drug calculations progress check

    bgxyrnf replied to petrit's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Let's start with some basic terminology and units of measure. VOLUME Volume is the 3-dimensional space occupied by something... in the context of medications, that something is a liquid solution of...

  13. Smoking Nurses

    bgxyrnf replied to broobrum58's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    It really depends on the location but generally I follow the RACE protocol using the PASS

  14. I am a new nurse trying to figure out how to get a doctor to stop bullying me at work.

    bgxyrnf replied to Mississippideer's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If he did that to me I would respond something along the lines of:"Doctor, you directed me to call the anesthesiologist who then gave me an order which was not contraindicated by the patient's...

  15. The "How was your day" question

    bgxyrnf replied to dma13's topic in General Nursing

    I'll happily sift through the toddler poop in exchange for cleaning up 1/2 a liter of Kayexalate in which I found my patient swimming when I returned from lunch

  16. Sacramento Pay

    bgxyrnf replied to outriton's topic in California Nursing

    If you have no ED experience, you're probably not going to have much chance. The only people that I've seen them hire from the outside come with substantial ED

  17. Made mistakes

    bgxyrnf replied to Sith_Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a Star Wars fan... and old enough to have seen A New Hope during the original theater release while in high school. I've started more new jobs than most people... eleven of them in all, mostly...

  18. Arghh, am I the only one is tired of systematic cheating

    bgxyrnf replied to DesiDani's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I have known a BLS instructor who would provide cards for a very small fee to people that s/he worked with and knew well. The reasoning was something like, "I've been in multiple codes with you,...

  19. SO BAD at drawing blood, starting IV's??

    bgxyrnf replied to Chimio's topic in General Nursing

    Monitors frequently have a "venipuncture" setting which pumps the BP cuff to approx 50 psi for 2-3 minutes.If I have any question about finding a vein, I use that setting. Like you, I find it to much...

  20. SO BAD at drawing blood, starting IV's??

    bgxyrnf replied to Chimio's topic in General Nursing

    You've done it FIVE times... in other words, hardly at all. If your classmates are proclaiming comfort and competence after a similarly scant number of sticks, they are either deluding themselves or...

  21. New nurse and feeling so discouraged

    bgxyrnf replied to KHT's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely... nip that in the bud right away.My preceptor at my first job used to say, "It's not a sprint nor even a marathon... it's a relay race... just make sure you pass the

  22. New nurse and feeling so discouraged

    bgxyrnf replied to KHT's topic in General Nursing

    Be cautious; your bright spot could turn into a thunderstorm if your boss is unhappy about the OT.None of my employers would have tolerated me staying late for such reasons; even now, OT must be...

  23. Does anyone have good experiences in the nursing profession

    bgxyrnf replied to magslu's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    One of many reasons that I'm an ED nurse... time-limited encounters... and no primary nursing

  24. Does anyone have good experiences in the nursing profession

    bgxyrnf replied to magslu's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    A few random experiences... 1) Having the entire department wishing me happy birthday, including with an overhead page. Birthday wishes that night came from every direction... patients, nurses,...

  25. Wrong side for amputation(loss of license)

    bgxyrnf replied to Beldar_the_Cenobite's topic in Patient Safety Issues

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