Worst case scenarios

[firegrrl]

OK, let me throw this one out to all of the brave souls that have faced the CPNE :)

For the lab stations:

If something happens, for instance, you realize you contaminated your wound, or you draw up too much/too little medication etc., can you start over and correct yourself if you don't run out of time? Or is it more like the very first mistake you make, you're finished?

[pielęgniarka, RN]

From what I have read on the EPN site, if you realize the error, you can verbalize that you have contaminated the site and need to start over. Someone correct me if I'm wrong! I will be sure to ask next Friday before my sim labs anyway :-)

OK, let me throw this one out to all of the brave souls that have faced the CPNE :)

For the lab stations:

If something happens, for instance, you realize you contaminated your wound, or you draw up too much/too little medication etc., can you start over and correct yourself if you don't run out of time? Or is it more like the very first mistake you make, you're finished?

[Lunah, MSN, RN]

You can start again, but the clock still ticks onward. :) But I had plenty of time left in each station!

[Up2nogood RN, RN]

Yes, you can start over! I had to start over with the IV push and IM injection d/t bubbles in the syringe I didn't see at first but caught before I had CE verify dose. Remember to tip syringe upside down and look at all angles of syringe barrel for bubbles. When I did the wound the CE wasn't sitting real close like over my shoulder but off to one side and I didn't do the greatest job but it passed :nuke:

[Lunah, MSN, RN]

Remember to tip syringe upside down and look at all angles of syringe barrel for bubbles.

That is a great tip -- I found during practice that sometimes if I flipped over a syringe and flicked it, it would reveal an air bubble that was hiding in the tip. And I've heard (you know how CPNE rumors start, ha ha) that some CEs will do the flip/flick maneuver, just to check for bubbles. My CEs didn't, but maybe because I already had!

[Up2nogood RN, RN]

And I have to say that setting up a mock lab at home and practicing everyday exactly how I would do it at the CPNE helped tremendously. It has also been a benefit in practice on the floor. I do not feel ill at ease w/ IV's even though as an LPN I didn't have much experience with them. During the CPNE sim labs I was just talkin' away to myself, pretendin' like I was at my dining room table back home LOL.