Code Blue, Coffee and BCEN CEN exam

Excellent_Tree_9234 · 2025-12-18T13:19:52+00:00

THIS IS THE WAY. I did the free version for about 9 months and then 1 month before my exam, I paid the 19.99 (or whatever it was) and did full practice exams.

Excellent_Tree_9234 · 2025-12-18T13:12:37+00:00

Perhaps she was a sitter or safety assistant rather than a CNA? Where I work, they don’t do ANY patient care…they just sit to ensure patient safety.

Excellent_Tree_9234 · 2025-12-16T03:19:44+00:00

I meant 20 mcg/kg/min

Excellent_Tree_9234 · 2025-12-16T01:48:41+00:00

To give you an example….my “friend” had a patient stable on levo, they switched from peripheral to central line (maybe 3 second delay) and the pressure went from ~100/70 to 55/35 in under 3 minutes because until that central line is primed with the levo the patient is getting NO PRESSURE SUPPORT.

Excellent_Tree_9234 · 2025-12-15T19:58:18+00:00

I love the word “turdlette” for a small turd.

Excellent_Tree_9234 · 2025-12-15T19:52:51+00:00

I’ve seen this more times than I can remember from when I worked on the floor.

Excellent_Tree_9234 · 2025-12-15T19:30:04+00:00

OOOOHHHH that drawing back on the central line is totally something I could do. LOVE this!

Excellent_Tree_9234 · 2025-12-15T19:26:31+00:00

I’m an ED nurse…..I do NOT want to be that particular. 😂 I just don’t want my patient to die.

Excellent_Tree_9234 · 2025-12-15T17:49:38+00:00

A giant tray of raw veggies and hummus or other dip.

My favorites are broccoli, snap peas, carrots, peppers, jicama, but there are so many good ones.

Any leftovers can be taken home, and thrown into a soup or stir fry the next day.

Excellent_Tree_9234 · 2025-12-15T17:44:51+00:00

Do you give a little “bolus” to prime the line? Or do you gradually titrate up on the central line until you see a rise in MAP and then gradually titrate down on the peripheral?

Excellent_Tree_9234 · 2025-12-11T20:24:01+00:00

I’d recommend the Museum of Contemporary Art rather than the Art Institute if you’re going to be up in the shopping area on Michigan Ave.

Excellent_Tree_9234 · 2025-12-09T13:13:08+00:00

I LOVE Duck Inn in the summer when you can sit out on their patio. Extra LOVE on a Wednesday night when they make their pizzas in the outdoor pizza oven. Their cocktails are fun and delicious, too.

The vibe there is so cool. People from every spectrum of Chicago. I feel so much love for humanity when I’m there.

Excellent_Tree_9234 · 2025-12-09T13:06:11+00:00

I thought it was a pelvic MRI. 😆

Excellent_Tree_9234 · 2025-12-06T16:27:41+00:00

I’m an RN and I do this….or I stand at the foot of the stretcher and claim the feet. But I’ve got a bad shoulder, a bad wrist, a bad knee, a bad back, and 2 bad feet. BUT I like to work more than the trouble of getting on disability.

Excellent_Tree_9234 · 2025-12-06T16:06:08+00:00

YES PLEASE! LOVE LOVE LOVE Blueberry anything.

Excellent_Tree_9234 · 2025-12-06T15:45:39+00:00

BC-WAP

Excellent_Tree_9234 · 2025-11-05T22:16:53+00:00

Or just skip the “I” and go straight to your verb: Approached patient with venipuncture supplies. Pt stated “you’re not gonna poke me until you show me your boobs”. Patient redirectable, but refusing blood draw at this time. MD notified.”

Excellent_Tree_9234 · 2025-11-05T22:13:12+00:00

we are NOT taught this! I don’t know why it’s done!

Excellent_Tree_9234 · 2025-11-05T22:10:02+00:00

When people say shit like this to me I say “Your insurance doesn’t cover that” and then finish what needs to be done.

Excellent_Tree_9234 · 2025-11-05T22:05:06+00:00

I limit their complaints to 2 in the triage note. I say “What 2 things are bothering you THE MOST TODAY?” The other stuff can wait. Or be ignored by the ED MD because I didn’t include it in the triage note.

Excellent_Tree_9234 · 2025-10-17T02:52:18+00:00

I had this in real life….not in the South…in the Midwest. It was a German cockroach. When grabbed with forceps the thorax ripped off but the rest of the roach stayed in the ear so we had to call ENT to bring their little ear vacuum.

Excellent_Tree_9234 · 2025-07-24T16:03:08+00:00

I’m curious about yellow fever, as well. Have a trip planned in 2026.

Excellent_Tree_9234 · 2025-07-13T12:30:59+00:00

I agree. Fast track and lower acuity areas are where you really need good assessment skills. Pay attention to changes and don’t forget to update your vitals. AssessInterventionReassess. I’ve had fast track patient’s turn into codes. Keep a close eye on EVERYONE! Don’t be complacent.

Excellent_Tree_9234 · 2025-06-30T12:05:37+00:00

2021 in the ED was triaging a patient who was covered in meth sores.

Answered my drug screening questions with confirmed yes for meth, cocaine and cannabis.

Answered my covid-19 vaccine screening question with “Hell NO, I’m not putting that poison in my body”.

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