mandana

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1. Nurses First Aid Kits

   mandana replied to Mistify's topic in General Nursing

   I never kept one until I found myself in a situation where I needed one desperately to help someone and didn't have one! Now I keep a commercial first aid kit (just the basics) but I added lots of gloves, a couple ABD pads, larger sterile gauze pads,...

2. Surgical Nursing

   mandana replied to foxgirl2's topic in General Nursing

   I went straight into the OR from graduation and I adore it. I think that if you are 100% sure that you want to be in the OR and you have the opportunity to take a job, take the job. OR nursing is SO different than other types of nursing that I perso...

3. Going to India-- what meds to take?

   mandana replied to AmericanChai's topic in General World

   Definitely Pepto! I'd take a wide array of OTC stomach remedies as that's what is most likely to get you out of commission. I would ask for a broad spectrum AB for each family member, but none of my family docs would do it, I'm sure. I'd also take a ...

4. Removing Staples

   mandana replied to luvmynursingjob's topic in General Nursing

   My favorite tip for removing staples is to remove every other staple, then go back and get the ones you missed. That way, if you find a spot that isn't totally closed, you've got a little security blanket.

5. repiratory compensation

   mandana replied to julie_hills's topic in Emergency

   I'll take a shot. pH is maintained by buffer systems, let's talk about the bicarbonate buffer system. CO2 + H2O H2CO3 H + HCO3 In metabolic acidosis, bicarb (HCO3) is decreased compared to the acid in the body. To compensate, rate and depth of resp...

6. The Circumcision Discussion

   mandana replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Absolutely untrue. 95% of UTI's in males occur in uncircumsized males. Since we know that female partners of uncircumsized males are at a higher rate of contracting STD's, including HPV, it seems to be a fairly logical conclusion that HIV transmissio...

7. Postpartum nurses and circumcisions?

   mandana replied to AmericanChai's topic in Ob/Gyn

   I'm not a pp nurse, but in my facility, nurses do not have to participate in procedures that they consider unethical. For example, if there were a tubal ligation, and you were ethically opposed to that procedure, you would not be forced to participa...

8. Hesi-NCLEX comparison

   mandana replied to flwannaB's topic in General Nursing

   I did well on both, and I do think that scoring well on the HESI can be a predictor of NCLEX success, but don't expect the tests to be very similar. In some ways, the HESI is harder because the questions are more "factual" or knowledge based, whereas...

9. Morbidly obese patients

   mandana replied to 1husband's topic in General Nursing

   SO, I'm not bashing the obese here, but I will say that I have had many obese patients that absolutely refuse to do anything for themselves. I HAVE had patients of all shapes and sizes with hotel syndrome, but I honestly do not recall an average siz...

10. What are some subspecialties?

    mandana replied to ammonidaho's topic in General Nursing

    Cardiac Rehab or Diabetes Education are probably your best bets, but I also like the idea of Renal - very specialized diets and low activity tolerance among that population could make it interesting. Amanda

11. Being an advocate in my own care. . . .

    mandana replied to MS._Jen_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I think a lot of people with depression find that certain seasons exacerbate the situation. It sounds perfectly reasonable to increase your SSRI dose for the winter months (or on a trial basis) providing it's still a safe dosage. Everything you wrot...

12. reorientation in dementia

    mandana replied to marjoriemac's topic in Geriatric

    Newest information (which any of us who have dealt with this personally already knew) indicates that there is no point in reorienting and that going along with the flow is better for the patient. I know that you could find some published data on thi...

13. Online support group for infertility?

    mandana replied to fleur-de-lis's topic in General Nursing

    My personal recommendation is inciid.org You'll find tons of the support you seek there. It's amazing how difficult the world can be when you are considering conceiving and it's not coming easily to you - both from people who know your situation and...

14. Scrub hat pattern?

    mandana replied to redraccoon's topic in Operating Room

    Can't help with a pattern, but check out these pony tail scrub hats. I just ordered some and really like them. blueskyscrubs.com Amanda

15. My first few days, as a new RN

    mandana replied to starryx2's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree with you. I'm a new grad in a for-profit hospital and I would never, ever for any reason accept a patient load like this. It IS a seller's market and one can afford to be quite particular in selecting their place of employment. Fro...