edge24bri

Latest Activity

1. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

   edge24bri replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   Another comnent. When will we be afraid of retribution and really a speak out. Everyone is afraid of being fired but, they can't fire all of us. We need to take further measures.

2. Hospitals Firing Seasoned Nurses: Nurses FIGHT Back!

   edge24bri replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   I agree. This is happening everywhere. You can thank the new insurance law, I will not mention it's name everyone knows. However, simply writing about it will not make a difference. Maybe it's time hospital staff unite, not as a union but rally. ...

3. Cuffed Trached pt while eating..what to do?

   edge24bri replied to Miley22's topic in NCLEX

   Alright. Now that's a better answer. But how does NCLEX ask that question? And what do they expect as an answer when there are so many conflicting responses and information out there and in books. Sometimes I believe NCLEX is money making scam. N...

4. Cuffed Trached pt while eating..what to do?

   edge24bri replied to Miley22's topic in NCLEX

   Med line plus says that a person with a trach needs to deflate the cuff for swallowing purposes. But there are conflicting opinions and stats out there. So how do you answer a question like that if asked on NCLEX? Enquiring minds want to know.

5. Help! Failed NCLEX five times, out of school for 9 years

   edge24bri replied to cpmom's topic in Retired

   Hi, I feel for you. I'll be doing my first attempt soon and am too old to tray again if I don't succeed. However, aside from your content down pact, you must have a good handle on the testing strategies. NCLEX uses the nursing processes in the ent...

6. This week, I have learned... (5/30/15)

   edge24bri replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

   Ditto on the...If you don't want to be called in the middle of the night, don't be on call or retire. Even the residents and fellow...you call them and say, patient so and so has a sodium level of 120, and they're like...are they this, are they that...

7. Peak Levels of Vancomycin

   edge24bri posted a topic in Medications

   Hi, everyone....new poster, long time reader. I am a 57yr old studying for my NCLEX, imagine that? I feel like I know absolutely nothing. I have an LPN which acquired in 2012, however, I have lost some brain cells since then. HAHA. Bare with me ple...