keludtke

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1. Medication administration in deltoid muscle

   keludtke posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work at a family practice clinic and have been there for maybe 1.5 years now. I used to work in the hospital on the med-surg floor for almost 4 years. In the hospital setting, pretty much all our meds were delivered IV. Usually, we only gave IM inj...

2. To Public Health RNs-- I Need Advice on How to get into Public Health

   keludtke posted a topic in Career Support

   I graduated from nursing school with my BSN in Dec 06. I got a job on a med-surg floor in my hometown. Before I graduated I did a rotation in Public Health and I loved it. I was told to at least get a year experience on med-surg. Well, now it has bee...

3. Explain HIT

   keludtke posted a topic in General Nursing

   Can anyone explain how HIT comes about? I understand it is caused by use of heparin and causes a reduction in platelets. I can't wrap my head around how this happens in the body and then it leads to irreversible platelet clumping? Please explain.

4. Nurses wearing white

   keludtke replied to rnmaven's topic in General Nursing

   They wanted to go to an all white uniform at our hospital also with no collaboration from the nurses at all. However, we all got together and wrote letters and emails to our Nursing Director (I work at a small community hospital) listing reasons why ...

5. wrong route phenergan?

   keludtke replied to cybernurse614's topic in Medications

   I give phenergan IV all the time, very slowly, over 10 minutes, and mixed with at least 10 ml of NS, with good flushes before and after. Our hospital policy states we CANNOT give phenergan in hand or wrist veins due to the fact it can cause necrosis....

6. 2 Nursing Practice Questions from a new RN

   keludtke posted a topic in New Nurse

   Hi! I was wondering if anyone could answer two questions for me. I am a fairly new nurse who works nights. I asked the nurse i was working with, but she wasn't quite sure. 1) I had a patient who had a Rt hip fracture. They did a pinning. Since it was...

7. All White Uniform Dress Code?!!

   keludtke posted a topic in General Nursing

   Help! I need your feedback, thoughts, and advice. The community hospital I am working at is deciding in June that all nurses must wear all white uniforms. Right now, we all have to wear light blue pants, but we can wear whatever color top we prefer. ...

8. Sinus Bradycardia

   keludtke posted a topic in General Nursing

   I am a first year nurse and work night shift. I have had several patients who I had on telemetry be bradycardiac. I get anxious when I am monitoring their telemetry and their heart rate is in the 40s to 50s. So my question is when do you use atropine...

9. Antiinfectives vs Antibiotics

   keludtke posted a topic in Medications

   Hello. I am a first year nurse working in a community hospital. What is the difference between an antiinfective and an antibioitic? I always look up meds I don't know and I have run across several that I have given that are labeled antiinfectives in...

10. Anxiety Prob/3 months into job

    keludtke replied to keludtke's topic in New Nurse

    Hello. I started this thread awhile ago. Thank you for the support and I am relieved and glad that I am NOT the only one with anxiety! I took your advice and I am seeing a counselor who is helping me with my anxiety. I also saw my regular doctor and ...

11. Anxiety Prob/3 months into job

    keludtke posted a topic in New Nurse

    Hi everyone! I graduated in December from nursing school and got a job at a small community hospital in January. I am finishing up my orientation and I am starting to freak out. I get butterflies in my stomach and I feel like I can't catch my breath...

12. Help!Priorities and Organizing on Med-Surg Floor

    keludtke posted a topic in Student Assist

    Help! I graduate in December after a year absence of being deployed overseas for the Army. So I went back to finish school and now am in my last clinical. I am working on a med-surg floor at a very busy hospital. I have strugged all semester. I go...

13. Help Paper on Today's Nursing Issues

    keludtke posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am taking a class called Legal, Ethical, And Social Forces in Nursing for nursing school. I have to write a position paper on an issue that is going on in nursing today. I have to present both sides of the issue. I need help! I feel a little out...