mousesn

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1. CVD prevention in women

   mousesn posted a topic in Cardiac

   I have been a subscriber to allnurses for the past couple of months and have really appreciated reading the threads and comments! I am currently in nursing school and studying the cardiovascular system and would love some feedback on CVD prevention ...

2. Chocolate and other camp tricks

   mousesn replied to mousesn's topic in Camp

   Thank you for your advice! I also do not think I would be comfortable using chocolate or coka-cola as definitive treatment, but I like hearing under what circumstances other nurses might feel comfortable using them (like how you said, "en route to a...

3. Chocolate and other asthma tricks...

   mousesn posted a topic in Pediatric

   Hi, I have been viewing the allnurses threads for a couple of months now and I have been highly encouraged by all of you! I am a second semester nursing student, and am currently on a pediatric rotation! I love peds.! A nursing professor brought u...

4. Needing some help with blood sampling

   mousesn replied to samecat's topic in Pediatric

   I am a nursing student who just did a PICU rotation. We also flushed lines with heparin after drawing blood for labs. Is that what you mean by mixing? We first took out 5cc's of blood, then flushed the line with 2cc's of heparin to keep blood from...

5. Tricks to get kids to cooperate with treatment

   mousesn replied to JeanettePNP's topic in Pediatric

   A trick I like to use for listening to breath sounds is holding up a pen light (with stethoscope on back) and asking the child to blow out the light! It works like a charm!! mousesn

6. Chocolate and other camp tricks

   mousesn posted a topic in Camp

   Hi, I have been following through many allnurses threads for awhile and I wanted to say that everyone participating in these nursing discussions have truly encouraged me in nursing (I am currently a level II nursing student). In a lecture on Wednesd...