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  1. paralyzing epidural

    The risk of paralysis is approximately 1in 150,000, see link below http://www.reddinganesthesia.com/spinal.htm#What%20are%20the%20risks%20of%20spinal%20and%20epidural%20anesthesia? Have looked after patients who were paralyzed from epidurals. I beli...
  2. Uti In Infants Question

    It does not seem fishy to me, because it is possible for pseudomonas aeruginosa to end up in a bladder after accidental catheter contamination. If the urethral opening is not disinfected prior to insertion of the catheter, then bacteria on the perin...
  3. This place is not very active

    Your welcome and yes I am a urology nurse. Sorry that you have interstitial cystitis, hope your symptoms are under control. You may be interested to know that you are not the first nurse whose personal IC experience led to a career in urologic nursi...
  4. This place is not very active

    Urology nurses who work in urology clinics can be trained to conduct or assist with a variety of urology procedures such as urodynamics, renal ultrasounds, cystoscopy, electro-ejaculation or vibrostimulation. Urodynamic testing is used to assess voi...
  5. Common practice or just plain bad medicine?

    What motivated you call? Were you trying to get an appointment or a prescription? Sometimes patients want to try repeating an antibiotic when they have symptoms of a recurrent infection. They try the antibiotic first and if it isn't effective, they ...
  6. Any good references?

    Good luck in your new job. If you are interested in reading CE articles in obstetrics on the web, you can check out the two sites below http://www.nursingcenter.com/home/index.asp (To locate click on: CE connection, browse by clinical topics, obst...
  7. Nursing literature websites

    Gwenith I think it's a great idea to list the websites. I usually just read the CE articles in both rnweb.com and nursingcenter.com because they are FREE. The journal articles are listed in these sites but you usually have to pay a few dollars to...
  8. Nursing literature websites

    I frequently log into a library and use Proquest Nursing or CINAHL to search for fulltext articles. If I cannot find what i am looking for then I use one of these sites. http://www.nursingworld.org/ojin/ http://www.nursingcenter.com/home/index.asp h...
  9. Spinal Cord Injury

    Jaded I have sent you a PM Disher
  10. Any suggestions on a good resignation letter

    For suggestions on writing a resignation letter see How to Resign With Style by Donna Cardillo, http://www.dcardillo.com/articles.html Keep your chin up, and start sending your resume out, the sooner you get into a healthier work environment the bet...
  11. Thanks for the article Karen, FYI the University of Alabama is recruiting research candidates to participate in a study to evaluate three bladder irrigation solutions to determine which is most effective in reducing UTIs. http://www.spinalcord.uab.ed...
  12. Sink or Swim @ doc's office..

    I am a bit uncomfortable with the doctor asking this of you, if he considers you a potential team member than he should organize a schedule so that he can give you advance warning of when the one week trial will occur. Otherwise he is just thinking o...
  13. Euthenasia

    If you are looking for an ethical explanation/argument in favour of giving narcotic, then you may want to look at the principle of double effect in Beauchamp and Childress Principles of Bioethics. 4th ed. Also there was an excellent post on this top...
  14. Young, but New RN Grad with Disability

    I vote for trying clinical research or a doctor's office. Either will give you a different experience from what you already know and if you don't like it you can always go into case management later.:)
  15. Athabasca?

    Is anyone taking, or finished the nursing research course through Athabasca?