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1. Can you believe this commercial?

   one2one posted a topic in General Nursing

   I just watched a commercial on tv for a topical antibiotic ointment where the little girl says her cut got infected and her mom had to take her to the emergency room! For a cut on her finger? Are they kidding me? I just can't believe they would e...

2. Can Interpersonal Skills Be Learned?

   one2one replied to harmony00's topic in Relations

   There is a book written by Nicholas Boothman called "How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less". He offers great tips on building rapport with people in literally only 90 seconds. It's very simple and well worth the effort.

3. CCRN Review

   one2one replied to ratchit's topic in MICU

   You might do an internet search for a program that guarantees you will pass. That's what I did when I decided to take the exam. I've posted my response to this same question before. Review courses are expensive and for me, I liked knowing the prog...

4. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

   one2one replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

   Several years ago I was working on a stepdown unit where another RN was assigned to a pt in her mid 40's with MS. The pt choked on her lunch tray and the nurse did nothing to intervene because the pt had a DNR order. The pt died just because she ch...

5. A.n.d.?

   one2one posted a topic in General Nursing

   The physician's order sheets we use at our hospital have a space at the top for the physician to write in the pt's code status. One of the physician's recently wrote in "A.N.D." in this space. When asked what it meant, he said "Allow natural death"....

6. What Three Words....

   one2one replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   Promote health, ease pain, allow death with dignity

7. How is MO???

   one2one replied to mamamia's topic in Missouri

   Well, I want to add that the cost of living in MO is lower than a lot of other places (esp CA). Besides that, money isn't everything. The wages quoted in the hospital websites are, of course, negotiable. For my money, MO is still the best place t...

8. to give pain meds or not to give meds?

   one2one replied to msnursekim's topic in Geriatric

   I absolutely agree with give Tylenol and other PRN meds based on the asessment- if they need something-give it regardless of what other nurses might say. I've worked PRN in a longterm care facility for many of my nursing years. I've also found that...

9. Would becoming bilingual be useful in nursing?

   one2one posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm thinking of learning Spanish as a second language. Do you think this is a valuable skill in your nursing practice? Would it be worth the time and effort it takes to learn it?

10. Do you think this would be beneficial? CNA until LPN school begins?

    one2one replied to DelanaRN's topic in LPN/LVN Students

    Sounds like a winning idea to me. It would be great experience for you. Some LTC facilities will pay for the CNA class if you work for them. Anything you can learn before you start nursing school will be of great benefit. Some facilites also offe...

11. Noc shift nurses Provigil?

    one2one replied to one2one's topic in General Nursing

    Is this stuff worse than taking sleeping pills to sleep? I don't need help falling asleep, I just have trouble staying awake sometimes. Any other suggestions on how to adjust?

12. ICU, when to advance?

    one2one replied to intothemoon's topic in Career Support

    This is only MY opinion for what it's worth. Starting off in the general ICU of a community hospital is a great place to start because you'll get to see a little bit of everything as opposed to a specialized ICU where you concentrate in only one are...

13. Noc shift nurses Provigil?

    one2one posted a topic in General Nursing

    Have any of you who work nocs every taken Provigil to help with your wake-sleep cycles? Does it work for you? I would like to know your opinions before asking my Dr to prescribe it for me.

14. Lower back pain anyone?

    one2one replied to marilynmom's topic in General Nursing

    If your back pain just started, consider seeing your OB-Gyn. I had terrible back pain and found out I had a bad case of endometriosos growing on the outside of the back of my uterus. It was impossible to see with ultrasound but found it with laprasc...

15. can anyone recommend a good heart/lung sounds CD?

    one2one replied to starbucks_girl's topic in General Nursing

    Go online and try out the www.wilkes.med.ucla.edu/inex.htm website. You'll hear examples of both heart and lung sounds and the abnormal ones. And it's free!