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  1. Thanks for the support. I felt a little silly when, after posting, all kinds of similar threads just "appeared". Still, I guess that it was still kind of cathartic. I have been trying to keep my emotions to myself, all bottled up inside (although...
  2. Hello everyone Need some serious advice/ guidance, please! Little background first: I graduated from ASN program end of May, took and passed NCLEX in July and became a licensed RN the same month. Started working on a busy cardio/ vascular/ thoracic...
  3. It's not "no contact with in-pts" so much as it's no bed-side nursing. I don't know what management plans to offer and I would like to have some input. There is a clinic next door w/ doctor's offices and out-pt testing. That may be one of the choic...
  4. Anybody?
  5. Hello everyone, In need of some good advice and some consolation. A little background: In June, graduated, took the boards and started on what I thought would be my dream job on a tele/ cardiothoracic unit. On Mon, I had my second "big" mistake. I ...
  6. Help with stoma adhesive

    Thanks for the reply, Oldiebutgoodie, We tried nystatin cream covered with Balmex for a week. It was a tug of war. Really and truly, the best ting has been just having his lil' butt open to air, but it only works until we cover him up. And we have t...
  7. Help with stoma adhesive

    I'll try to be short and to the point. Our one month old has a bad case of diaper rash. Probably combo of fungal and something else. Usual stuff doesn't seem to work for more than a day. So the family practitioner that we see had some thing calle...
  8. Advice re corneal ulcer

    I wasn't familiar with this eye gtt, so I looked it up. Here's a link for those interested (as well as a good resource on the web): http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/chloramphenicolopung.htm Wave
  9. Advice re corneal ulcer

    I agree with the previous post about not flushing. If the pt has been seen by a MD (any), hopefully the situation has been correctly assessed. What caused the ulcer in the first place? Do you know how deep? If it is superficial, more like a corne...
  10. symbols

    Hope that helps, or at least points you in the right, I mean, correct direction :chuckle. Wave Oops! didn't mean to reply twice!
  11. symbols

    I agree with the others, not quite sure what you're after here. Are you passing meds right now? If you're trying to understand what the directions are, the doctor wrote: "ointment to left knee at night". You might find this web site useful: http:...
  12. Good to be back!

    To be truthful, I'm not positive but I believe that you have to buy the book(s) and the rest is "free". I was looking at the situation as whether or not it would be advantageous to take now, before I learned about telemetry, or if it would be too di...
  13. Good to be back!

    Looks like I'm moving up! After a short hiatus (due to school/ family life) I'm finally able to find time to hang out here. School got pretty rough, although this is no big surprise to any of you. Since Sept, I've been working as an aide (although I ...
  14. Can anybody explain why/ how , say, a healthy runner in top shape can have a HR below 60 and the sinus-atrial node is functioning normally (or is it?)? If SA node is 60-100, AV node is 40-60 (even the healthiest person couldn't have a HR below 40, c...
  15. Well, after 20 years working with eyes and eyeglasses in one way or another, I have left the safe harbor of Ophthalmology for parts unknown. Anticipating my graduating from my AD RN program in May '08, I have changed jobs to work as a "nursing assoc...