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1. Anyone in the Greenville, NC area?

   NSDRN replied to AHarri66's topic in General Nursing

   Greenville, NC is located about an hour to an hour and a half from the coast. It has a large level one trauma center - Pitt County Memorial Hospital. PCMH serves the entire eastern region of the state and has a top notch heart center - recently nam...

2. Complication with gall bladder surgery...or just slow healing????

   NSDRN replied to FrankieJane's topic in Stress 101

   I also had a lap chole and a lap nissen at the same time. For about 2-3 weeks after the procedure I too had severe pains that felt like someone was stabbing me with a giant knife. The pains I felt were in my abdomen not my right side. Had no pain a...

3. UnBELEEEEVABLE

   NSDRN replied to Joules's topic in General Nursing

   I also work at PCMH and wanted to clarify that as Boggles said our pyxis' also allow you to pull out entire boxes of alcohol swabs, cups, syringes, etc. The unit I work in has not installed the pyxis' yet, but I have floated to units where they are...

4. How much do you make?

   NSDRN replied to Navy Nurse's topic in General Nursing

   RN 6 months experience Cardiac ICU $17.50/hr + weekend and shift differentials NC

5. Pathophysiology anyone?

   NSDRN replied to Jackie_FutureRN's topic in General Students

   Ah, the wonderful world of patho. I took it a couple of years ago in my BSN program. It actually wasn't too bad because many of the disease processes we covered correlated to what we were studying in our Med-Surg class. This was really helpful. P...

6. cardiac case presentation

   NSDRN replied to HMB's topic in Cardiac

   IWMI - Inferior wall MI? AWMI - Anterior wall MI? We usually say IMI, AMI. Is this what you mean?

7. I need info on post angio bed rest

   NSDRN replied to Morph's topic in Cardiac

   If the patient has sheaths they are on bedrest for six hours. Once the sheath is pulled it's usually six more hours of bedrest. For our patients who are perclosed four hours of bedrest. Our patients with sheaths have a really hard time laying on ...

8. Family questions in the ICU

   NSDRN replied to mattcastens's topic in General Nursing

   I get asked sooooo many questions it's hard to even remember. I think this project is a great idea! Please let us know what you find. Here's some of the quesions that stick out in my mind. When is he/her coming off the breathing machine? What do a...

9. Shoes!!!!!!

   NSDRN replied to Maula, RN's topic in General Nursing

   I must echo the praises of the Dansko and Birkenstock clogs! I have one pair of each. I don't really rotate, I just wear either one according to my mood. The Birkenstocks are great b/c they are rubber. You can clean them without having to worry t...

10. help need some info

    NSDRN replied to hotlooks's topic in General Nursing

    I have taken care of many diabetic patients who have had MI's w/o CP. Many of these pt.'s diabetes has been uncontrolled for some time. They have high HbgA1C values. This is often due to the neuropathy caused by their diabetes which leads to decre...

11. The start of the gender bias already?

    NSDRN replied to Peeps Mcarthur's topic in Relations

    Peeps this is so unfair, but unfortunately my school uniforms seem exactly the same as what you are describing. We females wore the typical white shirt and pants with a pinifore(spelling?) trimmed in our school colors. The name of our school embroi...

12. How did u prepare for the NCLEX?

    NSDRN replied to CamilleL's topic in New Nurse

    Hi Camille! I took and passed my boards in January of this year. One of the most important things to remember is that when you complete nursing school you already know all the info you need to pass boards. I found computerized practice tests to be...

13. Pixis for everything?

    NSDRN replied to NSDRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for all the input. Our crash carts, procedure carts, and emergency items will remain as they now are. Each room will have it's own pyxis so I can't see that lines will be an issue. Frankly, I feel like supply pyxis will be an uneccesary pain...

14. Pixis for everything?

    NSDRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm fairly new to this BB and have found it to be the awesomest(is that a word?) BB for nurses around. I have a question for you guys. Do any of your facilities use pixis machines for supplies? My hospital is installing supply pixis machines in ...

15. What do you carry your pens, tape, scissors, etc in?

    NSDRN replied to RNforLongTime's topic in Uniform/Gear

    I guess I'm a minimalist like Heather! Left pocket has my cheat sheet, and pen. Right pocket has hemostats and scissors. Stethoscope goes around the neck. That's it. In the ICU where I work alcohol pads, tape, tegaderm and practically everything ...