jordangregory

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1. first year... no job...

   jordangregory replied to BISN08's topic in New Nurse

   location, location, location. there are many areas in the us where they will hire someone with an associate degree and pay for their bsn. no experience necessary. here in dayton, oh. hospitals are even willing to put new nurses with no experience th...

2. Insulin Dose Adjustment

   jordangregory posted a topic in Endocrine

   When covering meals with novalog (regular), do any of you adjust the dose according to how much of the meal the patient eats or will eat?

3. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

   jordangregory replied to szccdw's topic in ADN/BSN

   Why must nurses shoot themselves in the foot. There is all this crying about those who want the mimimum education raised and how mean they are, how they degrade those without a BSN. So big deal, ADN's are just as good at floor nursing as BSN's, and ...

4. Chf & Nsaids

   jordangregory posted a topic in Cardiac

   I just read that those who have CHF should avoid taking NSAID's, especially if on ACEI's. Does anyone know why?

5. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

   jordangregory replied to szccdw's topic in ADN/BSN

   it seems that some of you think that if there is a change to have entry level rn's be bsn's, then huge numbers of older adn's will leave the workforce. i am just not sure why you all think that. like other professions that have upped their educationa...

6. Discharge teaching post cath

   jordangregory replied to jordangregory's topic in Cardiac

   What is the deal with not being able to submerge it?

7. Is it true that a BSN will be mandatory soon?

   jordangregory replied to szccdw's topic in ADN/BSN

   I have heard the rumor of going to BSN only was put in place due to some reasearch showing that fewer complications and deaths occur when there are more BSN's. I know there is a fight to keep the ADN programs going, but it would be really nice to joi...

8. Discharge teaching post cath

   jordangregory posted a topic in Cardiac

   Just wanted to see if any of you had any pearls of wisdom as far as teaching post cath. What do you all tell your patients? Is there anything that is absolutely critical? Are there any optional tidbits that you give out that others don't? Thanks

9. Male considering career change seeks advice

   jordangregory replied to Lake201's topic in General Nursing

   i am a middle-aged male who just jumped into nursing from another career. i started out in rehab and had been in the hospital as a clerk before, so the transition wasn't as hard as someone who has no healthcare experience i have found that i wasn't t...

10. Full Circle, My First Year of Nursing

    jordangregory replied to Imafloat's topic in New Nurse

    Wow! I can't believe you all report having so much trouble during your first year. The school I went to totally prepaired my for my first year. Isn't that what they are supposed to do? My orientation was so extensive and my preceptor was so understan...

11. How to IV push

    jordangregory replied to jordangregory's topic in General Nursing

    It has been good to hear all of the responces, and has confirmed what I thought. It seems that their isn't any standard way to do an IV push and their isn't any research out there. I am really wondering who is deciding a med should be pushed over a c...

12. How to IV push

    jordangregory posted a topic in General Nursing

    Kind of a technical question, but I was wondering a few things about IV pushes. First, if you find that a specific drug is to be pushed over 2 minutes, what does that mean exactly? If I have 2cc, do I push 0.5 cc at zero seconds, then another 0.5 cc ...