ChristopherH

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1. Antivirals for genital herpes

   ChristopherH replied to rburns12174's topic in Medications

   I believe the answer would be C. Decrease in white count. The others are all symptom related and may not be related to the working of the antiviral med. However if its working it should decrease the viral load and that would, presumably, result in ...

2. Predrawing insulin in LTC

   ChristopherH posted a topic in Medications

   I recently viewed a debate with another nurse at my workplace about whether the practice of predrawing certain insulins and tagging the syringes with a resident's name prior to a busy med pass was acceptable practice and/or legal. On one side the ar...

3. The evolution of a new policy in healthcare organzations

   ChristopherH replied to rngreenhorn's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks mindlor. I wish I had been AS wise 3 years ago when I first graduated, before splurging on a new car (which, by the way, the dealership reamed me on) and a bike. But you live, you learn. Simplification is often times key...I'm fascinated by...

4. The evolution of a new policy in healthcare organzations

   ChristopherH replied to rngreenhorn's topic in General Nursing

   Well, it's tricky though not necessarily that difficult if you can live within your means. I have no kids so that I imagine is a bigtime start lol. In my case I'm close to being paycheck to paycheck right now (not good), however my 2007 stang will ...

5. The evolution of a new policy in healthcare organzations

   ChristopherH replied to rngreenhorn's topic in General Nursing

   Welcome to the real world soldier. I can't WAIT until the day that I am financially secure, because I will be one hornery bastard about certain administrative and bureaucratic practices in healthcare the day that occurs. Not to mention office polit...

6. i cursed somebody at work, somebody overheard and filed a complaint. what can i do?

   ChristopherH replied to willowRN's topic in Relations

   All of these people are correct, that's ********. And yeah whoever that "employee" is needs to mind his/her own business and GET A LIFE! Have more confidence and stand up for yourself, for what you give of yourself to help your patients you are mos...

7. I'm not 'getting' this. Should I be RN?

   ChristopherH replied to croppyRN's topic in Geriatric

   Good advice from Beast master. I'm not fit to judge who is right and who is wrong as far as whatever disputes you have had, as I don't know the absolute circumstances surrounding them. However there are certainly seasoned nurses and such who have LO...

8. Humidity and Infection Control

   ChristopherH posted a topic in General Nursing

   In what way does humidity generally affect infection control and pathogen transmission during these colder months? I ask because in my nursing home the management has recently banned the use of humidifier's in the rooms of resident's for reasons rel...

9. NLN scores for NHCTC-Stratham?

   ChristopherH replied to knittedmittens's topic in New Hampshire

   Hi Jennifer, nice to meet you. I graduated from NHCTC-Stratham last year. It's true that your composite score is more important than your individual marks. The vast majority of the students who got into my class had composite scores in the 98th per...

10. How many liters of O2 can a patient with COPD be on?

    ChristopherH replied to ChristopherH's topic in Pulmonary

    Good point. And in my case, I work in a nursing home. There aren't doctor's around every corner in long-term care, and they can be difficult to reach in general. You also aren't going to be getting ABGs on a patient who's in such a facility, the best...

11. How many liters of O2 can a patient with COPD be on?

    ChristopherH replied to ChristopherH's topic in Pulmonary

    LOL...good info. I actually looked in my medical surgical nursing book beforehand (smeltzer and bare, copyright 2004) and read the pertinent information, but the info was rather generic and it didn't say anything as far as what is too much O2 and wha...

12. How many liters of O2 can a patient with COPD be on?

    ChristopherH posted a topic in Pulmonary

    I recall being told by an instructor during my nursing clinicals that a patient can be on up to 4L of O2 but no more due to the retention of CO2 and loss of respiratory drive if they have COPD. A colleague of mine today told me that she was told tha...