Cindy-san replied to tigerlily345's topic in General Nursing
I am definitely moving on. Almost half-way through grad school, at the moment. I do however feel like my best friend has become trapped in med-surg even though she says she "doesn't like it." I think...
WORD And more WORD. Nursing school was several years ago now and even then, I couldn't get into the FSBSG machine without one of the nurses putting in their passcode. And none of them left without...
That's how we roll at my job, part days and the rest nights. For developing a relationship w/ nights, it starts when you talk to them in report & the rest will come as you work with them...
Cindy-san replied to HusbandOfANurse2B's topic in General Nursing
I don't want to "let" my mother stay in a job that is making her physically ill either. That's why I'm working to help her with money and assisting her in researching new options for a new job. That...
Cindy-san replied to HusbandOfANurse2B's topic in General Nursing
I would say, while she's working on her BSN, she should start working. Her job might even offer tuition assistance for getting her BSN. If she hasn't already gotten into some "get your RN &...
Cindy-san replied to Inspired By Silence's topic in General Nursing
My family has the sense when to take tylenol for their routine aches and pains, they don't need me to tell them. For anything unusal, out of the ordinary or exacerbated, I tell everyone to call their...
I think that earlier concerns about a Propofol shortage may have given Fospropofol a bit of a shove out the door. AANA said it was made available for use on Nov 16th,
Is anyone using Fospropofol/Lusedra? What do you think about it? I haven't gotten to clinical yet, but I'm curious about how this drug is being received. Although I imagine that since it's new, it's...
Cindy-san replied to SteffersRN87's topic in General Nursing
Wow, that tops my pt with who had about 30 on her list! This poor thing was allergic to a bunch of meds and what seemed like every fruit in existence. And it was a really allergy - anaphylaxis with...
Cindy-san replied to HiThisIsStatLabCLICK's topic in General Nursing
I wouldn't think they would be putting in so many central lines in the ER. It might be the tubes are bad. Or maybe the phlebotomist is using a different needle-set to draw
Cindy-san replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing
I have friends who were trained and had most of their nursing career practicing in "the south" and they are incredibly intelligent and all around great nurses. I've met nurses who were educated in the...
we used to clean with chlorhexidine, then place the biopatch andd then tegaderm it. we do still use chlorhexidine to clean the site, we just don't place the biopatch or the regular tegaderms anymore....