TechnoDanceNurse

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1. American RN in Ukraine?

   TechnoDanceNurse posted a topic in International Nursing

   Does anyone know who to contact regarding requirements for an American RN to work in Ukraine?

2. UTI vs Cystitis

   TechnoDanceNurse replied to crey29's topic in General Students

   Thanks for the input, but from what I see on the Mayo Clinic and the National Kidney Foundation websites, the original info about inflammation locations and corresponding nomenclature is accurate......

3. Difference between neurological nursing and psych nursing

   TechnoDanceNurse replied to sameyeam's topic in Neurological

   Neuro - you are doing heavy medical stuff, like IV, central lines, NG tubes other kinds of crazy tubes (like EVD drains)... you are doing lots of vitals and neuro checks - often on confused patients...

4. Not happy in neuromedsurg

   TechnoDanceNurse replied to guest1056918's topic in Neurological

   What did you not like about

5. UTI vs Cystitis

   TechnoDanceNurse replied to crey29's topic in General Students

   Urinary Tract Infection (UTI) is general term used to describe an infection anywhere along the pathway in which urine is created, stored, or travels - this can include the kidneys (pyelonephritis),...

6. Is working in nursing home harder then working in hospital for new RN?

   TechnoDanceNurse replied to RomanRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

   After working my first nursing job in an inpatient drug rehab for 2.5 years, I was hired by large SNF company, with 29 facilities in the region. I'm currently in orientation which is scheduled to last...

7. Heparin Drip Compatibilty

   TechnoDanceNurse replied to Advocate1's topic in Patient Medications

   That's why someone would use two different pumps - so they could administer two different drugs into one line at different rates. Even so, I too would try to avoid mixing anything with a drip. It's...

8. Incident Reports

   TechnoDanceNurse replied to Yayamaya's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I found this in my nursing text: "The nurse should never note in the patient's medical record that an incident report has been completed and filed. This may alter the protection from discovery...

9. Heparin Drip Compatibilty

   TechnoDanceNurse replied to Advocate1's topic in Patient Medications

   I was just reading an article about common med errors, and heparin/insulin errors were mentioned here: http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/psn/transcript.cfm?show=65#8 What puzzles me is...

10. Heparin Compatibility

    TechnoDanceNurse replied to ewilson3's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Heparin and Metoclopramide (Reglan) are compatible according to this website: http://www.globalrph.com/metoclopramide_dilution.htm plus I double checked it with my IV meds book (Gahart, 2010). No...

11. Verbal Abuse?!?!?

    TechnoDanceNurse replied to CuriousMe's topic in General Nursing

    Being harangued by a coworker is a complicated problem, being berated by a patient is commonplace in the ER. 75% of the volunteer shifts I do in the ER involve at least one homeless person or...