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Happily married 35 years, one son

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  1. amphotericin reactions

    We have had several reactions but never anaphylaxis, normally its because the rate is too high. We normally do demerol and benadryl iv. That takes care of the rigors. The next dose starts off very slowly and we progress up to the point reactions s...
  2. Bill submitted to legislature

    Very interesting, hope it passes. Keep us informed please. I thin there will be some wiggling on mandatory over time as well as the minimum staffing.
  3. Gets up on one knee

    Added postscript. Having never been in a hospital or even willing to visit people in a hospital before a family emergency required it, I figured I'd start first with seeing if I could handle the environment before committing to 3 or 4 years of schoo...
  4. Gets up on one knee

    Is there any specific incidents of gender bias that you could relate to us? Mario, hang in there. to answer your question, many male nurses could probably give you several examples of incidents. We just can't let it stop us. Where I work we get st...
  5. RN's removing surgical drains

    Used to remove them all the time in Colorado, There was some great docs and nurses there that would show you whatever you needed to learn. I miss that. Now, I don;'t get to remove anything but iv's; no midlines or PICCs, jps etc. I thought that i...
  6. nurse-patient ratio

    Reading these responses is horrible. I can better see why there is such a shortage and why it is getting worse. I work on a 24 bed med/oncology floor, military hospital hospital. We do use an acuity system but most of the people don't use it the w...
  7. Mrsa

    I wouldn't worry about the MRSA. We work with it so much, we probably have some already, but I would worry about all the other stuff. In Colorado, before moving to Hawaii, I got a stick and went to employee health. They did a full work up, plus ga...
  8. Just Curious?

    I'm new at this. how do you know if somebody viewed your thread? I like reading to see what is going on elsewhere.
  9. Almost midterms....how is everyone doing??

    Just been browsing through the mail and came upon yours. It is fun reading these since you're apparently still in school. Just hang in there and you'll see how it was all worth it. I've been a nurse now for about six years and am very happy with m...
  10. 1 for LPN and 1 for RN. Also was the only male in the class to pass the first time. Felt pretty good.
  11. Blocking beds when understaffed

    When we get so low on staff in the medicine/oncology ward where I work, we start sending medicine patients to other wards. This is obviously now appreciated by the surgical and ortho people. But we get to the point where we can't take patients from...
  12. Oncology Nurse/Patient Ratio

    I'm new at this so bare with me, please. The ward can hold 24 patients, its supposed to be medicine/oncology but we get all kinds from psych to ortho, surgery, telemetry, etc. our acuity systems, based on a census of 18, says we should have 4 RN's...