luce2008

luce2008

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  1. NY Hospitals Hire RN-BSN Only?

    I graduated as ASN '07, and worked in NYC since. half of the nurses on my unit are ASN. only top top hospitals hire BSN only.
  2. The time I was prepearing NCLEX, as I still worked as medical assistant. it was in a outpatient clinic, some odd smell made every staff hold breath when pass through the waiting area, and complainted when thay back to nursing station. an man was cal...
  3. Your story give me my first good laugh since I have been nurse for 1 year.
  4. nonrebreather-how long, and what should be next

    when you say breatheing treatments, do you mean nebulizer treatmet? He was having the treatment, that was time the resp. therapist took of the NRB and his O2 sat drop to low 80, and I had to connected the nebulizer to 8L O2 for the treatment, mainta...
  5. nonrebreather-how long, and what should be next

    thanks NurseBee04. very informative. no ABG done after NRB applied. I should push doc have it done. I have learned. thanks. I understand that NRB delivers highest concentration O2, but not clear about it will worsen elevated CO2. Could you explain? ...
  6. nonrebreather-how long, and what should be next

    Thank you very much NurseBee04, very informative. there was not ABG done after the NRB started. I should have push the doc to draw ABG. I understand that NRB delivers high concentation of O2, but not clear about it will worsen elevatd CO2. Please e...
  7. nonrebreather-how long, and what should be next

    was on atrovent and xopenex, but not mucomyst. I will remember. thanks. Also to try weaning down.
  8. nonrebreather-how long, and what should be next

    thank you for sharing your knowledge. no gasses after NRB, not COPD, groggy maybe, but after 15 hours he was the same, eyes opened to pain. First time heard "pulmonary toileting", thank you very much. I did, but think I could do more often chest p...
  9. I need your help about the nonbreather. This is the Pt's history: an eldrely pt admitted for pneumonia. He was doing fine, A&Ox2, no fever, bed resting, on PEG feeding and 3-4 IV antibiotics. He went for sacral pressure ulce debridement at noon,...
  10. my coworker says nothing is worse than calling a code. I am scared of code. wondering what you do to void a code? and what you do during? though the orientation showed us the process of code, it is different than a life one. I really would like to le...
  11. please help me - new grad in LTC

    the first 3-6 months is the hardest time for new nurses every where. it feels terreble when we can't accomplish things as we expected. you are doing right things, never skip 5 rights, for pts and our safety. time and experience will help us spead up....
  12. I send pt home with heplocks!!

    Thanks to all of you for the stories that stopped me betting myself. I am fine now, though will still thinking about it time to time. Today, I saw my preceptor first, and I heard "Don't worry, nothing will happen", next, nursing manager: "That was n...
  13. I send pt home with heplocks!!

  14. I send pt home with heplocks!!

    Nursing superviseor sent my preceptor to pt's home to take them off. my preceptor was very upset:banghead:.
  15. I send pt home with heplocks!!

    I am a new nurse, sencond week on floor. I was like on a swing today. I was very proud of myself that I maintained this very combatitve and confused elderly pt safe stay on the floor and kept myself sefe from his hitting. Later I gave discharge instr...