curlilockz

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1. Common Medications

   curlilockz replied to LexieM's topic in Med-Surg

   I agree with the above... there's always going to be a new medicine that you don't know, and you need to know how to look it up... some of the drugs I give commonly are Lasix Colace Digoxin Flagyl Ambien Lopressor Lisinopril K-dur I could go on for ...

2. What Was The Most Difficult Patient You Ever Had?

   curlilockz replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

   that's just wrong. :barf01:

3. What Was The Most Difficult Patient You Ever Had?

   curlilockz replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

   My most difficult might have been the patient going through DT's who chewed through the IV tubing and sucked the NS dry because he thought it was vodka.

4. Help me please!

   curlilockz replied to Hischild777's topic in General Students

   I've taken HESI tests every semester of school. For me, our finals are so much harder than the HESI. At our school, if you study for the final, then you've studied for HESI. We're in an internship class where all we do are Saunder's tests. If you do ...

5. Bed Bath

   curlilockz replied to kittyn's topic in General Students

   Is this your first semester of nursing school? That sounds like something a Fundamentals instructor would do. If a patient says no, then you can't give them a bath. You could always try to convince them, but with some people, it's just not going to h...

6. CPR Question: Rescue Breaths

   curlilockz replied to curlilockz's topic in General Nursing

   Okay, that makes more sense.

7. CPR Question: Rescue Breaths

   curlilockz posted a topic in General Nursing

   This is something that I have wondered about for a while. With CPR, what is the point of the rescue breaths? It doesn't make sense to me. The patient is not getting oxygen, they are getting CO2. So why rescue breaths? I understand in a hospital where...

8. Any bedside nurses making over 100K ?

   curlilockz replied to EveMJRN's topic in General Nursing

   New grads where I live start out at $15.65/hr... This is RN, not LPN. The bigger cities in AL pay maybe $17-19 an hour for new RN grads. Cost of living is much lower, but it's still grossly underpaid...

9. called me a maid

   curlilockz replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

   haha! Too funny! I can't believe you did it... I would have said some sarcastic remark and got reported.... I had a pt joking with me because I kept bringing him coffee (I'm a PCT), he said he would double my tips for the day... ahh... if only....

10. Has your head ever gone numb????

    curlilockz replied to CaliGirl0629's topic in General Nursing

    Mine is right now... I've been studying for MedSurg finals for the past week... hmmm... but seriously, no... not like an arm or leg.... arms and legs fall asleep because of lack of blood supply... if the head is not getting a blood supply I would wo...

11. Anyone Up For Random FACT THROWING??

    curlilockz replied to CrazyScrubNurse's topic in NCLEX

    Dumpings Syndrome: related to gastric surgeries; reduce carb intake, do not drink liquids with meals, lie down after eating; S/S vertigo, syncope, sweating, pallor, tachycardia 5-30 min after eating Ammonia levels rise in cirrhosis because the liver ...

12. Reprimanded for cleaning up after myself!!!

    curlilockz replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    That's funny. I'm a PCT in the summers and our census was low. So I picked up those antimicrobial wipes we have (I can't remember what it's called, but it's very strong) and cleaned the siderails in the halls. Our supervisor thought that was great. T...

13. RN and BSN??

    curlilockz replied to PartyofOne1's topic in General Nursing

    A BSN is a bachelor's degree in nursing. A RN is a registered nurse. A person with an ADN (Associates Degree in Nursing) takes the same NCLEX as someone with the BSN. I have no clue if there are pay differences between the BSN and ADN. If there are, ...

14. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    curlilockz replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Relations

    I had a patient who fell and hurt his right hand. He was an older man (>80). Well, he insisted that I hold his penis in his urinal while he went to the bathroom. I asked him why he couldn't do that himself. He told me his arm was broken. I told hi...

15. Unbelievable Family Members

    curlilockz replied to southernbeegirl's topic in General Nursing

    oh my goodness! i unfortunately can believe that could happen, but he was let back in the hospital? seriously?!? and it is normal for ranchers to have guns. it is not normal for them to take them inside hospitals and threat to kill patient and staff...