agr8rn ASN, RN

agr8rn has 12 years experience as a ASN, RN and specializes in Prison/Jail, Med/Surg, Ortho, Juv Psych.

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1. Positive Latent TB, no treatment?

   agr8rn replied to bowlofsurreal's topic in General Nursing

   call your local health dept as others stated previously. cdc recommends 9 month of treatment with inh and vit b6 (reduces chance of neuropathy associated w/inh) having the treatment is not mandatory, however it greatly reduces your chances of develop...

2. Positive ppd test

   agr8rn replied to foster's mom's topic in General Nursing

   Sounds to me like your test may have been positive; either that or you had an allergic reaction to the ppd solution (it does happen.) Any amount of induration that can be palpated greater than 10mm (5mm if immunocompromised) is considered positive. I...

3. Interesting Nursing Job - At Sea

   agr8rn replied to PMFB-RN's topic in General Nursing

   so interesting; i've never heard of a job like this. i love being at sea, but don't know if i could live at sea full time. thanks for the info though! amanda, rn resident cruise goddess

4. Anyone Use This?

   agr8rn replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

   i used to work with a nurse practitioner who used this; i would always take the hand-me-down copies when she got the new editions. i always found it very helpful. i haven't had one in a while, since i stopped working with her. i recommend it. aman...

5. CEUs - Question about travel seminar

   agr8rn replied to agr8rn's topic in General Nursing

   just thought i'd reply to this since i started it; i ended up registering for the seminar. topic sounds interesting -rapid response to clinical crisis; it's on rapid response teams, and it's worth 14 ce credits. i just called them and asked the qu...

6. LVN in California state prison

   agr8rn replied to eric909's topic in California

   i don't know about california prisons, but in nj where i worked in prisons the pay was good; work was less physically demanding than a hospital. lpns where i worked mostly did medication call and treatments and simple triaging of illness and injuri...

7. Positive ppd test

   agr8rn replied to foster's mom's topic in General Nursing

   One last thing... Anyone who tests positive once, should not ever have the test again once you are positive, you are positive. No need to repeat the test. You could actually have a severe reaction. Just get the chest xray when required. Don't let ...

8. Positive ppd test

   agr8rn replied to foster's mom's topic in General Nursing

   If you've converted to a positive ppd, that means that you have been exposed to or come in contact with someone who had active tb. Can happen to anyone these days. (i would also say if you were born in another country, you may have had a bcg vaccine,...

9. Really stupid med error

   agr8rn replied to *ac*'s topic in General Nursing

   i think you should take the advice of all the other nurses on this board, but try to ignore the negative of this. as new nurses, and old nurses, we are human and make mistakes. to ask someone if they see themself making the same mistake again is se...

10. CEUs - Question about travel seminar

    agr8rn posted a topic in General Nursing

    has anyone ever taken one of these cruise seminars? i saw it on the google ads here, so it intrigued me, as i am a cruise lover. i've been on a few cruises, but never for anything other than pleasure... how do they work? do you get to visit the p...

11. ADN(RN) to BSN [or] Straight to BSN

    agr8rn replied to f308sa9fds's topic in ADN/BSN

    although the programs technically may have the same amount of 'clinical hours' it does not seem to be the case. adn programs are more clinically focused than traditional bsn programs. i general though, i think both need more clinical overall. if you ...