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1. Foley sterile field

   justalpnwmg replied to AJPV's topic in General Nursing

   Open the sterile kit using the covering as a sterile field, done your gloves, pick up the top portion of the kit and place underneath the other,putting your cleansing agents in the top one where they are accessable; this arrangement gives you more sp...

2. Anti-Intellectualism/Autonomy in nursing

   justalpnwmg replied to felineRN's topic in General Nursing

   Yes petroleum jelly is combustable, it is also petroleum based and should never be used on lips or face especially with o2 due to combustion possiblity and also aspiration . . . .k-y jelly should be used instead for moisturization along with frequent...

3. Managers can I change your opinion of them?

   justalpnwmg replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   how would you feel about getting rid of someone who is beyond their 54th birthday and got hurt on the floor caring for patients after leaving a "management position" after 15 years of too many hours and too much stress. there are other ways of gettin...

4. Managers can I change your opinion of them?

   justalpnwmg replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, hurt your back and see how quickly you they find a spot in bed placement for you. . . . the old worn out shoe after 15 years. . . we will offer this to her. . . she will give up or quit. No, I didn't quit someone tried to save me by offering me...

5. A real nurse

   justalpnwmg replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

   I think it is great you have realized what is nagging at you and have guts enough to write it down in a forum like this. Why not apply at a local hospital as a prn and get some of those skills that you feel you are lacking.

6. You know you're Old School when...

   justalpnwmg replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

   Okay does anyone remember clysis???? This was used at my first job out of nursing school in a nursing facility I worked in in Ohio, I was very surprised by this,it wasn't in a vein it was in the muscle they used a large gauge metal needle 18 g, it wa...

7. You know you're Old School when...

   justalpnwmg replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

   String of bottles on prostate surg pts. This was ordered to watch the progression of bleeding usually 5 I believe each time the patient voided you emtpied it into a bottle or gave him several urinals. The surgeon usually came in later to see how he w...

8. Cool test: Left VS Right brain....

   justalpnwmg replied to I love my cat!'s topic in General Nursing

   neat, I saw her spinning counterclock wise first then I saw her spinning clockwise.

9. CPNE doable?

   justalpnwmg replied to JOLIEDAME's topic in Online Learning

   I AM A 3 TIME FAILURE AND YES I DID STUDY AND I KNEW MY CLINICAL ELEMENTS . . . PLEASE EMAIL ME IF YOU TESTED RECENTLY AND FEEL YOU HAVE BEEN RIPPED OFF....

10. Is the Excelsior program...

    justalpnwmg replied to dolly123's topic in Online Learning

    Excelsior seemed to be a way out of --oh you aren't a real nurse your just an LPN --mentality. I passed all the acamdemic portions without a problem most of this information we already knew. . .but communication with them is difficult they do not an...