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1. Phenergan?

   needdynurse replied to RN92's topic in General Nursing

   Had migraines for as long as I could remember in the order of about 2 a week- Because I am medical I felt that they could only dealt c -c drugs WRONG!!! G.P. recomended Chiropractor but I went ...after 32 yrs of excruciating pain-puke-dark-no nois...

2. Negative posts about nursing...grrrrrrrrr!

   needdynurse replied to SoulShine75's topic in General Students

   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Maria: A perfect,clear ,concise and encouraging answer. NRSDUG :)

3. Newbie needs advice

   needdynurse replied to BSNfromMCN's topic in Pulmonary

   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am a Nurse and an R.T and the same thing happened to me.I was Nursing on a Surgical ward, when I was approaced by the Cheif R.T to come and work for him.It was the greatest move that I ever made. The...

4. Your impression on respiratory care

   needdynurse replied to quovadis's topic in Pulmonary

   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As a 26 yr veteren in Respiratory Therapy,I will try to help. Can you take learn on the job training,and do you know what is involved? or do you want to take the 2-3 yr course,it's not a walk in the par...

5. I need to know

   needdynurse replied to dawn1rhino's topic in Pulmonary

   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I am not exactly sure what you are asking,but as an R.T I will try to help....... DO NOTs--ignore monitor alarms, yet don't rely on the machine and ignore the patients appearance.2) interfear with a car...

6. I can't stop coughing

   needdynurse replied to Blackcat99's topic in Pulmonary

   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You should have seen your DR. after week one.But my opinion as an R.T is that your trachea has been irritated,could be viral or bacterial,only a throat swab will tell you for sure.In the mean time lo...

7. ventilators

   needdynurse replied to janleb's topic in Pulmonary

   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Yes P.E.E.P @ 5 to 15 cm.H2O pressure.Now I don't know about books as mine are outdated BUT I have a lot of experience.One way of finding out what settings are appropriate for a patient,look at the DRs...

8. respirator mask for copd patients

   needdynurse replied to nu2this's topic in Pulmonary

   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Venti Mask is the right answer BUT the WHY is more important than the WHAT C O P D rs walk around with a very love Pa O2 level and Saturation.Now if you give a C O P Dr and O2% higher than say 28% th...

9. kicked out nrsing school-would u fight?

   needdynurse replied to hotcoffee1's topic in General Nursing

   --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Is there another school of nursing near you that wil consider all of the issues at a tribunal where justice is measures hopefully unbiastly as it should be. If you really ...

10. Pulse oximetry vs. arterial saturation

    needdynurse replied to Bruno Matos's topic in PICU

    Sats will give you only that=the amount of oxygen on the R.B.C --------------------------------------------------------------------------- A.B.G's will give you a lot more critical info. eg. PaO2-PaCO2-NAHCO3-SAT's Will tell if there is a compensator...

11. Do You Have LPN's in your PICU?

    needdynurse replied to Chevelle's topic in PICU

    If not -why not,so I'm asking why so many defib's? instead of precordial thump Question

12. how many times can a human be defibrillated?

    needdynurse replied to TinyNurse's topic in CCU

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Question: What ever happened to Precordial thump on vt pts? How many jules were used 8 or 9 times how big a patient M/F? Someone please send me an answe...

13. Camp Nursing

    needdynurse replied to mcg02's topic in Camp

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Yes I was camp nurse one summer.There are many unforseen factors involved. Be carefull now think on this long and hard please How many children will you be overseeing?from po...

14. a family friend comitted suicide- noone knows why

    needdynurse replied to Angela Mac's topic in General Nursing

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am truly sorry for your loss.You know that we are not our own,Mom's, Dad's, brother's, sister's belong to God. He lends them to us to care for as babies and for the rest of...

15. It's official

    needdynurse replied to rastanursern's topic in LPN/LVN

    --------------------------------------------------------------------------- God has always had a plan for your life and it looks like Nuirsing is it. Just remember from your past lesson that this is not a walk in the park. In order to give good pa...