PeteyPie

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1. IV Pumps--have you used Baxter's Sigma Spectrum??

   PeteyPie replied to AKav8trix's topic in Emergency

   We have been using these for the last couple of months, and I really love them. They are expensive though, at around $4000 a pump.

2. Anyone ever heard of anything like this?

   PeteyPie replied to JusBeinANur's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah, so hypothetical situation. A nursing home just has an administrator and a DON working there. The administrator fails to change one of his 137 patients. Who's on the phone to the police first?

3. termination from nursing school

   PeteyPie replied to cwgirl7's topic in General Students

   Your story is eerily familiar. The exact thing happened to me, the only difference is the clinical instructor was also the director of nursing for the program. She said multiple times in lecture and at clinicals that "men don't belong in nursing'. ...

4. (RN) Salaries

   PeteyPie replied to Daniel Floyd's topic in General Nursing

   Rural Missouri. $17.50, $2.25 night dif. I am however paying $250 a month to rent a two bedroom house.

5. How many mEq's of K would it take to kill a 54lb woman?

   PeteyPie replied to DaughteroftheKing's topic in General Nursing

   Look up for potassium chloride: Lethal Dose (LD 50) Efective Dose (ED 60) and Therapeutic Index. I will get you started :) Lethal Dose 50 is the amount of a drug to kill 50 percent of the lab test animals, usually rats because they are genetically ...

6. Sudden Hypertension

   PeteyPie posted a topic in General Nursing

   Over the summer, my BP was running about 115/70. I was running 3 miles a day, and enjoying my summer off from nursing school. I just checked it today and I'm at 151/81. I'm only concerned because I always have a headache now, and during sex, the h...

7. Help! Nursing diagnosis

   PeteyPie replied to silverapple14's topic in Student Assist

   Well, the list of NANDA approved nursing DX that I have, I would go with: Impaired Urinary Elimination related to side effects of pregnancy as evidenced by.... blah blah blah.

8. older students- RN to MD?

   PeteyPie replied to petunia2016's topic in General Nursing

   I asked this same question to a friend, and she gave the best advice ever. "You could be 60 and NOT a doctor." I say go for it.

9. What is the D-ring on my pants for?

   PeteyPie replied to Cilantrophobe's topic in General Nursing

   I used to keep my common sense tethered to the D ring in my pants, but upper management has made me lock it up in the pyxis, it saves money that way. :) I imagine a good pair of scissors could go there?

10. Asking pay rate before being offered the job...

    PeteyPie replied to 2BSure's topic in General Nursing

    I find out about pay rate and compensation BEFORE I even apply. I just make a quick call to HR and ask what the pay range is for X qualifications and what other benefits they have. I've never had a problem at least getting a basic range to consider...

11. Home Remedies - Share Yours

    PeteyPie replied to cooliegirl's topic in General Nursing

    1 Bottle of Tequila treats test anxiety pretty well.

12. I burned my bridges 4 years ago....(need advice)

    PeteyPie replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't reapply. She immediately jumped to the conclusion that you were a liar and had you fired without so much as a phone call for clarification first. Do you want to work for a facility where those in charge have a severe lack of judgement? ...

13. Past work history in hospital background check??

    PeteyPie replied to CeceRN's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree, credit a good indicator of financial planning and financial responsibility. Not the same thing. I bet Mother Theresa had a poor FICO score with her self employment and transient lifestyle. But to the OP, if they are going to run a credi...

14. Just Fired, Need Interview & Resume Advice

    PeteyPie replied to MelissaPhoographerRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry you got fired, that must be difficult for you. I really can't fathom how you could be fired over one customer complaint. Don't beat yourself up over it. It sounds like management did you favor with not having to deal with them anymore. ...

15. MD ordered placebo for pain PRN~would you give it?

    PeteyPie replied to beetlebailey524's topic in General Nursing

    Ha ha, dose? route? The MD left that part out. :) Your primary role as a nurse is patient advocate. And unfortunately there is no magic machine that monitors pain. If a patient says they are in pain, then I believe them, I have no choice. Stan...