oldiebutgoodie

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  1. Adult CNS-EXAM

    I would strongly recommend you take the ANCC review class, it is a telephone conference class. They send you a book of Powerpoints, and it "meets" (via telephone) once a week for 8 weeks. I did that, and passed. Here is the information: Adult Health ...
  2. LPN taking wound care course; skin tear question

    I don't recommend Tegaderm at all. Many folks getting a skin tear are elderly or with fragile skin from steroids, and trying to removed the Tegaderm can be impossible without causing more skin tears. I have seen patients from nursing homes covered wi...
  3. Breast Cancer Wound Care

    It depends on what the wounds are from. Are these radiation burns? Surgical wounds from lymph node resection? Fungating tumors? (I hope not). Mepilex Lite foam is a wonderful product that conforms to the skin, can be tucked under the axilla. If too ...
  4. Oh for heaven's sake, your manager is foolish to allow tattletaling like this. We will never be a real profession if some RNs "run to mommy" to tell, and the manager allows it. Oldiebutgoodie
  5. If I see one more post titled....

    This may have been already asked, but... can I still get a license as an RN if I am a convicted felon and am a registered sex offender? (The whole sex offender was just a big misundestanding... I thought the paperboy was 21, not 13).
  6. Teach me about Thyroid Problems

    Yeah, but she didn't even say please. Jeez.
  7. New grad orient possibly going to get fired...Plz help!

    Is anyone giving you concrete examples of time management and prioritization issues? If not, and they are just picking on you, you might think about transferring to a med-surg floor to get a better handle on nursing, and then go back to the ICU. ICU...
  8. To make a "pretend" stoma, take a plastic plate, and turn over. Get some red modeling clay at the local hobby store, make a stoma, and attach to the plate (sometimes the clay will adhere on its own). Now you can demonstrate measuring the stoma with a...
  9. 2015 DNP

    OOOh! Yes! Differential diagnosis! Controlled substance class sounds good, too. Hey! We're on to something! (If only the AACN would listen). Oldiebutgoodie
  10. 2015 DNP

    Unfortunately, those nursing leader pushing the DNP are stating that "Dr. Nurse" is equivalent to "Dr. Doctor". So we certainly need to have some of that material under our belts. http://www.forbes.com/2007/11/27/nurses-doctors-practice-oped-cx_mom_...
  11. 2015 DNP

    I already took statistics and research as part of my MSN. I guess I don't understand why one would need MORE of it in a DNP. Advanced stats and research would more appropriately belong in a PhD program. The other stuff belongs in an MPH program. My ...
  12. 2015 DNP

    Sorry, I think you are drinking the DNP Kool-Aid. Oldeibutgoodie
  13. Adult CNS-EXAM

    Well, I would definitely put the blueprint for the exam in front of you, and go through it point by point. Either research each point on the web, or in books. Many points are addressed in Fulton as well as the Hamric and Spross book, so both would be...
  14. wound in the wrong place!!!

    Our inpatient OTs have been able to fashion a "scrotal sling" to elevate scrotum and eliminate the skin on skin contact and pressure. There is a product call Z-flo that I saw at the WOCN convention, which is like a big gel-filled cushion which can be...
  15. Adult CNS-EXAM

    I have the Mometrix Adult Health CNS guide. It's really not very good, but if anybody wants it, I'll send it to you for cost of postage (probably about $5). It may have some helpful stuff in it. PM me if interested. Oldiebutgoodie