jackieliz

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  1. propofol

    The news letter from the NM BON last month had a section regarding anesthesia drugs and the nurse practice act. Regarding propofol it stated that because propofol is an anesthetic agent, only those qualified to administer general anesthesia would be...
  2. Stories from when you where in nursing school

    Ok. My first semester of clinicals was in a rehab facility-many little old ortho ladies. My peer "Sally's" patient had an oozing incision and our instructor was demonstrating out first live action dressing change. So Sally and I are trying to be c...
  3. Old abbreviations now passe?

    We have stickers on the inside of all the charts reminding us to write discharge or discontinue rather than "d/c", and morphine instead of "ms", among a few others. I see PAS on many charts, but it means something was signed by a PA student. And th...
  4. What online RN to BSN do u recommend?

    So is one year and one month the standard amt of time for an ADN to complete the BSN at U of P? How do you do your clinical credits?
  5. Advice for telemetry interview

    I just accepted a job on a surgical tele floor after 1 1/2 yrs experience on a general surgical unit (which I do reccommend by the way). My interview focused on my goals and my ability to work with others under pressure. Did not even touch on my kno...
  6. Too good to aide?

    We do it all the time. As a matter of fact, last spring we were short a tech and I was called in on my on call nite to fill in- I have NO problem making my night differential plus time and a half to tech. It's hard physical work, but it's nice not ...
  7. How does your unit handle new graduates?

    The day shift on my unit is really struggling due to a lack of experienced nurses. After the Dec.03 nursing classes graduated, our director hired left and right. The problem is that we only had one opening! Because of the overstaffing on days, nu...
  8. question about first day on the Job!

    I've been at it for 1.5 years and still sometimes get butterflies before going in at nite. This is a taxing job with REAL conseqences to mistakes. I used to have a nitemare (when I first started) that I forgot about one pt all nite long-no assessme...
  9. Breast Reduction ???? To or not to ????

    I work on a general surgical floor and we care for the reductions that need to spend the nite. I can say that there is definitely scarring-you have to go into the surgery knowing this (look on a cosmetic surgeons web site for pics). Pain control is...
  10. IVIG Administration

    Is IVIG the same as IGg? If so, we treat it like blood.
  11. JP drains

    Also in NM-in my facility, ortho nurses pull jp's, but on general surgery, we don't.
  12. SANE classes?

    Thanks-definitely helpful guys (gals?).
  13. SANE classes?

    SANE=sexual assault nurse examiner. I think the class is a couple times a year in Santa Fe maybe? Still haven't found any real info, but looking!
  14. SANE classes?

    Hi folks! I live and work in Albq. and want to pursue SANE certification. I've been looking online for info on classes etc... but haven't found anything helpful aside from descriptions of what SANE is. I did email some city of albuquerque address I...
  15. A curious question about naming babies! :)

    Have you ever seen the Saturday Night Live episode with Nicholas Cage as a guy named A$$wipe, pronounced Azz-weepay?? Funny.