Higgs

Higgs has 20 years experience and specializes in Med/surg. ED. Palliative. Geront.

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1. Not cut out to be a nurse

   Higgs replied to sistasoul's topic in General Nursing

   Agree. Hang in there, kiddo. It'll get better as time goes on and you get more experience. Sure, you'll still have those days when something really gets to you, but that's normal. It's when you have pts like the ones you talk about and don't give a c...

2. Do the CNA proof read their materials...?

   Higgs posted a topic in International

   Sitting the new Med/Surg CNA exam in April and just started working through the practice questions in the book. Came across this: Question 29 - the correct answer is to give an analgesic before assessing an abdomen to ease discomfort. Question 30 - a...

3. Question about HIV patient

   Higgs replied to SNLou84's topic in General Nursing

   I ask purely as devil's advocate...would your responses be different if it was your sister's boyfriend...?

4. Gunners in Nursing

   Higgs replied to Guest343211's topic in General Nursing

   Not heard this term before. I know of some nurses that are possibly the least empathetic people I have ever had the misfortune to meet. Cant imagine them giving a damn about anyone or anything - Gawd only knows what the patients think when they ente...

5. Stuart Lake Hospital, Fort St James.

   Higgs posted a topic in International

   Hi Guys Anybody worked here or know a bit about this hospital? Staffing ratios, atmosphere, population, workload, communities, what it's like bringing kids up here etc etc Any help would be great. Thanks happy holidays!

6. What can we deny our patients?

   Higgs replied to Crux1024's topic in General Nursing

   Well said previous poster. If they don't like how we do care - even after we've explained why, they can go and find a hospital that will let them do what they fancy. It's not a prison, they can leave whenever they want.

7. texting at work

   Higgs replied to questionsforall's topic in Professionalism

   ...just hope you remember to clean the superbugs off your phones before you go home...

8. Claustrophobia with MRI

   Higgs replied to darne20's topic in General Nursing

   lorazepam does the trick

9. How do you measure it?

   Higgs replied to MaraG.'s topic in General Nursing

   ...interesting to note that the pt was happy to wait for his next dose (ie the 2mg he was given was enough analgesia for the 4 hours) - begs the question of whether he needs his pain meds reassessing...

10. Question about "Too narrow of bones" with giving birth

    Higgs replied to SNLou84's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I think what the doc really meant was the pelvic outlet is too narrow, but perhaps she should have said what she meant, instead of trying to dumb it down and just confusing people. As for the other issues you raised...dunno...but the doc shouldn't ha...

11. Changing needles for injections...

    Higgs replied to Otessa's topic in General Nursing

    ...so if the consensus appears to be that a needle is made less sharp by drawing up meds - whether via a rubber stopper or not, (though, personally I dont see that pushing a needle through a rubber stopper will dull the needle point to the extent tha...

12. Valproic acid for pain? Really?

    Higgs replied to nursetim's topic in CRNA

    here we go...wikipedia has this: " It is more recently being used to treat neuropathic pain, as a second line agent, particularly lancinating pain from A* fibres. It is more recently being used to treat neuropathic pain, as a second line agent, part...

13. Valproic acid for pain? Really?

    Higgs replied to nursetim's topic in CRNA

    dont know for sure about valproiic acid, but I know that gabapentin is an anti seizure med used for pain control...maybe it's the same mechanism...

14. How often do nurses have sex in the hospital?

    Higgs replied to curiousstudent5's topic in General Nursing

    Eeeeewwwww.... I guess it really does take all sorts to make a world...

15. Bringing nurses into Canada

    Higgs replied to nursingbc's topic in International

    I'm British educated and trained and work in BC - came over with the Provincial Nominee Program a touch over 2 yrs ago. Getting a job offer - no problem. Getting immigration status- no problem. The thing that held up the whole process was jumping th...