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1. I need ideas for a research question

   CPB replied to Deejay's topic in General Students

   I'm getting ready to start research on advance directives. I am particularly interested in researching how to deal with family members who disagree with their loved ones advance directives, and I'm also interested in the legal aspect and how family ...

2. Confused Student needs HELP!

   CPB replied to Arkhunter's topic in General Students

   One of my favorite instructors once told me, "the day you come to work, and you aren't nervous, you need to hang it up and find a new career." Her reason behind saying this is because we have a lot of responsibility, and the minute we get comfortabl...

3. ew,ew,ewwwwwwww

   CPB replied to kcrnsue's topic in General Nursing

   Sterile maggots? Now I've heard it all :chuckle

4. NRP certification

   CPB posted a topic in NICU

   Well, it's almost over! I graduate in four weeks and I'm looking at job listings every single day . I'm very interested in both NICU and newborn nursery (imagine that :) ) I've noticed that in most of the job listings and descriptions it says NRP...

5. Logically prioritizing Nurs. Dx.

   CPB replied to nocturne716's topic in General Students

   We were always told that actual problems (pain, fluid volume deficit,etc...) take priority over potential problems (risk for injury, risk for fluid/electrolyte imbalance, etc...) Do you guys have to include collaborative problems in your care plans?...

6. Marijuana and Breast Feeding ????

   CPB replied to Lela RN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm in sort of a pickle. My sister-n-law is due at the end of february. This just so happens to be when I will be in the middle of my preceptorship on the mom/baby unit. She and her husband smoke pot on a regular basis. When I confronted them abo...

7. Organization Skills

   CPB replied to colleen10's topic in General Students

   I've printed out a bunch of "cheat sheets" that I take to clinical everyday with spaces to fill in for the date, rm #, vital signs, labs, etc... This has helped me out a bunch. At first I was getting report from the primary nurse-----losing that pi...

8. Pharm question

   CPB replied to TeresaRN2b's topic in General Students

   Okay, so I just realized that I didn't answer your question at all. All I can find is a description of drug-drug interactions, but no examples or explanations of which are pharmacokinetic or pharmacodynamic. Drug- Drug interaction- when an individ...

9. Pharm question

   CPB replied to TeresaRN2b's topic in General Students

   Pharmacokinetics is the study of what the body does to the drug. Pharmacodynamics is the study of what the drug does to the body. So---In other words, pharmacokinetics is where the med is absorbed, how it is distributed, how it is metabolized and h...

10. Ready to hit the books again ...

    CPB replied to Carolanne's topic in General Students

    Just started today! My clinical rotation this five weeks is on Neuro-----YUCK:(

11. first job advice

    CPB replied to CPB's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry----went back through 10 pages and couldn't find anything. Any other replies would be greatly appreciated:)

12. first job advice

    CPB replied to CPB's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your reply:) When people would ask me where I wanted to work in the beginning of school, I would always say I was going to wait until I had seen everything in clinical and then I would decide. I know I haven't seen everything, but I hav...

13. first job advice

    CPB replied to CPB's topic in General Nursing

    Before this offends anyone-----I do realize that med-surg can be a specialty. Some of our instructors say we should immediately begin working where we want to, and others say it's better to have some experience on a floor where you tend to see a lit...

14. first job advice

    CPB posted a topic in General Nursing

    Do you think it is better for a new graduate to go straight into a specialty, or get a year or so of med-surg experience first?

15. opinion--no carb diet

    CPB replied to CPB's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. I live in SC, and people around here are going crazy with this no carb thing. They're eating bacon and steaks three times a day and going into ketoacidosis because they arent's consuming anything but protein. I don't think they realize that e...