murmur

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1. Medical shows vs the real thing?

   murmur replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

   I think you guys are right people get the idea that the Docs do everything from watching these shows. Recently a family member wanted me to call an Anesthesiologist to start an IV. I thought to myself yeah it will probably be a guy who I taught how...

2. And on the eighth day, the Lord Physician created nurses, to clean up the mess

   murmur replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in General Nursing

   I had a jerk dr. call me senorita slow poke yesterday. It took me longer than 5 minutes to run an ekg start an iv and do intake on a hearing impaired man who did not speak my language all the while doing postop on two patients at the same time! All...

3. caths.question

   murmur replied to PCGrad06's topic in LPN/LVN

   My first cath was this week. The woman had 3inch labia minora - the inside lips. The urethra was directly on top of her vagina at least 3 inches below the labia minora. I was amazed, I did not know that female anatomy was so variant. I spoke to a...

4. NCLEX preparation

   murmur replied to Ms.RN's topic in NCLEX

   My advise is to read the front of the nclex books - the information about strategies. For most of the questions I had (75 passes 1st try two weeks ago), I used the ABC's & ADPIE. Another strategy to use when you have no clue is to look at the o...

5. ER ethics

   murmur replied to UMTXRN's topic in Safety

   I once cut three fingers on one hand (removing blade from non-disposable scalpel 20some years ago). I will attest the lidocaine injection hurt way worse than the suture needle. I know this because the lido wore off on the last finger and I opted fo...

6. Pda Software

   murmur replied to murmur's topic in Emergency

   Thank you also Timmins, the freepalmware site didn't work? I'll try again.

7. Pda Software

   murmur replied to murmur's topic in Emergency

   Thank you Chris, I will check those out. Tidings to Oz - visited Melbourne a couple of times - beautiful city - beautiful people. I lived in Drummoyne (Sydney) in 1995. I would go back in a New York minute.

8. Pda Software

   murmur posted a topic in Emergency

   I am a GN in the ER. I am looking for recommendations on PDA software to ease my work day. I still have trouble with documentation, so that is a focus. Thank you all in advance for your help. There so many beautiful, talented, and kind nurses in ...