marissa795

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1. Funny doctor orders

   marissa795 replied to laurenicoleRN's topic in Humor

   i think MOM = milk of magnesia, but still pretty funny/ lazy of the md

2. CNA License Expired

   marissa795 replied to princsheather's topic in General Nursing

   In most states you have to re-take the CNA licensure exams (practical and written)... basically you start all over.

3. Is this common?

   marissa795 replied to Finallydidit's topic in Geriatric

   I have definitely seen sliding scales starting at 100... mainly in acute care/med-surg floor settings. Their really big on tight glycemic control although there has been new research based evidence suggesting this is not always beneficial.

4. First Aid Question

   marissa795 replied to tri-rn's topic in General Nursing

   Im pretty sure that if she wound up going to the ED they would want to take the cleat of anyways... Not to mention that a lot of cleats have some sort of metal in the sole or toe so that wouldnt exactly be compatible with xrays/mri. I think the coac...

5. what do these labs mean-totaaly confused n overwhelmed

   marissa795 replied to midnite49's topic in General Nursing

   I would start off by looking at each medication and identifying what it is used for. Then I would look up each lab and what low/high levels indicate. For example, low RBC and low H&H can indicate bleeding, hemorrhage, anemia. This will give you...

6. NCLEX practice book

   marissa795 replied to sprintin08's topic in NCLEX

   just to confuse you more... Kaplan haha. no but seriously its a great book especially the beginning because it teaches you HOW to answer questions. After reading it my exam scores went up in nursing school... it was like something clicked. It also c...

7. Nursing interventions for patient with hip replacement dislocation?

   marissa795 replied to Mell Bell's topic in General Nursing

   Use an adductor pillow to keep hip slightly adducted post-op when bathing you want to roll the patient ONTO the side of the hip fx (seems like it would be the opposite, but you want to prevent straining/dislocation etc.) This may differ depending on...

8. IV and blood under the skin

   marissa795 replied to the_alchemist's topic in Emergency

   This actually happened to me during a routine blood draw... The nurse took out the needle and applied the little gauze but never told me to unclench my fist. The result was pretty much what you described... a huge hematoma that popped out like 5 inc...