kathy_79 replied to javanurse2000's topic in General Nursing
i just started my work as nurse extern at one of really good hospital at illinois. we have orientation where theyc were talking about pain assessmnet and managment. one of the wprkers talked about research which are done on it and this hospital was a...
i work now as a nurse extern on medical surgical unit. we have also pts with dialysis, oncology, and TB. as far i know my floor is called second icu in this hospital cause of pts who we get. i am glad to work there cause my future goal is to become ...
i hated coloring books also. i just search on google/ images and got plenty pictures and info from there plus my school A&P book. for nursing we have pretty good book about nutrition Dudek "nutrition essential for nursing practice", i did not tak...
my little one is now 2 yo. when i started my school she was six months. my hubby is working stay in as a private nurse, so he is only about 4 hours at home esp. she loves when he puts her to sleep. we put her to nursery when she was 15 months for thr...
what about if you could get advice from lawyer who is oriented in nursing law at your state? i think the state board or even school where you want to apply should give you any info or some kind of counseling available to you. i hope you find solutio...
mavnurse what i thimk happen, you were not comfortable with situation ostly because you felt it was not good for pt to practise so many times as pt became sort of subject to do what you have to do than real human being. it is not your fault and this...
aneroo, i just ot bronchitis last week, so i have very merry christmas. it started with cough persisted over a week now, plus pus lots of that, no fever, pain at chest, stuffy nose, blowing whenever i can. i just got lower resp infection, i know beca...
kathy_79 replied to momof4plus1hubby's topic in General Students
what they reuired us to review and we were tested on first semester were: body mechanics, positioning, isolation, medical asepsis, transfer, oxygen therapy basic, wound care - type, what to report, how wound looks like, type of dressing, irrigation; ...
i start work as SN on med-surg floor this coming january. hospital is very pleased to SN and they wait for me to finish my first semester and i will have 4 weeks break so i can work full time and later i change to 8-12 hs per week. they are very open...
i just was accepted for student nurse extern for med-surg unit. i like it. i have my clinicals first semester on med-surg too, so they took this to consideration. it is also unit with oncology pts, dialysis and respiratory. i think that med-surg giv...
1kg = 1000g 1g= 1000mg 1mg = 1000mcg so if you want to know how much mcg is in 1kg, you need to multiply by 1x1000x1000= 100000mcg going backward: 1mcg = 0.001mg 1mg = 0.001g at my school we use 15 min = 1ml 8 min = 0.5ml hope it helps you can email...
kathy_79 replied to Alexandra s's topic in Student Assist
i say the same, just nice way inform pt's friend that you cannot give any closer info about pt condition and friend can talk to pt and refer him to pt's md. md should handle it too, that is his job. :)