Belle Epoque

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1. Hoping to get some good advice on here

   Belle Epoque replied to jaydi's topic in International

   You can take your prereqs AT the school you plan on doing your nursing program at. High school marks have nothing to do with it unless you're a new high school grad and you took the required Math, English Chem and Bio in high school. Contact the Col...

2. Rapid Response vs Code Blue?

   Belle Epoque replied to JennyJo22's topic in Critical

   We have posters around that show criteria for RR - use it and call it.

3. Nursing assessment for pt with possible Pulmonary Embolism

   Belle Epoque replied to ghurricane's topic in General Nursing

   Ditto. Thought MI over PE. How did pt respond to 02 therapy and what did the labs show?

4. Pregnant and nursing school... full or part-time?

   Belle Epoque replied to magn1jes's topic in General Students

   Seeing as women in some cultures still cull the rice field, squat and pop out a baby, then continue to work the rice fields, I say yeah.. of course it's doable. We are just a spoiled society by nature.

5. superstitious?

   Belle Epoque replied to BigB_RN's topic in General Nursing

   Ugh. I don't believe in all that nonsense.

6. How to tell the family the patient has died

   Belle Epoque replied to PAERRN20's topic in General Nursing

   No, EMS would NOT be called if patient is rigor mortis. Why waste that expensive resource? Dead is dead. If you come across a resident who is dead, it doesn't matter at that point whether or not they are full code. In LTC nurses can pronounce death...

7. How to tell the family the patient has died

   Belle Epoque replied to PAERRN20's topic in General Nursing

   In LTC the majority of time the death is expected so you shouldn't really have to face any melodramatic reactions. I've told countless people their loved one has passed on. Just be polite and compassionate. "I'm sorry to call so early but I wanted t...

8. How do you define "piggyback"?

   Belle Epoque replied to MunoRN's topic in General Nursing

   It's called piggyback because it is given on top of the primary IV solution (NS, LR) and hung higher to allow for intermittent infusion and once finished, switches back to the primary. So no, not possible to have a continuous secondary. I've heard p...

9. Let's keep grandma/grandpa alive until after the holidays

   Belle Epoque replied to dzadzey's topic in General Nursing

   I think most dementias fall under this category and when we see it listed as part of the patient's history it is more d/t a differential diagnosis based on set signs and symptoms and likelihood of being, say Lewy Body, or whatever else type of dement...

10. Older nurses taking forever to computer chart

    Belle Epoque replied to Giga's topic in General Nursing

    Oh no. Not yet another thread bashing "older" nurses. I just wish these immature posters would do us all a favor and hurry up and grow up already.

11. Jehovah's Witness nurses in the critical care unit?

    Belle Epoque replied to asdf88's topic in Critical

    But like nurses, pharmacists are also regulated health professionals and have moral obligations in return for the trust given them by society, regardless of whether they are hospital employees or self employed individuals. They are still obligated ...

12. Is it true that male new grads are not struggling

    Belle Epoque replied to gtshin30303's topic in General Nursing

    I DESPISE this term, and I'm not male. If a patient asks me, "who's my nurse today?" I would reply "it's John, he's tall with blonde hair and glasses" not some form of derogatory term like "Murse" or the "male nurse." I cringe when others use it, ...

13. Meds to given instead of ambien?

    Belle Epoque replied to stram87's topic in General Nursing

    Those hypnotic effects are one of the reasons I dislike Ambien and am reluctant to give it to patients unless they are regular users. The docs don't like it either and rarely prescribe it. Trazadone, Restoril, Elavil or even Valium are better choic...

14. Jehovah's Witness nurses in the critical care unit?

    Belle Epoque replied to asdf88's topic in Critical

    Your interpretation is far too "perfect world" to hold much credibility. Sure it would be ideal if blood is always hung in an expedient manner no matter who is working but that just isn't always reality. If a JW's patient needs blood it is HER resp...

15. Should even try for a nursing degree if can't stand long?

    Belle Epoque replied to extra45's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Finding a desk job after several years experience probably won't be much of an issue, the problem is how you're going to survive the challenges up until that point - especially your clinical training which can be brutal. I would rethink the whole nu...