Just a quick question about how to determine when it is time to change a cap or needle-less connector on a central line. The policy where I work states they must be changed q72hours, or daily for TPN, or after blood draws. So the TPN and blood draws...
Public health jobs frequently require BSN. If you have the choice between the two, and you can get in now to the BSN - do that. It may be another year or two before you get into the ADN program. Another thing to think about are loan repayment progra...
QuilterLPN replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing
Maybe she needs her adenoids out! I had a mouth breather behind me in class for a while. It DROVE ME CRAZY!! Maybe the Doc was a little irritated too....
QuilterLPN replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing
So why is this nurse giving patient care if she cannot use her arm (to help transfer patients) without it dislocating? We had a nurse on staff who had shoulder surgery, and she couldn't come back to the floor till her doctor cleared her to lift 50 p...
I have always diluted IV ativan (and it looks like most other folks here do too) because it is so viscous. It has the consistency of pancake syrup. And then if you dilute it in a 10 ml prefilled syringed of saline, it is easier to push it over a cou...
Depends on how many other obligations (work, family) you've got going. I wasn't working during school, but took care of children and home, etc. My "free" time was spent doing laundry and taking boys to little league, grocery shopping, that kind of st...
It would seem to me highly unethical for the doctor to accept such a gift. Cookies, chocolates ok, but $2000? I believe that's considered "conduct unbecoming" for nurses, seems like that would apply for doc's as well. Find out for sure. AMA seems l...
QuilterLPN replied to dreamBIG's topic in New Nurse
You know, it might be worth your while to look into loan re-payment programs for your state. There are many places (like my area), that if you work full time as a nurse, the gov't will repay your nursing school loans. Sometimes it is a state program,...
ROFLOL! See, now I was thinking of the North Pole! Personally, I am a RN, but I have LPN in my username. I started posting on Allnurses when I was a LPN, now that I have my RN - I just haven't updated my username or profile..... Add that to the 'to d...