Mischief47

Mischief47 has 6 years experience and specializes in Emergency, neurology, cardiology, renal..

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1. chest tube question

   Mischief47 replied to pinky11889's topic in General Nursing

2. chest tube question

   Mischief47 replied to pinky11889's topic in General Nursing

   Always a good thing to check for leakage, because the suction is then not doing its job and could infact cause a pneumothorax if air gets in or it could also cause subcutaneous emphysema which is air in the subcutaneous space. This feels like bubble ...

3. chest tube question

   Mischief47 replied to pinky11889's topic in General Nursing

   Generally a patient is less active during the night and if on free drainage then this would be quite understandable, but given that the patient is on suction then this should not really affect the output, unless the patient is kinking off the tube du...

4. Solutions for dry mouth

   Mischief47 replied to PAERRN20's topic in General Nursing

   Hi, first when is this happening? Is it all the time on shift/at home, or just when your attending a code?

5. random drug testing

   Mischief47 replied to TamTam23's topic in General Nursing

   In regards to backatit2, "the doctor came in and said it "wasn't safe to work with children while on that medication" at which point i started crying" Does this tell you nothing... "i stopped taking it for about 5 days before my appointment - wrote d...

6. random drug testing

   Mischief47 replied to TamTam23's topic in General Nursing

   Urine drug screen only tests for certain drugs in the system so to test for all they also need to do blood test. But as Paerrn20 says "if you have nothing to hide, you shouldn't worry". And if you do, you shouldn't be working...sorry also for soundin...