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    Questions about putting in an epidural?

    I now work on a surgical oncology floor and often patients come to the unit with a PCEA in place. Just curious about how epidurals work and how they're put in along with potential complications that may arise. Thanks!
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    Questions about putting in an epidural?

    Hi all, Had a few questions about epidurals and would greatly appreciate any answers! 1. I was wondering, when you put in an epidural, how do you know it is in the epidural space and not the subdural/intrathecal space? 2.)What would be some signs/sym...
  3. Hi all, In August of this year I will have reached 1 year experience as an RN. At the hospital I work at, I am eligible to transfer/apply for other positions after the 1 year mark. In March of this year I e-mailed the head of fellowships at the hospi...
  4. Hi all. I'm 19 weeks pregnant and work as a float nurse on telemetry units. Recently I have become so paranoid about being exposed to sick patients at work that I have a fear of acquiring birth defects from exposure to random things. As a nurse I alr...
  5. I am an RN (and I'm 4 months pregnant) and one of my patients who was 27 years old & HIV+ had a past medical history of acquiring CMV when he was 7 years old and became blind because of it. I was told by one of the nurse practitioners that it wou...
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    "Maintenance dose" math question.

    I am stumped on this question because my co-worker got a different answer than I did and she is convinced her answer is right. Question: A patient admitted today with seizure disorder is to receive Dilantin 20mg/kg/day in three equally divided doses...
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    Two job offers but no official offer letters yet....

    Two people I know who got accepted to hospital "A" last year received their offer email the same day. This is making me very weary. When I told one of them about what the recruiter said to me about "the offer having to pass through the CEO before he ...
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    Two job offers but no official offer letters yet....

    how long did it take you to receive your official offer letter?
  9. Hi all, I am happy to say I have received two offers from two hospitals I really like! I wanted to see if anyone had advice on this situation: This Tuesday (7/28), I was offered a job from Hospital "A" over the phone. I accepted the offer via telepho...
  10. Hi canigraduate, I wanted to ask you a question regarding the situation I am in because I find that you give sound advice based on what you commented on one of my posts. This Tuesday (7/28), I was offered a job from Hospital "A" over the phone. I acc...
  11. Hi all, I recently graduated in May, took and passed NCLEX in June, and have been applying to many hospitals ever since. I landed 4 interviews: One is still pending, one I didn't get, one I am going to at the end of this week, and one I got an offer ...
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    Did I mess up my second interview??? (kinda long...)

    I'm 25. Nursing is my 2nd degree/career. The nurse manager told me I wasn't interviewing for her floor and that I was interviewing for the "whole hospital." Regardless I might have ended up on her floor anyway so you do prove a point because I defini...
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    Did I mess up my second interview??? (kinda long...)

    As crazy as it sounds I am still so upset about the other interview (at the hospital I currently work at.) It is a cardiac hospital and I really love working there. That hospital is the reason I went into nursing (long story that I wont get into). M...
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    Did I mess up my second interview??? (kinda long...)

    I feel like todays interview went really well! I interviewed with the nurse manager of the med-surge unit and she was MUCH friendlier than the other manager who interviewed me at the hospital I work at. The questions she asked were very straight forw...
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    Did I mess up my second interview??? (kinda long...)

    I have heard rumors about only being allowed to remain working as a nursing assistant for 6 months after I pass my NCLEX. I haven't heard anything directly from my manager nor have I asked because I want to keep this job until I land my first RN posi...