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  1. Help, I hate Vomit - Can I still be a nurse?

    If you know your patient is going to be vomiting before hand, you would wear a face shield and mask to protect against bodily fluids. Before putting on the mask, smear a bit of minty toothpastes below your nose (not the mask because you don't want to...
  2. Off duty RN scope of practice on an airplane.

    Maybe it's in the back of your mind that it's your agencies protocol to wait. Either way...food for thought and something to look into at your place of employment to open up discussion on improving patient outcomes.
  3. Nursing school bloopers

    I've done that too!!!
  4. Nursing school bloopers

    just a thought...O2 sat should be placed on opposite arm from arm you're doing BP on. This was never taught to me in nursing school.
  5. There is some great discussion here. Our college here in Ontario, Canada just updated our Medication standard and I would like to quote it here: "The College advocates for the same nurse performing all administration steps to minimize the chance of ...
  6. Another exception to the rule may be the prepping of vaccines for mass immunization campaigns. Otherwise, a vehement NO.
  7. The only meds I would give if prepped by someone else is pharmacy. I'm a Canadian nurse so maybe the rules are different here but I highly doubt it.
  8. On the other hand, I wouldn't mind giving a suppository if a nurse asked me too if I did all the checks and signed the med off.
  9. Nope. I wouldn't do it. The person who is doing the three safety checks and signing off the med as administered is the person that gives the suppository. Safe handling of medication administration. What at if they made an error and gave you the inco...
  10. This is what angers me about the CDC regarding this entire situation. Currently, the CDC only is recommending to front-line health-care workers such as NURSES personal protective equipment for EBOLA from the BSL - Level 2 - for microbes that pose a ...
  11. allnurses Ebola Preparedness Survey Makes the News.

    Don't get fooled into thinking your hospital is prepared if they are going off of CDC recommended guidelines. I put this together from information I gathered from the CDC and their recommended precautions to prevent transmission of Ebola is contradi...
  12. Concept Mapping: Help me be better

    For future: I did a NANDA pdf search in Google and found a legit pdf from Elsiveir, publishing company of Aukley's text that I thoroughly recommend: http://www.elsevieradvantage.com/samplechapters/9780323085496/Sample%20Chapter.pdf now...here's the b...
  13. Code rolee

    Safety. Safety. Safety. During my first codes I looked for opportunities for the environment to be safe. I moved furniture out of the way. Anticipated safety hazards. Made sure gloves were available and gave them to code staff when they realized they...
  14. the first 2 semesters i colour coded my courses with different coloured binders. i gradually transitioned from handwriting lecture notes to bringing my laptop and taking notes that way. (for me this was so much better and i focused on the lectures ...
  15. CPNRE - May 16, 2012

    Yay I passed! I'm in Hamilton, Ontario.