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  1. i had this pt with chron's dse and has a regular bowel movt characterized by large and soft to formed. my shift is almost over when i saw an order glycerin supp. it comes in my mind right away that the supp is intented for her upcoming st scan of abd...
  2. New hospital RN...hating it

    i felt goos after reading your post amd the responses you got from others. everyword you mentioned are all true and i also felt the same way. everytime i woke up and know that i am going to work that day makes me sick. one time i felt like i am depre...
  3. am i destined to be a nurse?!

    i always feel bad everytime something went wrong at work. i feel like im incompetent and.not meant for nursing. i graduated 2007 and never work as a nurse till 2011. i got my license as LPN on jan 2011. thats why when i started working in the hospita...
  4. heparin bolus and continous infusion

    if im not mistaken bolus is considered to be the loading dose of heparin when starting a heparin therapy. it is titrated until the desired ptt is achieved. ptt is the time needed for a blood to clot. that is why ptt needs to be monitored.
  5. heparin bolus and continous infusion

    this pt. who had a chest pain and lab results shows a high troponin t level. a heparin 3.83 ml bolus was ordered then after 765 units/hr continous infusion. my question, is it okay to start the continous infusion right away after the bolus? :-) and w...
  6. i see. i though since there is an IV running it's okay not to flush. if the PICC line is not use i will for sure flush it before drawing blood. anyway thanks guys!
  7. I did not practice nursing for almost 4 yrs, and just started working again as nurse 2 days ago :)) it's my first time to draw blood from a picc, just wondering, if there is an IV running through the PICC like 0.9% NaCl + K 40 mmol do I have to flush...