bandas

bandas specializes in Pulmonary.

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1. Telemetry to mother baby unit

   bandas replied to TeleRN128's topic in Ob/Gyn

   A few months ago, I was asking the same question to myself. I came from a Pulmonary/critical care background, 5 years. After moving to a new state, I hired on at a hospital that was gracious enough to train me and I'm loving it. I can tell you tha...

2. Alien hand syndrome!

   bandas replied to bandas's topic in General Nursing

   Yeah, we really thought at first that it was a psych issue. This was before the stroke was found. Someone came out of the room and said "that poor lady is crazy...she just pulled all the skin off her own hand!

3. Alien hand syndrome!

   bandas posted a topic in General Nursing

   Anyone dealt or heard of "alien hand syndrome"? Had a patient post-stroke that has this and I wouldn't have believed it unless I saw it. Her hand was like it was possessed. It had a "mind of its own". Her hand has now become known as "THE HAND" t...

4. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

   bandas replied to northmississippi's topic in Medications

   Zosyn, Levaquin, Vancomycin, lots o morphine, Solumedrol or prednisone. I work Pulm.

5. What Freaks You Out?

   bandas replied to JennieBSN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a Pulm nurse so mucous, loogies...doesn't bother me at all. I can suction a trach with the best of 'em all the while thinking about what's for lunch. But start talking about bugs....maggots, cockroaches, worms...that gives me the heebie jeebies...

6. Having trouble fitting in

   bandas replied to new_oldRN's topic in General Nursing

   I'm a 31 yr old newer nurse, mom of 3, and married for 10 yrs. The floor that I work on has a good mix from 20's up to 50's and we pretty much all tend to get along really well. One of the nurses on my floor is the mother of a girl I went to school...

7. Fall Risk help

   bandas posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm a brand new nurse. A few days ago I had a elderly patient who had orthostatic hypotension. He kept getting out of bed without assistance and nearly fell twice. I did the what I could think of: fall risk assessment; call light, phone, and remote ...

8. Required Reading

   bandas replied to ProLogic's topic in General Nursing

   I think anything with some good pathophysiology in it is good. If you can really understand what is going on in a disease process it helps immensely, at least on exams. I don't know about real-life nursing because I just passed boards and haven't s...

9. taking the nclex exam

   bandas replied to angelin's topic in NCLEX

   I used Saunders to help review content. I did many, many Saunders questions. However, I think that my Kaplan course was so much more helpful in terms of the style of questions presented. They were written much more like the actual exam questions th...

10. New nurse's daughter just diagnosed with Type 1

    bandas replied to bandas's topic in Endocrine

    Too bad has severe needle phobia, lol! :chuckle I thought he was going to hyperventilate the first time her gave her a shot!

11. New nurse's daughter just diagnosed with Type 1

    bandas posted a topic in Endocrine

    Hi all, I just passed NCLEX on Thursday, 3 days after my 5 year old daughter was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. Wow, I have studied diabetes in school, but I never realized how all of the changes affect your life. My daughter is such a trooper and...

12. My traumatic week

    bandas posted a topic in NCLEX

    I just graduated from school on May 9th and was scheduled to take boards this last Thursday. On Monday, three days before the NCLEX, I took my 5 year old daughter into the ER and she was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. We were in the hospital with ...

13. KAPLAN-to do or not to do!?!?!?!? HELP!

    bandas replied to parrot07's topic in NCLEX

    I did Kaplan and I think that it really helped. I would say that questions on the NCLEX tend to be more like Kaplan questions than that of other review books I have seen. I have also studied both Saunders and Lippencott. Kaplan does help you to br...

14. Why Won't Anyone Hire Me??

    bandas replied to princesskarabu's topic in General Nursing

    I know that in my area the hospitals have already been hiring for positions for months. I was actually hired at least 2 months ago, and I just took boards on Thursday. What are your expectations in a job? Are you requesting specific hours or speci...

15. What is a nurse tech?

    bandas replied to candiceena's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a nurse tech. I was able to be one after my first semester of nursing school, although I didn't start until my 3rd semester. It is basically a CNA but I am able to do a lot of other skills that I learned in school as well. I can do Foley's, dr...