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Hello, Looking for any Pittsburgh area nurses satisfied with employment in the cardiac/critical care areas of local hospitals. Any where that treats employees well? TIA.

I meant if her heart did this again and was either symptomatic (i.e. dizzy and takes an unplanned meeting with the ground) or asymptomatic (until her heart can't do this anymore and takes an...

Pt. converted spontaneously. Bolus and GTT were about to be started when she went SR 60's/70's. The cardiologist who follows her as an inpatient felt that she could be seen outpatient for f/u. ...

Pt was told to come to hospital after observed bp/hr at pcp's office. Yeah I have not been oriented/asked out loud how/why exactly some pt.s of this type are allowed to come over unsupervised if...

Hello, New nurse almost off orientation on telemetry. Pt. was direct admit from MD, walked onto the floor and into my room with no information to moi. When put on monitor hr a fib 160's-...

Hello all. Thanks for the responses. I do not know the full story, aside from the fact the pt. remained on the floor for another week with dx of endocarditis. Did run into family member of pt. who...

Thank you all for the input. Assigned to same pt. today. Pt. is 1. septic. 2. EF of < 15% 3. K was unknown, pt. was given k prior to starting lasix to offset anticipated losses. So, it seems as...

Nurse of 2 weeks experience on telemetry floor. Pt. transferred from smaller hospital with decompensated hf, scant information provided. Upon admission orders written for nitro drip and lasix drip....

The title is pretty self-explanatory. The "search" feature did not yield anything too fruitful. Please include floor type and whether or not you have aides. Thank you.

Hello, My wife and I lived around the area for 6 years for school and still at times miss it. Depending on what type of living you like (i.e. complex vs. apartment in a house), there are a...

Pretty much any cooked protein. We store them in quart canning jars (good size for two and it leaves some leftovers.) It's not freezer related, but my wife has learned to time crock-pot meals...

To echo previous post, try finding any gloves on the maternity floor that are above a size medium. Other than, at 6'1'' it seems to take forever for the bed to rise to what is supposed to be optimal...

25 year old, married. No problems yet. 4 men to 40 women in my class. I just try to remind my wife how special she is. One of my best friends in the program (engaged female) did have a problem...

My point was that medication administration is something which requires licensure. (at least in my state and I would be willing to bet any other in the union.) Student nurses don't have licenses...

As echoed by many, we must have an instructor present at bedside. My understanding (as explained by professors) is that everything we do, especially medication related, is on their license. If...

To clarify, the bedroom is for both of us, not just her...:)

My summer will be spent taking microbiology (part of summer) and building my oh-so-neglected wife a master bedroom (other part of summer).

2 year ADN program, we don't learn them.

According to many of my classmates, our final was unfair and arbitrary. I only skimmed the chapters/intentionally paid attention in class and knew where the instructors pulled their information...

Some people may treat you differently. In my experience, the difference between students is in life experiences, not years. We have 40 year olds who seem less equipped than 20 year olds and vicey...

When I supported my wife through graduate school in a healthcare field, she did most of the domestic chores. Now that my wife is supporting me through nursing school, she does most of the domestic...

1. Sleep in. 2. Lay supine on couch for a day. 3. Catch up on projects around the house. 4. Complain to the wife on day 2 that I am bored. Yet, I find that I don't really have the attention span...

At my school (my only frame of reference), aside from ABC's, prioritization is normally based off of specifics of the pt. (how off is nutrition ((BMI/albumin?)), how old is pt.?, etc. My instructors...

I have found that the answer depends to a large degree upon my instructor and how they view priorities. Sometimes the answer is more obvious (ABC's, emergent conditions), but sometimes it seems to...

My personal favorite is Delmar's med-surge care planning as it has most of the components needed to complete current care plans. It also includes a short description of aspects of each disease...