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It's the same scope, I second the Allheart.com vote

The only watch I wear is a fossil, have many different ones but they have wide bands, a second hand, and keep time.

I like medscape, micromedex, skyscape has a free drug guide, as well as others , , allnurses, nursenet, and a couple journals for cardiac and geriatrics,

That happened to me as well with the 12 hour shifts. Granted you get 4 days off a week, i found myself sleeping most of it away, and not having energy to do anything else. I changed to 8 hour shift...

Shouldn't be anything new, BCLS= BLS CPR. You should be fine.

if you are licensed in PA, go here http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_159698_742027_0_0_18/FAQ%20RNce.pdf this has all the information and what is approved. Hope this...

I really like the nursing know how evaluating heart and lung sounds. Has a comprehensive book which tells you the physiology of what you are hearing along with an audio CD. I learned a great deal...

I have found if I dissolve the miralax first like 5 minutes before I add the thickening agent the thickener after the miralax is totally dissolved. It is thick and not too chunky atleast tolerable....

St. Lukes School of nursing, Bethlehem,PA: White box cap, Oblong Pin with a winged ox in the center, nativity scene underneath, good samaritan helping injuried above.

The soft diaphrams are use alone, they fit over the chest piece. I have had better experience with the hard diaphrams. I hear like an echo effect with the soft ones. The hard diaphram is louder than...

6-8 patients isn't bad for night shift on med-surg, the hospital where i came from staffs one nurse 8-10 patients on nights. the charting is very redundant. Hang in there. You'll be able to...

I always use the bell for blood pressures, for me any ways I can hear a faint blood pressure almost all of the time. the bell never failed me yet

American heart Association allows you to take the theory portion of the class on the internet but your skills must be verified by an Instructor, I know in my area the only CPR that most healthcare...

I like ecglibrary.com,

In my institution if we have stable blood pressures we do them weekly. If a resident isn't on any blood pressure medicine we do them monthly. If the blood pressures aren't stable then we keep the...

I'm ENFJ, I'm in LTC, Pre-hospital, Cardiac Critical Care. Alittle of everything I guess. LOL

You also might want to look at the CMS center for medicare/medicaid they have information about staffing levels in every nursing home. Also look at the department of health website for information....

Actually I found that Kila Lab stethoscope are a real close second to the littman cardiology III and for 29 dollars. I just bought one this month and I like it but everyone ears are different. I got...

I find nursing is where I belong, It is just taken awhile for me to find my niche in nursing. Started off in the hospital setting bounced around unit after unit never truely happy in that atmosphere....

Having worked both of them, In the Surgical Cardiac ICU, i found nursing kinda like a PACU, you have the patient for 24 hours, extubate them within 4-6 hours after surgery, watching for fluid...

I have to agree with you. I hear it all the time at work and people just wanted to put in their 1 year of ICU experience just to get into the CRNA course. It happens most of the time on the unit I...

Thanks to all

Her patch was placed two days ago, she is a renal patient, and we change our patches every 72 hrs. Thanks for the reply

I need some help with my thought process. Today I had a resident with deteriorating mental status, beginning of shift was awake and mildly confused. Normal base line is awake and alert orientated x3....

Hi I'm new to LTC and am wondering if anyone has any references for documentation help, mostly involving Medicare/Medicaide charting. So far I will only have 1 day on Desk orientation and am fearful...