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What lab values should you beware of prior to some starting on Furosemide for the first time?

What are the most important things to know about your patient prior to Lasix use?

Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.
Yes, I agree with you that the OP could have looked it up in a drug guide or the internet, however, my point is that if there is nothing good or helpful to say about it, it should have been better for us not to comment on it at all. Some comments on here are very condescending and I just thought that there is no need for that. I have been through this kind of behaviors at work and I just wish that we all can work together, even online as professionals.

The OP can "work" by doing the principle that was taught to all of us in nursing school; be a self-starter and look up the information.

Per TOS, we DON'T do homework...stating we don't do homework is NOT mean, it is what it is.

If this OP is a nurse, their supervisor or BON would NOT be mean if they were to find out that they didn't use their OWN nursing judgement to find out this information and a preventable adverse event occurred and they had to be reprimanded for not knowing basic information or at least putting in the effort to find out.

I don't know what experiences you went through, but fit would be best served not to project your feeling or experiences to a forum that has TOS that are adhered to.

Readily giving someone information doesn't help to promote a nursing judgement that is of independent thinking and research that is needed to have a strong base in advocating for pts; when one is looking at others to do their work, how are they going to know what is right or wrong it the BEST practice when they haven't even done the work? They WON'T. :blink:

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The OP can "work" by doing the principle that was taught to all of us in nursing school; be a self-starter and look up the information.

Per TOS, we DON'T do homework...stating we don't do homework is NOT mean, it is what it is.

If this OP is a nurse, their supervisor or BON would NOT be mean if they were to find out that they didn't use their OWN nursing judgement to find out this information and a preventable adverse event occurred and they had to be reprimanded for not knowing basic information or at least putting in the effort to find out.

I don't know what experiences you went through, but fit would be best served not to project your feeling or experiences to a forum that has TOS that are adhered to.

Readily giving someone information doesn't help to promote a nursing judgement that is of independent thinking and research that is needed to have a strong base in advocating for pts; when one is looking at others to do their work, how are they going to know what is right or wrong it the BEST practice when they haven't even done the work? They WON'T. :blink:

So if someone asked you something like that at work, would you say "find out on your own" instead of sharing your information/knowledge? All I was saying is that what's the harm in being supportive of one another.

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I am all about teaching, learning, and sharing the knowledge among each other to promote a team work. I thought this forum is for to support each other, but obviously I am wrong.

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Giving someone the answer to a fairly straightforward question instead of encouraging them to put the effort in to determine the answer themselves is NOT helping. It does nothing to sharpen their critical thinking skills. That's no favor, spoon feeding someone information.

If you were to pause your injustice for a moment and go back to the beginning of this post, you'd see that many of us responded by prompting the OP to think *through * the question.

Asking a relatively simple question on a Web board is drastically different than me telling a coworker to go look it up while on the floor.

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Yes, some responded as encouraging the OP to think through, but some flat out was condesending towards the OP. That was uncalled for. And why is it different? So are you saying it's ok to be rude and mean because it's online?

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.
So if someone asked you something like that at work, would you say "find out on your own" instead of sharing your information/knowledge? All I was saying is that what's the harm in being supportive of one another.

TBH, I would direct them to the resources; or ask "do you know where to find it?"

I WANT someone to find it on their own...every nurse is responsible for their OWN judgement.

"Being supportive" may not be related to what you think, not should you dismiss what someone states on the Internet, devoid of tone because their delivery is different than yours. :blink:

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.
I am all about teaching, learning, and sharing the knowledge among each other to promote a team work. I thought this forum is for to support each other, but obviously I am wrong.

Being supportive" may not be related to what you think, not should you dismiss what someone states on the Internet, devoid of tone because their delivery is different than yours...but if that's how you want to roll...

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Giving someone the answer to a fairly straightforward question instead of encouraging them to put the effort in to determine the answer themselves is NOT helping. It does nothing to sharpen their critical thinking skills. That's no favor, spoon feeding someone information.

If you were to pause your injustice for a moment and go back to the beginning of this post, you'd see that many of us responded by prompting the OP to think *through * the question.

Asking a relatively simple question on a Web board is drastically different than me telling a coworker to go look it up while on the floor.

Don't get me wrong, I am with you on what you said in the first paragraph. It is a part of our job as a nurse to be as independent.

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.
Yes, some responded as encouraging the OP to think through, but some flat out was condesending towards the OP. That was uncalled for. And why is it different? So are you saying it's ok to be rude and mean because it's online?

How 'd you hear the condensation?

Did you hear that person "speak"??

Please enlighten me...because I didn't their anyone be condescending; perhaps it's what you "heard" while you were reading?

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How 'd you hear the condensation?

Did you hear that person "speak"??

Please enlighten me...because I didn't their anyone be condescending; perhaps it's what you "heard" while you were reading?

No need for me to single out who said what, again, we are all different and we see things differently. If you didn't catch it then you didn't see anything wrong with it. So let it be.

Anyway, we got side tracked about the whole thing. I didn't mean to upset anyone but apparently I did.

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So if someone asked you something like that at work, would you say "find out on your own" instead of sharing your information/knowledge? All I was saying is that what's the harm in being supportive of one another.

If at work the policy says to find your own data then yes. Just like how you would follow the policies in your facilities, one should follow the policies in the site's term of services, which asks students to post their work and research first, which op didn't do.

And yes this site is about supporting and helping each other, but that's only when it is warranted.And since its a public forum, that is up to other public users to decide when it is warranted or not. It is in no way a place for UNCONDITIONAL support.

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Can we be nice about this and just help OP out? Yes, it could be in the nursing student thread, but I think it's worse that you guys are mean about the fact that OP asked the question.

Okay, you walk the walk and answer OP's question instead of chastising others for their tone on a message board.

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