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1. No gloves ever?!?

   sdprcrn replied to dizzyray822's topic in Safety

   Please go to cdc.gov and osha.gov for the proper recommendations for the use of PPE's (gloves). You may be very surprised.

2. Gloves or not for IV meds?

   sdprcrn replied to Shibby3's topic in General Students

   Clean gloves used as PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT are for the staff's safety, not the patient's. The BIG problem with using gloves inappropriately is that people using them go on to touch other items without thinking about changing the gloves. Can y...

3. VENT! They could've KILLED somebody!

   sdprcrn replied to papergirlRN's topic in New Nurse

   As a point to consider...I don't even like when the graveyard shift nurses do the fingersticks and then cover according to the sliding scale, nor do I like it when they do the fingersticks (at about 6 or 6:30 am) and then I have to cover the bloodsug...

4. Help and Advice!!! Question with Med Pass

   sdprcrn replied to Amysuenu's topic in General Students

   You are allowed to sign off on the meds before they are administered. Part of med pass is being 'accountable' for all the meds you responsible for passing, and initialing the meds as you pour them indicates that you are taking accountability for thos...

5. Passing Meds

   sdprcrn replied to psalm51's topic in Educators

   I would see if you can 'team up' the students so that you have 2 students with the same 2 patients, ideally in the same room. They can share the information they get with each other. One day have one pass meds on the 2 patients while the other studen...

6. Nursing educators- salaries

   sdprcrn replied to ginat113's topic in Educators

   What you need to keep in mind is that teaching is a wonderful way to keep your skills sharpened and up to date clinically. What I love about teaching??? When a student 'gets it'! Also the hours and snow days and summers off are pretty good too! Unfor...

7. Geriatric Nursing Course

   sdprcrn replied to VickyRN's topic in Educators

   I would focus my discussions on the following: 1) Address the effects of aging on psycosocial dynamics. 2) Address the most common illnesses that require nursing care. ( i.e., falls, depression, COPD,CHF etc.) 3) Address the need to scrutinize the ph...

8. CNA Educator

   sdprcrn replied to kc319's topic in Educators

   http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132-27417_27529_27544---,00.html

9. Students Smoking During Clinical Hours

   sdprcrn replied to lglnurse's topic in Educators

   Students in uniform at clinical sites are always supposed to maintain a 'professional image and demeanor', this includes those times when they are on break and having a cigarette. Smoking is not unprofessional, it is sometimes regarded as unattractiv...

10. Insulin dosaging with proper syringe choice

    sdprcrn replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Student Assist

    "each ten graduations is 10, 100 ths . ie it goes 0.1, 0.2 etc until it gets to 1 ML. So for 34 units it would be up to 3 and the graduation just prior to the halfway mark." Yep... that would be 0.34ml (for 34 units of U100 insulin)because the halfw...

11. Insulin dosaging with proper syringe choice

    sdprcrn replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Student Assist

    There are NOT any 5 ml TB syringes and there are NOT any 5 ml Insulin syringes. If you had to give 34 units of U100 Insulin in a 1 ml Insulin syringe you would extract exactly 34 units of Insulin into the syringe.Check this on the EVEN numbered side ...