vernonleon

vernonleon

Public Health, Med Surg, HIV Care

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vernonleon specializes in Public Health, Med Surg, HIV Care.


New Med-Surg/Tele Nurse Learning the Ropes

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  1. Lovenox question.

    of course there is all kinds of great information posted in response to the ops question, but i've got to throw in my little bit that's a bit of a tangent but still on the topic of lovenox. make sure you warn your patient that he or she may begin to...
  2. Code Blue...

    One of my patients coded during my last week of orientation, then another nearly coded my second or third week off of orientation. Today one of my co-workers patients coded. As is the usual case both of the patients who coded died. Both of them were ...
  3. Nurse accuses patient of drug addiction!

    In your initial post, it sounded as though you requested Versed from the doctor as a chemical restraint (based on the context of the situation, patient yelling, disrupting the PACU, etc.), then failed to inform the patient what the Versed actually wa...
  4. HESI exit exam

    Does anyone think this might be nothing more than a way to artificially boost a schools NCLEX pass rate? At my school we had to do ATI every semester, then we had an ATI comprehensive exam at the end. But, nobody was held back for not passing the ATI...
  5. I just finished my M.S.N., and I'm one of those accelerated non-RN to M.S.N. people. I don't quite know how to report this on my resume. To date, I've written in M.S.N. as my only nursing education, all with an expected completion date. Now I'm done ...
  6. Question on Bipolar Phases

    BTW, cyclothymic/cyclothymia is a disorder unto itself. It describes a disorder in which an individual has never had a major depressive episode or a full-blown manic episode, but who has had both dysthymic (mini-depression) and hypomanic episodes tha...
  7. dating someone with schizophrenia

    My mother had schizophrenia. She was lucky in that it was very episodic; knowing what I do now I think it's possible that she was actually bi-polar, but who knows. The whole thing with schizophrenia, or any other mental illness, is that there is no n...
  8. You know your a Louisiana nurse when...

    'k, I'm an ignorant Californian, so I must ask: What is "tack-a-lawdy?"
  9. Is Nursing in NOLA Really That Bad?

    Which of the hospitals in NOLA is the community/public hospital? I'm thinking about moving to NOLA from San Francisco, and I have no idea about the hospitals in NOLA, beyond a couple of names. Also, how welcoming is New Orleans to outsiders? I've nev...
  10. I have a IV insertion question :-)

    It also seems like this would decrease the time to the catheter clotting-off from having the blood flow into, rather than around, the catheter. In an emergency situation with no other option at the moment it seems like it would be fine, as long as a ...
  11. Indian Health Service (IHS) Facility Locator

    If you have a license in any U.S. State, you can work for IHS (or any part of the federal government, i.e. VA) that you want to.
  12. Do you always have an RN waste narcotics with you?

    What about in a community setting? I'm a very green RN and witnessed for another nurse who was disposing of meds that one of our clients brought in for disposal. I did not witness the chain of custody; I just happened to be around when the bottles en...
  13. And whatever you do.... DON'T.. FALL... ASLEEP

    Sounds like a pain fetish to me, you know tying the floss around a nipple, the clitoris, or something to that effect. The intent could have been self-mutilation and it seems like there should have been physical assessments to make sure she had not pu...
  14. Held Down and Forced to Take The FLu Shot

    Not that it matters, but in CA RNs can administer vaccines without physician oversight. At any rate, I honestly have trouble believing this. If it's true, I'd send your mom in with a hidden camera & start a big ol' lawsuit. No need to hold a job ...