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  1. Anyone Up For Random FACT THROWING??

    Post op maintenance IV fluid formula (4.2.1). Explanation: Total body weight in kilos rounded to nearest 5 kg Ex. 60kg first 10 kg X 4 ex: 10 kg x 4 = 40 PLUS ...
  2. Question on pt with a picc line and infusing blood and TPN

    What about the rebound hypoglycemia? In our hospital, we have a policy to run D10W at the same rate as TPN infusion for 4 hours after the TPN is stopped, following by D51/2NS at 1/5 of the rate of TPN infusion.
  3. Bad Habits Nurses Develop

    only a year in "working" nursing, but checking orbituaries is my habit..... I DO admit that finding a vein, when performing a needle stick, withouot a glove IS usually more successfull.... However, I wear one glove on a dominant hand that inserts Ns...
  4. You know you work nights when.......

    .....you come out of pt's room to (i.e. look at the chart to see when was the last time this pt was give Gravol)... and you forget why you came out of the room in the first place. In order to remember why, you have to mentally reatrace everything tha...
  5. ...and a side order of placenta please

    Hmm... never eaten one, but my perspective on this - you wanna eat it or plant it you have earned your right to do so. I am the mother of two kids, seen my placenta once, use placenntal type of products for hair - because... where do you think your p...
  6. Very very stupid question :)

    Something to brag about... It has been almost 3 years since I've wrote this post. Since then I've went through medical and surgical floors, worked (for money :rotfl: :rotfl: ) on Transplant floor, survived Geriatrics, Obstetrics, MULTIPLE projects,...
  7. What do you think about...

    Are we talking about Advance Nursing Practionners? If so, then in some places people can become NP, ONLY after becoming an RN. And, actually, Nursing Practionners as a profession is still not integrated where I am, although one of the major universit...
  8. I couldn't believe my ears!!!!

    I've consciously got pregnant at 17. Me and my future husband agreed to keep the baby IF I get pregnant, and.... had sex w/o any precautions. We have obviously succeeded and looking back and analyzing "why?" I can give you an answer. Too many broken ...
  9. we learn from mistakes..no matter how bad

    Not from my experience, but make sure the stoma bag is secured while packing a huge open wound just lateral to colostomy. If it was not - wear the mask!!!!!!!!!
  10. DAWSON COLLEGE in Montreal, Canada. Just finish the first year and proud of it!
  11. mature students vs. young student nurses

    Oo....I don't fall under any of these categories... Hope I'll make a good nurse.
  12. Question about Quebec

    Hi, I am not sure about Quebec city (which is more French speaking then Montreal), but Montreal anglophone hospitals' staff barely speaks any french. There is a Quebec nursing order where you'll have to register in order to practice here, they also...
  13. Set you up to fail?

    It was my first semester in nursing school (I still have finals). I see people CONSTANTLY mentionning the "conspiracy" thing and usually those are the people who do not understand the link between responsability and studies. We've lost a few due to c...
  14. I woke up today completely regenerated. Went to school, took care of kids (they are 6yo and 18 months). And, HEY, it's Halloween today!!!! Chocolate....lots of chocolate!!! Thanks guys, it is so great that THERE IS those who understand! :kiss
  15. Thanks for the reply. The thing is this situation can not be changed by me. I am doing what is necessary I can not drop anything that I have right noe: I can not drop school (priority#1!), I can not drop my kids..... the only thing I can do is to giv...