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1. Very Low Dose Insulin Administration

   ILoveMyJobRN replied to ILoveMyJobRN's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks for your comments! So you are saying that insulin pens will not give only a 0.5 unit? You stated that "sliding scale...is pretty dated". What would be the best way to give insulin in the...

2. Very Low Dose Insulin Administration

   ILoveMyJobRN replied to ILoveMyJobRN's topic in General Nursing

   Pens seem to be the answer we need because you can dial in 0.5 unit. Did not know that pumps can give that low of a dose. Thank you for your input!! We have a system...

3. Very Low Dose Insulin Administration

   ILoveMyJobRN replied to ILoveMyJobRN's topic in General Nursing

   It is rare that we need to do this, but our diabetes team developed this Very Low scale for a few very insulin sensitive pts. (We also have Low, Medium, High scales--all start at FSBG of

4. Very Low Dose Insulin Administration

   ILoveMyJobRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   We have a "Very Low Dose" lispro sliding scale that we use with some of our diabetic pts. The difficulty that we have is that our insulin syringes do not show 0.5 units accurately. So when only a 0.5...

5. Allowing Corpsman to Become Nurses

   ILoveMyJobRN replied to Asystole RN's topic in Government, Military

   I was a Navy Corpsman in the late 1970's. We were trained to assess patients, order tests, consult with the MD if needed, and treat patients pretty much independently, partly because a corpsman was...

6. Foley Bag hooks on Stryker S3 beds

   ILoveMyJobRN replied to ILoveMyJobRN's topic in General Nursing

   Sorry I haven't gotten back to you sooner, there are a total of 4 hook, 2 on each side. But some of the hooks include the weight of the foley bag if it is hanging from that hook and the other two do...

7. Foley Bag hooks on Stryker S3 beds

   ILoveMyJobRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   Just got new Stryker S3 beds and am having trouble figuring out which foley hooks to use if you do NOT want to incorporate the foley bag and contents into the patient weight. There are 2 places on...

8. Working on a large nursing unit

   ILoveMyJobRN replied to ILoveMyJobRN's topic in General Nursing

   We do have Admit Nurses and they are great!! Never thought of using them to help with the Discharges, though. Thanks for your thoughts. What is a Vocera? We will have phones to carry that let us...

9. Working on a large nursing unit

   ILoveMyJobRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   I work on a Medical Unit and we are moving into a new, MUCH LARGER building. We will have all private rooms (we currently have some double rooms...) and our hallways will be the length of a football...

10. Neuro ICU - Do you talk to brain-dead patients?

    ILoveMyJobRN replied to talaxandra's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Thanks for sharing your personal family experience. Sounds like it has given you a gift that you have given to other families going through this heart-wrenching experience. Would you share how "you...

11. How to determine Right/Left in brain scans?

    ILoveMyJobRN replied to ILoveMyJobRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the information, but when I go to that website, no images show up. I'm assuming one has to register (doctors who read CT scans) in order to view the slides. I think you are right in that...

12. How to determine Right/Left in brain scans?

    ILoveMyJobRN replied to ILoveMyJobRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can figure out which is the front (anterior) and which is the posterior part of the brain by its shape. BUT when you interpret the x-ray is the orientation such that you are looking down on the...

13. How to determine Right/Left in brain scans?

    ILoveMyJobRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    /Users/MandM/Desktop/images-4.jpeg I am trying to figure out which side is right and which side is left when looking at a brain scan such as a CT scan of the brain (no marker clue shown on the xray)....

14. Neuro ICU - Do you talk to brain-dead patients?

    ILoveMyJobRN replied to talaxandra's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    When one of my patients was "officially" pronounced brain dead, I usually stopped explaining things to them. One of our doctors would write, "Patient is dead." in the doctor's progress...

15. IM Administration of Immune Globulin

    ILoveMyJobRN replied to ILoveMyJobRN's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your post "patrick1rn"! I served in the Navy years ago and vaguely remember stories of some sailors getting shots of PCN that were huge volumes in each hip. Hope I never have to give it,...