berrylion

berrylion

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About berrylion

berrylion specializes in med/surg.


an old nurse with a creaky back

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  1. Any Tennis Elbow Success Stories?

    What I found helpful is Egoscue exercises. Go to youtube and look for egoscue exercises for tennis elbow. They may look strange but they work. There is also a book called pain free at your pc. In that book there is a set of exercises that you do w...
  2. Drawing Blood From PICC Lines

    Flush with 10cc n/saline I then pull back on the same syringe and discard 10cc Collect sample Flush with 10cc n/saline x 2. Thats what I do in the hospital, we dont use heparin. Might be different for home health
  3. advice for new charge nurse

    Maybe at the start of the shift you can put on the assignment sheet who gets first, second , third admission etc. That way there is no arguement over who takes the admission.
  4. Holy Abscess! Not for the faint of heart

    I have seen something similar. Many years ago a patient called me into the room stating something was wrong. I lifted back the sheets and it looked like a colostomy bag had come off. Trouble was she didnt have a colostomy. She had fecal material fro...
  5. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    asa, plavix, lovenox, zocor, coumadin, lopressor, protonix, insulins, lasix, levaquin,synthroid
  6. ...You see your new admission coming up wih two security guards holding her down and she's screaming at the top of her lungs
  7. Chronic back injury...losing hope

    Have you tried the Egoscue method. It is a form of stretching exercises that help chronic pain. It was developed by Pete Egoscue. They have therapists that use his method. Just google it . He also has books that show the exercises. Hope this helps:...
  8. Task oriented to what?

    This is what I did when I worked days. Get report, go see my pts and make sure no iv bags were going to run out etc. I would then check what meds were due for my whole shift and write the time and circle it for each patient. When I had finnished givi...
  9. Quick?? on TPN..

    So, I am new to the Lipids being separate also. The bag of Lipids has directions to give at 64.5cc/hr x 12 hours and the TPN label states to give at 50 cc/hr x 24 hours. The resident has a triple lumen CVC. Do I run them in separate ports? You can r...
  10. Nursing US with Australian Registration

    I suggest you go to cgfns.org, they may have the information you need. I know when I did it (early 90's) I sat for the CGFNS exam in Australia. When I got the results of that I then could sit for the NCLEX. They had a special visa for nurses at that ...
  11. Uniform Question For Seasoned Nurses...

    I actually trained at the Royal Canberra Hospital. Which doesnt exist anymore. I did a three year hospital course. We got paid for our training, $11/hr! Ahh the good old days. I remember one time I had finished all my work and sat down at the desk to...
  12. Uniform Question For Seasoned Nurses...

    I trained in the 80's in Australia. We had to wear awful purple and white pin stripe dresses with navy tights and navy shoes. We also had to wear a cap, that would have one star, two stars or three stars on it depending what year you were in. I was a...
  13. I have a general nursing education and work in the states. First she has to sit for the CGFNS exam. They have a web site that explains what is required. After she has completed everything she has to sit for the NCLEX in America. Hope that helps :)