lovingRN2009

lovingRN2009 has 4 years experience.

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1. just want an answer please!!

   lovingRN2009 replied to kiwibaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

   one thing to note is if your taking antibiotics for uti or anything else use back up birth control. antibiotics interfere with birth control pills.

2. is this the norm?

   lovingRN2009 posted a topic in General Nursing

   just wondering if anyone else's place of employment offers benefits as follows: 6 recognized holidays, no sick time, vacation = to days worked in 2 week pay period, no retirement, 300$ monthly health insurance for part time-4 days a week.

3. amiodarone-diflucan contraindication?

   lovingRN2009 replied to lovingRN2009's topic in General Nursing

   with amiodarone having such a long half life, what is an appropriate time to wait between stopping amiodarone, starting diflucan and restarting amiodarone?

4. amiodarone-diflucan contraindication?

   lovingRN2009 replied to lovingRN2009's topic in General Nursing

   no problem- had you ever heard of it before looking it up just now?

5. amiodarone-diflucan contraindication?

   lovingRN2009 replied to lovingRN2009's topic in General Nursing

   thanks, i was able to find this info online. what i'm trying to find out is if this is common knowledge to the majority or if nurses see these given together without reservation.

6. amiodarone-diflucan contraindication?

   lovingRN2009 posted a topic in General Nursing

   ever heard of these two meds together a big no-no?

7. mistake - unable to fix

   lovingRN2009 replied to lovingRN2009's topic in General Nursing

   thank you all so much, i feel better.

8. mistake - unable to fix

   lovingRN2009 replied to lovingRN2009's topic in General Nursing

   dr was notified and incident report written up.

9. mistake - unable to fix

   lovingRN2009 posted a topic in General Nursing

   to make long story short. had order to dc picc and culture tip. wbc up and picc insertion site leaking. dc'd picc forgot to clip for culture. no good reason other than busy day - a lot on mind. nothing i can do now and dreading work tomorrow. sure i ...

10. pain meds

    lovingRN2009 replied to lovingRN2009's topic in General Nursing

    to answer some questions - no dangerous behaviors, he is in late fifties , i believe. no previous mental history.

11. pain meds

    lovingRN2009 posted a topic in General Nursing

    pt. today is post ankle fusion, hx of djd/oa. woke up with left arm pain. xray of elbow, forearm and wrist negative. not real sure of whats going on, but thats not my question. what i want to know is your opinion of this - pt had previously been conf...

12. hemovac question

    lovingRN2009 replied to lovingRN2009's topic in General Nursing

    it's for a patient who had, had an infected tha removed and an articulating atb spacer placed. according to previous facility progress note: originally hemovac ordered for suction and apparently quite a bit of drainage took place, hemoglobin in low 7...

13. hemovac question

    lovingRN2009 posted a topic in General Nursing

    have any of you seen a hemovac ordered to gravity only? meaning not to activate the hemovac to suction.

14. a couple questions

    lovingRN2009 replied to lovingRN2009's topic in General Nursing

    Thank You

15. a couple questions

    lovingRN2009 posted a topic in General Nursing

    1. i have been seeing a lot of negative ua's - completely wnl, and then the culture will come back posititve. can anyone explain how this may happen. contamination at some point? 2. since regular insulin lowers serum potassium by driving it into the ...