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1. When to plan a pregnancy

   pumpkinsooner replied to Chrissy82's topic in Career Support

   In my case, I was racing against endometriosis; if I hadn't had my kids when I did, I might not ever have been able to have them at all. I was 23 when my oldest was born, and most of my friends didn't yet have kids because they were either just marri...

2. When to plan a pregnancy

   pumpkinsooner replied to Chrissy82's topic in Career Support

   Boy, do I have experience here. I started nursing school when my first child was 8 weeks old, I had my second child during nursing school, and I finished on time. Is it hard? Absolutely. You have to have an excellent support system, especially about...

3. I Need Advice. May Lose Rn License!!

   pumpkinsooner replied to Shell5's topic in Legal

   I want to lend you my support too, but I have to say something after reading your reaction to this investigation. I'm sorry you're in this situation, but I think you do deserve some type of disciplinary action against your license -- not for the gluc...

4. have you ever "written up" yourself in an incident report?

   pumpkinsooner replied to l.rae's topic in General Nursing

   When I worked nights in an ICU, we had a forty-something female who had an MI at home, arrested, and no one at her house knew CPR. EMTs arrived and resuscitated her but too late to prevent cerebral damage. When we got her, she was on a vent and postu...

5. Methadone Clinic for Chronic Pain

   pumpkinsooner replied to Dave ARNP's topic in Pain

   One of the things my first pain MD tried on me was methadone. She started with 5mg twice a day. I tolerated that okay, but when I tried to go to tid or 10mg bid, I couldn't stop vomiting. The low dose wasn't enough to allay my pain, so we went to Oxy...

6. Question about Fentanyl/Durogesic patches

   pumpkinsooner replied to Tookie's topic in Pain

   The gel in Duragesic is isopropyl alcohol, and there's only 0.3ml of it in each patch. Fentanyl doesn't absorb well in the GI tract anyway. I would think putting that rubbing alcohol on one's tongue would be extremely unpleasant. And it's 'Duragesic'...

7. Question about Fentanyl/Durogesic patches

   pumpkinsooner replied to Tookie's topic in Pain

   I have the unfortunate pleasure of being an RN who has to personally use both Duragesic and Actiq. I'll keep the dosage to myself; suffice to say it would put you to sleep for weeks. I had ulcerative colitis which went to toxic megacolon, and had the...

8. Hello, I have a question

   pumpkinsooner replied to BLUEFERDI's topic in Oklahoma

   Legal nurse consultants (LNCs) may not give legal advice on any legal matter. Our job is to review the records and assist with matters that require the expertise of a nurse, not to render legal opinion or give a referral. If you do run across a LNC w...