SurgyRN

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1. Day 5: 2016 Nurses Week Mashup Contest

   SurgyRN replied to allnurses's topic in General Nursing

   breathoscope- everyone always says take a deep breath when they listen to patients

2. Shingles

   SurgyRN replied to SurgyRN's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, correct. Thanks for all your responses. Here is a quoted portion from the CDC that confirms your statement. Shingles cannot be passed from one person to another. However, the virus that causes shingles, the varicella zoster virus, can be spread ...

3. Shingles

   SurgyRN replied to SurgyRN's topic in General Nursing

   Actually, shingles can only spread to newborns, immunocompromised and unvaccinated people against varicella. Just fyi.

4. Shingles

   SurgyRN replied to SurgyRN's topic in General Nursing

   Yes, thank you for clarifying my question. I am very aware of what Lymes and Shingles exemplify, just wanted extra input on thoughts of a lymes diseased person being around another person who has shingles.

5. Shingles

   SurgyRN posted a topic in General Nursing

   So I know that shingles can be spread to babies and immunocompromised people, but I'm wondering if that would include lymes disease? Is a person with lymes considered immunocompromised?

6. Rocephin IM and needle gauge

   SurgyRN posted a topic in Medications

   I wanted to confirm some thoughts about giving rocephin. My friend is getting daily injections, and she has been using a 25 gauge needle to both reconstitute and inject the med. I think this size is way too small! I think she should use at least a 23...