SouthpawRN

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  1. Older nurses

    SouthpawRN replied to poopylala's topic in General Nursing

    Meet Florence '''See See''' Rigney, America'''s '''Oldest Working Registered Nurse''' - NBC

  2. NS with KCl 20mEq ordered; 0.5% Dextrose and .45NaCl with KCl 20mEq given

    SouthpawRN replied to wrst's topic in Patient Medications

    Well as a student, I will say that 5% 1/2 NS is hypotonic so it will force water out of the vessels and into the cells, you can possibly expect edema or 3rd spacing. but as the patient does not have...

  3. Does prayer help people pass tests, succeed at jobs?

    SouthpawRN replied to Emergent's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Well you took it once, so you have a better idea what is on the exam , what you did not know and what you should study. You may also have more motivation and put more effort into studying. If you...

  4. School non academic dishonesty

    SouthpawRN replied to Midnightmocha's topic in General Students

    There, Fixed it for you. Also, he did write in sentences, they were just very long ones. I believe you meant to say that he should not write using run-on sentences. If you are going to play...

  5. School non academic dishonesty

    SouthpawRN replied to Midnightmocha's topic in General Students

    2 thoughts, 1 is that the professor is in a position of authority and you felt under duress if you said anything. The other thought is that you could also take legal action against the said...

  6. Pressure infuser bag questions?

    SouthpawRN replied to medtechguy's topic in General Nursing

    When I was a medic, we used bilateral 14ga IV's and a pressure infuser (or BP cuff) in a pinch and just pumped it up. didn't care what the pressure was. In fact the pressure infusers that went...

  7. Navy Nurse

    SouthpawRN replied to MissPri's topic in Government, Military

    If you want to be on a ship, how about a cruise line nurse, I bet the food is better and the ports of call

  8. coworkers constantly checking your charting

    SouthpawRN replied to MNNICU, RN's topic in General Nursing

    You may be handing off to a nurse with OCD or something (I mean that in all

  9. Sanity in through nursing school

    SouthpawRN replied to BlueBoxSearcher's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, the program I am in encouraged us to find something to do that distracts from studying. I took up Target shooting (compound bow) and joined the archery club at the university. Which brings up...

  10. online BSN- no proctored exams

    SouthpawRN replied to KRH123's topic in General Nursing

    If you have an identified disability such as GAD, you are entitled to accommodations. For example, extended or unlimited test time, private testing room, visit test site and walk through the...

  11. How to get accpeted into Nursing School with a grade point average of 2.3

    SouthpawRN replied to NCLEX-RN2b's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The program I am in only base the GPA on a list of core pre-requisite classes. Not your entire college GPA. These classes are sciences, math, some communication, English etc. Check with each...

  12. call MD if HR <60

    SouthpawRN replied to Ehhh15's topic in General Nursing

    Assuming they are not an athlete. I would think a rate less than 60 means they may have switched from SA node stimulation to AV node stimulation for cardiac contraction. Would this be the reason the...

  13. Getting into Nursing School with a learning disability

    SouthpawRN replied to Inlike's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Contact the Disability Resource Center at the college you plan to attend and discuss support and accommodations. They can provide you with notetakers, real time captioning (transcript of the class)...

  14. Hipaa violation to ask this question?

    SouthpawRN replied to guest998179's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    It is not protected unless you acquired that info via your professional actions at work. IE you searched her name or recognized her name on billing form, saw her in the office and talked, etc. If...

  15. Okay, I have a dumb question.

    SouthpawRN replied to quazar's topic in General Nursing

    HESI A2 was just added the semester I applied to nursing school. Assesses basic math, English, A&P etc. It sucked, but I passed. It did weed out a lot of applicants. I have a friend who started...

  16. Religious accommodation means no Saturdays....ever?

    SouthpawRN replied to momto6msn's topic in General Nursing

    Los Angeles has the Jewish boundry line, apparently its called an ERUV — Boundaries here is a story about it

  17. Can posting about a friend breach HIPAA?

    SouthpawRN replied to MOVAN15's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    If you did not become aware or locate her via your professional activities as a nurse/nursing student, then no violation has occurred. Where their would be a violation is if, for example, you...

  18. Religious accommodation means no Saturdays....ever?

    SouthpawRN replied to momto6msn's topic in General Nursing

    What religion bans working on weekends? maybe lots of nurses would be interested in

  19. Benefits of Paper charting.. No Cyber attack

    SouthpawRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I hope these nurses remember how to do paper charting. NHS cyber-attack: hospital computer systems held to ransom across England | Society | The Guardian I wonder how you know what meds are due your...

  20. 2017 Nurse Salary

    SouthpawRN replied to Darkstar1485's topic in General Nursing

    I would bet its more like 1/4 the cost of living than

  21. What Did You Get For Nurses Week?

    SouthpawRN replied to iPink's topic in General Nursing

    Kind of a Bah Humbug thread by the looks of it. I did get a nurse apprentice job offer for nurses week tho... Best thing I could hope for on nurses

  22. Highest Paying States For Registered Nurses

    SouthpawRN replied to nursephillip's topic in Nursing News

    NV is number 6 but I have the NV State Board of Nursing magazine here that states the number of active licenses/ Certifications in NV is not 20K as listed but much higher as of Feb 10, 2017 RN 35,150...

  23. Leaving again after hospital took me back

    SouthpawRN replied to KhaleesiRN2b's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Umm $16000. If any hospital cannot understand having to leave for such a huge pay raise, esp with the cost of living in NYC, then it's on them IMHO. If they are as you say, then they are used to...

  24. Kaplan Or Uworld?

    SouthpawRN replied to Goofaroo's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I asked this same question of several recent grad nurses during clinical and they all said Uworld was great and the questions were just like the

  25. Inappropriate touching

    SouthpawRN replied to robert1043's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Apparently our current president disagrees with you about what is