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    Apps for Nursing school

    Music in My Heart replied to Guest 1181056's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Davis Drug Guide for Nurses is the only app that was of any value in nursing school and is one a few apps that I use consistently as a professional. The others include: Code Blue by Last...
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    A&P1 at the *SAME TIME* as Pathophysiology?!

    Music in My Heart replied to Pazuzupants's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Doesn't seem like a big deal to me. In my final semester of pre-requisites I took physiology, statistics, and Microbiology. It was busy but not close to overwhelming... and I think I could have...
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    Putting in orders without an order.

    Music in My Heart replied to Kastiara's topic in General Nursing

    I've never entered orders without a verbal but I have initiated therapy on occasion (a) if the doc was someone with whom I had a strong relationship, (b) the doc was tied up, (c) it was...
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    Help! The teacher's answers are different from mine?

    Music in My Heart replied to Beaue's topic in General Students

    That's unfortunate. I wonder if s/he might have benefitted from getting help much earlier. I used to tutor professionally and I commonly found that by the time students sought my help, it was too late...
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    Need real world guidance - Refusing treatment and discharge (ethics paper)

    Music in My Heart replied to bitter_betsy's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    On occasion, yes... in fact, oftentimes so... either with a referral to hospice or with a palliative care consult... or, if the patient refused those, simply with medications and strategies for...
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    I made a med error and feel so disappointed with myself

    Music in My Heart replied to barbzRNBSN's topic in General Nursing

    Don't stress on it and don't repeat it. Phenergan is a terrific antiemetic and IV administration is, in my experience, more effective and more rapid in the relief of nausea... IV is the preferred...
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    NURS3001 Help

    Music in My Heart replied to nursinguni's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Looks like you've got a pretty good handle on it. What specific help are you looking for? And regarding forum etiquette: Rather than expecting people to open your attachments (I generally don't for...
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    Case discussion for Patho

    Music in My Heart replied to ReconRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Consider the class: Pathophysiology Consider the disorder: Huntington's Prepare a summary of what you'd expect to find in the assessment of a Huntington's patient and what kinds of specific risks they...
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    Health Assessment Help

    Music in My Heart replied to Manda8993's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You might consider using an abbreviated guide like the "Incredibly Easy" series. Likewise, use the chapter summaries as guides as well as the major topic headings for outlines. What book are you...
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    OB Unit for Male Student

    Music in My Heart replied to nurse2bguy555's topic in General Students

    Personally, I wouldn't stress it. I got NO L&D experience in nursing school and it's had no impact on the trajectory of my career. The guys in my cohort who preceded me into the L&D rotation...
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    Help! The teacher's answers are different from mine?

    Music in My Heart replied to Beaue's topic in General Students

    As stated, the answer is 33 Did you perhaps use the 250mg somewhere? If so, take another look because that's irrelevant to the question. Before you start busting out formulae or consider dimensional...
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    IV push meds alcohol swabs

    Music in My Heart replied to USMC2RN89's topic in General Students

    My practice is: swab - flush - med - flush/clamp I see no point in swabbing between the flush and med since the syringe tips are
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    Advice On Nursing

    Music in My Heart replied to Hazelnut88's topic in General Students

    Frankly, I think this is a particularly bad time to be making such a weighty decision, given the stress that you're under with your mom's illness. What might be best would be to take a leave of...
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    How to handle missing classes for a learning challenged nursing student?

    Music in My Heart replied to Chris Larson's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    To be frank: The best way to handle it is to skip the holiday celebrations in favor of attending his
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    RaDonda Vaught Update - State Health Officials Reverse Decision and File Medical Disciplinary Charges

    Music in My Heart replied to tnbutterfly - Mary's topic in Nursing News

    I have spent a lot of time thinking about this case from the perspective of (a) a nurse who has made a serious medical error, (b) a nurse who does occasionally pull meds on override, and (c) a nurse...
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    MVA, EMS didn't use a backboard!!

    Music in My Heart replied to SafetyNurse1968's topic in General Nursing

    I will point out that backboards can cause harm unto themselves and aren't appropriate for general use, particularly given that there's a dearth of evidence that they prevent morbidity and mortality....
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    Kids Say the Darndest Things...

    Music in My Heart posted a topic in Pediatric

    I was sharing with a coworker some of the sweet/sad/cute/charming things that my DD said while she had RSV as a toddler or was recovering from major surgery when she was 5. It got me to wondering what...
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    The Face of a Medical Error...

    Music in My Heart posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Well, it's happened. Despite my best efforts to provide excellent care, I've been involved in a serious error. I say "involved" rather than "made" not to avoid my role but to recognize that it was a...
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    Tips 'n Tricks: Pearls the Newbies Need to Know

    Music in My Heart posted a topic in Emergency

    I've been thinking about what simple advice we could give to those new to our ranks... a bullet list kind of thing... Tips 'n Tricks... Pearls... ED Nurse-Hacks... Here's the one that I was thinking...
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    Some of Us Are Trying to Help You...

    Music in My Heart posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I very often read posts on this board which complain about the staff nurses. I was a nursing student, too, and I know that such criticisms can be valid but you should know that a lot of us really dig...
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    Open Fracture During CPR

    Music in My Heart posted a topic in General Nursing

    During a recent code, during the rhythm check, a small wound was noted on the patient's chest -- it appeared to be an open fracture. The MD said that the patient had had a sternotomy in the past and...
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    Frequency of Being Cursed At or Threatened

    Music in My Heart posted a topic in Emergency

    I'm looking for some perspective since my present gig is the only large, urban ED in which I've worked. It seems that most shifts include at least one episode in which curses and or threats are...
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    Lidocaine (UroJect) for Male Foleys

    Music in My Heart posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm wondering what people's personal practices generally are regarding lidocaine prior to placing male
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    MD-RN Relations -- There is Hope

    Music in My Heart posted a topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    One of the things that I most like about working in the ED at an academic medical center is working with physicians-in-training (residents) and medical students. I find the vast majority of them to be...
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    Third Part Observing and Possibly Filming

    Music in My Heart posted a topic in Emergency

    Recently, an ALOC patient needed a CT. For safety, we decided that the patient should be transported with a nurse and a tech. The patient was transferred to the CT table at which point the patient...