danh3190

danh3190

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  1. Good Samaritan Law

    danh3190 replied to Kyasi's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a long time medic and a 3 year RN. I don't usually stop at an accident unless it looks like someone's unconscious (needs airway open) or some sign of profuse external bleeding. In all the...

  2. Seriously considering dropping nursing school for medical school?

    danh3190 replied to Strawberrygirl2's topic in General Nursing

    Why distract yourself with nursing school if you want to be a physician? Go for it with everything you've got, but don't spend time looking back wondering if you should have gone to nursing school....

  3. NCLEX RN tomorrow

    danh3190 replied to teddy20's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Good luck. With 5000 questions under your belt I'm sure you're ready. Just stay calm when you hit a question you don't know the answer to. Remember, a lot of the questions you see aren't real...

  4. Math on NCLEX-RN

    danh3190 replied to Cindy 17's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I know people who didn't have any math problems. I had a couple pretty straightforward math problems. I wouldn't worry too much about

  5. Nursing wages

    danh3190 replied to Thankful RN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    I can't imagine how the health care system can support those types of wages, if they are truly typical of regular staff nurse pay. They're pretty much double ours here. Cost of living must be...

  6. MRSA in the ED

    danh3190 replied to NurseVoldemort's topic in Emergency

    I also work ambulance. A lot of the time we don't find out pt has MRSA or other infectious hx until just before we get to the ED (when I have a moment to read all of the nursing home hx sheet) if...

  7. Difference between...

    danh3190 replied to Marie1205's topic in General Nursing

    My BS and MS in chemistry make no difference in my pay. I get paid the same as any other diploma

  8. is 3rd shift inevitable for new nurses?

    danh3190 replied to edwindelahiggins's topic in General Nursing

    When I got hired they asked me if I wanted to work Day/Evening or Day/Overnight. I was surprised they gave me the choice. Some of the preferred schedules (three 12's a week or the weekend program)...

  9. Held Coreg w/ BP of 100/55

    danh3190 replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

    We have a lot of cardiologists on our floor and they're all different. I've gotten chewed out for holding beta blockers on patients with HR in 50s even though 60 was the written parameter on the...

  10. Terminated illegally I believe

    danh3190 replied to MomRN0913's topic in General Nursing

    At my old (nonmedical) company they had noncompete agreements that we had to sign. A number of people who left the company ended up suing to overturn these agreements and the cases were settled out...

  11. Why is LTC so hated

    danh3190 replied to MadameFreckles's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I've never worked in LTC but I go to various nursing and personal care homes a lot in my part time paramedic job. I admire the nurses there so much. They have so many patients and so much...

  12. Health care costs are RIDICULOUS!!!!

    danh3190 replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    That's why I was in favor of earlier proposals to require that everybody in the US carry health insurance, rather like all drivers have to have car insurance. Or an alternative would be not to...

  13. contacting hospital pharmacy...

    danh3190 replied to psu_213's topic in General Nursing

    I've found the pharmacists to be a help when the "Variable" note comes up. I know they use other sources and a lot of them know what the variability is, I've had them say stuff like "O, there's only...

  14. Does your hospital have a prayer or some other inspirational message overhead?

    danh3190 replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    No. We're not a religious based hospital and are part of a large system. We do have chaplains who round, but no public hospital-wide prayer

  15. Blood transfusions??? just say no...

    danh3190 replied to macgirl's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I certainly would care for a woman who had an abortion but wouldn't allow myself to be involved in sending her up for the abortion, or the OR. So I guess I can't work in OR, Same Day or Short...

  16. Blood transfusions??? just say no...

    danh3190 replied to macgirl's topic in General Nursing

    In my nursing school it was absolutely forbidden to be involved in the administration of blood products. I don't think we were even allowed to take vitals while the blood was running. I think they...

  17. Nursing Diagnosis...the sacred cow that needs to go.

    danh3190 replied to Idaho4me's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for an eloquent explanation of the problem. When I was in nursing school I just couldn't believe the concept of nursing diagnoses. Even as I wrote my care plans, I always said to myself...

  18. Vice Chief of Staff and Secretary/Treasurer of a hospital

    danh3190 replied to StudentJubbs's topic in General Nursing

    Would the hospital's organizational chart help you? At least you'd know who he supervises. Can't see how knowing such a thing would make better

  19. difference in nurse ed

    danh3190 replied to okchug's topic in General Nursing

    I wonder how they managed to get all the skills checked off. I went to a very good hands-on diploma program, but with all the students we had there was no way to participate in 10 deliveries. They...

  20. Does nursing school teach you anything?

    danh3190 replied to snickerdoodle17_1's topic in General Nursing

    I thought my 1st semester of nursing school was pretty useless, lots of models of nursing and stuff about early nurses. Micro and A&P were good though. 2nd semester was pretty interesting, basic...

  21. Are nursing jobs going to get any better?

    danh3190 replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    A lot of the middle aged and older RNs are going to be retiring and turning into patients themselves in the next decade, so I'm hopeful that my young friends in nursing school may someday have good...

  22. Nurses with nose piercings?

    danh3190 replied to Chameleonchick's topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone seen any research about the effect of piercings, tattoos, etc on patients? Whether it upsets patients, relaxes them, or has no effect? In our culture more and more people are getting...

  23. Nurses with nose piercings?

    danh3190 replied to Chameleonchick's topic in General Nursing

    ... there are places that might tolerate it but not in my ER. Good luck with your choices in life. Wow. Hope I don't land in "your"

  24. Conscience Schmoncience! Who cares what you believe?

    danh3190 replied to jmqphd's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It's easy to argue about abortion because it's hard to see a few cells as a human being. But how about euthanasia? Say you've got a sick old person, or a handicapped young person lying in your bed...

  25. Would you give Lantus without BG check?

    danh3190 replied to Prettybrowngirl's topic in General Nursing

    I do check it, but I'm more interested in how much the patient's likely to be eating in the 24 hrs or so the Lantus will be working in his system as well as knowing how his sugars have been running...