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hypocaffeinemia BSN, RN

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  1. Need help knowing what this lab value is supposed to be.

    hypocaffeinemia replied to BabyLady's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    A typical CK-MB level is the absolute level of CK-MB. The relative level of CK-MB is the percentage of M and B types to all CPK. This is important, because typiclly CK-MB makes up a very small...

  2. Nurses working harder than doctors?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to lovehospital's topic in General Nursing

    The majority of people on that particular forum are premedical and medical students who have just as little or less real world experience as the starter of this thread, so their opinions are also...

  3. Nurses working harder than doctors?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to lovehospital's topic in General Nursing

    It's not a competition. Both professions are demanding mentally and physically (with the possible exception of niche specialties in

  4. Colonoscopy Drugs and alternatives

    hypocaffeinemia replied to darne20's topic in Gastroenterology

    Thanks for clarifying. I was going to point out that virtually all inpatient and outpatient scopes done at local hospitals in this area (suburban Houston) used

  5. Colonoscopy Drugs and alternatives

    hypocaffeinemia replied to darne20's topic in Gastroenterology

    I'm starting to think this is parody. Poe's Law, anybody? --- Never the less, midazolam does not cause permanent memory loss, severe anxiety attacks, or post traumatic stress. This is not documented...

  6. PA to CRNA

    hypocaffeinemia replied to mongo73's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    You're in quite a legal pitfall if you plan to work as an RN while maintaining a PA license. Even though your scope will be limited to that of an RN, your liability will remain that of a PA. If you...

  7. Colonoscopy Drugs and alternatives

    hypocaffeinemia replied to darne20's topic in Gastroenterology

    What I notice is there are continually about a dozen posters at allnurses who only post in threads related to midazolam and who do not claim nor do they appear to be healthcare professionals. I also...

  8. which PDA or something better?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Amy2005's topic in General Students

    Matched it in what capacity? My piece of junk windows mobile phone from 2005 can do everything the iPhone can do-- it's just less shiny. I think you need to check out the pre, however, it's simply...

  9. which PDA or something better?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Amy2005's topic in General Students

    Palm Pre. It'll be out be the end of June at the latest. It will have epocrates support right out of the gate, and is an all-around superior phone to the

  10. discussion regarding education of NP (DNP) and PA compared to MD/DO

    hypocaffeinemia replied to RN to Medschool's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I don't see where he is saying that at all. Considering MSN and presumably DNP degrees require both undergraduate and graduate level statistics courses, there seems to be a poor understanding of...

  11. IV Lopressor...who can administer it?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to HurricaneBreeze's topic in General Nursing

    JCAHO has changed their stance on the administration of beta blockers within the first 24 hours of aMI as it was determined that beta blockers can patients with new onset heart failure into...

  12. IV Lopressor...who can administer it?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to HurricaneBreeze's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know where you work, but most telemetry systems don't have bedside monitors to watch as you push outside of ER/ICU/stepdown If you are expecting to stay in constant communication with a...

  13. Question about Elevated BNP in the absence of CHF..Help Im new to Cardiac!

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Sehille4774's topic in General Nursing

    BNP is excreted renally, so in the context of renal failure/insufficiency it could be elevated as well. Other than that, BNP is fairly specific to ventricular stretching (call it CHF, call it what...

  14. Pain is NOT subjective

    hypocaffeinemia replied to SunnyAndrsn's topic in Pain Management

    Indeed. Out of everything in the OP, this is what caught my eye. Opioids (especially methadone!) for fibromyalgia are not evidence-based, which, given the known side effects, make their use in...

  15. IV Lopressor...who can administer it?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to HurricaneBreeze's topic in General Nursing

    While beta blockers can sometimes exacerbate or even initiate an AV block, there really isn't anything significant from a telemetry standpoint that needs to be monitored. A telemetry unit isn't...

  16. How do you secure crash carts?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to htrn's topic in Emergency

    We all know that there's no better cure for hiccups than

  17. How do you secure crash carts?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to htrn's topic in Emergency

    I'm not exactly sure what our ER does, but any time we call a code in ICU, a representative from pharmacy and a representative from central supply respond to it. They work together to replace/restock...

  18. how much is a nurse able to do?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to motherofgirls's topic in General Students

    Most office staff these days aren't actually nurses. They may call themselves that, but it is technically illegal. I think you need to try shadowing an ICU nurse* at a non-academic hospital to get an...

  19. Yelling Doctors, How do you handle them?????

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Danielle7's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I wonder how many of us decrying yelling routinely use passive-aggressive behavior when they are upset at someone. I ask, because I've experienced or witnessed this far more often (usually from...

  20. MD ordered placebo for pain PRN~would you give it?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to beetlebailey524's topic in General Nursing

    Obecalp® 4 mL IVP. /I kid, I

  21. quick vallium question

    hypocaffeinemia replied to jennifers's topic in General Nursing

    Is there a particular reason why hydrocodone is considered schedule II and essentially unavailable when alone? It almost seems like they buffer it with acetaminophen to try and deter overdosing on it,...

  22. Any NP interest in an EM residency?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to physasst's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If only something similar was the plan for the DNP.

  23. quick vallium question

    hypocaffeinemia replied to jennifers's topic in General Nursing

    To answer your question, you are right to consider the amount of acetaminophen you are administering when the patient has both vicodin and tylenol ordered. As for its antitussive properties, it's...

  24. quick vallium question

    hypocaffeinemia replied to jennifers's topic in General Nursing

    There's no acetaminophen in valium (diazepam). Nor does diazepam have a significant antitussive effect. Are you sure you aren't confusing it for vicodin

  25. O2 Sat is 100% but the hemoglobin is 5g/100ml.. what is wrong with the patient?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to mashamontago's topic in General Nursing

    More data needed. edit: comment made prior to OP updating/editing his/her