hypocaffeinemia

hypocaffeinemia BSN, RN

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  1. Could someone list all the Nursing Schools available in Houston...

    hypocaffeinemia replied to earthlynurse2be's topic in Texas Nursing

    The one closest to Katy is Cy

  2. Important labs to monitor for those with an NG tube

    hypocaffeinemia replied to NewNurseyGirl2009's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Not just K, all of the electrolytes. You need to monitor for signs and symptoms of metabolic alkalosis, which also means respiratory assessment as that is the body's compensation mechanism.Having an...

  3. Noise. Has your hospital found a solution?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    My hospital's solution, for better or worse:

  4. 3% NS

    hypocaffeinemia replied to moonischasingme1's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with you... I'm just saying that I've seen 3% given for a sodium of 127 before because the person was actively seizing. It makes a big difference how fast they became hyponatremic, it seems,...

  5. Disposable curtains in ICU

    hypocaffeinemia replied to chani's topic in MICU, SICU

    Wow! Quite

  6. Disposable curtains in ICU

    hypocaffeinemia replied to chani's topic in MICU, SICU

    Link? I've heard such glass theorized, but I haven't seen it in reality outside of an office in a level from Splinter Cell: Chaos

  7. 3% NS

    hypocaffeinemia replied to moonischasingme1's topic in General Nursing

    If the patient is symptomatic you can't wait for it to fix itself through diuresis and water

  8. Which blocker is used to increase blood pressure?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to cooliegirl's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Before you can know what agonists and antagonists do, you need to learn the role and function of the receptor site they are agonizing or antagonizing. Once you learn this, it's easy to figure the rest...

  9. 3% NS

    hypocaffeinemia replied to moonischasingme1's topic in General Nursing

    It's an in-line rate limiter: It's more accurate and easier to use than a roller clamp, but obviously less accurate than a

  10. Stuff in CBC I've never seen before

    hypocaffeinemia replied to lainith's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The increase in bands, known as a left shift, tells you there's an acute infectious process at

  11. urinary analysis

    hypocaffeinemia replied to jamieousn's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You clamp it off and then wait 15 minutes or so for urine to

  12. Disposable curtains in ICU

    hypocaffeinemia replied to chani's topic in MICU, SICU

    Screw disposable curtains...why don't they work on making disposable versions of actual fomites like the EKG cables? Ours have a lovely little groove down the middle of them impossible to

  13. Critical Thinking Skills test.

    hypocaffeinemia replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    That was too easy...the first two clues gave me the

  14. Thimrosal-Autism-Childhood Vaccinations

    hypocaffeinemia replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Conversely, if thimerosal were a factor, why is the rate of autism steady after its phasing out? 1980 correlates with many things. For instance, that's about the time all the baby boomers had their...

  15. Thimrosal-Autism-Childhood Vaccinations

    hypocaffeinemia replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Not from a scientific viewpoint, it

  16. Which chamber pumps blood into systemic circulation?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to JadenRN TO BE's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Study it ad nauseum until it becomes second nature to you. This is vital (bad pun)

  17. Don't wear gloves when doing vitals on post-partum mom

    hypocaffeinemia replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Students

    This. There's no harm in saying, "let me grab a pair of gloves", especially when the gloves should be no more than a couple of feet away from you on the wall in the patient's

  18. Problem with cell phone range

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Vtachy1's topic in Telephone Triage

    I get decent reception in my house, but if my livelihood depended on it, I'd get one. The only thing that doesn't work well in my house is the 3G data, but that isn't an issue since any of the...

  19. Problem with cell phone range

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Vtachy1's topic in Telephone Triage

    There are options called "femtocells" sold by most of the main carriers. These are essentially short-range cell towers that make use of your internet access for data transmission. With one, you'll get...

  20. Atropine and Amiodarone

    hypocaffeinemia replied to E.R. Rookie's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    That's exactly what I said it does. You block the vagus and you get uninhibited sympathetic

  21. Atropine and Amiodarone

    hypocaffeinemia replied to E.R. Rookie's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Atropine is a potent anticholinergic. Go back to A&P and research the role of acetylcholine in the the parasympathetic nervous system. Once you review this, you will understand that atropine...

  22. 1st time RN licensed , but the license expires toooo SOON - another post

    hypocaffeinemia replied to H2H_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    All the states' rules are different. The scenario I described above is unique to Texas, I

  23. 1st time RN licensed , but the license expires toooo SOON - another post

    hypocaffeinemia replied to H2H_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Your license expires the last day of the month of your birthday, the year based on whether you were born on an odd year or an even year. The board will not grant any licenses longer than two years,...

  24. 1st time RN licensed , but the license expires toooo SOON - another post

    hypocaffeinemia replied to H2H_RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Is your birthday in

  25. Nursing student or student nurse?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to newbie08's topic in General Students

    Considering we operate on a temporary and restricted student nurse license, I disagree. Besides, if that's the case, there's an entire forum worth of people at studentdoctor.net that are illegally...