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hypocaffeinemia BSN, RN

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  1. Can you give blood and antibiotics both at the same time through a triple lumen cath?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to mommy2anangel's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Yes, you can access it via different ports. However, I wouldn't give the first dose of a new antibiotic at the same time as blood, as you would have difficulties determining the source of any...

  2. Ok to take Anabolic steroids as RN?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to ThePrestige's topic in General Nursing

    *HUGE DIGRESSION* You checked wrong, then. There is no Constitutional universal right to free speech. There is simply the defined inability for the government to interfere or restrict your speech....

  3. Peanut butter allergic reaction?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to mondkmondk's topic in Pediatric

    Instead of researching what happens in one specific allergen's case, review the different types of hypersensitivity reactions as the reactions are essentially universal-- in other words, when people...

  4. Insulin administration and DKA... PLZ HELP

    hypocaffeinemia replied to rwright15's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You also can't titrate sub-Q hourly based on

  5. Evening ADN Programs Houston

    hypocaffeinemia replied to msangelica's topic in Texas Nursing

    I believe Kingwood College has an evening or night program, but don't quote me on

  6. How are you going to Vote - US

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I was going to vote for Obama, but I sat down and reviewed what it is that I stand for, what this country should be about, and who would be best to lead us. Because of this, I voted for McCain. Made...

  7. Possible leukemia???

    hypocaffeinemia replied to fabiusgile's topic in General Students

    Are you sure you're not confusing Leukemia with

  8. Would you have called rapid response?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

  9. low heart rate

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

    I'm actually just shy of 6 months from my RN, but I can say quite confidently these are sinus bradycardias I'm talking about. In fact, I teach the basic EKG course at my facility (to RNs)....

  10. low heart rate

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

    Yup. I watch close to 50 patients in a busy hospital, so there's always somebody with symptomatic sinus bradycardia. That is, until they go to cath lab for a pacer. Well, it's not peachy keen when...

  11. low heart rate

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

    I see sinus rates that low almost daily (monitor tech), and almost never do any of the downward pacers kick

  12. low heart rate

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

    About eleventy billion things. The most likely suspects are medication or sick sinus syndrome, but without knowing more it's just

  13. Have you ever heard of being allergic to mosquito bites?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry-- one of my pet peeves is the dumbing down of nursing. I see it in my own class when people don't remember even rudimentary concepts from

  14. Nursing Dx for bilat PEs

    hypocaffeinemia replied to alv0389's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The patient doesn't have any fatigue or activity intolerance with bilateral

  15. Nursing Dx for bilat PEs

    hypocaffeinemia replied to alv0389's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Think this through: What are problems that can occur when you have clots in your pulmonary vasculature? Impaired Gas exchange related to altered blood flow comes to mind as my #1 priority. Impaired...

  16. Have you ever heard of being allergic to mosquito bites?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

    I'm also a nursing student...but this is basics of immune physiology-- shouldn't we all know

  17. Can anyone other than nurses draw from lines?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Jetskisgurl's topic in General Nursing

    I would assume that the MDs, PAs and their respective students could as

  18. Houston and Austin Hospitals: It's almost that time!

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Bortaz's topic in Texas Nursing

    Avoid all the for-profit hospitals in our area. None of them, in mine and many others' opinions are worth your frustration. They're all HCA or Tenet and they all have issues. Avoid the new...

  19. Have you ever heard of being allergic to mosquito bites?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to mondkmondk's topic in General Nursing

    Your body has the capacity to produce a type I (IgE mediated) hypersensitivity reaction to just about any insect

  20. Pwave from .16 to .42?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to mamason's topic in Cardiac

    It happens all the time. Could be a transient second degree (type I), could be medication-induced heart block, could be a wandering pacer. As with any FLB (funky lookin' beats), it's best to...

  21. Ticked off a Chaplin today

    hypocaffeinemia replied to pielęgniarka's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely not. The Chaplin has no right or obligation to overstep a patient's or family's spiritual choices. In fact such a thing is

  22. EKG meanings?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to WillBAnRNSoon's topic in Cardiac

    While dianah's info was helpful, your school is probably just looking for "ischemia". The fact that V4-V6 had inverted T-waves while I and aVL had ST depression indicates likely lateral wall ischemia....

  23. New Jurisprudence Exam

    hypocaffeinemia replied to texasrtkd's topic in Texas Nursing

    Thanks. I graduate in May, and hadn't received anything yet, so I was

  24. Absolute & Relative Refractory Period?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to LuvScrubs2's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Go back to your A&P book to explain this best. Basically, after depolarization (represented by the QRS complex), you are in the refractory period until you're fully repolarized (repolarization is...

  25. New Jurisprudence Exam

    hypocaffeinemia replied to texasrtkd's topic in Texas Nursing

    When do you