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hypocaffeinemia BSN, RN

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  1. need help with math problem

    hypocaffeinemia replied to student2008's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    depends on the patient. i've seen them use cardizem to get the rate under control for a couple days (iv continuous followed by po extended release) while anticoagulating, then proceeding with...

  2. Lazor hair removal

    hypocaffeinemia replied to iluvivt's topic in General Nursing

    ??? I've never seen a word misspelled as often in a short period of time! LASER is actually an acronym: Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of

  3. ER nurses make $144,000 a year!

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sure an ER nurse working agency/contract in downtown San Francisco working overtime can make that. Not very accurate for the rest of

  4. Do you ever get called doctor?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Conrad283's topic in Men in Nursing

    That may be true, but I don't see many fat residents-- I'd think they'd be even more limited regarding time and availability of food choices than we

  5. need help with math problem

    hypocaffeinemia replied to student2008's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    i think there are numerous typos on either the original post or in the problem given to solve. i'm fairly familiar with the drug and we typically always use a concentration of 1 mg / 1 ml to make it...

  6. Do you ever get called doctor?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Conrad283's topic in Men in Nursing

    I agree- I see far more overweight nurses as a percentage of total nurses than I do overweight doctors as a percentage of all doctors. It's odd, too: it's not like we're any less informed regarding...

  7. Do you ever get called doctor?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Conrad283's topic in Men in Nursing

    Heck, I started getting called doctor the day I got skinny enough to tuck my scrub-top in. Apparently untucked scrubs are unbecoming of physicians or

  8. need help with math problem

    hypocaffeinemia replied to student2008's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    250 mg in 50 mL is a dangerously unsafe concentration-- you shouldn't hang it at all. It's concentrated for pharmacies to use one vial to make multiple admixtures off

  9. Gay male nurse stereotype?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to greygooseuria's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I'm actually already married. And I draw the line at chick flicks. They aren't fit to be considered

  10. Giving IM Injections

    hypocaffeinemia replied to mare4322's topic in General Nursing

    They taught us to aspirate, and discard everything if blood (Spring

  11. Gay male nurse stereotype?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to greygooseuria's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I'm a male soon-to-be nurse that has a pet maltipoo, loves musicals, and was nearly a theatre major in college. And I'm

  12. need help with math problem

    hypocaffeinemia replied to student2008's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Source: Thomson Micromedex Start at 5-10 mg/hour, increase in 5 mg increments up to *NO MORE THAN* 15 mg/hour up to 24 hours. --- In practice at my facility I've (rarely) seen it up to 20 mg / hour...

  13. Hurrican Gustav

    hypocaffeinemia replied to icyounurse's topic in General Nursing

    We don't have an official policy for hazard pay, but during Rita we got time and a half. Of course, we also got pay for the entire time we were bunkered- sleeping, eating, and of course, working. By...

  14. What is your Favorite Brand and Color for a Stethoscope?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to SunnyCaRN's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I hear the navy blue ones work

  15. Hurrican Gustav

    hypocaffeinemia replied to icyounurse's topic in General Nursing

    Mobile will be relatively unaffected. I follow the computer models religiously and right now the consensus is between Beaumont and NOLA. However, many of the models are demonstrating a southwesterly...

  16. What does MVAC mean?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Diahni's topic in General Nursing

    What's the context? Google search finds nothing relevant to nursing. Edit: Nevermind, I find a certain chemotherapy cocktail under MVAC: Methotrexate Vinblastine Adriamycin

  17. Pronouncing someone with a pacemaker

    hypocaffeinemia replied to nerdtonurse?'s topic in Cardiac

    Depends. You can have PEA with paced QRS complexes or you can have asystole with pace lines showing up. The PEA won't last long and will progress into the latter. Edit: if the patient isn't DNR you...

  18. Do you think fluoridating our water is bad for us?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to BradleyRN's topic in General Nursing

    The United States Constitution grants our federal government the power to promote general welfare. Likewise, if it were a free country, why must we have prescriptions to obtain medications-- and then...

  19. Regulation Proposed to Help Protect Health Care Providers from Discrimination

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Anxious Patient's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    it's more than just emergent situations. for instance, oral contraceptive agents are the standard treatment for many gynecological diseases. if a patient visits a doctor practitioner who diagnoses...

  20. Do you think fluoridating our water is bad for us?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to BradleyRN's topic in General Nursing

    So do you have any arguments or just appeals to authority and appeals to ridicule? I don't care what the initials are behind their name. Deepak Chopra and Mehmet Oz both have MDs behind their name and...

  21. How much waste do you see?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to PiPhi2004's topic in General Nursing

    Indeed. There are definite flaws in taking a utilitarian approach to health

  22. HIPAA and Teens

    hypocaffeinemia replied to Jolie's topic in General Nursing

    Like others have said, I can understand the need to talk to the parent. However, this isn't a HIPAA

  23. Do you think fluoridating our water is bad for us?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to BradleyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I would respond, but I don't think you actually read my post beyond the fact I took a contrary opinion to the intent of this

  24. Do you think fluoridating our water is bad for us?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to BradleyRN's topic in General Nursing

    NBC news runs stories on what people will pay attention to as the are an ad-revenue based company. The quick rebuttal for me is, "I didn't realize that NBC news is now a peer-reviewed scientific...

  25. Do you think fluoridating our water is bad for us?

    hypocaffeinemia replied to BradleyRN's topic in General Nursing

    No. I think the myths surrounding fluoridated water fall into the realm of tinfoil hat conspiracy theories, or as I like to call it, the Woo Woo