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  1. MRSA question

    Epona replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Ok.. just following up on the thread I started. What if the patient has MRSA in the nares? We are to wear a mask, right? If they are on a vent can they still sneeze and spread it?? Thanks again!

  2. Triple H therapy

    Epona posted a topic in General Nursing

    Ok. I understand this helps patient's who have had a subarachnoid hemmorhage. I understand we want to keep the vessels open...hypervolemia and hemodilution. Can you explain the hypertension part? We...

  3. Head injuries

    Epona replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    That was good MikeyJ. I got it. Can you tell me too why when you get increased ICP, you get cerebral vasodilation?? My book says when the ICP increases, cerebral perfusion goes down and you get...

  4. Head injuries

    Epona posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi. I read in my nursing book that a closed head injury is WORSE then an open head injury. It did not say WHY. Is it because you have swelling and this bad for the brain in the closed?? It would seem...

  5. Triple H therapy

    Epona replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Hey... that was FANTASTIC... the explanations! I got it!! :yeah:You are wonderful folks and I know I can always count on you for extra help!! :[anb]: :clphnds: :rcgtku: Have a GREAT

  6. Triple H therapy

    Epona replied to Epona's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Oh... and how does Mannitol come into play here?? I know it decreases ICP. Thanks again!

  7. MRSA question

    Epona replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Those are good precautions to know. I am in clinicals and will follow-up with my teacher on what you have told me... important to know exactly WHERE the MRSA is located. Thank you all very much!...

  8. Insurance nurses

    Epona replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you everyone for your input. I checked around further and yes, it looks like you need a few years experience. Definitley something I will consider after I get some experience behind me. Thanks...

  9. Insurance nurses

    Epona posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone! Good evening. My clinical teacher was telling us the other day about insurance nursing. She has a co-worker who works p/t from home and does assessments for insurance agencies. She makes...

  10. Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders

    Epona posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all nurses!! I have a few questions about fluid and electrolyte disorders. I am studying my NCLEX prep book this summer. With FLUID VOLUME EXCESS it has listed renal failure and CHF as causes....

  11. Need help with Endocrine!

    Epona posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone! I needed to know a good website, reference to use to help me study the Endocrine system and it's disorders. I have been out sick for two weeks and missed the Endocrine lecture. I just...

  12. NO more private loans!!!! How to finish school??

    Epona posted a topic in General Nursing

    This is a disaster!! I am almost done nursing school and I contacted Sallie Mae to get my last loan for school and they no longer offer the tuition answer loan!! That has paid for me to got to...

  13. Masters in Nursing??

    Epona posted a topic in General Nursing

    Good evening everyone! I wanted to get opinions and I know you will point me in the right direction! :icon_roll I have seriously thought about getting my Masters in Nursing. I am almost done my BSN...

  14. Masters in Nursing??

    Epona replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Future Nurse Suey and Siri! I was just thinking of you the other day Siri and wondering how you were?? Remember me?? :) I am doing just fine in school (got into Sigma Theta Tau recently) and I am...

  15. Interpreting EKG strips

    Epona posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone! We are going over interpreting EKG strips in nursing school and it is like GREEK to many of us. We are lost and have no idea how to interpret them... how to count the QRS interval, what...

  16. Interpreting EKG strips

    Epona replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks everyone! These are some REALLY GREAT tips!! I am working on this now! Thanks again to all of you!!! Epona :icon_hug:

  17. Flail Chest

    Epona posted a topic in General Nursing

    Good afternoon all nurses.com buddies! I had a quick question... studying for my resp. test. With flail chest, can someone please explain why one gets tachycardia and hypotension?? THANK

  18. Flail Chest

    Epona replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    yes! that explains it very well. thank you so

  19. Flail Chest

    Epona replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    THANK YOU Daytonite! I have another question and I APPRECIATE your help! (I emailed my teacher and have not heard back).... with tension pneumothorax I understand the patient can show resp....

  20. Flail Chest

    Epona replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    great! i got it. i see. it makes sense now. thanks a bunch! i wanted to add.. it said in my textbook that we help position the person to cough and deep breathe. realistically if they have three or...

  21. Are you good at chemistry?? Hyper, hypotonic??

    Epona replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    THANK YOU VERY MUCH! Those were all very good answers. I was getting confused on the RELATION to what was inside the cell vs. the outside of the cell. My husband (of all people, yet he is a builder...

  22. Are you good at chemistry?? Hyper, hypotonic??

    Epona posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all. I am a pretty good nursing student, but I am VERY confused with what should be a basic concept. Here goes: I have read that with a hypertonic state, fluid is pulled from the cell into the...

  23. Don't want to work in a hospital- what to do??

    Epona posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all. I am in 2nd semester at RN school. I am doing well. I started Med Surg this year and I am in clincials at a hospital. Some things I like about it, most of it I dislike. Whoa. I do not really...

  24. What was your school schedule like, Any Breaks??

    Epona replied to Sl1011's topic in General Nursing

    Hello. I am in a BSN college program and we get the Thanksgiving breaks and spring breaks and so forth. To answer your question, yes, we get them... BUT there really are NO BREAKS. I got maybe four...

  25. NCLEX review- NG tube and spinal injuries

    Epona posted a topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Hi my all nurse buddies! I am studying my NCLEX review book and had two questions.... The NG tube, is that used just for suctioning OR can you also use it to feed a patient?? I know you are always...