azhiker96 BSN, RN

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    Son who wants to enter nursing

    azhiker96 replied to fozziebear's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There is a male nursing forum where you can find a lot of answers. Men in Nursing Forum - Nursing for Nurses It's not a perfect world but I find it's helpful in my area (PACU) to have a mix of male...
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    New Joint Commission Regulations for PACU Medications

    azhiker96 replied to nmred's topic in PACU

    I had a pt. in respiratory distress this week. I had the racemic epi and dex at the bedside waiting for a return call from my doc. When I got the verbal order those meds went into the patient before...
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    Does your OR have to hold til theres a PACU bay??

    azhiker96 replied to PACURN1818's topic in PACU

    The simple reply in almost all cases at our PACU would be, "Bedboard has not given us rooms for the patients. Here's their number. Yes, please fix it." We have criteria for discharging patients and...
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    Resignation decision

    azhiker96 replied to nurseks's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with caliotter3. I'd add to think about why you want to leave and what, if anything, they could change that would make it worth staying. Maybe there is nothing they could change but you want...
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    So if bile is a detergent...?

    azhiker96 replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Just a guess here but I think "contaminated" because bile usually is not in that area. "Clean" because bile comes from the liver and would usually be devoid of pathogens. Bile does hydrolyze fats and...
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    Lingering effects of versed for peds?

    azhiker96 replied to brownbook's topic in PACU

    I've never had a problem with versed in the peds. I agree that the likely culprit is sevo. If the child sleeps for awhile 20-30 minutes after the end of surgery they usually don't act up. I've often...
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    New Joint Commission Regulations for PACU Medications

    azhiker96 replied to nmred's topic in PACU

    Our doctors enter the orders electronically into the chart which saves a lot of time for
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    Post CABG, HR105= is it normal?

    azhiker96 replied to payang0722's topic in General Nursing

    Is the tachycardia a new finding? How is his fluid balance? What are his labs? Is he in pain? Look at the total patient before you call. If you're prepared it makes for a short pleasant phone call. If...
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    Are colors consistant across all brands of scrubs?

    azhiker96 replied to wishfulthinking21059's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Even if they are close at first, different brands fade at different rates and can end up looking quite different. Good
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    pacu brain?

    azhiker96 replied to SrnD's topic in PACU

    I only use my brain to keep my patients together. The shift takes care of
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    Does your OR have to hold til theres a PACU bay??

    azhiker96 replied to PACURN1818's topic in PACU

    Rosey, please join ASPAN and purchase their standards. What you are describing sounds unsafe. Your management needs to know that there are published standards that they will be measured against if...
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    To my preceptor, future students beware (rant)

    azhiker96 replied to leekun2010's topic in General Nursing

    Over the past year I've precepted four graduating nursing students. It is unpaid and it is a lot of work. I also consider it a privilege as I have the opportunity to train nurses who I may be working...
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    The Other Side of ObamaCare - Nurse's Health Benefits

    azhiker96 replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Wrong again GWinRN. I only have one account here and I haven't invited anyone to this discussion. BTW, I've asked for a review of your posts. Have a nice day
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    The Other Side of ObamaCare - Nurse's Health Benefits

    azhiker96 replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    BTW, please try to keep your comments within the TOS. I do nobody's bidding except my
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    The Other Side of ObamaCare - Nurse's Health Benefits

    azhiker96 replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Sorry that you're so misinformed. Those earning more than $380K/year AGI, which is the top 1%, pay 38% of federal personal income tax received by the government. That does include Bill Gates and...
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    The Other Side of ObamaCare - Nurse's Health Benefits

    azhiker96 replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The top income earners are paying to help run the country, about 38% of income taxes collected come from the top 1%. The question is whether they should pay more or if they are paying a "fair" amount....
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    The Other Side of ObamaCare - Nurse's Health Benefits

    azhiker96 replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I wish the vouchers were only 1400-8000. It looks like Pres. Obama's affordable care act will have vouchers of $14,799 -$22,740. That's a huge subsidy to the insurance
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    The Other Side of ObamaCare - Nurse's Health Benefits

    azhiker96 replied to DoGoodThenGo's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The current plan for vouchers is problematic.
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    Wisconsin has gutted Medicaid, no mandated ratios!

    azhiker96 replied to EponaRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    GWinRN, I understand about investment and it seems every year the President presents reasons why his budget deficit is okay. I just look at President Obama's 2012 budget and see that 6.31% of it is...
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    Wisconsin has gutted Medicaid, no mandated ratios!

    azhiker96 replied to EponaRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    What was said was that Clinton was able to create a surplus. If that were true, what did he do with his surplus? I think we've agreed that deficits increase the national debt. A surplus should reduce...
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    Wisconsin has gutted Medicaid, no mandated ratios!

    azhiker96 replied to EponaRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    The US debt has increased every year of my life. That includes the Clinton presidency. http://www.treasurydirect.gov/govt/reports/pd/histdebt/histdebt_histo4.htm If you have a reputable source that...
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    Wisconsin has gutted Medicaid, no mandated ratios!

    azhiker96 replied to EponaRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Perhaps you missed the quote from the Social Security Administration site. Your deductions for social security are not put into a special account for you. Instead, they are used to pay current...
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    Wisconsin has gutted Medicaid, no mandated ratios!

    azhiker96 replied to EponaRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Clinton did do a better job of making ends meet than any other recent president. However, the national debt still increased every year. How did he have a budget surplus and still manage to add to the...
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    Wisconsin has gutted Medicaid, no mandated ratios!

    azhiker96 replied to EponaRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent investment operation that pays returns to separate investors, not from any actual profit earned by the organization, but from their own money or money paid by...
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    My Blue Cross is rejected at health facilities!!!

    azhiker96 replied to CNABESS's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I don't pretend to understand BCBS but it seems to be run as a state specific insurance program. I found a little information here. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110301075716AArrvQu...