jennrn76

okay i was not sure where to post this question but i thought i would start here. does anyone know why the dr's would stop giving hiv meds (truvada and another one that begins with an s, in case that matters) to a patient admitted with a stroke. the patient is stable and has definitely stroked with dysphagia and right sided weakness being the only residual at this time,they were started on lovenox and asa but all hiv meds were stopped for the time being. they had been diagnosed and began taking the hiv meds approximately 1 year prior to admittance. i am not very familar with hiv meds and i thought someone out there could shed some light on this subject. thanks~

Ok I was just wondering what the reason is for holding the pepcid and switching to protonix.

ok as a former new grad that started out in the icu i am a little jaded when it comes to this subject. i started out in a thoracic icu straight out of school. with me there were 2 other new grads. we had a fairly decent orientation but unfortunately a director that was way out of touch with reality. after just 2 years, myself and one of those fellow new grads were the senior nurses on night shift. talk about scary!!! so as many of you i'm sure have experienced with that seniority came the responsibility of being in charge and training all of the future new grads that our director kept hiring. i think new grads are not the problem, as long as they are mature enough to know when to stand up and say "i don't know and i need help" needless to say after a couple of years of a constant influx of rookie rns i was getting to the point of not wanting to even go to work some nights. so with the may hiring of 6, yes 6 new grads to a night shift with only 2 senior nurses i bid a sorrow filled farewell to my home and left to a cardiac specialty hospital. my new and permanent home has a average experience level of 9 years and only hires rns with at least 3 years of experience. not to mention you have to take a personality test before they even hire you. i couldn't be happier where i am and unfortunately i can only report that there still continues to be a major staffing issue at my previous unit.:smackingf