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  1. does bladder irrigation have to be aseptic technique?

    matt59 replied to matt59's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    okay, so this cuts to the chase of my question. if the irrigating solution is opened & dated, but not resealed & the syringe is left in the bottle of irrigating solution, there is nothing...

  2. lovenox..and coumadin

    matt59 replied to LisaRn21's topic in General Nursing

    Is it possible that they each work on a different clotting factor? that is just a

  3. What's your favorite type of patient?

    matt59 replied to GardenDove's topic in General Nursing

    I am a student trying to learn as much as I can; why is a DNR (do not recusitate, I take it?) a plus?

  4. Vent... Why was I so stupid?!?

    matt59 replied to mommy2boys's topic in General Nursing

    ...I, on the other hand, think I would have made a better nursing student if I would have tryed it earlier in life as opposed to in middle age. I think the blank page theory would have applied, &...

  5. Vent... Why was I so stupid?!?

    matt59 replied to mommy2boys's topic in General Nursing

    That's a nice option. I was laid off in March 05 which is when I started prenursing, recalled in June of '06, & had to quit in Sept 06 to start nursing school. Contractually, I was entitled to a...

  6. Vent... Why was I so stupid?!?

    matt59 replied to mommy2boys's topic in General Nursing

    Awe, don't feel too bad. I'm 47 & wishing I would have taken advantage of higher education when I was 18. I just tell myself, that in retrospect I had a pretty good run for quite a few years,...

  7. Which RN school to choose??? Exp RNs and current students please give advice!!!

    matt59 replied to CiCigirl's topic in General Nursing

    Going to clinicals is what I like least about nursing school. Going to clinicals may very well be the most important part of nursing school. I go to c/c, & we have one clinical day a week. As much...

  8. what school? (Nursing...)

    matt59 replied to exoskeleton's topic in General Nursing

    Well, don't be too hasty; I could very well be wrong, I often am. I was basing my reply on my own experience & the experiences I have heard of (until this date) of others. That made me think that...

  9. what school? (Nursing...)

    matt59 replied to exoskeleton's topic in General Nursing

    I would think not. It is pretty much an all consuming full time thing.

  10. Job loss, domestic violence, help on advice for getting back on the horse!!!!!!

    matt59 replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    As far as the impending foreclosure goes: Okay, I cannot swear to the authenticity of this data, but when I got laid off & was investigating every possible scam out there, I had a buudy who told...

  11. Anyone ever work full time while getting their RN?

    matt59 replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in General Nursing

    I am with you 100%!! I am in awe. I do not know how people do it. Nursing school & not working stresses me out; I cannot imagine how I'd function if I tried both. (I'd probably quit school &...

  12. Anyone ever work full time while getting their RN?

    matt59 replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in General Nursing

    You sound like how I feel! I actually quit a pretty good paying job because i didn't think I could do both. I hope I make it through nursing school.

  13. NCLEX-RN Question

    matt59 replied to prettybaby's topic in General Nursing

    Oops, I missed the typo.

  14. I really need help with Nursing school questions

    matt59 replied to erickajones24's topic in General Nursing

    9.1 it is. 40lbs = 18.18kg. 18.18kgx20mg=363.6mg 363.6mg devided by 4 doses =90.9mg per dose 200mg:20Ml::91mg:X 200X=1820

  15. I Feel Like Hammered Poo-Poo

    matt59 replied to tencat's topic in General Nursing

    Tencat, I'm not a nurse, only a nursing student, but in my last life as an airline mechanic (that life started 18 years ago), I worked a literal ton of nights. Some of those stretchs were pretty...

  16. Anyone left good paying job for nursing?

    matt59 replied to LovesGreyhounds's topic in General Nursing

    Oops, sorry about the previous post. Mattj is aka matt59, but not for any nefarious reasons. I had to reregister a while back ago because a memory glitch hit me, & I could not remember my...

  17. Anyone left good paying job for nursing?

    matt59 replied to LovesGreyhounds's topic in General Nursing

    I was an airline mechanic; I would have had 18 years senority this September, but I quit the 1st of last September because I recognize my own limitations & I knew that if I tried nursing school...

  18. Think Labs DS32A

    matt59 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just a little update: I was the 1st semester nursing student who thought his nursing career was over before it even started due to a jet airplane related hearing impairment he never knew he had until...

  19. I need some stethoscope recommendations

    matt59 replied to LaraC's topic in General Nursing

    Is hearing impairment an issue? If so, I definitely have a recommendation!

  20. seeking stethoscope advice

    matt59 replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    Indy & Craig, thanks for your replies & advice.

  21. seeking stethoscope advice

    matt59 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a first semester nursing student, but I am posting my question on this forum because I need the benefit of experience. I have discovered that I am somewhat hearing impaired. (Actually, it was...

  22. seeking stethoscope advice

    matt59 replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the reply, gpsytgr (AKA Missy), just out of curiosity, what kind of stethoscope are you presently using to compensate for your hearing impairment? And, I take it that you did not find that...

  23. seeking stethoscope advice

    matt59 replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    RN Double Oh Seven (AKA Linda), thank you for the reference to the thread. The Tink Labs sounds like it is worth trying. I hear the Kortkoff sounds clearly in between systolic & diastolic, it is...

  24. seeking stethoscope advice

    matt59 replied to matt59's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the quick reply, Tazzie; I've already kind of done the comparison test ... on some people it's presto-bang, audible as a churchbell on a January morning in Montana. On other people, I...

  25. anatomy & physiology SEPARATE or TOGETHER???

    matt59 replied to iheartnursing_cali's topic in General Students

    You know, when I think back about it, I did get good grades in a&p 1 & 2, but man, I was seriously frazzled. I think that does make sense that it would be easier taking them separately if the...