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Furoffire

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  1. Amiodarone Bolus another math ?

    Furoffire posted a topic in General Nursing

    O.K. now its Amiodarone. The books say to bolus with 300mg w/ 20 - 30ml NS or DW then can repeat w/ 150mg q 3 - 5" I don't know what a bottle of it looks like, just the gtt. Where I work it comes...

  2. Math Quiz I Need Help....levophed

    Furoffire replied to Furoffire's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Happy Grad, I will check out that book, its on the web site you referred? I am trying to get a grip on all this and make notes. On the job when a patient goes sour I don't feel like I have the...

  3. Math Quiz I Need Help....levophed

    Furoffire replied to Furoffire's topic in General Nursing

    Got it, finally. Thank you. Now for another hurdle, DILTIAZEM/ CARDIZEM. I see that the gtt is 1:1 but the bolus is blowing my mind a bit. Lets say you mix the 125mg into 125 D5 or NS (I guess its...

  4. Math Quiz I Need Help....levophed

    Furoffire replied to Furoffire's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Happy Grad, Thanks for your input, but I cannot figure how you got the 45,000. You have the correct answer and I understand how you got the 4000 mcg. Can you break it down just a bit clearer,...

  5. Plantar Facitis-Heel Pain, help!

    Furoffire replied to Furoffire's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I have very high arches with skinny ankles and I gave gained about 30 lbs. after the death of a parent. I am a re-entry nurse now and back 3 years ago I wore Dansko's. As heavy as they are they...

  6. Plantar Facitis-Heel Pain, help!

    Furoffire replied to Furoffire's topic in General Nursing

    Blessings to all of you!!! I feel that I have some tools to work with now. I will make an appointment for a check up but in the meantime take the expert suggestions. Thank you!! :paw: :paw:

  7. No time to bathe pt's, feel bad, help

    Furoffire posted a topic in General Nursing

    I work days, am a re-entry nurse on a very busy step down unit. The acuity of the patients are quite high. I am fairly organized but no matter how hard I try and priortitize I get the endless orders...

  8. Gen X Precepting Baby Boomer.................

    Furoffire posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have re-entered nursing (have 20 yrs. of RN, now in new unit). I am of the Leave It To Beaver generation and now am chasing after a Gen X'er! She is smart and leaves my feet aching after 12 hours of...

  9. No time to bathe pt's, feel bad, help

    Furoffire replied to Furoffire's topic in General Nursing

    I know the feeling. My first job long ago was in a DOU and I worked 3 12's at night. The unit ran like a well oiled machine. The CN would assign the confused etc. to be bathe, we would team up and...

  10. Going back to work after 1 year off!

    Furoffire replied to INtoFL_RN's topic in Nursing Career

    I worked for almost 2 decades and took off 3 years due to aging parents and their health issues. I have recently been hired to a new dept. I'm about 3 weeks in. What I did was to send out a great...

  11. Cussing Co-Workers

    Furoffire posted a topic in General Nursing

    at my new job, many of my co-workers use foul four letter words. of course the patients do not hear, hopefully. i am a god fearing nurse and the language makes me uncomfortable. i do not want to be a...

  12. Cussing Co-Workers

    Furoffire replied to Furoffire's topic in General Nursing

    Okay, here comes the black ink. I have made comments on why I kind of get that shrill in me when other nurses cuss but I do not go around saying "the Spirit of the Living God resides in me etc." I...

  13. Frustrated with the image of nursing

    Furoffire replied to Missa's topic in General Nursing

    we can thank the media. er has done well along w/ the teaching channels but watched a movie today, "corky romano" and one of the female fbi agents was posing as a private home rn, she was dressed in a...

  14. Cussing Co-Workers

    Furoffire replied to Furoffire's topic in General Nursing

    :paw: :paw: :paw: :redpinkhe another thought came to mind as i read this topic......i've been recently in several medical challenges both personally, family and close friends. as a client to the...

  15. Cussing Co-Workers

    Furoffire replied to Furoffire's topic in General Nursing

    i think part of my issue is that i had to take several years off for medical issues and became sheltered in my little world. i remember a nurse that i used to work with, a pillar of strenght, never...

  16. English 2nd language, help w/ enunciation

    Furoffire replied to Furoffire's topic in General Nursing

    dear eric, [color=#00ffff] [color=#00ffff]i like that web site very much, thanks! i think for sure i will purchase one or two of the products. :paw: :paw:

  17. English 2nd language, help w/ enunciation

    Furoffire posted a topic in General Nursing

    english is my second language and although i know what the medical terminology means but my pronounciation is horrible of the words and and my spelling just as bad. is there a preferable pocket size...

  18. Cussing Co-Workers

    Furoffire replied to Furoffire's topic in General Nursing

    dear kelly from ny, i will try to explain. i have the spirit of the living god in me and when for example i hear cussing, see violence etc. it does not feel right to me, i get a shrill that moves...

  19. English 2nd language, help w/ enunciation

    Furoffire replied to Furoffire's topic in General Nursing

    thank you tazzi. i'll check out our local bookstore or check out amazon too. some of these medications are very hard for me to pronounce.

  20. English 2nd language, help w/ enunciation

    Furoffire replied to Furoffire's topic in General Nursing

    i'm looking for something specific to medical things. webster's has one or just the english language? :paw: :paw: :paw: :paw:

  21. Cussing Co-Workers

    Furoffire replied to Furoffire's topic in General Nursing

    yep, i'm on their turf, i shall thread lightly w/ my co-workers but i will not be abused my the m.d.'s, i shall have to retract thy claws and hiss while my back is arched and maybe do a few quick...

  22. work in glendale adventist medical center

    Furoffire replied to iema's topic in California Nursing

    Dear Iema, Are you from the Phippines? I used to live in Whittier and at the time I was, in that Whiittier Hospital area were very white people but things may have changed. I have worked with many...

  23. work in glendale adventist medical center

    Furoffire replied to iema's topic in California Nursing

    i have worked there. what dept. are you interested in? i would love to live in that area, the hospital is surrounded by beautiful views and hills. had good and bad days, mostly bad, think i hit the...

  24. The most embarrasing thing you've done at work!

    Furoffire replied to ClaireMacl's topic in Nursing Humor

    i'm an old/new nurse coming back. had cranky, miserable pt. with every known tube and wire. we were ambulating, i hooked his foley cath onto my scrub pocket (no where else and only have 2 hands)...

  25. Am I Weird? I Am Nervous.......about

    Furoffire posted a topic in General Nursing

    :trout: hello my support team. i am shaking in my white kitty boots. i've started a critical care area and my last few days most of the patients are crashing left and right and all the drugs are...