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  1. Would you rather have a child said to be SS or abort?

    middlekane replied to ICURN7's topic in Ob/Gyn

    The risk is lower than that. Sickle Cell is recessive. She has a 25% chance of having another child with it with the same father. She has a 50% chance of having the child carry the sickle cell trait,...

  2. What to do?

    middlekane posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

    I'm a PCA on a surgical floor and a nursing student studying for the nclex. I had a patient who when I took noon vitals on, got a bp of 80/36 and O2 sat of 88. She felt fine, wasn't dizzy, nauseus, or...

  3. PDAs

    middlekane posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Do you use a PDA in your practice? I'm an NP student and start my first preceptorship in a few weeks. We've been told that we need to have a PDA that we can run epocrates on. What type of PDA do you...

  4. Rules for the ER (long)

    middlekane replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    i'm not saying don't register them. i'm saying treat transgendered patients with respect. don't gawk, scream, or disclose their birth sex to those who don't need to know. i definitely agree that sex...

  5. Rules for the ER (long)

    middlekane replied to EDValerieRN's topic in Emergency

    The two posts about transgender individuals have made me feel very uncomfortable. Many trans people never have surgery and yes, their genitals will not match their gender expression. Please be...

  6. in choosing an NP specialty

    middlekane replied to np_wannabe's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would assume a specialty in med-surg would only allow you to work in the hospital, akin to an acute care NP. Family NPs usually work in primary care and many follow their patients when hospitalized....

  7. Normal expectation?

    middlekane posted a topic in Nursing Career

    I am in nursing school right now. I just interviewed for a job as a per-diem PCA. I would only be working one day a week. As part of my interview, the manager told me that I would have to work either...

  8. Venipuncture Help

    middlekane posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hello As part of my summer job, I have to do blood draws and I'm having a lot of difficulty. I have gotten to the point that I can get the first tube most of the time, but when it comes to changing...