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  1. sodium bicarbonate

    ukstudent replied to laurainri's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Sodium bicarb is a salt. It increases water retention (edema) and increases blood pressure. Can cause a pregnant women to get eclampsia and have seizures. Tell her not to use anti-acids and eat...

  2. urgent advice regarding where to train UK or USA?

    ukstudent replied to miamia078's topic in Nursing Career

    You keep saying partner in your post. The immigration service does not recognize partners only spouses. If you are married, then you need to start the process of getting a green card as a spouse of...

  3. "Looping" IV Tubing

    ukstudent replied to RN CRNI's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Why is it so bad? If you clean the port first, the pump is turned off/put on standby, what makes it so bad? The IV tubing that we use does not use clips, which means that when you disconnect you can...

  4. sodium bicarbonate

    ukstudent replied to laurainri's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    She doesn't need sodium bicarb, see needs teaching. Teach her to eat frequent small meals, sit up right after eating and to not eat within 2-3 hours of going to bed. Sodium bicarb can be abused and...

  5. new grad job interviews

    ukstudent replied to LyndseyER's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I work in DC. There are some great hospitals in Maryland. Check out the MD state forum and you will find a lot of posts about the different

  6. new grad job interviews

    ukstudent replied to LyndseyER's topic in First Year After Licensure

    One place I already worked at so they just asked general questions like, where do you see yourself in a year?, what do you want to accomplish in the next year? One place was more about them and what...

  7. The Dumber than Dumb Prize... any nominations?

    ukstudent replied to hosa32726's topic in Nursing Humor

    Man locked is car keys in his running car outside his house. Decided to let the car run all night and see if it ran out of gas. Next morning the car was still running. So he decided to stop the car...

  8. i am a doctor by profession

    ukstudent replied to angel143_69's topic in International Nursing

    You need to check out the international forum. There is a long delay in getting a green card. If you are here on an education visa, you will not be allowed to stay after you have finished your...

  9. I got "near passing on everything"

    ukstudent replied to brwnsuga83's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Never rush this exam. It only looks at the last 60 questions to average out if you are passing or not. When you started rushing at the end is when you doomed yourself. Study, go in confident and...

  10. not coding a non dnr patient

    ukstudent replied to acerila's topic in General Nursing

    I believe that the federal law that gave patients the right to have DNR's also says that if a pt is unable to make that decision then if 2 doctors make the decision that cpr would be futile then they...

  11. not coding a non dnr patient

    ukstudent replied to acerila's topic in General Nursing

    In some States it is legal for the Doctor to make a pt DNR without the next of kin's approval. Where I, the doc would have been in the right if he/she thought that the effort would have been

  12. Need Outside Opinion

    ukstudent replied to jacesmom2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Separate parts of the building, separate directors, separate rules. Tell her to get over herself. Would she be this upset over petty things if you had different buildings on the same grounds? If...

  13. I want to be a burn nurse but how?

    ukstudent replied to nvccstudent's topic in Burn

    If you stay in Northern Virginia the Washington Hospital Center is your best bet. They have the areas burn unit. They looked after all the Pentagon survivors after 9/11. WHC also take new grads....

  14. Need Outside Opinion

    ukstudent replied to jacesmom2's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have a few questions. Are the adults and children all in the same room, or do you have separate rooms and some common ones? If it is only one common room then yes it is cruel to the children for...

  15. Today's Gripe:Some travellers ain't got what it takes to be a "traveller"!

    ukstudent replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    While in nursing school one day during clinicals one of my fellow nursing students announced that she was going to be a traveller when she graduated, when we all talking about the different areas we...

  16. How Long is your New Grad Orientation at your facility?

    ukstudent replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Your not a nurse yet. When you finish nursing school and pass the nclex then you can take a job with no orientation as see how long you last in this profession. ALL the hospitals that I interviewed...

  17. Some one please tell me

    ukstudent replied to misslo's topic in General Nursing

    Some States, have laws that say that lines and tubes need to be kept in place in case of an autopsy with a sudden death. I am sorry that you had to see your mother-in-law like that. My condolences...

  18. NICU nurse transitioning into SICU

    ukstudent replied to LNeonurse's topic in MICU, SICU

    I don't have much experience so take this advice however you like. I would just go into the SICU. As a NICU nurse you already have the critical thinking part down and great assessment skills (none...

  19. The Charge Nurse Role

    ukstudent replied to poppy07's topic in MICU, SICU

    You can go to CRNA school with one year of ICU. Don't worry about what someone else is doing, and why the might be doing it. Concentrate on your own

  20. Things Patients Have Taught Me NOT To Do

    ukstudent replied to Trixxy's topic in Nursing Humor

    That if I want to shoot myself, to aim towards the back of the head and not straight up from under the chin. You will loose all your teeth, be blind in one eye (took out optic nerve) and end up with...

  21. EEK! There's a MAN in my room!

    ukstudent replied to abooker's topic in General Nursing

    Yes it is unethical and yes it happens. You need to decide how far you are willing to push for equal rights. You could end up loosing your job or being forced out. However if you want to push this,...

  22. Full-ride scholarships?

    ukstudent replied to Allara's topic in First Year After Licensure

    So you would rather obligate yourself to some unknown hell-hole of a hospital if they pay for your nursing rather than live in Texas? How bad can Texas

  23. advice needed!

    ukstudent replied to EmilySN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    First you need to find out if this is even offered as a new grad position. If it is only for experienced nurses then you don't have to make a choice. If it is open to new grads then if that is what...

  24. Help! Been out of profession for 8 yrs--How do I get back in??

    ukstudent replied to swtp2007's topic in General Nursing

    Call all the local nursing schools, including the community college. Refresher classes are not always advertised well. Call around and see if any are offered. Call your local hospitals, LTC places...

  25. charting.... critique? last care plan, I must pass.

    ukstudent replied to fizzgigger's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This is not a care plan. These are nurses notes. You need to keep it objective, take the stuff about the family