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  1. Can 2% lidocaine be given IM?

    ukstudent replied to newnursealice's topic in General Nursing

    2% lidocaine that can be drawn up is used to numb the respiratory tract during broncs at my hospital 1% lidocaine that can be drawn up is used for painful IM injections and topical numbing, such...

  2. Nursing Theory: Did we throw the baby out with the bathwater?

    ukstudent replied to james2309's topic in General Nursing

    I say nursing hates itself because since I have been alive the ANA has had as a position that LPN's and ADN's should not be considered nurses. And now that there are so many direct entry MSN programs...

  3. Nursing Theory: Did we throw the baby out with the bathwater?

    ukstudent replied to james2309's topic in General Nursing

    I am probably going to get slammed for this, but this is my thinking. Nursing lost it's way when it started to hate itself. Until recently (last 40-50 years) nursing has been a blue collar job and...

  4. Interested in becoming a CRNA

    ukstudent replied to knkata's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    Not a good plan. You have a lot of wasted time, effort and money in your current plan. Forget about the EMT-Paramedic idea. Excelsior is not accepted in all States and if in the future you need to...

  5. Why is CA BRN too picky?

    ukstudent replied to Nurse_AngelaNV2CA's topic in California Nursing

    It is my understanding that Excelsior is upfront with the fact that several States, not just California do not accept their grads. Anyone going that route needs to understand potential future...

  6. Denied time off for a critical doctors appointment? Can they do this?

    ukstudent replied to HeatherGurl84's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Rules for attendance and time off are different when you are on orientation and when you are off. While on orientation you have NO time off, NO sick days etc. You need to get into work. To a...

  7. MRSA Colonized? Means ?

    ukstudent replied to Rascal1's topic in Infectious Disease

    I hope I can help, however, I will point out that I am not an infection control nurse. So this is just my understanding. Being colonized with MRSA does not mean that any wound will then be infected...

  8. MRSA Colonized? Means ?

    ukstudent replied to Rascal1's topic in Infectious Disease

    As a female you know that you have yeast cells in your lady parts, you are therefor colonized. Only when you get an over abundance of yeast and start to have symptoms do you have a yeast infection....

  9. Is it sexist....

    ukstudent replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in Men in Nursing

    As a female, yes, that is sexist. It often happens but

  10. How to teach an experienced nurse

    ukstudent replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    What has been the out come? Is she still with you or has she been let go? Or is she now doing pt

  11. Prove my Mom wrong, please

    ukstudent replied to NurseBanana's topic in General Nursing

    Did not personally do it. One person I went to school with, had complications with the pregnancy and dropped out for one semester. When she came back, she was so overwhelmed that she failed out....

  12. Plan of care for jehovah witness with blood loss

    ukstudent replied to sarymil's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    A pt with excessive blood loss will be in hemovolemic shock. Look up signs/symptoms of it and what interventions would you do for it. The one difference that the pt being a JW makes is that you can...

  13. Promised job, now they won't hire me

    ukstudent replied to caramelcomet's topic in General Nursing

    This is not what you will want to hear, however, they are NOT hiring new grads for Administrative Assistants. They are being hired to work on the floors. Job prospects have changed a huge amount...

  14. Effects of vasopressin on hrt rate?

    ukstudent replied to chiuli's topic in Cardiac

    I don't understand your thinking. Vassopressin is a pure alpha receptor drug, it has no chronotropic or inotropic properties. Vasocostrictors do just that, they constrict the blood flow leading to...

  15. Jehovah's Witness nurses in the critical care unit?

    ukstudent replied to asdf88's topic in Critical Care

    I think that people that don't work in an ICU can not understand just how fast blood is transfused here. In an non-emergent situation, such as a pt that is going back to surgery in the morning with...

  16. Wondering about Flight Nursing

    ukstudent replied to scsunurse85's topic in General Nursing

    If you look at the top of the page, there is a tab titled Specialty, click on it and then click on nursing specialties. If you go down the list there is a forum for flight nurses. You will find the...

  17. Thank you very much for your reply. I have re-posted questions with my thinking.Thx

    ukstudent replied to SamZ's topic in International Nursing

    a. i agree with your reasoning for the most part. good luck in

  18. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    ukstudent replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Not all PA schools require a health care back ground, but a lot do. As for CRNA's, they do require clinical experence, a very vigorous interview selection process ( only few get accepted) and a huge...

  19. Becoming an NP with little to no nursing experience??

    ukstudent replied to Blurr156's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Doctors graduate from school, but then have several years of residency in order to see how the theory translates to practice. The idea that patients are individual and do not all respond the same way...

  20. "Nurses don't make judgments"...do they?

    ukstudent replied to Darjeeling22's topic in General Nursing

    Nurses use their judgement all the time. The difference in the test question come from NOT the use of judgement but from then telling a pt a diagnosis of normal blood pressure. To make it clearer,...

  21. postop trach

    ukstudent replied to PaKuRN's topic in PACU

    Level one trauma center. When they go to the OR for a trach (about 30% are done at the bedside) they come straight back. No side trip to PACU, no PACU nurse with the pt at any

  22. Instructor said I'd be good in ICU/CCU/ER units?

    ukstudent replied to GhostOfTheSun's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing in general is a female dominated career. In general it seems that more men that do go into nursing gravitate to ER/CCU/ICU than other floors/units. For a male CNA instructor to tell a male...

  23. Help Me Write My Ethics Paper =) By Giving Me Stories About Your Ethical Conflicts!!

    ukstudent replied to crshield's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    no, as a working nurse you get to refine what to you is right and wrong. we all draw a line some were and for each of us, it is a different line. i still remember the look in this eyes, the silent...

  24. How long are the vacations?

    ukstudent replied to nowayis's topic in General Nursing

    I would suggest getting it done prior to nursing school. From my quick look-up it seems that it is better to get it done prior to the age of 20. To answer your question though, most hospitals give...

  25. Help! Acid-Base Imbalances

    ukstudent replied to Happified.'s topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    A and B are correct. The answer to C is respiratory acidosis partially compensated. Not fully compensated. A high bicarb level would not cause the pt to be acidotic, rather that is the bodies...