ERNurse752 RN

I am in the FNP program at UIndy (will graduate next May.) The WHNP/CNM program coordinator, Barb Winningham, is amaaaaaaaaaaazing. One of my friends is in the WHNP track and graduating this spring. I'm not sure about job opportunities. I'm consideri...

I was on mag for preterm labor and was taken off of it after a week because I gained 10 lbs of fluid. I was on it again a couple weeks later after my c section (breech twins), this time for preeclampsia, and blew up like a balloon...which was also p...

I am in a brick and mortar program. Our clinicals are arranged for us. The preceptors are not faculty, but are approved by faculty. I believe we can also find our own if we have something specific in mind, but the site and preceptor must be approved.

A serum level > 150 ug/ml at 4 hours post ingestion is toxic - don't forget that the time the blood was drawn is everything in determining toxicity. A serum level of 10 ug/ml could be toxic, depending on the time of ingestion and the time the lev...

When I left ER, they were going to just NS irrigation for lacs - for the tissue damage reason you said, and also because the mechanical act/pressure wash effect of a good irrigation was found to be what really cleaned the wound, not the actual agent ...

So he really did have a broken bone! Now I am craving an orange julius...

This thread is actually pretty interesting. With my background, withdrawal treatment is pretty much banana bags and benzos, benzos, benzos. (Well, for EtOH withdrawal or benzo withdrawal, anyway.)

How about Pop Tarts? I could go for some of those right now, and I'm not even withdrawing from anything.

And sweaty/slippery hands. Although, if that were the case, he would need to be fed as well. And I imagine he was able to feed himself just fine.

I agree with the previous posters, and also wonder whether his hands were broken.

You're welcome. A good website (discussion board format) is http://www.thebump.com Lots of different baby boards, including a Trouble Trying to Conceive Board. To get to that specific board, click on "boards" in the brown banner at the top of the hom...

If that person has not already, they should see a urologist who specializes in male infertility.

I'd say there are too many variables for here. That person should see a reproductive endocrinologist for a workup and then go from there.

I saw something interesting for the first time today... We had a 34 y/o male present to the ED with an erection lasting greater than 24 hours, in a great deal of pain (the writhing and sweating kind!). He had just started taking Trazadone for depres...

I'd choose MRSA since there's a vaccine for Hep B and a way to verify immunity to it. Plus you'd typically get it from a needlestick or bood exposure, and you can get MRSA from anywhere.

Do you have any gut feeling about whether you want to stay hands on/treating patients vs. not? That helped me make my decision...in an NP program now.

Ditto that. If you tap on the diaphragm/bell, does the sound travel to you? If not, try twisting it around once. It might be turned off.

I'm an INFJ. :) My J is pretty "weak." I'm in the middle on N and F. I'm a very strong introvert. I also like this site's summarization of INFJ: http://www.geocities.com/lifexplore/infj.htm I think it sums me up pretty well. My current job is pretty ...

It is definitely pretty stressful. For me it had more to do with the noise, the hordes of people all over the place, and the high patient to nurse ratio combined with high acuity. Also, I felt like a task robot a lot of the time...just do do do witho...

I am now curious to see what specialties all of you are in, or interested in? I used to do ER, which I enjoyed a lot of the time, and hated a lot of the time because of the chaos and not being able to provide my standard of good care. Jumped around f...

I am INFJ/INFP - my J is pretty weak/close to midline, however you want to say it. I can definitely relate to this thread. I've been a nurse for over 7 years now. It does get a bit easier as you gain experience, and you start to gain confidence in y...

Here are a few websites I thought might be helpful: http://www.aafp.org/afp/20020215/599.html http://www.kernicterus.org/ http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic1061.htm

just an fyi (not specifically directed at you, just in general) most forms of visine contain imidazoline decongestants. it can have clonidine-like effects with a small dose ingested. cns/resp depression, bradycardia, hypotension. i've seen a kid beco...

I carried a pair in my pocket also.

Ditto Elavil and other tricyclics - very bad in overdose. Rapid CNS/resp depression, tachycardia, wide QRS, v tach, seizures, etc. You can let them sleep too, but be prepared to rapidly intubate and to deal with the other potential problems that will...