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    infants apical pulse

    kids replied to onduty23's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I close my eyes and tap my finger to count apicals, especially with infants and adults with fib or
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    Charting Med Errors

    kids replied to southern_rn_brat's topic in General Nursing

    I am in WA. In every LTC/SNF I have ever worked in med errors were put on a 72 hour alert (VS & assessment Q shift). With med errors we didn't call it an error, we just documented the facts...on...
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    Will Peds be a good place for me??

    kids replied to soontobe_RN's topic in Pediatric

    In school there is a low but steady level of anxiety and pathophys is constantly running through your brain. It does get much better once you graduate. My children had a wonderful Ped who I drove...
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    What do you think?

    kids replied to Nutmeg5575's topic in Operating Room

    The suggestion to do a search in most cases is a good one and is not made to discourage revisiting the topic. If a topic has been discussed recently, re-posting it may not get many responses which can...
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    Question about BP

    kids replied to jschut's topic in General Nursing

    Given the type of discrepancies the manual being out of calibration is one of the first things that came to mind for me
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    How long did you breastfeed?

    kids replied to Graciegirlienurse's topic in General Nursing

    #1 - A few weeks. In the early 80s 16yo moms didn't get a lot of support. #2- A little over 2 years. #3- Not at all. He was tube fed for several weeks and needed a high density formula during and for...
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    Background checks

    kids replied to wincha's topic in Nursing Career

    We did ChoicePoint checks at one of my previous employers. It gave us a multistate criminal background check, address and employment history (as reported to the credit bureaus), multistate driving...
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    Discolored Roxanol?

    kids replied to BowlerRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Could it possibly be a different or odd strength? I've never seen the 20mg/ml in anything but clear and the 5mg/ml in bright blue. Also, is it the branded name Roxanol or is it a
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    My 16-year-old wants a navel piercing

    kids replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm kind of on the fence at doing it at 16 and I really don't know why, I have multiple piercings and took my lids in when they turned 17 :chuckle My daughter's navel a long time to heal, it stopped...
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    scared to do peds rotation

    kids replied to kelly2006's topic in Pediatric

    When I did my Peds rotation students were not allowed to take any kids with known or suspected abuse. It was both a hospital and college policy and had a lot to do with the potential to be called to...
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    Applying to two jobs at same facility, acceptable or not?

    kids replied to Lurksalot's topic in General Nursing

    I was looking at the job postings for several area hospitals online last night. All gave instructions for filling out the online application for multiple
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    At what point should a negative background check be mentioned?

    kids replied to kk2000's topic in Nursing Career

    Volunteer NOTHING. I have a couple of "blemishes" that come up on my criminal background check. I answer the questions "you ever been arrested for a felony" and "have you ever been convicted or plead...
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    diprivan

    kids replied to ERERER's topic in PICU, Pediatric

    There was a long discussion on the use of propofol in the Emergancy Nursing forum last fall.
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    How to find the right patho?

    kids replied to CrystalClear75's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Several different organ have a hilum. The term "hilar mass" is usually used to refer to a mass in an area near the mediastinum. It *usually* indicates some sort of cancer in the lungs or mediastinal...
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    Nurses and Domestic Violense

    kids replied to Lisa shanley's topic in General Nursing

    How the BoN responds will depend on the rules in his state. Many state BoNs have their nurse practice act and rules online. He needs to check there rather than relying on rumors. Also depending on...
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    qs re pediatric nursing

    kids replied to ejsmom's topic in Pediatric

    The need to have your RN may be a regional or hospital thing as there is no reason why LPNs can't work in Peds. There are certifications for Peds but usually you need to have worked a minimum number...
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    Incorporating care plans into daily nuring

    kids replied to KcRN07's topic in General Nursing

    Most of the hospitals in my use disease and procedure specific generic care plans with check boxes for the nursing diagnosis & interventions. They are usually started by the admitting nurse then...
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    LPN"s and telephone triage

    kids replied to 4kidsrn's topic in Telephone Triage

    I am also in WA. I questioned this at a clinic I worked at. Per the P&P manual and as documented by a letter in the manual from the BoN... LPNs working in telephone triage are not performing...
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    Community College Instructor's Qualifications?

    kids replied to missninaRN's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It isn't that uncommon for a community college to employ BSNs as instructors. The program I graduated from almost 16 years ago had an equal number of MSN & BSN instructors. An accredited nursing...
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    Directed pushing

    kids replied to LauraLou's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Could you possibly mean "A randomized trial of coached versus uncoached maternal pushing during the second stage of labor" by Bloom et al that was published in the January 2006 issue of AJOG? If so...
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    Bleeding at 14 weeks

    kids replied to letina's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I'm glad to hear the bleeding appears to be slowing down. I'm sending good thoughts for a healthy baby and an uneventful rest of her pregnancy. has slowed way downMy daughter also had some bleeding...
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    Reality Check. How many calls do you triage?

    kids replied to Audreyfay's topic in Telephone Triage

    Up until 2 years ago I was doing Peds triage/advice during office hours in a multi-provider clinic. In a 10 hour shift I took between 50 and 70 calls. About 1/3 were refill requests or went straight...
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    First Code Today

    kids replied to ItsyBitsySpider's topic in Pediatric

    I'm glad your unit took some steps toward helping y'all deal with it and I hope they continue it. Codes are tough to begin with and I think a lot of nurses are left with survivors guilt. Hearing that...
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    FDA approves infant vaccine for diarrhea virus

    kids replied to VeryPlainJane's topic in General Nursing

    There are only a handful of vaccines that still contain thimerosal. All of them are manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur and all, with the excetion of the influenza vaccine has a thimersol free version....
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    Question about Trachs

    kids replied to mpbc25's topic in General Nursing

    In homecare it is not at all unusual to disinfect and reuse trachs in children. Especially in kids who have MRSA colonization and need frequent trach changes. A good part of it is a cost saving...