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  1. Friday Night. A) Party B) Learn Dosage Calculations Answer = B

    brownbook replied to bjwojcik's topic in General Students

    I'm not a student but the last 17 years of nursing in out patient surgery my dosage calculation was limited to almost the same 5 differential drugs. It was fun to see if I could still do

  2. Neonatal Nurses with visual disability

    brownbook replied to Jay023's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I don't have low vision. But no one can answer your question. It depends entirely on how "low" is "low". I do think it could be a hindrance in the critical care area of neonatal

  3. Anyone having a hard time getting over the verbal abuse?

    brownbook replied to kayleeschiff's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with all the posters, it was not egregious verbal abuse. BUT I am just like you. I tend to take some responses as "verbal abuse" when the person probably did not mean it that way. And...

  4. Magnet behind nurses station?

    brownbook replied to Pharmahaulic's topic in General Nursing

    Waaaaay above my pay grade, Google...Open Anesthesiology....Pacemaker & electrocautery. But I think Davy Do has the answer your professor was looking for (or

  5. Turn Q2 and patient refuses

    brownbook replied to AnLe's topic in First Year After Licensure

    As others said it is assault and battery to do something to a patient that they adamently refuse. Of course do some low level interventions, therapeutic questions, therapeutic listening, ask...

  6. Essential Oil Overkill

    brownbook replied to Kayauhs's topic in General Nursing

    Headline from an article in my local newspaper: Fragrances found equally to blame for smog as cars. "The study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration and University of Davis...

  7. New policies

    brownbook replied to Ronkrn's topic in General Nursing

    Assuming Sour Lemon's scenario didn't happen. Your boss, manager, charge nurse, sounds like an idiot. You do not HAVE TO follow any policy whether signed or unsigned, typed or written. Management...

  8. BA in Social Work to nursing?

    brownbook replied to Rowan318's topic in General Nursing

    It can really vary. You'd most likely need to take some biology, anatomy and physiology, chemistry, classes prior to applying to a nursing program.. I'd go to the nearest community and 4 year college...

  9. Did you contract anything from a patient?

    brownbook replied to RNrhythm's topic in General Nursing

    I had to Google Bangs....where were you, what were you doing, to be in the presence of a crazed cow. Inquiring minds want to know. Who, where, how, do you get ultra violet blood treatments? A class...

  10. Med error

    brownbook replied to Okmyturn's topic in Patient Medications

    It seems like a no brainer that you did the right thing. Do you feel badly for reporting her? Did someone tell you you shouldn't have told your

  11. Next step

    brownbook replied to GynOncNurse's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    The next step is one "baby" step at a time. Go to a community or four year college. Talk to an advisor or admission counselor. Start taking classes. One class each semester......on line classes..it...

  12. removal central line

    brownbook replied to kiki1991's topic in General Nursing

  13. Are picc line nursing the same as vascular access nusre

    brownbook replied to eileendg1989's topic in Florida Nursing

    That helps a lot, but still I think you should go to the Specialties heading in Allnurses, scroll down to Infusion Nursing, and they will be able to help you, even with only in Miami area being an...

  14. Racism in Nursing

    brownbook replied to eastcoastrn586's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I really had to put on my " what would Miss Manners do" hat when I replied....I loved her snarky, "Aren't you lucky" response. The only racism I have seen in nursing was a black co-worker who got...

  15. removal central line

    brownbook replied to kiki1991's topic in General Nursing

    I appreciate your concerns about possible infection. But honestly you need to "get over it". Your situation was not an emergency, however any urgent situation (after the ABC's), stopping blood loss...

  16. Are picc line nursing the same as vascular access nusre

    brownbook replied to eileendg1989's topic in Florida Nursing

    Post this question under the allnurses specialties section, Infusion Nursing is one of the specialties. The question is kind of vague, my off the cuff answer is maybe. If you provide a little more...

  17. Nursing school lack of confidence/Clinicals

    brownbook replied to A.J.R.'s topic in General Students

    Nine out of ten nurses feel exactly the same way, and as others have said, this feeling may not go away till a year or two of working as a nurse is under your belt. And I don't feel sorry for you,...

  18. Working nights w/ barking/needy dogs that probably wouldn't let me sleep during the day

    brownbook replied to lmb93's topic in General Nursing

    Dear Davy Do, you should have let them sleep with

  19. Working nights w/ barking/needy dogs that probably wouldn't let me sleep during the day

    brownbook replied to lmb93's topic in General Nursing

    This is soooo crazy. Anytime I read about dogs sleeping with their owners it is a big no no! From dogs need to know you are the alpha to your sleep will be negatively affected. I heard a...

  20. And we were having such a nice day, too...

    brownbook replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    I worked in a smaller city, small county hospital. When ever I drove to work and was passed by an ambulance invariably it would be a slow quiet shift. Don't get me started on wasted, wasteful, use of...

  21. And we were having such a nice day, too...

    brownbook replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    This always.....a really slow afternoon in out patient surgery.....I really need to, would like to, be sent home early, anxiously watching the clock....DOOM DOOM DOOM, I go home

  22. And we were having such a nice day, too...

    brownbook replied to audreysmagic's topic in General Nursing

    When a patient tells me they have great veins and I'll have no trouble with their IV.... I know I'll blow

  23. How Working the Night Shift Can Be A Death Sentence

    brownbook replied to Carol Ebert's topic in Health, Stress Management

    You're mixing apples and oranges. Any rotating shift schedule is bad for mental and physical health. Straight night shifts doesn't kill the average person. I do believe co-workers who say they just...

  24. Good Samaritan Law: Do you feel protected?

    brownbook replied to SouthpawRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Same for me, and even if there wasn't a law I would lend

  25. Ask Dr. Fever

    brownbook replied to Davey Do's topic in Nursing Humor

    Thank you for taking my call Dr Fever. My nose runs and my feet smell, what should I