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1. No gloves ever?!?

   sdprcrn replied to dizzyray822's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Please go to cdc.gov and osha.gov for the proper recommendations for the use of PPE's (gloves). You may be very

2. Gloves or not for IV meds?

   sdprcrn replied to Shibby3's topic in General Students

   Clean gloves used as PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT are for the staff's safety, not the patient's. The BIG problem with using gloves inappropriately is that people using them go on to touch other items...

3. VENT! They could've KILLED somebody!

   sdprcrn replied to papergirlRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

   As a point to consider...I don't even like when the graveyard shift nurses do the fingersticks and then cover according to the sliding scale, nor do I like it when they do the fingersticks (at about 6...

4. Passing Meds

   sdprcrn replied to psalm51's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   I would see if you can 'team up' the students so that you have 2 students with the same 2 patients, ideally in the same room. They can share the information they get with each other. One day have one...

5. Nursing educators- salaries

   sdprcrn replied to ginat113's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   What you need to keep in mind is that teaching is a wonderful way to keep your skills sharpened and up to date clinically. What I love about teaching??? When a student 'gets it'! Also the hours and...

6. Geriatric Nursing Course

   sdprcrn replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   I would focus my discussions on the following: 1) Address the effects of aging on psycosocial dynamics. 2) Address the most common illnesses that require nursing care. ( i.e., falls, depression,...

7. CNA Educator

   sdprcrn replied to kc319's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   http://www.michigan.gov/mdch/0,1607,7-132-27417_27529_27544---,00.html

8. Students Smoking During Clinical Hours

   sdprcrn replied to lglnurse's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

   Students in uniform at clinical sites are always supposed to maintain a 'professional image and demeanor', this includes those times when they are on break and having a cigarette. Smoking is not...

9. Insulin dosaging with proper syringe choice

   sdprcrn replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

   "each ten graduations is 10, 100 ths . ie it goes 0.1, 0.2 etc until it gets to 1 ML. So for 34 units it would be up to 3 and the graduation just prior to the halfway mark." Yep... that would be...

10. Insulin dosaging with proper syringe choice

    sdprcrn replied to Jedi of Zen's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There are NOT any 5 ml TB syringes and there are NOT any 5 ml Insulin syringes. If you had to give 34 units of U100 Insulin in a 1 ml Insulin syringe you would extract exactly 34 units of Insulin into...