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  1. Injections: to pinch or not to pinch

    solumedrol replied to TRINI_RN's topic in General Students

    yeah. for SQ injections we were also taught to pinch the skin and keep it pinched until you have injected all the medication. for instance, when injecting Heparin SQ you keep the skin pinched until...

  2. student med error, what happens to the instructor?

    solumedrol replied to RN1263's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    omg. they give you an F right away for unsafe practice? thats punitive. they should have just filed a incident report and just put you on probation that you should really need to observe your 5 rights...

  3. Air Entry Assessment..

    solumedrol replied to solumedrol's topic in General Nursing

    lol. thanks for all the constructive criticisms.

  4. Advocacy and Caring..

    solumedrol posted a topic in General Nursing

    Share an example from your practice experience of how you demonstrated caring. Identify how you have acted as an advocate for a patient in

  5. Causes of unequal pedal pulses

    solumedrol replied to Dakkon76's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    that's interesting. thanks for the

  6. Air Entry Assessment..

    solumedrol replied to solumedrol's topic in General Nursing

    thank you anne74 for the good advice.

  7. Air Entry Assessment..

    solumedrol replied to solumedrol's topic in General Nursing

    i'm not

  8. Air Entry Assessment..

    solumedrol replied to solumedrol's topic in General Nursing

    i'm from Canada. lol. we don't chart like that. we just chart like: "Pt. has decreased air entry in right lower lobe." as for the crackles, we chart it like this: "Pt. has crackles on right uppper...

  9. Air Entry Assessment..

    solumedrol replied to solumedrol's topic in General Nursing

    yeah. I'm a nursing student in a 4yr RN program and english is my primary language. i think the nursing programs in canada is structured differently than in the US. i heard my professor once say that...

  10. Air Entry Assessment..

    solumedrol replied to solumedrol's topic in General Nursing

    I think the term "air-entry" is being freely used nowadays in lieu of standard term ‘breath

  11. INR & Blood coagulation studies!!

    solumedrol replied to milly85's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Interesting.. Thanks for the

  12. Air Entry Assessment..

    solumedrol replied to solumedrol's topic in General Nursing

    I think Air Entry is part of Respiratory Assessment because we chart it under there. Like "Pt. air entry decreased in lower lobes". A decreased air entry usually happends on post-op patients on my...

  13. MRSA help!

    solumedrol replied to mollysdirtysprocket's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the links

  14. Taking an accurate manual blood pressure . HELP

    solumedrol replied to 2sc's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thanks for the links DaytoNite! I'm gonna learn alot of stuff from those

  15. Advocacy and Caring..

    solumedrol replied to solumedrol's topic in General Nursing

    Here is my example. Last Thursday, I was assigned a patient who had total knee replacement surgery performed. She stated she was allergic to morphine. Upon doing my first round of vitals, I noticed...

  16. Air Entry Assessment..

    solumedrol replied to solumedrol's topic in General Nursing

    no. its not homework. i just started my clinical placement in an inpatient surgical unit and part of the assessments i have to do is to check for air entry. my previous clinical placement was in a...

  17. Your Worst Mistake

    solumedrol replied to aurora_borealis's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting.. Thanks for the information. I'm a nursing student and there is just so much stuff I still need to

  18. Acute renal failure and calcium

    solumedrol replied to abbythetabby's topic in General Students

    That's interesting.. Phosphorous binds with Calcium.. Therefore, Pts. with Acute Renal Failure need Calcium supplements.. Learned something new again today from this

  19. DVT to PE...

    solumedrol replied to happytoheal's topic in General Nursing

    oh i see. thanks for the

  20. What are LAP Sites?

    solumedrol posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm just wondering.. What are lap sites? I read on a pt. kardex and it says "Lap Sites x3 OTA w/ steri strips" And what does OTA means?

  21. DVT to PE...

    solumedrol replied to happytoheal's topic in General Nursing

    I am a nursing student and I don't know much. lol. I have a pt with DVT too in her left calf. The doctor just ordered Heparin 5000u SQ for her. But I was so stupid to give the injection in the...

  22. What are LAP Sites?

    solumedrol replied to solumedrol's topic in General Nursing

    I see. thanks for the information. this forum is really

  23. What are LAP Sites?

    solumedrol replied to solumedrol's topic in General Nursing

    Oh I see. Thanks for the information. Another question. How do I manage and care for the Lap sites? Just take out the old steri strips and clean the site with a 2x2 gauze damped in normal saline or...

  24. What are LAP Sites?

    solumedrol replied to solumedrol's topic in General Nursing

    Oh i see.

  25. Tylenol 3 vs. Codeine.. Which medication do you administer first?

    solumedrol replied to solumedrol's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Steph, The order was: Tylenol 325mg PO PRN Codeine 20mg PO PRN I can't give them together? Or can I? Thanks,