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1. Do you flush Chest tubes at your hospital?

   JHUBRAIN replied to JHUBRAIN's topic in General Students

   Me too! That is why I love this

2. Do you flush Chest tubes at your hospital?

   JHUBRAIN replied to JHUBRAIN's topic in General Students

   Great response - Thank you so

3. Do you flush Chest tubes at your hospital?

   JHUBRAIN replied to JHUBRAIN's topic in General Students

   We do a lot of sclerosing - and getting the talc back out. Also we get a lot of the pyothorax folks. Sometimes it is so thick. We see it more once suction has been turned off (like going to Rad or...

4. Do you flush Chest tubes at your hospital?

   JHUBRAIN replied to JHUBRAIN's topic in General Students

   To prevent it from clotting off. Sometimes they icky stuff gets caught in thoraic cath. They had a PA doing it and he just recently quit. I have only had to have it done

5. Do you flush Chest tubes at your hospital?

   JHUBRAIN posted a topic in General Students

   Hi everyone - The interventional Rad group is wanting to start having the floor nurses start flushing their chest tubes they place. I have never done this and the others on our floors are not real...

6. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

   JHUBRAIN replied to lee1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   i knew it!!! hey two thumbs way up to allnurses for doing what they

7. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

   JHUBRAIN replied to lee1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Well

8. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

   JHUBRAIN replied to lee1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   I think you are way off - and your anger towards the nurses show. If I may - what dept to you work

9. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

   JHUBRAIN replied to lee1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

   Good Luck to you

10. Robert Wood Johnson Univ Hospital Nurses to Strike

    JHUBRAIN replied to lee1's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I am following this with much awe - Good luck to all of you - Fight for your

11. Use of Prisoners in Drug Trials

    JHUBRAIN replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    The job of an IRB is to protect the study particpants no matter were they are (even in prison). Most IRB study presentation paperwork has a part on it about "special populations" and prison inmates...

12. Should there be a limit on trying to pass NCLEX?

    JHUBRAIN replied to 2ndCareerRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree with this. There should be a limit - or there are no standards. If someone could just retake - retake - retake until on the 12th time they pass - maybe nursing is really not for...

13. Critical Meds on MEDSURG

    JHUBRAIN replied to JHUBRAIN's topic in General Nursing

    All great points. The nurse will have to be ACLS to do these. Inservices will be done with a yearly compentencies as well. Great conversation. Thanks to

14. Critical Meds on MEDSURG

    JHUBRAIN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello everyone - I have a question and am hoping you can help. Do any of you know what your policys are regarding "critical Meds" on a medsurg floor. The meds I am interested in are Amiodarone -...

15. Do any of you work 10 hour shifts?

    JHUBRAIN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi - Was wondering if any of you Nurses working in hospitals do 10 hour shifts. We are considering them at my hospital and I was wondering what folks thought about them. Thank you -