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1. Abdominal pain??

   turtles replied to turtles's topic in General Nursing

   So when I went in today, patient was still in hospital undergoing tests. They have concluded that it is either pancreatitis or some sort of renal/bowel cancer! But that is all the info I could get, they are still doing tests. Thanks for all your thou...

2. Abdominal pain??

   turtles replied to turtles's topic in General Nursing

   ok - sorry to freak everyone out - I meant 6 units and there was a RN right there so I know I didn't do anything wrong. It's been a very long day and I'm churning out assignments and essays so I have to apologize that my brain is fuzzy right now. Any...

3. Abdominal pain??

   turtles replied to turtles's topic in General Nursing

   sorry! 6cc

4. Abdominal pain??

   turtles posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hi everyone, Today I did an assessment on a patient in an institution I am doing clinical at, let me know what you think: Male in mid 40s, presenting with Left upper quadrant abd. pain. radiating to other quadrants. Pain on VAS scale was 9 out of 10...

5. My husband won't let me do bed baths

   turtles replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in General Students

   Yeah! Been there.... my ex husband started off by saying things like that - I couldn't do bed baths. He would phone me 8 times while I was in class and leave messages. When I called him back he would drill me about where I was and who was in my clas...

6. 10 top things!

   turtles replied to turtles's topic in Operating Room

   Thanks everyone, it seems a bit intimidating but saying that, I love a challenge and the thought of OR nursing is exciting to me. Hopefully when the time comes I will be able to stand up for myself and my patients. I have some friends who are OR nurs...

7. Or?

   turtles posted a topic in General Students

   Hi, Are there any other students out there that are interested in going into OR? I'm in third year and loving it!

8. 10 top things!

   turtles replied to turtles's topic in Operating Room

   Thanks for the advice. What about knowledge base? Are there certain meds, surgical instruments or anything that would be useful to know?

9. 10 top things!

   turtles posted a topic in Operating Room

   Hi, As a nursing student interested in going into OR nursing, can you guys suggest the top 10 things that you think it is important to know before you get there that will be useful to you when you're there? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciat...