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Is there any contraindications when using propofol when a patient has an egg allergy??? thanks for any answers.

Situation today: Pt was in to see doc on a f/u. before seen he c/o chest pains. i was called over. This is an ortho docs office with a surgery center and PT/OT dept attached. i do triage calls at this office ("campus" its called) i am new on the doc ...

The comments are all excellent. i will be bringing this up when the main nurse gets back form her vacation. this particualr pt had hx of stents and used nitro in past. after reading comments, agree that nitro might not be the complete answer...but if...

awesome input, thanks Trauma. these are things i have never had to think about as i work at the surgery center, where we have all of that equipment (obviously). my concerns are new and it is unknown territory as i have never worked in a docs "office"...

Thanks so far for all the comments, keep bringing them! Thanks Eric for food for thought. There is always a bunch of ortho docs in the building while on hrs are going....then after 4pm there is a clinic for emergent, non open breaks (ortho) so there...

Yes, agree that all the reasons we become nurses are those reasons exactly...but must i be the one to mention the fact that sometimes its nice to know that once a certain pt is discharged (difficult personality, demanding, pick an issue), we really d...

this was before ambien CR, but i did use ambien and worked nights...i would take it after my 1st 12h shift to get on track, then on the 2nd shift i would be so dead tired didnt need it. i did this for about 3 yrs without a prob. ALWAYS take on an emp...

i did compressions for a few min and i was 6 mos preg. i have a healthy, rambuncious 3.5 yr old!!! GL

OK, heres the story...a new nurse came to work with us and mentioned that this one place (in cincinati perhaps?) would put 2 carpal tunnels in the SAME OR ROOM and the surgeon would do one then rescrub and the do the other and like an assembly line p...

I was at the game and it is indeed sad. there is all this news and swarming of prayers and well wishers stopping by the hospital....gee i hope that the people are saying prayers and well wishes for all of the other hundreds of people that are in the ...

Is there anything concrete that says we should take a BP on left or right and why? i thought it was most accurate to do the left, but i have been searching for a site that tells where and why if there is such a thing....anyone? Thanks

working in the PACU i had a few pts who had SVT, and i was told to have the pt bear down while in bed as tho they were making a BM, it did slow the HR for a few secs but went right back up, so never officially broke it.

anywhere i worked if u left the buiding fine, u just had to clock out. someone was watching your patients and if something did happen, during the period u were on break and not on the clock could not come back to get u, and that clock in and out is y...

Did anyone see how he had to go to a childrens cancer floor cause there were no surgical beds available. common thing i know...and not an excuse by any means....but these nurses take care of cancer pts and prob dont see a high percent of surgical pts...

I was taking nursing pre-req's and got a C in A&P and thought id never make a good nurse with a C, so went into business. was working for nuns in a nursing home type setting....was in my next to last semester of business and this poor nun was dia...

Hey, when i worked at the hospital, it was unionized and there was a clause that stated u couldnt be LC'd more than 6 or 8 shifts a year (i dont remember which). so if i were u and u had a union i would make sure it gets written in next contract!!

I had this test done many yrs ago (maybe 8?) i think cause i had gained weight and family hx of DM and it was absolutely the worst thing ive gone thru. it tasted so bad, i almost couldnt finish it and to this day i cannot drink orange soda....so when...

This is the exact reason why all nurses should have caller ID (who doesnt anyways these days for heaven sakes). then if u do want to work it pick it up...must be the most simplest solution to any problem i have ever seen.

I, too, have about 100+ to lose. a friend of mine, who is close in lbs has tried all kinds of things...and is now doing Jenny Craig. she is so impressed with them, they taught her a different way to "diet". right now shes in the beggining stages, 1st...

Higuys, i do pre-op assessments and interviews and always trying to find new ways to prevent PONV. a drug rep introduced us to Emend. has anyone had any experience with this drug? good bad indifferent? feed back please!!

"If you work in other states other than where you reside do you have to have liscenses (sp) for the other states?" i dont know if i am reading this right...but i am from NY state...and traveled to Colorado...i had to have a licence in Colo also...u a...

when i did postpart and nursery, we did use the SAM packs also. it worked wonderfully....we werent running for every colace, motrin, etc. the pts had a log sheet so they could keep track of the meds then we placed the sheet in their chart on DC. pts ...

Here's the situation: a friend of mine is pregnant and is exploring the option of looking for a new job. she is just a few weeks preg. if she starts a new job, does it work like everything else (usually a 90 wait period)? would the new insurance comp...

yes, i would and have also explained that there was a pt emergency, etc etc...it seems that if the waiting pt has heard the code/emergency/ppl running down the hall, they are a little less mad.

semi off-topic....but what is going on with this...i have labs drawn a few times a year for my thyroid...it really seems that every time the phlebotomist wipes with alcohol prep then runs her gloved finger over my (bulging) vein to check where it is....