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  1. Hoping I don't get the flu

    *ac* replied to jessiern's topic in General Nursing

    We have to stop trusting any and all reports to the contrary and use appropriate precautions with ALL upper resp/f/c pts. We are moving patients so quickly, that by the time providers get their act...

  2. math/drug calculation help!

    *ac* replied to laurenlauren's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Same way: 125/1 x 500/? cross multiply and divide (500 x 1)/125 =

  3. The H1N1 vaccine will arrive too late to help most Americans

    *ac* replied to musiklover's topic in Disaster Preparation

    Yep, I've already got it, or at least I tested positive for flu-a. I contracted it during the time that the hospital said it was following a guideline alternative to the CDC's and not requiring use of...

  4. The "woes" of 12 hr. Shifts

    *ac* replied to thegreenmile's topic in General Nursing

    I hate the mind-set of the work-horse/doormats that send the message to the hospital to "bring it on". There's a limit to what most human beings can do. These individual limits, whether hours, pt...

  5. I've been an RN for 3 years and I just made my first medication error.

    *ac* replied to mikeyswife's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I feel I am far too busy to be as careful as I really should be. A lot of these posts say, slow down, but I really cannot, with my load. The load has increased so much since I first started 2 years...

  6. Sweat Shop

    *ac* replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    I am pretty much always hot at work. There is a separate thermostat in the break/report room that has no effect on pts. This is about us. I wear scrubs with no cami/undershirt or anything. There...

  7. Washington Redskins Cheerleader Suffers Dystonia From Flu Shot

    *ac* replied to musiklover's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I see possible links and benefits to using vit D, however, remember how many such possible links there were to using vit E and beta carotene? Then it turned out that high doses of these...

  8. Shady shift change

    *ac* replied to 86toronado's topic in General Nursing

    I have looked into this sort of thing and determined the following. If you tacitly accept the assignment, by not protesting, than if anything bad happens you will lose your license. If you refuse the...

  9. What to do, what to do?

    *ac* replied to eisens's topic in Florida Nursing

    Couple more things: How's your hearing and eyesight? Will you be abe to hear people talking quietly through masks? Can you see details in low light? Honestly, it's necessary. There's also no time...

  10. Washington Redskins Cheerleader Suffers Dystonia From Flu Shot

    *ac* replied to musiklover's topic in Disaster Preparation

    this is a biased article from a company that sells

  11. What to do, what to do?

    *ac* replied to eisens's topic in Florida Nursing

    I have to agree with llg. I started very late and I just can't tell you how hard it is. It's so easy for people to say, go for it, you're as young as you feel, etc... but there are realities you must...

  12. Can someone verify this for me?

    *ac* replied to caffeineRx's topic in General Nursing

    I suggest also asking yourself if your answer seems right, using common sense. Pretend you have a real patient with that order. How the heck would you give 50 grams (your answer). Also, compare that...

  13. FNP or PNP?

    *ac* posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am ready to take the leap and apply to an NP Program. I really want to continue in peds and am attracted to the PNP program, but am thinking that FNP would give me more employment opportunity. My...

  14. Contact isolation for MRSA question

    *ac* posted a topic in General Nursing

    I've heard that we are all probably colonized for MRSA, right? So if a patient is only colonized for MRSA; i.e., positive nasal swab, what makes them different from us? What's the point of putting...

  15. New grad with no clinical skills

    *ac* replied to malone2192's topic in General Nursing

    Although we learn to do it, we generally don't start IV's on my floor. Pt's usually come from ED or ICU with lines in place so we get very little practice at it - the only time they're required is...

  16. Guess what the ER doc did?

    *ac* replied to dorie43rn's topic in Emergency

    If there was a remote possibility that the blood test was wrong, why on earth wouldn't he repeat

  17. Did taking Chemistry really help you become a good nurse?

    *ac* replied to Ted D's topic in General Nursing

    Yes! Especially dimensional analysis. And

  18. Having a Colectomy

    *ac* replied to JustaPatient585's topic in General Nursing

    1. Move 2. Move 3. Move Then you feel

  19. Don't flush saline lock? I'm confused.

    *ac* replied to boggle's topic in General Nursing

    To everyone who's not flushing: I don't want to follow you and have to restart your IV's. If I'm your relief nurse, please either flush or leave a med line

  20. Stumped on a gtt ml/hr math question

    *ac* replied to I see you RN's topic in General Students

    If there's 15 drops in an ml, and 36 drops per minute, divide 36 by 15 = 2.4 ml per minute. Times 60 minutes = 144 ml/hr. 40 mEq of K divided by 1000 ml = .04 mEq per ml. Since there's 144ml/hr,...

  21. C-Diff question

    *ac* replied to *ac*'s topic in General Nursing

    Helpful article! I actually read this last night, but was too dang exhausted to really comprehend

  22. C-Diff question

    *ac* posted a topic in General Nursing

    C-diff is thought to be a naturally resident gut flora, right. And use of certain antibiotics, plus other risk factors, put a patient at risk to get over-growth c-diff resulting in diahhrea. Well if...

  23. C-Diff question

    *ac* replied to *ac*'s topic in General Nursing

    I'm guessing that the fact that most of us (health care workers) and our families don't get it, is that we have healthy immune systems and aren't taking the big-gun abx that kill off the good flora....

  24. In need of advice- discrimination???

    *ac* replied to 2010NewRN's topic in General Nursing

    I can tell you with 100% certainty that this is unofficially done on my

  25. Central Line Preventative Maintenance?

    *ac* replied to JustEnuff2BDangerous's topic in General Nursing

    I have seen this, too. The patient was not lying down - it was an air embolus. He died right