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  1. What would you do if you were to quit nursing?

    beachbum3 replied to linda2097's topic in General Nursing

    Business management or

  2. Overtime

    beachbum3 replied to BiologyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    That would be great.. this whole time I figured what I end up getting is what I get. I'd love to be able to work all my shifts in a row when I

  3. How to Calculate Mixed Insulin (70/30)

    beachbum3 replied to Anjeleyes214's topic in General Nursing

    It won't let me edit, and I had it backwards- you draw up regular

  4. How to Calculate Mixed Insulin (70/30)

    beachbum3 replied to Anjeleyes214's topic in General Nursing

    If I'm thinking correctly, you have to use whole numbers for insulin units, and you have to draw up NPH first... so it would be 4 units of NPH, and 8 units of

  5. Overtime

    beachbum3 replied to BiologyNerd's topic in General Nursing

    I was under the impression that you don't get to choose in what sequence you work your

  6. Is this a "no-no"?

    beachbum3 posted a topic in Emergency

    I've read alot of threads here about irritation with people who come in for non urgent issues- and I also intend to work in an ED when I graduate in May.... but now I'm wondering... There have been...

  7. How opposite are you and your mate?

    beachbum3 replied to wooosp's topic in General Nursing

    We are very much alike, but still different in some ways. We both like the same things- travel, cooking/trying new restaurants and foods, beaches (both grew up in FL) and all things beach related, we...

  8. birth control and pap HELP SCARED

    beachbum3 replied to 4x4country's topic in General Nursing

    I went for the first time when I was 15. I'm not entirely sure what the recommended age is, but I was thinking it was more along the lines of in the teenage years. As far as being nervous- its...

  9. Working while sick- what do you think?

    beachbum3 replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not going tomorrow to clinical. I don't think I'd make it the whole day-I'm dizzy, weak and fatigued along with this other resp. crap. I dragged myself to class today and my instructor was very...

  10. help! nsg interventions on diabetes type 2

    beachbum3 replied to mjskitty's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What do you think they would be? What problems do DM pts have or can develop? Base your interventions on those. Don't forget pt

  11. HIV from bed linens?

    beachbum3 replied to Guest999's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't worry, you can't get HIV from someone touching you or changing bed

  12. Is this a "no-no"?

    beachbum3 replied to beachbum3's topic in Emergency

    Ah ha! I've found the answer... I went googling AAP studies and found the studies and recommendations- antibiotics are indicated in children with severe illness- defined as temp >39 C (102.2 F) and...

  13. Is this a "no-no"?

    beachbum3 replied to beachbum3's topic in Emergency

    Considering when he spiked a fever with ear pain as his only symptoms I'd have him at the dr and immediately started on antibiotics there's no way to know which. I personally feel like the antibiotics...

  14. Is this a "no-no"?

    beachbum3 replied to beachbum3's topic in Emergency

    That was always the response of my dr's office... and I had, IMO the BEST dr ever- he was fantastic- we had him as our PCP for 6 years until he moved out of state. I was so bummed when he moved. When...

  15. Is this a "no-no"?

    beachbum3 replied to beachbum3's topic in Emergency

    I didn't know that ( the virus thing) and never suspected it was viral as my kids always improved significantly after receiving antibiotics for 24 hours. It has been a few years

  16. Can someone explain to me what mandatory overtime means?

    beachbum3 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I hear this talked about alot, and am graduating in 11 weeks, and don't really know what it means, or how it works. Secondly, I've heard conflicting information- do RNs get paid overtime or not- if so...

  17. Can someone explain to me what mandatory overtime means?

    beachbum3 replied to beachbum3's topic in General Nursing

    So that means if a shift needs to be covered, they tell you to do it and you can't say no? Can they force you to work back to back shifts or parts of the next shift? I'm all about helping out when I...

  18. How do you treat headaches?

    beachbum3 replied to Anagray's topic in Emergency

    huh? So you are a patient care tech... a nursing assistant,

  19. How do you treat headaches?

    beachbum3 replied to Anagray's topic in Emergency

    I'm having a horribly hard time following your

  20. I don't want to be a CNA anymore.

    beachbum3 replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    They were fine?? How do you know? Please recognize that these are people who often can't stand up for themselves. And I'm pretty sure if I've got a patient swinging at me because I'm trying to get...

  21. Having a boyfriend while in nursing school....

    beachbum3 replied to sheridan3456's topic in General Students

    date a guy in or formerly in the military My bf of 4 years is the most impatient person I know... and he was in the Marine Corps. I think its more about understanding than patience. He has to...

  22. I don't want to be a CNA anymore.

    beachbum3 replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    Telling them you need help is not the same thing as asking for suggestions. Its comes off like an

  23. I don't want to be a CNA anymore.

    beachbum3 replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    Amen. I was just thinking, if I was going to do something technically wrong on the job, in this situation you can bet I'd be getting in trouble for not having residents in the dining room at 5 am......

  24. I don't want to be a CNA anymore.

    beachbum3 replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    A suggestion for your next position: When you are approached by a supervisor having a problem with something you did/are doing, apologize, tell them you want to improve, and ask for suggestions on how...

  25. I don't want to be a CNA anymore.

    beachbum3 replied to Ms. Nurse Assistant's topic in General Nursing

    ok, yes, I am a student, but I'm using common sense here in that its not ok to get people up at 330 am to make one's own job easier. Sorry, but its about the residents/pts not the people who work...