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I was thinking last night about all the TV ads for drugs. Very catchy slogans- the "purple pill" Nexium, Levitra:"stay in the game" Valtrex: "the power to take charge" and of course Cialis: "when a relaxing moment turns into the right moment, will ...

question for you psych nurses- Does your unit give free cigarettes to patients who dont have any (and are allowed supervised smoking breaks)? I was on a psych unit today and was rather surprised that they have a "designated patient carton". I asked...

ok, just now i was watching dr. phil interveiw a physician who had an affair with a nurse and he said (as close a paraphrase as i can remember from five minutes ago): "i've worked in the health care delivery system for a long time and i've seen lots ...

Yayyy!!!!!! I'm waiting for that on-air apology though

a little blank notebook that fits in your pocket extra pens for clinicals (including red) a clipboard make sure your white scrubs arent see through!

I felt the same way... nursing school just sucks sometimes. Yes, sometimes it is inconvenient for the patient to have two assessments. But that is the reality of training- nurses have been training just like you are for a hundred years, and if there ...

Hi- my parents got me a digital camera for nursing school graduation- a Nikon coolpix 3200- and it has been just great. I am NOT a techie at all, but figured it out no problem. It takes great pictures and is tiny and lightweight. They run about $200....

wow- change of shift meds! that had never occurred to me! Meds at my hosptial are NEVER schduled for change of shift for the exact reasons discussed above. And furthermore, if the nurse has a good reason why the med should be rescheduled (like the fo...

Sounds like a great idea if it is used appropriately. Our discharge pharmacy is extremely slow- on weekends it can take three hours to get discharge meds, and often this leaves an otherwise ok pt. sitting around to a while just waiting for meds.

I have run into lots of CRNA's at UW and Harborveiw

More often than not I have found that it is unavoidable things that keep people from dontaing blood who really want to. A blood transfusion saved my fathers life, so I couldn't wait until i was old enough to donate; The I got malaria (long story)- wh...

University of Washington School of Nursing (ranked #1 in the nation, woohoo!) has the MEPN program, where people with a non-nursing degree already can take classes for three years and leave with a RN and advance practice degree. You get to choose the...

Ok, its the OP here, just home form a very draining 12 hour shift (at no point in which did i play footsie of otherwise flirt with any docs- or anyone for that matter) I e-mailed the show, but I am writing the two production companies as well: Harpo...

Ok, this is what i am trying to get across: It was Dr. PHIL who said this NOT the man. I am soo mad!

nope, that quote is from Dr. Phil himself. :angryfire I got on the website and sent a quick e-mail, but I plan to follow it up with a typed letter

Hi- relax, ok, i was being very sarcastic. I totally agree with you, in fact, thats the point i was trying to make.

another point, with respect to Allele's post, is that call lights are NOT ALWAYS a priority and dont need to be. If I am in the room of a high acuity patient who is gasping for air and whose Sat is 80%, do you think I am going to rush out to answer t...

how about one CNA solely dedicated to call lights? I have noticed that sometimes when I am in a room doing a twenty minute dressing change or something, I assume that the CNA's will be covering my call lights, only to discover that they were doing a ...

protonix heparin SQ docusate lisinopril oxycodone aspirin 81 mg oral Kcl calcium gluconate mag-ox (can you tell our residents REALLY like to replace electrolytes?) lactulose levothyroxine levaquin vanco and of course- your fav and mine- insulin

gimme 12's! I would much rather have the same paitents for 12 hours than have to come back the next day, have different patients, and basically start from scratch. I feel like once i kind of get in a flow with a patient, I just want to keep going. Th...

It can really vary depending both on the individual state's laws on the scope of practice of RN's, LPN's and CNA's, as well as the style of nursing at individual hospitals. Where I work, there are no LPN's, only RN's and a few CNA's. While the RN's h...

During a stint in Africa there were a few things that really helped me: cleaning wipes- any and all kinds- individually wrapped for toting around, packs of baby wipes for cleaning flavor packets- you can usually find tomatoes anywhere- a pack of sals...

Funny, I was wondering the same thing this morning. Had a patient who could have had morphine but wanted Phenergan instead. Go figure! It must be good because I've heard it feels like fire going in and has the pH of around 2.2. Goodness knows i would...

Can't answer the CIV questions, but I can tell you that PICCs are peripherally inserted central catheters, they are usually inserted in the upper arm and the line stays in the vein all the way to the caval-atrial junction. Because there is so much li...

there is such a thng as a certification in wound and ostomy care nursing. The wound and ostomy care nurses at my hospital have both an advanced degre (MN) and are "CWOCN's" (certified wound ostomy care nurses.)