drew9319

we have a gym in the basement. i go running for 30 mins then shower and come back to work. if i have a heavy patient load and cant do that, i run for 4-5 miles as soon as i get off. the perimiter of our hospital has a 2 mile walking trak that i run a...

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use very much so. we usually use hr for the pulse or just P. the unapproved abbreviations is a whole other coversation :smilecoffeecup:

the temp i saw was 37.8 C. the PR of 102 i though was the pulse. that was my take anyway.

no trouble. if you read the posts here this happens. alot. nurses disagree on how to do things all the time. its just the way we are. everyone brings their own flare and methods to the game. if you make it through you will too.

you can disagree if you want. thats your right. never said you had to hand him the answer either

yes i have heard of the term hint. he is being resourceful. while doing his homework ect he is using a very good resource. which is this board. we should be helpful to those who come after us. not just give a hint and hope that they a) find what you ...

you cannot diagnose the patient. sepsis is a medical diagnosis. and yes the pt does meet the criteria. but i doubt that his instructors would expect him to know that at this point. from what i am seeing i would assume that this is a 1st or second sem...

acute pain related to infection of wound on the right foot is the one i would go with

the dm will cause it to take longer for the wound to heal. thus you can use potential for delayed healing r/t dm. the anemia means that he also has the potential for decrase nutrient and or o2 carrying capicity due to low hgb. thus imparing healing. ...

he si febrile(mildly), wbc elevated. hgb low thus the anemia. elevated wbc in urine indicates a urinary tract infection or inflammation of the urinary tract. need a urine culture. rbc in urine is a sign of renal damage. the crit on the cbc is good. t...

we use the artic sun blanket here to induce hypothermia. but you can do it with iced saline and ice packs. that is only in an emergency though(ie malignant hyperthermia) the reson you really should use a cooling blanket is because you want to control...

unfortunately thats the way is is done. we do not have a choice in the matter. i usually take longer when turning over to a new rn who has not had the patient before. we try to avoid this be keeping the same group as long as the patient is in the icu...

keep this in mind as well. when the heart stops. we only have a 5% chance of recovering a pt. if the cod ehappens outside the hospital. it doesnt increase that much inside the hospital from the outside. when the heart fails and the o2 in the blood ru...

well yall would hate me. my report is short sweet and to tha point. but it is head to toe withe every system covered. it takes about 10-11 minutes a patient. but then we have to review all orders written during the shift to verify that i updated the ...

you are going to get us all killed...:trout: be careful because the laides are watching us:smokin: i dont see why we need a week anyway. i would be happt to have the 80 lb patients just once, and to know that when we have a demeted DTing pt that its ...

stick with it. od not think that you are dumb. you passes nursing school. that in and of itself is an accomplishment and you cannot be dumb and do that. dont worry about others. it will just drive u crazy:banghead: i also woked in the south befor i j...

i wish you the best in your future career. i have a sheet that has been used at multiple hospitals. i work in the icu/sdu. we are a combined unit. we can have from 2 icu patients to 3 step down patients. anyway my sheet has the following: its divided...

Nahhh, rather keep it the way it is. Let people think what they want to. Some people are just happier when they can put another down and who am I to take away their enjoyment. just let me be clear. I was not trying to put anyone down. your statement ...

the last post seems kind of critical of the south in general. did you work in every er /hospiytal in the south? if you did then i would wonder how you acheived that particular feat in only 4 yrs. now as to momvick. dont let the docs get you. be asser...

i would say that you should follow your dreams. i was an enginner b4 nursing. now i am serving my country in the navy as a nurse and love it. i also worked in the civilian side as a nurse too. no problems there either. there are always those that say...

Most of the drug books state .18mg/min or 180mcg/min is the max dose for sever hypo or sepsis. Go by your hospital guidlines. That will be your best bet, and it also gives you cover if anything comes from the death of a pt. It is always best to follo...

i went befor the navy selction board on jan24th... still no official word on my selection. was told that first they lost my package but then they found it, it is because of the new system that they are using. i call once per week just to check, say h...

i have 1.5 yrs as an icu nurse and 1 yr as an or nurse. how does the navy determine what job i will do? also has anyone been stationed at NAS Jax? and do they have an icu? its one of the three places i put in for. pensecola and portsmouth being the o...