jilpil3

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1. Bioterrorism Continued Education Websites?

   jilpil3 replied to NurseBettyTexas's topic in General Nursing

   Hello, I am from the North Texas area, about 50 miles straight north of Dallas. Have you ever been to Lake Texoma? I am about 15 miles from the Oklahoma/Texas border. I am working in Dialysis in...

2. Bioterrorism Continued Education Websites?

   jilpil3 replied to NurseBettyTexas's topic in General Nursing

   I went to the CDC page and couln't find the free CEU on Bioterrorism. I too am a Texas nurse looking for any free CEU's that meet the requirment for Texas nurses....did you find any??? Thanks,...

3. Normal saline rinses: yes or no

   jilpil3 replied to AraratRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   Thanks for replying to my question. I work in Acute Dialysis. We use dry packs all the time. I worked for Davita and now work for Freesinus I was taught by Freesinus to give heparin up front via...

4. Normal saline rinses: yes or no

   jilpil3 replied to AraratRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

   What do you mean "heparenis" your dialyzer??? I was working with machines that had a heparin pump and we would give 2-3ml bolus of heparin at the beginning before pt was put on then they got 1-2ml an...

5. TPAPN Problems--need advice.

   jilpil3 replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

   I am facing an issue with the board, I was in TPAPN and they kicked me out because I had a positive drug screen for Darvocet....I had a prescription but that didn't matter any how I have been turned...

6. TPAPN Problems--need advice.

   jilpil3 replied to MQ Edna's topic in General Nursing

   Does anyone know how to find a attorney to represent you with issues to Board of

7. Hospital Acuities.........or NOT!!!

   jilpil3 replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

   Does anyone have a simple one page acuity sheet? I doubt it will change our staffing but we only have a 4-5 page booklet for rating patients, which is not realistic. Any help would be great.

8. Team Nursing?

   jilpil3 replied to plumrn's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I work on a ICU/STEP-DOWN Unit, we are going to start using some kind of bar code system for giving meds. The concept is some kind of team nursing with one nurse giving all the meds. Has anyone else...