Myxel67

Myxel67

Diabetes ED, (CDE), CCU, Pulmonary/HIV

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  1. Insulin question

    Myxel67 replied to SNlena's topic in Patient Medications

    Most of this is news to me. There are many drugs that will either potentiate the action of insulin or diminish its action. Drugs may also afect insulin resistance or insulin sensitivity. In my...

  2. Therapeutic Touch

    Myxel67 replied to ldh's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    There's not actually any touching in therapeutic touch. The practitioner holds her/his hands above the body of the pt in order to "feel the aura" or energy field and moves the hands along the body to...

  3. Please help...How can I handle my professor?

    Myxel67 replied to toriphile23's topic in General Nursing

    This entire thread brings up much of what is wrong with nursing education today. Often it's impossible to win with an instructor who loves to exercise power over her students. It's very likely that...

  4. Glucose tolerance test

    Myxel67 replied to TazziRN's topic in General Nursing

    tazzi, did you go to a lab or have test done at work? doesn't sound like they followed standard procedure. in my experience, pt is instructed to make sure diet includes sufficient carbs for several...

  5. Stethoscopes!

    Myxel67 replied to NOINU's topic in Oregon Nursing

    The Littmann Master Cardiology is great. Magna Fortis is also good and not as expensive. Try Stethoscopes.com or just google stethoscopes. Whatever you get, don't drape it around your neck unless you...

  6. medications and effect of life

    Myxel67 replied to ladytraviler's topic in General Nursing

    SSRI's (Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Effexor, Lexapro and many more) can also wreak havoc if they are stopped abruptly. Even to change from one of them to another, the pt must be weaned off gradually as...

  7. Looking for opinions here on an *older* RN's habits

    Myxel67 replied to GeminiTwinRN's topic in General Nursing

    fomites --these are inanimate objects that can harbor bacteria & viruses which can then be passed on to others. vectors are other life forms needed to help complete the life cycle of a pathogen....

  8. Any students who have taken Chemistry at Miami dade College

    Myxel67 replied to Ltorres5351's topic in Florida Nursing

    I took the class there, but I had Mr Haight at Medical Center

  9. Medical Terminology & Abbrevations Game :)

    Myxel67 replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the

  10. Medical Terminology & Abbrevations Game :)

    Myxel67 replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    Did anyone get LWOBS Breastfeed My Newborn Honey OR BreastFeeding Mothers NO

  11. ethical dilemma....nurse lied.

    Myxel67 replied to snowflake123's topic in General Nursing

    If you are Catholic, go to confession. If not, pray to God for forgiveness. This isn't something you should feel guilty about your whole life. Just learn from the experience. Here's an example of a...

  12. ethical dilemma....nurse lied.

    Myxel67 replied to snowflake123's topic in General Nursing

    In general when you are working as a nurse, covering a mistake up is a worse offense than the actual mistake. In the future, own up to your mistakes. In this case, you and/or your preceptor should...

  13. ethical dilemma....nurse lied.

    Myxel67 replied to snowflake123's topic in General Nursing

    Listen to Tazzi. You are still on probation; your preceptor is not. But don't cover for her again. I don't know how much I would trust her

  14. Medical Terminology & Abbrevations Game :)

    Myxel67 replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

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  15. Medical Terminology & Abbrevations Game :)

    Myxel67 replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    sputum for acid fast bacilli (looking for

  16. Medical Terminology & Abbrevations Game :)

    Myxel67 replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    tall and handsome but single only in other words NO

  17. Medical Terminology & Abbrevations Game :)

    Myxel67 replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    Take A Hike Bozo Shove

  18. Medical Terminology & Abbrevations Game :)

    Myxel67 replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    Smbg Correct--what

  19. Medical Terminology & Abbrevations Game :)

    Myxel67 replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    EPS = electrophysiological study where I come

  20. Medical Terminology & Abbrevations Game :)

    Myxel67 replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in General Nursing

    ...smbg

  21. What would you do?

    Myxel67 replied to JennieO's topic in General Nursing

    Do you know if she is still employed by your hospital? When I worked CCU, our charge nurses would not let anyone who didn't have a reason to be there hang around. As you said, it's distracting. Is...

  22. "Customer service" and nursing

    Myxel67 replied to LilPeanut's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Our CEO recently sent out an e-mail complaining that our customer satisfaction scores were down. He was especially upset that our parent hospital had a significantly higher score. He cancelled the...

  23. Burnout vs. Stress vs. Not cut out for nursing

    Myxel67 replied to Susan9608's topic in General Nursing

    Susan, you have all the symptoms of severe depression. Perhaps the Lexapro someone mentioned will help. Wellbutrin also might help, but you need to see your doctor about the depression because it...

  24. Time allowed for medication administration changing.

    Myxel67 replied to veegeern's topic in General Nursing

    30 minutes before or after here too. As far as BID/TID. Different hospitals will set them differently. Ex. one hospital may use 0900 for QD, 0900 and 1700 for BID, and 0900, 1300, and 1700 for TID....

  25. Blood Sugar Guidelines

    Myxel67 replied to zacarias's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    A normal FBG is 65 to 99. FBG of 126 or higher is diagnostic of diabetes. FBG of 100 - 125 is called prediabetes or impaired fasting glucose. This is not a normal FBG. For people with DM, the...