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1. ventilators vs ambubag

   antidote replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

   I have seen patients bagged with sats falling just into the lower 80's when on a ventilator. Even when the pt was ventilated with the BVM, the sats did not seem to improve in this particular case....

2. Utah surgeons against AA's

   antidote replied to CPhT2RNstudent's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   I personally believe that AA's need to be phased into the picture more, especially in large hospitals. The salary is less than an MD/CRNA which would save the hospital money and they can be a...

3. so I blush really bad...

   antidote replied to MissDandelion's topic in General Nursing

   I am an ex-sufferer of this embarrassing nonsense as well. Check out this link: Blushing explained | Better Health Channel Personally, I had great success with 0.5mg of Xanax in the morning....

4. teaching phlebotomy class

   antidote replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

   http://www.borders.com/online/store/TitleDetail?sku=0781761387 I was actually just looking through this book yesterday since it caught my eye. It appears to be rather detailed. In the procedures...

5. Emotional Stress - "You're a what?!"

   antidote replied to antidote's topic in Health, Stress Management

   Thanks for the replies. This isn't what's going on the workplace. I enjoy working, it's just those few select people lately that have really been putting me on edge. I'm sure as more males go into the...

6. Emotional Stress - "You're a what?!"

   antidote posted a topic in Health, Stress Management

   If this post is more suitable for the Male Nursing forum, please move it there. Lately here, I have just been some overwhelmed with all of the negative comments I have been receiving as a male nurse....

7. Starting a Boarding Home

   antidote replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

   Wow, I can only imagine what type of work and dedication this would take. Kudos to you for willing to hop in the boat! What I would do, personally is search around for a decent lawyer that you are...

8. Age for Certications

   antidote posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have several family members and friend who are interested in joining part of the health care field, however are not 18 yet. For the most part, I've explained that many certifications are available...

9. Question about Heimlich Maneuver and restaurants.

   antidote replied to HappyPediRN's topic in General Nursing

   I would contact the manager and tell them the case, and explain to them that you are not licensed to teach first aid but are a registered nurse, and would be more than happy to simply teach the...

10. Is it true ? Are MA's in Ohio being put uder the microscope?

    antidote replied to time4meRN's topic in General Nursing

    My outlook on medical assistants is this: I have no problem with them practicing the things that are in their scope of practice. AS LONG as they have received QUALITY education and training before...

11. New LPN starting LTC, what "things" are needed

    antidote replied to CT Pixie's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I think most of what I'd suggest is covered already. - BP cuff (even if you're not sharing, you never know when something may malfunction or you need to take something right away and don't have time...

12. Having A Nursing School Freak Out!

    antidote replied to lorenwithano's topic in General Nursing

    When you get a doctor in the room and all of those nurses start jabbering, I don't know how anyone could hear themselves think sometimes! I can relate, and I'm sure loads of other people can. In...

13. She is sleeping with a patient.............

    antidote replied to fournee's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a bit confused about something: when you discovered the pictures, was this part of company policy to research the applicant over the internet or was this something you did yourself? I am 50/50...

14. my drug-seeking nurse patient

    antidote replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Oh goodness! Good luck dealing with this gal. I'd talk to my manager and get the heck off of her case. I wouldn't want anything to do with her crazy actions. Why is she being admitted? If there is no...

15. Heimlich Maneuver for the first time

    antidote posted a topic in General Nursing

    Well, in about four years I have never once had to perform the heimlich maneuver on anyone for any reason. Tonight, during eating dinner with my grandparents my grandmother had an obstruction. She was...