Rabid Badger

Rabid Badger BSN, RN

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  1. Male nursing students can do assessments on the women?

    Rabid Badger replied to PHLEBOTOMIST_TO_RN's topic in General Nursing

    The time that you spend practicing on each other will be minimal compared to the time you will be working with actual patients. As long as they are not limiting the gender of patients you are working...

  2. Annual TB skin test. Concerned.

    Rabid Badger replied to Woman_in_love's topic in General Nursing

    The test needs to be evaluated after 48 to 72 hours. Only then they can tell you if it is a positive reaction. If it is more than a few millimeters wide at that time, it is a positive. This does not...

  3. How long did it take you to get into nursing school?

    Rabid Badger replied to jewelsg627's topic in General Nursing

    I got in first

  4. Protonix - Why?

    Rabid Badger replied to rockermom's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent guess. Its the steriods. Now look at why the protonix is necessary for patients on high dose steriods in terms of what the steriod does that the protonix will help prevent. If you can figure...

  5. New grad with NO CLUE about specialty

    Rabid Badger replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    What you'll see on a med/surg floor depends on the actual hospital and floor you ultimately choose, which is why it is important to research where you are going. In smaller hospitals, you will have...

  6. subQ narcotics?

    Rabid Badger replied to khine2mn80's topic in Patient Medications

    I've done morphine, dilaudid SC frequently. Most commonely in the case of dying/palliative patients who require frequent pain control, where an IV is not feasable, and in the interest of saving the...

  7. dilantin

    Rabid Badger replied to bigmona's topic in International Nursing

    Yes I give it in a 50cc minibag through a filtered line. Give a generous flush afterward so the dilantin doesn't crystalize and cost you $1K in tPa to recover the

  8. IV Haldol?

    Rabid Badger replied to chenoaspirit's topic in Patient Medications

    I give haldol IV more often than IM. In fact I even had to go look it up a couple nights ago "what you can give haldol IM????" Maybe because our patients usually have IV access due to their acuity,...

  9. Student Nurse in search of a mentor!

    Rabid Badger replied to Jgonzales's topic in General Nursing

    I'm up for it. I have 19 months experience, in Canada, and I'm currently precepting a senior practicum nursing student, so I'm in the

  10. Scary!!!!!

    Rabid Badger replied to jill48's topic in General Nursing

    LOL. I just toppled over an O2 tank last night. Now I'm going to be paranoid that it'll explode. Thanks allnurses.com!

  11. New grad with NO CLUE about specialty

    Rabid Badger replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    None of the shortfalls you listed are any different from the rest of us when we began our practicums. Even as a new grad you will struggle with prioritizing and understanding the application of theory...

  12. Colors used to identify IV sets usage?

    Rabid Badger replied to jorogume's topic in General Nursing

    No colour coding on lines here. Most solutions can be programmed into our pumps and label themselves, but I also still label the bag, the tubing between the bag and the pump and the tubing at the...

  13. Insight & advice on Critical care(ICU) VS. general Med-Surg floor?

    Rabid Badger replied to RUcon08's topic in General Nursing

    The choice is entirely yours, of course, but I would recommend a year on a med/surg floor before going to ICU. However I would STRONGLY recommend picking a ward that is highly acute and extremly busy,...

  14. Ugh! Should I make the jump?

    Rabid Badger posted a topic in MICU, SICU

    I'm a RN BN with 19 months (count 'em) experience on the busiest medicine ward in the city. We also house the high observation unit, which is essentially a "step-up" to ICU, wherein patients who are...

  15. What age were you when you went to nursing school?

    Rabid Badger replied to Imissthefall's topic in General Nursing

    I graduated from my BSN when I was