faith716rn

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1. Most RN's first borns?

   faith716rn replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

   First born, dad a heavy drinker, but can't call him an alcoholic. Worked for 37 years, never missed a day of work and was/is a great father to my sister and me.

2. Smelling Cancer?

   faith716rn replied to MikeyJ's topic in General Nursing

   Had a pt. once with very advanced uterine cancer. She had a very distinct odor that her doctor said was the smell of cancer. Have had several pts since with cancer diagnoses who had the same smell about them. Doesn't always happen, but it is very ...

3. Using Propofol for sedation on vented pts?

   faith716rn replied to Scrubz's topic in General Nursing

   The very first thing I learned when transferring to ICU 4 years ago was, 'propofol is your friend.' That's been proven to me time and time again for all the reasons previously mentioned!

4. Using Propofol for sedation on vented pts?

   faith716rn replied to Scrubz's topic in MICU

   The very first thing I learned when transferring to ICU 4 years ago was, 'propofol is your friend.' That's been proven to me time and time again for all the reasons previously mentioned!

5. With all your knowledge combined, maybe we can come up with an answer!

   faith716rn replied to raebabelvn's topic in General Nursing

   Has anyone mentioned meniere's disease (spelling)? It's an inner ear thing, symptoms are vertigo/dizziness. Not so sure about the nausea, but that would make sense to be nauseated if your vertigo was severe. I had a co-worker years ago who was d...

6. Admits after 6:00 pm? Does your hospital do this?

   faith716rn replied to PickMePlze's topic in General Nursing

   OP - U can't be serious?!? U might as well get out of nursing & find yourself a nice 9-5 job because there is no where that you will go where pt's don't arrive at change of shift! That's just crazy! Guess what, pt's code at change of shift too...

7. Piedmont Virginia Community College

   faith716rn replied to RN2bemommyof3's topic in Virginia

   I was accepted at PVCC right away, of course that was in 1996! Good luck!

8. What are some cool nursing shoes?

   faith716rn replied to GottaGetIn's topic in Uniform/Gear

   Went dansko, dark brown leather, never looked back :) Replace them every couple of years only because I get grossed out thinking how much pee, tube feed, and propofol I've probably spilt on them!

9. Would you recommend nursing to your daughter?

   faith716rn replied to burn out's topic in General Nursing

   Absolutely not! But, it's a mute point as she has already said she wants nothing to do with nursing after hearing all of my 'horror' stories, as she likes to refer to them! Why encourage our daughters to witness aging and death on a continual basis...

10. Looking for nurses who work with Meditech, Eclipsys or Cerner

    faith716rn replied to supermom2's topic in Informatics

    I've worked with meditech for about 3 yrs and love it! Don't have any experience with the other systems you mentioned. Meditech is easy to navigate and like someone else said, very expandable. We also had the electronic MAR with our meditech syste...