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  1. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

    shawng007 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    actually, it doesnt matter what the end result is, the patient has the right to refuse, and as i said, NO means

  2. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

    shawng007 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    i must also add that we must treat the patient, not the monitor. an oxygen sat in the 70's for me or you would definitly make us incoherent. a COPDer is accustomed to low sats and would be...

  3. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

    shawng007 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    again, the patient has the right to refuse, implied consent goes out the door when , on arrival, the patient says NO. ethically, morally, professionally this means one thing, when the patient says...

  4. Chronic COPD'er, 1 lung, 02 @ 6L/min. What would you do?

    shawng007 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    i am a well respected lpn, and one thing i always do is respect the patient, and/or the family. the fact that the patient did not want the oxygen increased is enough, add to this the family who is...

  5. 38 too old for school?

    shawng007 replied to akanarn's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I was thirty seven when i went to lpn program, and it was the best thing i ever did. you are only as old as you think you are, think young and go for

  6. Team nursing is causing many good nurses to leave any suggestions

    shawng007 replied to fight fatigue's topic in General Nursing

    As an LPN at a hospital, primarily Med/Surg, when I started nursing over a year ago(I worked as an aide prior to that) I found that rn's had fewer patients and did less, LPN s got stuck with six...

  7. transgender nurse (transvestite)

    shawng007 replied to nursecathy's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    i have done much study on gender issues, as i have come across them in my travels. people who are transgendered feel that they are the opposite sex, that they were born with the wrong parts. there...

  8. Male nurse kills 40 patients...what do you think?

    shawng007 replied to jdm33351's topic in General Nursing

    I think this was wrong period no matter how you look at it. What did bother me was the story headline, "male" nurse. This makes all Male nurses look bad, tying males together with the action. It is...

  9. LVN/LPNs in acute care

    shawng007 replied to nursemouse's topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I am an LPN in a local hospital, as a float, I work primarily in med/surg, occasionally pediatrics and mental health and physical rehab. The type of nursing depends day to day on which unit...

  10. dementia patients

    shawng007 replied to ava'smomRN's topic in General Nursing

    miss jkm, I am a nursing assistant with a local hospital in northern new york. before working as a NA, i worked as a sitter, mainly with elderly confused patients to prevent accidents and to keep...