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  1. ortho pain control

    kanzi monkey replied to Mary Austin's topic in Orthopedic

    If I'm helping one of my colleague's patients and they appear in pain, I do exactly what I would do if it were my patient--ask them for a number between 1-10, try to get them to clarify how they're...

  2. Cast anxiety

    kanzi monkey replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Orthopedic

    I'm sorry you broke your fib! How long do you have to wear the cast? The last poster is right--can't give out "medical advice", but I know you know your stuff based on your history on this board and...

  3. Elevated ALT, AST and ALP- acute renal failure?

    kanzi monkey replied to careerchg09's topic in General Nursing

    Ohh, so many great replies that, ummm, already covered what I just said. Sorry. Great discussion!

  4. Elevated ALT, AST and ALP- acute renal failure?

    kanzi monkey replied to careerchg09's topic in General Nursing

    AST is usually higher than ALT w/ alcohol abuse or drug

  5. What questions to ask potential employers?

    kanzi monkey replied to Sheri FNP-C's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I am in the same position as you, and also have an interview coming up. Graduates from my program compiled a list of good interview questions-- --who makes up the staff (MD/PA/NP), how many of each?...

  6. Ketamine drips post op for chronic pain pts

    kanzi monkey posted a topic in General Nursing

    Have you seen this before? I can't find a decent body of evidence-based literature on the topic. I work in orthopedic surgery, and see this used relatively often. I am not a fan because, unlike...

  7. Ketamine drips post op for chronic pain pts

    kanzi monkey replied to kanzi monkey's topic in General Nursing

    As far as dosing goes, I have given between 0.1-0.3 mg/kg/hr--usually 0.2. And these replies makes perfect sense, theoretically. Whenever we take care of patients on ketamine drips, respiratory and...

  8. Ketamine drips post op for chronic pain pts

    kanzi monkey replied to kanzi monkey's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for your replies! Just a little more info--Racing, all our patients on Ketamine do have a narcotic infusion as well--usually a high-dose PCA dilaudid, sometimes with a continuous infusion....

  9. Formulating Healthcare Clinics for the Gay Community

    kanzi monkey replied to divokevan's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Yes. The provider should know--regardless of sexuality--whether the patient has had anal sex when using meth. If so, then he should be tested for syphilis. Here's some info on the recent increased...

  10. Formulating Healthcare Clinics for the Gay Community

    kanzi monkey replied to divokevan's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    So funny, I was thinking of Fenway also. Wonderful place. For the OP (and anyone else interested), I'm posting their site http://www.fenwayhealth.org/site/PageServer This is where I have gone in...

  11. "She does it because she cares about me"

    kanzi monkey replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Last night I took care of 2 very sweet ladies--roomies. It was one of those nights when I managed to be there always at the right time--for pain meds, to get to the commode or on a bedpan--even to...

  12. How Does Soda Dehydrate the Body?

    kanzi monkey replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Which soda? Most has no sodium at all--some have 10mg or so. Where I work, any liquid that has less than 60mg of sodium is considered a free water, and is thus restricted in patients who are on a...

  13. dirty scruabs

    kanzi monkey replied to duff49's topic in General Nursing

    One more thing--perhaps the table I posted above is just showing "infection incidence" and not "colonization incidence" hmmm....anyone know? Happy merry year, by the way

  14. dirty scruabs

    kanzi monkey replied to duff49's topic in General Nursing

    In one facility? The chart I've pasted here is from the CDC 2005 showing the rate of antibiotic resistant infections in US nursing homes--the percent of infections (it calculates as approximately...

  15. Ortho Floor only takes care of ortho problems?

    kanzi monkey replied to marygirl's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm, PE's pretty common complication on an ortho floor. That CN must not have been that familiar w/ her pt pop yet. And on my floor w/ the "simle knees and hips"--pt's tend to have other...

  16. Disrespectful Nurse aids

    kanzi monkey replied to holdensjane's topic in General Nursing

    I really like what you say in your post, but I don't entirely agree with this: On my floor, aides get breaks--they are assigned, and they are free to do with their own time what they will. Nurses, on...

  17. Philosophy & Statistics

    kanzi monkey replied to 2bmalenurse007's topic in General Nursing

    sorry, just bein' silly. I think philosophy's fun and mind-enriching. But so is reading. Stats is useful for interpreting research, which is also fun when you're interested in a particular topic....

  18. Philosophy & Statistics

    kanzi monkey replied to 2bmalenurse007's topic in General Nursing

    yes...

  19. Need help figuring out what happened to this guy!?!?

    kanzi monkey replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

    Thinking hepatic encephalopathy, and yeah, wicked high ammonia levels. http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic3185.htm Check this site out--some symptoms that sound a bit like your pt. Someone else...

  20. EEK! There's a woman in my room!

    kanzi monkey replied to 58flyer's topic in General Nursing

    I admit, I did not pore through the pages and pages of the now closed thread, but from what I read, this seems pretty different to me. I've never heard of "flicking" or causing a pain stimulus to a...

  21. Nursing Judgement...A thing of the past?

    kanzi monkey replied to Jelli_Belli's topic in General Nursing

    Yup, I agree. 2 falls in 6 months--requires a closer look for any age group (even if the falls were due to drunkeness--multiple episodes of "falling down drunk"=higher risk for DTs, which will...

  22. Wracked by Guilt -- Need Help -- Long

    kanzi monkey replied to Lousynurse's topic in General Nursing

    I just thanked everyone who has posted in this thread. These are things I am scared of doing, of missing, of thinking of later, etc... Nursing, especially in the first year (or, at least from my...

  23. Staff pretending to use empty hand sanitizer in MRSA room.

    kanzi monkey replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl:

  24. Need some help!

    kanzi monkey replied to Laurentina1975's topic in General Nursing

    Did you ever either share or refill for her in the past? Not accusing you--nor asking you to answer on the thread. "Sharing" prescription meds is just so incredibly common--especially in colleges...

  25. What is wrong with me??

    kanzi monkey replied to fancee free's topic in General Nursing

    You are not alone. You are experiencing a learning curve in an entirely new culture. Hospitals have very specific ways of communicating things, there are many rituals (not like, religious ones, but...