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  1. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    kanzi monkey replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    oh duh! What a hunk...in wizard get-up that

  2. Does this sound familiar? (very long)

    kanzi monkey replied to DebRN06's topic in General Nursing

    Thankfully I have not experienced some of these things on my floor. However, I find your list extremely helpful in articulating some of the issues I have experienced in my 6 months as a new nurse....

  3. MRSA scare !

    kanzi monkey replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

  4. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    kanzi monkey replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    For anyone in doubt of the reality of Gay Boomers, well, JK Rowling squashed that last Friday: http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/10/22/books.potter.dumbledore.ap/index.html In case you don't have...

  5. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    kanzi monkey replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    I am thinking that said poster that has "driven you to extravagence" might actually be coming up from under the bridge, and we are merely innocent billy goats gruff. It is just a theory. :) I hope...

  6. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    kanzi monkey replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    Seems like all journalism's sensationalist these days, right? But NYT--one of the better providers of news in my opinion. I am surprised that you find it hard to believe that GLBT people might be...

  7. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    kanzi monkey replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    ROFL!

  8. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    kanzi monkey replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    It's funny--I've started to get used to the "f-word" again b/c I watch a lot of BBC. Hearing it in the context of "having a smoke" is very different than hearing it used by an immature jerk on x-box...

  9. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    kanzi monkey replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree Czyja. While I mean no disrespect to the administrators (seriously--you guys rock), I wonder if providing education RE: the Q word might be more pertinent than appeasing...

  10. Needlestick- who pays for PPD therapy??

    kanzi monkey replied to Epona's topic in General Nursing

    Just curious--what does PPD stand for? I'm only familiar with PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis). And I don't honestly know who pays. In my state I know HIV meds are free--but I did hear of a nursing...

  11. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    kanzi monkey replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    :

  12. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    kanzi monkey replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    If a person makes an informed decision to not have the prostate checked because he/she doesn't want to go through the process, there is not much else we can do. But we have to make sure it's an...

  13. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    kanzi monkey replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

    I see what you're saying, but we also have to acknowledge individual needs that may be culturally based. See my above post about the transgender pt who didn't want to talk about her prostate. It's...

  14. Gay Boomers and nursing attitudes

    kanzi monkey replied to woody62's topic in General Nursing

  15. Night shift giving breakfast insulins w/o tray

    kanzi monkey replied to findingmywayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I recently learned that milk is actually a preferred carb to give if a pt is hypoglycemic From this website: http://www.lifeclinic.com/focus/diabetes/hypoglycemia.asp "The American Diabetes...

  16. Clinical Pearls of Wisdom for Floor Nurses

    kanzi monkey replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    uhhhhh.....why? that was my first IM inj. as a student--will never forget it. Nubain is one of those meds that I don't quite understand--given to a new mom in L&D for labor pain; or, given to a...

  17. Night shift giving breakfast insulins w/o tray

    kanzi monkey replied to findingmywayRN's topic in General Nursing

    How can NPH be a sliding-scale insulin? It will not directly treat a high blood sugar--it won't take effect for 8-12 hours or

  18. Night shift giving breakfast insulins w/o tray

    kanzi monkey replied to findingmywayRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think Q6 sliding scale checks are treated (if high) regardless of eating status--only with regular though--not rapid acting. Lispro--standing or sliding scale--should be adjusted if the patient...

  19. Clinical Pearls of Wisdom for Floor Nurses

    kanzi monkey replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

    How can PO K+ be absorbed faster than IV? Just curious--I thought all drug absorption from fastest to slowest was something like this: IV Inhalation eyes PR SC/IM PO Ok, I think I'm making most of...

  20. Sliding Scale Insulin

    kanzi monkey replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Woody--so, they don't keep you going on NPH in the hospital? I have been reading articles lately saying that current best practice is to keep T1 folks on Glargine for basal and a lispro for...

  21. Sliding Scale Insulin

    kanzi monkey replied to RN BSN 2009's topic in General Nursing

    Check out http://www.guideline.gov to get some current evidence-based practice recommendations. The one I have posted below is pretty thorough RE: managing hyperglycemia in a hospital setting:...

  22. what you think about this???

    kanzi monkey replied to lilcajunnurse's topic in General Nursing

    what was done about

  23. Giving meds late o.k.?

    kanzi monkey replied to MikeyJ's topic in General Nursing

    Wow. Thanks Nursemike. I appreciate the support--and I also can see how my legs and feet ARE starting to learn, to compensate for my brain sometimes. :) Cheers and peace,

  24. Giving meds late o.k.?

    kanzi monkey replied to MikeyJ's topic in General Nursing

    I have been thinking about this thread since I read it the other morning before work. I thought "hey, I'm REALLY gonna get my meds out on time today cause I DON'T want to be making med errors!" Did I...

  25. Valsalva manoevre

    kanzi monkey replied to tahnz0's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's A, and also the same thing as "bearing down" to have a BM. (try it, you'll feel the pressure increase in more than one place). It also can lower your BP--maybe it effects vagal nerve?...