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  1. How to deal with MRSA patients?

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

    Tazzi, please read this article Sonoran posted earlier--it is really excellent and should be a reminder to us that MRSA is not something HCP's should feel overly comfortable around:...

  2. How to deal with MRSA patients?

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

    This is a great article. It talks about staph aureus that is part of our normal flora that can evolve into MRSA or MRSE with the use of antibiotics that can be excreted through sweat onto the skin....

  3. How to deal with MRSA patients?

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

    Many people on this thread, including yourself, seemed to think that the OP was lacking information that a working nurse ought to have. But many of these people also seemed to think that MRSA was...

  4. How to deal with MRSA patients?

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

    RE: HA vs CA MRSA--I think big picture is looking at what MRSA is--it's a staphylococcus that's resistant to some penicillins. So, it's root is in evolving to withstand antibiotics. So, to the OP--if...

  5. How to deal with MRSA patients?

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

    One more thing to add--a few posters have commented on MRSA being part of our normal flora, like benign strains of E. coli. I don't think this is true--it is a nosocomial infection, and has evolved to...

  6. How to deal with MRSA patients?

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

    I think, with limited experience with precaution patients, the OP is asking a valid question. Probably needs to read up a bit, ask some questions--changing careers MIGHT be a little extreme. MRSA is a...

  7. Nursing school, lifting limitations

    kanzi monkey replied to oceantides's topic in General Nursing

    Hi, don't know what your back injury is, but I have a minorly herniated disc (scar tissue from surgery of a previously majorly herniated disc). I take care of it with exercise, stretching, and I...

  8. Have you ever heard of this? UGH!!!!

    kanzi monkey replied to Heloisea3's topic in General Nursing

    My best friend has her first born son's placenta in her freezer at home. I love her so much. There are some questions I don't ask. I do hear there's a lot of nutritional value, however. But he's 8...

  9. Say What??????!!!!!!!!!!

    kanzi monkey replied to gt4everpn's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Had a pt with hx of recent polysubstance abuse--doing his assessment, he whispers to me conspiratorially--"can you get me some cocaine and a cigarette?" I say, we don't typically have those in the...

  10. Swelling vs. Edema

    kanzi monkey posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey, quick question for you folk. I work on an ortho-surgical floor. Many of my patients have some swelling to their affected extremity. Lot's of the nurses document this as edema--so, on the flow...

  11. Swelling vs. Edema

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

    Thanks everyone! I feel much more enlightened on the topic

  12. "The Jesus Factor"

    kanzi monkey replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm sorry, didn't you say you lived in the US? If so, you might consider the fact that this country is dominated by the Christian faith. Historically, and presently, the United States has had...

  13. Preventing med errors

    kanzi monkey replied to JennaRN1006's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I think it's hard, especially when you're new, to keep straight who is allergic to what, etc. Where I work it is in our computers, so anytime we are signing out a med, we can see right in front of us...

  14. "The Jesus Factor"

    kanzi monkey replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Fronkey Bean, I really enjoy this post. Having never grown up with a particular religion, I tend to respond to religious ideology in a very black and white sort of way. But I have had a few...

  15. "The Jesus Factor"

    kanzi monkey replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    There is a lot of discussion about power imbalance on this thread, and I think this post gives us a good example. Patient's are well aware of the fact that the nurse is going to be their most...

  16. "The Jesus Factor"

    kanzi monkey replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

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  17. "The Jesus Factor"

    kanzi monkey replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I think if a patient brings it up, and you the nurse are on the same page, a conversation about religious beliefs isn't necessarily inappropriate. But there is something very unsettling to me about a...

  18. "Red Flags" of Drug Diversion

    kanzi monkey replied to WriteStuff's topic in General Nursing

    I see what you're saying in the above post, but you are forgetting one of the basic aspects about what is known about addictive disorders--that not everyone who uses a known addictive substance will...

  19. "Red Flags" of Drug Diversion

    kanzi monkey replied to WriteStuff's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I totally see your point. But I think, using the same principles of harm reduction that have been the driving force behind needle exchange organizations, there is an argument to providing safe...

  20. No I wouldn't recommend nursing

    kanzi monkey replied to manuelvillanueva's topic in Nursing Career

    poop if you're lucky

  21. How much do u like nursing? Scale of 1 to 10

    kanzi monkey replied to goldie66's topic in General Nursing

    When I started nursing school, I honestly didn't like the idea of nursing. Weird, huh? But that's my personality--I learned long ago that I have to take what seem to be irrational leaps to get...

  22. Do you ever forget your patient's names?

    kanzi monkey replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Ok, that's hilarious. Had a rough day, but reading this post I heard myself laugh for the first time in

  23. Medical Terminology & Abbrevations Game :)

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

    :yeahthat:

  24. Medical Terminology & Abbrevations Game :)

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

    It may mean that too, but I'm referring to a specific condition. I will hint: it's often associated with

  25. Medical Terminology & Abbrevations Game :)

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

    Good