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What lab values should you beware of prior to some starting on Furosemide for the first time? What are the most important things to know about your patient prior to Lasix use?

I was just reading your post and know that now it has been months since you had your interview, but wanted to respond because I have an interview for a Hospice position at a major hospital here and it is for case management mainly in homecare. If you...

I still feel uncomfortable with Heparin drips. Can someone please give me a summary of all the things they monitor when the get a heparin drip? Just want to make sure I am not missing anything. Thanks!

Thank you I appreciate that response. We also do this at our hospital. Are there any medical conditions that I should be particularly aware of when monitoring pt.'s on heparin drips? Besides the obvious of pt.'s being out of PTT range what other rea...

Greeting, I have just been excepted into a Bachelor nursing program in Portland, Oregon as a Junior and will be starting in two weeks. I am starting to put together a packet of scholarship information. I have some scholarships I will apply to, but w...

I have a few questions to put out. I am not yet an R.N., but have just started to look into the field. I'd like to know what "holistic nursing is?" I have heard this term used in different ways. A friend of mine who is attending a nursing school in a...

I am intersted to know for those of you who work in hospitals or had your children in the a hospital- were/are there lactation consultants? are patients given proper/enough education on the techniques of breastfeeing and the many advantages of it (he...

"Naturopathic medicine is more than a system of health care; it is a way of life. It is a distinct system of medicine that stresses health maintenance, disease prevention, patient education, and patient responsibilities in contrast to treatment of di...

I just posted a thread called, " Is there cultural diversity in the nursing profession?" and on a similar topic I would like to put out another question. I am a C.N.A. and have noticed that maybe as much as 50% of my co-workers are Hispanic, yet I pe...

" 18% of R.N. students are minorities." (pg 367, Sociology of Health, Illness, and Health Care-Rose Weitz *excellent book!) Awhile ago I started a thread on the increasing cultural diversity of american citizens and how the nursing field is ada...

Is there a connection between the atmosphere one is in when ill and the ability to recover quickly? Yes, there the needs of the physical body, but what about mental needs? It has been noted that certain colors allow for better learning environments, ...

thank you for your comments. Good point!

Sarah, I was touched by your letter and just had to respond! Family relationships can be very confusing. They have known you your whole life and therefore it is easy to assume they know everything about you- not true- yet it is very likely they know ...

Hey Wendy, you started a great discussion. I have been working as a C.N.A. for two years now and I have had to deal with some poor treatment and back-breaking work. Plus we are way way underpaid! Cause like someone above pointed out sometimes there ...

Why are nurses under paid? Why do doctors earn so much more then nurses? I understand that doctors have more education behind them and of course they should recieve better wages then nurses because they have to carry more responsibility. Yet, nurses ...

Great to hear these programs are accredited! But I would like to know how many nurses are really able to practice alternative medicine in the work place? and if so where do you work? Jamistlc- you took herbology and homepathy. have you been able to a...

Hey everyone- i just realized I made a spelling mistake in the title! you know what i meant.

Hello there sugarcrystal, I am sorry I don't have any information for you, instead I have questions. I am working as a C.N.A. doing hospice care and looking into how to afford nursing school as well as what my interests in nursing are. Today I visite...

why is there a nursing shortage? there seems to be no single answer, but a number of factors involved. Poor treatment among staff that drive nurses out, mangement only concerned with profits, lack of nurse educators, burn out, nurses just putting up ...

I would like to open up the discussion of cultural diversity. Is the U.S. health care system adapting to the growing numbers of ethnic groups in our country? For those of you in medical/nursing school is cultural awareness/sensitivity/knowledge a sub...

Thank you everyone for your wonderful responces! MollyJ brought up a good point when she said, "awareness does not necessarily equate to culturally sensitive care. It's not that easy." Someone esle suggested asking if there were any special cultural ...

I have these same questions! I am just now finishing a B.A. and working as a Hospice home health aid. My work now is really hard and I don't want to bathe people for the rest of my life. Don't get me wrong, I love the people interaction and I think I...

I would like to open up the discussion of growing diversity in the U.S. and how the health care system is or is not dealing with this. For those of you still in school is cultural awareness/sensitivity/knowledge a subject that has been adequately add...

Maybe the question is not who is a better nurse, but why the nursing profession has mainly been a women's field and why that is? What societal influneces have triggered this? and how is it changing?

I am trying to understand the many aspects that have caused the nursing shortage. How long has there been a shortage? It seems this has been a big problem for a number of years. For all you working in the field what are your beliefs on the reasons be...