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    Web Site of Info to Explain Metabolism

    GilaRRT replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Break it down into smaller chunks to help with the understanding. First, we have glycolysis. Glycolysis occurs in the cytosol of the cell. (within the cell after glucose enters but not within the...
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    Web Site of Info to Explain Metabolism

    GilaRRT replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have specific areas that you want to know about? After glycolysis, PA will enter the TCA cycle. Hydrogen from the break down f PA is then used to create a gradient and create PMF. The final...
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    Perpetuating the myths

    GilaRRT replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    -Oxygen is harmful to patients with a hypoxic drive, we should hold off on giving oxygen to these patients. -MONA should greet every MI patient at the door. -We need to give fluids to our trauma...
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    Treat patient not equipment!

    GilaRRT posted a topic in General Nursing

    Where are you going with this? Every tool is simply something we use to help us hopefully appreciate the big picture. Are we attempting to discredit pulse oximetry and capnography? I am not sure that...
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    Treat patient not equipment!

    GilaRRT replied to GilaRRT's topic in General Nursing

    Well, we cannot compare pulse oximetry and capnography in that way. Pulse oximetry is more of an indicator of oxygenation, while capnography is more of a measure of ventilation. Two related but...
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    Nurse Bashing

    GilaRRT replied to hippylady7211's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You most likely know the answer if you are among the group that "bashes other nurses." I bet you have some thoughts and ideas why this happens. Just to clarify for a moment? We are talking about the...
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    Need Help With Electrolytes!

    GilaRRT replied to Vaporize's topic in General Nursing

    Or simply tell her to
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    Flight Nurse Training

    GilaRRT replied to Watanabe_Joey's topic in General Nursing

    You will be hard pressed to find stand alone flight nurse training. Most flight companies will not look at you for employment without a solid three years of emergency or critical care experience....
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    Need Help With Electrolytes!

    GilaRRT replied to Vaporize's topic in General Nursing

    Cannot say I have a problem with other providers on this forum. One thing about an all exclusive forum is the fact that we may tend to look at a topic through myopic eyes. It is nice to have other...
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    When will they change the name???

    GilaRRT replied to hand2cut's topic in Men in Nursing

    Only two that I can think of. 1) Licensed Practical Nurse 2) Registered Nurse In the modern world I am suprised people in health care honestly care about male and female gender relating to the name of...
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    o2

    GilaRRT replied to pmw2007's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Much will depend of facility policy. When I worked LTC, we had standing orders for several of the doctors. However, much will be nursing judgment. If you have to upgrade from nasal cannula to a...
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    Explain HIT

    GilaRRT replied to keludtke's topic in General Nursing

    In many cases, the mechanism is related to an autoimmune reaction. Do a quick Google search and you should find several sites that explain the disorder in
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    MA's know as much as RN's??

    GilaRRT replied to JettaDP's topic in General Nursing

    First, you need to understand a vital concept. Just because I am performing the skills of an RN, does not mean that I am educated as an RN. MA's work under a doctor's license and essentially provide...
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    Low CO2 what to do?

    GilaRRT replied to abundantjoy07's topic in General Students

    A little off topic; however, I just wanted to emphasize that carbon dioxide is not an acid. Hydrogen ions are acid. PH is a logarithmic scale used to measure hydrogen ions. Now, when carbon dioxide...
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    CFRN/CTRN Support Thread

    GilaRRT replied to GilaRRT's topic in Flight, Surface Transport

    Not exactly, I am trying to say that the CFRN contained more complex decision making type
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    Differences in pain medication

    GilaRRT replied to heaverboo's topic in General Nursing

    I guess it depends on how you want to define strong. Actually, other narcotics exist that are much more potent than fentanyl when we compare microgram of one to migrogram of another and effects on the...
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    Will I be able to cut it in nursing school?

    GilaRRT replied to HopingtobeNP's topic in General Nursing

    A good question for a NP. I see it like this: I had around 1000 hours of practicum in nursing school. I feel it was a pretty good program with very high standards. I was barely able to keep my head...
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    ICU v. ER

    GilaRRT replied to nyforlove's topic in General Nursing

    East coast, sorry. Allow me to say this again, if an ER forces you to take dangerous patient loads, run away, it's not worth it. You see, you should be able to say, "sorry have critical patients, no...
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    Running KCL without knowing the pt's baseline K

    GilaRRT replied to Erin 321's topic in General Nursing

    No, the bashing comment was in
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    ICU v. ER

    GilaRRT replied to nyforlove's topic in General Nursing

    If you are forced to deal with seven critical patients, run away. You should not work in that
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    ICU v. ER

    GilaRRT replied to nyforlove's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, think what you will. ER nursing is like any other type of nursing, you work hard. However to say ER is harder than the floor or ICU, come on. The concept of ER is still simple. Stabilize, move...
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    ICU v. ER

    GilaRRT replied to nyforlove's topic in General Nursing

    Well look, for the most part, ICU patients are in pretty bad shape. ER patients on the other hand. Well, let's just say you have to know how to prioritize. ER nursing is quite simple: I have a...
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    Running KCL without knowing the pt's baseline K

    GilaRRT replied to Erin 321's topic in General Nursing

    Hate to be a kill joy, I know flaming doctors is fun and all ; however, I just want to have a couple of things cleared up? You say no labs were ordered, then you say the potassium came back at 4.7? I...
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    male dominated areas of nursing?

    GilaRRT replied to missjennmb's topic in General Nursing

    Do not fool your self, men can be just as bad as women. Trust me on this, I have inside knowledge on this
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    Oh, well - Not for me.

    GilaRRT replied to dragonflycafe's topic in General Nursing

    Try to keep things in perspective however. Taking this line of thinking too far could lead us to lock ourselves in a plastic bubble. Think about how many people do not wash their hands. Think about...