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    EMT to LPN

    GilaRRT replied to carter333's topic in General Nursing

    You can check with the board of nursing; however, you are likely going to find out that the answer is
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    Would you desire to have a roommate or live by yourself during Nursing school?

    GilaRRT replied to TJ_vladin's topic in General Nursing

    I rented an apartment with a roomate. He loved to party and had people in and out at all hours. We had some fun for sure, but I lost a bunch of sleep during those years. I pulled it off back then, but...
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    amp of D50

    GilaRRT replied to happyRN21's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    One "amp" of D50 generally means giving the entire container of D-glucose 50%. this will be a 50 ml container. Since percent solutions refer to grams/100ml, a 1% solution will be 1 gram per 100ml....
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    I wonder how many nurses out there experienced a needle stick injury

    GilaRRT replied to Blackheartednurse's topic in General Nursing

    I did back in 2002. Older cancer patient for a routine blood draw. Nice, hollow, bloody needle stick. During the investigation, turned out the patient had HEP B. I should be a poster child for...
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    Intubation and Sedation

    GilaRRT replied to shannonFNP's topic in Emergency

    Hypotension is not uncommon with larger doses of midazolam. The literature varies, but you are most likely looking at least 0.1 mg/kg for an induction dose. Midazolam is not really an optimal RSI...
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    Intubation and Sedation

    GilaRRT replied to shannonFNP's topic in Emergency

    Okay, I am not sure what dose the OP is using, but I agree many people are using procedural sedation doses instead of induction doses. yeah, we are on the same page, and I absolutely think there are...
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    Intubation and Sedation

    GilaRRT replied to shannonFNP's topic in Emergency

    Im just not aware of compelling data that says patients intubated with midazolam are consistently at high risk for MI and so on from catecholamine dump versus other agents. Much of the data I've seen...
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    Intubation and Sedation

    GilaRRT replied to shannonFNP's topic in Emergency

    I'm not seeing how this special case can be generalised to all patients being at "high"
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    Intubation and Sedation

    GilaRRT replied to shannonFNP's topic in Emergency

    References?
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    Concerns about 'modeling' pictures

    GilaRRT replied to Rakkika's topic in Nursing Career

    Possibly; however. my argument would be that said supervisor is morally degenerate for searching me out at looking at my nudie pictures. It works both ways if somebody wants to make an issue of it...
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    Concerns about 'modeling' pictures

    GilaRRT replied to Rakkika's topic in Nursing Career

    What if somebody did see said photos? What does that say about said person? It's okay to be a pervert and look at nudie photos, but it's not okay to be the nudie person that said pervert observes? So,...
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    Concerns about 'modeling' pictures

    GilaRRT replied to Rakkika's topic in Nursing Career

    Shouldn't matter, people shouldn't care; however, the lifestyle police are always out and about trying to cause drama. I wouldn't care if they were hard core pictures. It could be an issue at some...
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    Intubation and Sedation

    GilaRRT replied to shannonFNP's topic in Emergency

    Msn10, we are not talking about what is on an anaesthesia cart in the operating theatre. The OP is discussing a case specific to the emergency room. Thiopental is not an agent that you will likely...
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    Intubation and Sedation

    GilaRRT replied to shannonFNP's topic in Emergency

    Exactly, a good rule of thumb that I go by is 100 seconds per every 0.1 mg/kg. Using the common dose of 0.3 mg/kg, you only have about 5 minutes with etomidate. Msn10, rocuronium is also a generic...
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    Intubation and Sedation

    GilaRRT replied to shannonFNP's topic in Emergency

    The action of vecuronium is significantly longer than the action of etomidate, you are right to worry. I often wonder why physicians continue to utilise competitive, long acting neuro-muscular...
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    Why do some Medstudents love to belittle nurses?

    GilaRRT replied to LPNweezy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    There's a big difference between somebody physically touching you and some stupid comments made on a website that could very well be from a 10 year old Moroccan
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    Why do some Medstudents love to belittle nurses?

    GilaRRT replied to LPNweezy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Do whatever you wish, just know that you are going to personally involve your self in this situation and it may lead to more
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    Why do some Medstudents love to belittle nurses?

    GilaRRT replied to LPNweezy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So, we intentionally give somebody a substance that causes negative physiological consequences, and it's
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    Why do some Medstudents love to belittle nurses?

    GilaRRT replied to LPNweezy's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I may hurt some feeling's however, if the shoe fits? First, is it professional for a med student to start a Facebook flame war? No, we have this well established at this point. However, do you think...
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    Dropping pressures with nitro. Anyone experience this??

    GilaRRT replied to TinyRNgrl's topic in Emergency

    How exactly do you know this? Not every hypotensive chest pain following GTN will be a
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    Dropping pressures with nitro. Anyone experience this??

    GilaRRT replied to TinyRNgrl's topic in Emergency

    It's common with right sided involvement. I've gotten into the habit of assessing V4R prior to
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    Ive decided not to go ahead with nursing school...(Rad tech or RT)

    GilaRRT replied to jrt71's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, if you are worried about nursing school being difficult, then you will probably struggle in respiratory school. There is a significant amount of math involved. In fact, I had to take...
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    Paramedics in the ER

    GilaRRT replied to okie4ever's topic in Emergency

    Trauma, I can be a little dense; however, when admin suggests going back on topic it's a
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    Paramedics in the ER

    GilaRRT replied to okie4ever's topic in Emergency

    Okay, what about medics in the ER? All this degree and critical care erotica is great, but going back to the original
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    Paramedics in the ER

    GilaRRT replied to okie4ever's topic in Emergency

    Actually, the term "technician" has been officially removed from the paramedic title IAW the national SOP