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  1. Nurses Who Can't Add Cost Lives.

    HealthShepherd replied to studentdan's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I agree that basic math skills are necessary... but I doubt that med errors (life-threatening or otherwise) are typically caused by not having math skills. They're more likely to be a result of...

  2. RN babysiting gig gone south

    HealthShepherd replied to RNnbakes's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with everything that has been said about leaving the child alone. She could have skipped the class, or left a note for the teenager and brought the child to school with her - not fabulous...

  3. I did the stupidest thing ever

    HealthShepherd replied to shanika1m1's topic in General Nursing

    That's certainly not the stupidest thing ever! Heck, I do stupider things than that every day before breakfast.... Seriously though, I don't think there's any problem with you explaining that your...

  4. Why are nurses exposed to more carcinogens than other professions??

    HealthShepherd replied to psustudent5's topic in General Nursing

    I believe there have been studies showing that night shift is carcinogenic. (I am serious, in case anyone's

  5. Old IV tubing from HIV patient hooked up to a new patient!

    HealthShepherd replied to RNStudy's topic in General Nursing

    Consider the following three hypothetical scenarios: 1. Nurse A sees an IV in the room, assumes it belongs to patient X, and hooks it up to patient X. It turns out that the IV really belonged to...

  6. Prayer as a Nursing Intervention

    HealthShepherd replied to TOYMECH's topic in General Nursing

    PS - I searched for the metaanalysis that Perpetual Student mentioned and found you can get the full text for free here:...

  7. Prayer as a Nursing Intervention

    HealthShepherd replied to TOYMECH's topic in General Nursing

    "I am doing research into the use of prayer as a nursing intervention .....What I am looking for is both anecdotal and research-based evidence that prayer is an effective and valid nursing...

  8. what to take nursing or pharmacy??

    HealthShepherd replied to AB normalRN's topic in General Nursing

    pharmacy

  9. Acryonym ***? PSWU

    HealthShepherd replied to itsatrap's topic in General Nursing

    In my NICU, PSWU stands for "partial septic workup" and means just a blood culture and a CBC (looking for abnormal white blood cell count or immature/mature cell ratio). A "full septic workup"...

  10. Thoughts on escorting patients to smoke

    HealthShepherd replied to edchunt's topic in General Nursing

    Would equipping the nurses with N-95 masks and haz-mat outfits protect them from the second hand smoke, while allowing them to supervise the patients closely? Or whatever the firefighters wear on...

  11. Questions for a NICU nurse

    HealthShepherd replied to Rachelsoon2bRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Some answers for 7: - better developmental care - lower lighting, less noise, volunteers to cuddle the older babies when they want to be held but the nurses don't have time - more widespread use of...

  12. Questions for a NICU nurse

    HealthShepherd replied to Rachelsoon2bRN's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    My observations have been the same as Coffee Nurse except for #5 - on my unit, we have very little OT/PT involvement. Maybe we need more... the "old" micropremies just have to figure out the eating...

  13. Holy Crap, Dad's having an MI!!!

    HealthShepherd replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the clarification, and I'm glad to hear that. Yes, I do think that would be cruel - and that's why you got negative responses. I doubt anyone is opposed to the idea of talking to children...

  14. Can I make it through nursing school being scared of male patients?

    HealthShepherd replied to nohika's topic in Nursing Career

    Another route to consider might be getting a note from a psychiatrist saying that you had a bona fide reason to avoid adult male patients.. then during your clinicals in adult medicine, you could...

  15. Holy Crap, Dad's having an MI!!!

    HealthShepherd replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    Callacode: In your first post, you said that you did feign a heart attack. In your second post, you said that you didn't. Did you or didn't you? And is there a reason that you've given us two...

  16. Holy Crap, Dad's having an MI!!!

    HealthShepherd replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    That's rich... you say in your opening post that you did feign a heart attack, and then you say that you didn't, and that the people who took you at your word are the ones being immature? Teaching...

  17. Shower question about Canadian hospitals.

    HealthShepherd replied to futureRN_Anastasia's topic in International Nursing

    Mostly, I'm advocating that we not have a double standard between our patients and the rest of the world. If you're clean enough to work with a patient, you're clean enough to interact with the...

  18. Shower question about Canadian hospitals.

    HealthShepherd replied to futureRN_Anastasia's topic in International Nursing

    I still don't see how anyone has addressed my main point - is it disgusting, rude, unsafe etc. to work with patients while wearing your scrubs? If not, why do you have higher standards for the grocery...

  19. Help with a letter to my employer re: donation for nursing pinning

    HealthShepherd replied to coolatta19's topic in General Nursing

    The worst case scenario isn't a no - it's the possibility that Coolatta's boss will lose some respect for her if presented with a request that could be seen as frivolous. That's why I'm recommending...

  20. Help with a letter to my employer re: donation for nursing pinning

    HealthShepherd replied to coolatta19's topic in General Nursing

    So it sounds like this is a more intimate graduation party for just the nursing faculty - make some speeches, eat some muffins, and put on some pins. To be honest, I wouldn't ask for donations for...

  21. Help with a letter to my employer re: donation for nursing pinning

    HealthShepherd replied to coolatta19's topic in General Nursing

    Confused... I've done three undergraduate degrees (including nursing) and have never heard of students having to fundraise in order to have a graduation ceremony... isn't it the university's...

  22. Shower question about Canadian hospitals.

    HealthShepherd replied to futureRN_Anastasia's topic in International Nursing

    If it's so terrible to go onto a bus after working in your scrubs for 12 hours - why is it just fine to go into a patient room after working in your scrubs for 11.5 hours? Unless you're showering and...

  23. Midnight Shift And The Rest Of The World

    HealthShepherd replied to nessa_5555's topic in General Nursing

    I just turn off the ringer on my phone when I'm sleeping between night shifts. I think trying to train the rest of the world is a hopeless

  24. Oscillating lung sounds on a vent??

    HealthShepherd replied to QueenElisaRocks's topic in General Nursing

    We don't turn it off for the whole "handling" - just 10 seconds, or 20 at the most, to have a clearer listen to the baby's sounds. Don't you find it difficult to hear murmurs or bowel sounds with the...

  25. Oscillating lung sounds on a vent??

    HealthShepherd replied to QueenElisaRocks's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, I see. I've never heard of "out-rotation" but I take it that your nursing school sends you to do shadowing days with non-nursing health care professions. That's actually a pretty cool idea -...