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  1. Can't rotate my steth head - advice?

    HealthShepherd posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello all. After a couple of weeks not working, I find that my stethoscope has stiffened up and I can't rotate it to use the bell. If I try applying all of my strength to it, the rubber tubing...

  2. What baby catches you every time?

    HealthShepherd replied to NicuGal's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Fascinating to see the range of responses here! I'm glad we don't all have the same "favourites". I'm a sucker for an orphan (i.e, the babies that have little or no parental presence due to...

  3. There has to be a BETTER WAY to obtain a blood sample.

    HealthShepherd replied to lady3's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    What experiences have you folks had in doing heelsticks while baby is on the breast? This was recommended to me during orientation (both as a way for baby to self-comfort and to increase nipple...

  4. Can you solve this drug calculation?

    HealthShepherd replied to Etck2009's topic in General Students

    Hmm... I wonder if the answer they were looking for was "it comes to 2,500,000 mL/hr, which is obviously wrong, so my next step is to tell the MD to fix the order." I know they said that all questions...

  5. Wasn't the School Nurse right?

    HealthShepherd replied to caregiver1977's topic in General Nursing

    Poor girl. Another theory to consider: maybe she has bulimia and was abusing laxatives. She might have taken a very large dose if it were her first time trying laxatives, or if she had a particularly...

  6. im selfish? hmmm

    HealthShepherd replied to OhioCCRN's topic in General Nursing

    Not raunchy, but here's my smartorifice answer: Q: "Why don't you have children?" A: "Just lucky, I guess." Also effective on related questions like "Why aren't you married?", "Why don't you have a...

  7. Nursing Priority vs First nursing action

    HealthShepherd replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, but now you've raised another semantic issue - how do we define a task or action? Is putting on sterile gloves an action, or just part of a bigger action? Or (as I'd argue) are they both...

  8. Nursing Priority vs First nursing action

    HealthShepherd replied to NurseLoveJoy88's topic in General Nursing

    Many, many English words have more than one possible interpretation. For example, when I got up this morning, my priority for the day was to study chapters 24 and 25 for my class. However, what I...

  9. Hooters as Job History...Could this hurt my chances of getting a job?

    HealthShepherd replied to AMD88's topic in Nursing Career

    I agree with CaregiverGrace; it doesn't matter if some people would be fine with it; what matters is that some people wouldn't, and you don't know which group the person reading your resume will be...

  10. Panicked!!! HIV/AIDS, HepB, HepC risk?

    HealthShepherd replied to rntobeme's topic in General Nursing

    Your health priority right now should be to seek a psychiatric evaluation. From what you've told us, the risks that you're suffering from paranoia or anxiety or some other form of mental illness are...

  11. Am I over-thinking, or are these just bad test questions?

    HealthShepherd replied to chicken1's topic in General Students

    Both quoted for truth. I'm sort of a perennial student - I did two bachelor's degrees before my BScN, and I'm now back in school doing more undergraduate studies (with a view to going on to grad...

  12. What determines if a patient is autopsied?

    HealthShepherd posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello everyone. For those of you who work in hospitals - what is the process for deciding on an autopsy? Is it something that family members can request, or entirely at the doctor's discretion? In my...

  13. Am I over-thinking, or are these just bad test questions?

    HealthShepherd replied to chicken1's topic in General Students

    Yes, but the question was about teaching the patient how to get better sleep, and since age isn't a modifiable factor, it's not relevant. Nursing "teachers" go on and on about reading the question...

  14. Am I over-thinking, or are these just bad test questions?

    HealthShepherd replied to chicken1's topic in General Students

    Exactly. It doesn't matter how true a statement is, if it doesn't answer the question. And what the heck is "overthinking"? Thinking is good. The more you do, the

  15. *Vent* RN's make toast?!?!?!

    HealthShepherd replied to WickedRedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm glad you came back, Bridey; your point is much clearer in this post. I work NICU, and like you, I DO often have a bit of a breather during the shift so that I can do things that are nice (for the...

  16. *Vent* RN's make toast?!?!?!

    HealthShepherd replied to WickedRedRN's topic in General Nursing

    If you wouldn't find it difficult to find some free time to make toast, then I'd suggest that you're the one who has it

  17. Ignores my being an RN

    HealthShepherd replied to LovemykittyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Is it all possible that she's trying to respect you, rather than snub you? I think it's commonly known that doctors (and to a lesser extent nurses) get hit up for free advice in social situations......

  18. Why is there a nurse when you have a midwife with hospital birth?

    HealthShepherd replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Code pink for us is like a code blue (I think that one's universal, isn't it?) but for an infant, so a different team comes running. We also have a code 77 for a pregnant woman in crisis - both the...

  19. Why is there a nurse when you have a midwife with hospital birth?

    HealthShepherd replied to Florence NightinFAIL's topic in Ob/Gyn

    At my hospital (in Toronto), the nurses and doctors have nothing to do with the midwives' patients unless the birth starts looking high-risk and care is transferred to the OB team. The midwives may...

  20. Afraid of calling in

    HealthShepherd replied to madfowl's topic in General Nursing

    I wouldn't call in. It would be easier for you to recover from failing the NCLEX (frustrating, but you can take it again) than to recover from making a bad early impression on your boss and...

  21. Forced to come into work on day off

    HealthShepherd replied to deletethisaccount's topic in General Nursing

    Agreed... I suspect that the management hasn't explained the new plan clearly, or the OP just hasn't understood it. Because the situation described by the OP is so obviously ridiculous, I don't see...

  22. Giving tylenol to a family member.

    HealthShepherd replied to Tiaj72187RN's topic in General Nursing

    What a depressing story. How did it come to this, that we have to choose between protecting our livelihoods and acting like a decent human being? Unless there were some red flags in the family...

  23. Giving tylenol to a family member.

    HealthShepherd replied to Tiaj72187RN's topic in General Nursing

    The OP wrote her post when she had just gotten home; the incident happened at work. And please note that while I corrected your mistake, I did not call your post ignorant or embarrassing, or tell you...

  24. Giving tylenol to a family member.

    HealthShepherd replied to Tiaj72187RN's topic in General Nursing

    Please read the opening post more carefully before you express contempt for other posters. The OP was at work, and the lady was a patient's family member, not the OP's family

  25. Giving tylenol to a family member.

    HealthShepherd replied to Tiaj72187RN's topic in General Nursing

    Family members are a grey area for this sort of thing. Even if they're not technically your patient, they're still included in health teaching, possibly transfers and personal care, you'd still call...