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  1. MRSA & IVAB - Vancomycin

    sm01 replied to AussieKylie's topic in General Nursing

    We are only culturing patients that come to and transfer out of ICU for the multi-drug resistant acinobactor that has shown face to our hospital and that is it. Inless they have a history of isolation...

  2. MRSA & IVAB - Vancomycin

    sm01 replied to AussieKylie's topic in General Nursing

    Why do people randomly culture patients on

  3. Some newbie questions...

    sm01 replied to GadgetRN71's topic in Legal

    Most of the certification classes require a minimum number of years that you have to work before you can take the course. So you better check into

  4. what are the 18 rights of drug administration?

    sm01 replied to norhubez's topic in General Nursing

    When someone figures out 18 rights let me know because I have only heard of the

  5. need writing help.

    sm01 replied to reisen's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Write about the type of nurse you want to be. Are you going to be caring and empathetic or are you going in to get a paycheck? Also think about how you will talk to patients and their

  6. question regards stethoscaope

    sm01 replied to DragonflyShell's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Littman classic se2 is the one I use and so do alot of the other nurses on my unit. The price was under $100 for

  7. Do nurses support physician assisted suicide?

    sm01 replied to NightOwl0624's topic in General Nursing

    I support PAS, espically when the patient is alert and oriented and does not want to suffer anymore or go througha disease process that will only cause pain and suffering. Human life is valuable...

  8. Nclex-rn

    sm01 replied to celery's topic in Maryland Nursing

    Good for you. It is a major defeat, boards is something I never want to do again. So

  9. Hourly Rounding / Walking Reports

    sm01 replied to patwil73's topic in General Nursing

    That has been our complaint all along. I work on a med-surg/cardiac icu step down unit. Primary nursing is 3-1, team nursing is 6-2. A lot of the time we have ICU appropriate patients, so even making...

  10. Lost a patient to suicide?

    sm01 replied to purplekath's topic in Psychiatric

    I had a patient hang her self in the shower. She used the emergency pull cord in the shower. The worst sight I think I have ever

  11. Hourly Rounding / Walking Reports

    sm01 replied to patwil73's topic in General Nursing

    Hourly rounding would be great if it could actually happen. I work on a very busy unit and the hospital has initiated the hourly rounding to up patient satisfaction scores. In the hourly rounding we...