Hellllllo Nurse

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  1. What have other nurses done that have freaked you out?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to texas_lvn's topic in General Nursing

    Things like this are why I do not believe in hospice pts staying in a nursing home. They should be cared for in a hospice inpt unit. Besides not being familiar with palliative care practices, most LTC...

  2. Re:Is your maternal grandfather bald?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to MANAIG's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I've read that baldness is an X-linked recessive trait- so it it actually inherited maternally. Men who have a lot of body hair and are balding don't usually have excess testoserone. They may have a...

  3. Using a 30 cc baloon rectal cath for urethral drainage

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to elizadream's topic in MICU, SICU

    Supra pubic, not

  4. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    T-shirt for this thread- Antique Nurse

  5. Nursing school or become a teacher?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to busylady61's topic in General Nursing

    Excellent

  6. Nursing school or become a teacher?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to busylady61's topic in General Nursing

    Nursing is very hard physically and mentally. Shift work is difficult, working all or most holidays and weekends is hard. I know if I had it to do over again, I would not it. There is a big reason for...

  7. Desperate for an idea for a thesis

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to SN_until_2008's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would like to see a thesis on what is really going on w/ the nursing shortage- i.e. there are plenty of nurses in the US, but working conditions have driven them away from the bedside. Dept of Labor...

  8. Most RN's first borns?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to lvs2nrs3535's topic in General Nursing

    Here is a link to a quantitative poll so we can get some numbers:

  9. RNs- Mostly first born? Alcoholic fathers?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Hellllllo Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    Hopefully, more nurses will

  10. Is this legal???

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to cant_not's topic in General Nursing

    I've never heard of being grand-fathered in to being a nurse. I'll be interested in reading the responses to this

  11. Does your work call you at 0530?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to MarySunshine's topic in General Nursing

    That one takes the

  12. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    Wish we could all experience

  13. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    According to the stats, there are more nursing students and more new grads than ever- and more nurses are leaving nursing faster than ever before. Read some of the links here to find

  14. The Cold Hard Facts?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to Jo Dirt's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have had the exact same

  15. Do physicians deserve credit for the work nurses do?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I clicked on the link, wrote a letter, and submitted it. I suggest we keep bumping this thread up, so as many allnurses members as possible can

  16. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    u of penn nursing research dept has this to say about a "shortage" (i highlighted key points in red) study of u.s. nurses finds young leaving profession; shortage may reach crisis.......

  17. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    here's what the ana says about a nursing "shortage- "...although we hear more about shortages, situations differ from country to country. there may be a real shortage, a pseudo-shortage, a surplus,...

  18. Is there REALLY a nursing shortage?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    There's no shortage of IT workers, but companies are outsourcing to India like mad. There's no shortage of autoworkers, but Ford anc GM make most of their cars in Mexico now. There's no shortage of...

  19. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    I saw some nurses' morphine cooking apparatises (sp) in a nursing museum. It's weird that nurses used to cook MSO4 in a spoon over a flame then draw it into a syringe- the same way drug addicts do

  20. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    In the days when docs had to do BPs and assessments, were the docs around a lot more? I rarely ever see a doc in my area of

  21. You Know You're an Old(er) Nurse If . . .

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to hollyvk's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, the Mylanta/Maalox thing works pretty well. When I worked hospice, we had a few pt's who reacted to the adhesive on fentanyl patches. With these pts, we'd use Mylanta to lightly coat the skin,...

  22. So How Long Does the Misery Last?

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to HardworkinRN's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    Dialysis is very technical. Besides the technical aspect- nurses need to have very good assessment skills. the nurse must be able to prevent pt's symptomatic hypotension on tx, but not leave too much...

  23. HELP! Short term and long term goal writing

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to AnnieOaklyRN's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I could be anxious. Does that mean I am afraid of dying? As evidenced by what? Don't you have to use official NANDA

  24. Question about peritoneal dialysis and what the nurse should do

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to buterflycf's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    In my experience, pts do not normally retain fluid in the beginning. If a pt's blood glucose is very high and a glucose dianeal solution is being used, sometimes the pt's blood osmolarity is greater...

  25. Question about peritoneal dialysis and what the nurse should do

    Hellllllo Nurse replied to buterflycf's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    The pt's fluid status is determined by the pt's assessment- s/s, not the numbers. But, by the numbers you have written, are you saying the pt absorbed fluid the first two