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    South Florida LPN's

    flightnurse2b replied to a4432's topic in Florida Nursing

    lpnflorida, what part of florida do you work
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    florida community college help!

    flightnurse2b posted a topic in Florida Nursing

    hi florida nurses. i need some help! my boyfriend are i are moving to florida next march (we are from there originally) and are looking at the atlantic coast anywhere from jax to gainesville to lake...
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    Why am I not using ANY precautions with MRSA?

    flightnurse2b replied to WVStarFish's topic in General Nursing

    i guess it depends on the facility. the hospital i used to work at considered respiratory MRSA contact and droplet, the one i am at now does
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    Can non-licensed person start an IV?

    flightnurse2b replied to carol72's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    Anyone can pretty much do anything an MD/DO tells them to in their office because they work under their license. If they want to pick a homeless person off the street and train them to start IVs, they...
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    Night Shifters: Do you sleep?

    flightnurse2b replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    so true. there would be days i would work 1600-0700 and get home and still not be able to sleep. even after i left the ER, i heard the dinging of the tele monitors, code alarms and red phone when i...
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    Night Shifters: Do you sleep?

    flightnurse2b replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    i've never slept at work on the night shift. always too busy. but one time, this nurse fell asleep in a rolling chair and was snoring really loud. another nurse came up behind her to startle her and...
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    Silly question about what is considered a liquid

    flightnurse2b replied to queenjean's topic in General Nursing

    correct me if im wrong...i think pudding and jello are colloids when they're cold. so they would be considered liquid suspended in a solid, right? i think you're right... i think they are
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    Anyone else call 'em johnnies?

    flightnurse2b replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    i say carraige in the grocery store too, and after living in the south for almost 7 years, i still laugh when my friends call it a
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    Anyone else call 'em johnnies?

    flightnurse2b replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    it's a new england thing. i grew up in CT, and i still say johnnie for a patient gown. ive since worked in FL and NC and people look at me like im talking about a
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    Post-Mortem care

    flightnurse2b replied to rehabhereIcome's topic in General Nursing

    i wish someone had told me about this when i started out in the field. one of my first patient deaths, after i had pronounced her, not only did she let this huge belching breath of air, her AICD fired...
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    Bizarre Admitting Diagnosises

    flightnurse2b replied to MedicalLPN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    we had a patient who came in with AMS r/o TIA... and when we were wheeling the patient upstairs, i looked down at the admit papers and the secretary had put in "dx: stupidity". i think she meant...
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    I might gag

    flightnurse2b replied to MzGurl's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    burt's bees mint chapstick works well too. i used this a paramedic and have recommended it to alot of my fellow students. and if you smell something really funky, and it sticks to your skin (i had...
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    What brings non-nurses to allnurses?

    flightnurse2b replied to ruralnurs's topic in General Nursing

    i will be a nurse come october of this year :) im a paramedic, been in the medical field since i was old enough to work, grew up with a nurse for a mom and am also about to marry a male nurse.... i...
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    difference between neurogenic shock and autonomic dysreflexia

    flightnurse2b replied to cyndiangel13's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    daytonite, i want you as a instructor, seriously. i learn so much from
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    Doctor's office and "nurses"

    flightnurse2b replied to stunt's topic in General Nursing

    AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! another MA thread! just kidding. i agree wholeheartedly,
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    Lvn Have To Deal W/ Maggots????

    flightnurse2b replied to prenurstudent's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    the ER has quite of few patients stroll in with their share of bugs. ive seen many patients with maggots in between their toes, in abdominal folds and yes.. even in a trach stoma. cockroaches,...
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    Anyone ever have to do CPR outside of their job?

    flightnurse2b replied to ChocoholicRN's topic in General Nursing

    i have twice. happened upon a MVA and started compressions on someone ejected from a car, he didnt make it.... another time was driving on us-1 and saw a man lying on the side of the road, started cpr...
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    thoughts on only Paralytic while intubated....

    flightnurse2b replied to MassED's topic in General Nursing

    according to nursing 2008 drug handbook: vec interacts with the following: aminoglycosides, bacitracin, beta blockers, clindamycin, mag salts, enflurane, halothane, isoflurane, polymyxin abx,...
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    Where would you move?

    flightnurse2b replied to Nurse__Mary's topic in General Nursing

    thanks for the advice. im sorry you lost your home in frances. my parents lost theirs in jeanne. my boyfriend and i are natives and have only been gone for 2 years. south florida will always be home....
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    thoughts on only Paralytic while intubated....

    flightnurse2b replied to MassED's topic in General Nursing

    yikes!! i always always do paralytic with sedation/amnestic. i cant imagine being fully alert while being intubated and paralyzed. why couldnt he just give a little versed or valium?? that sounds...
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    Did you make an A in A&P? Help me finish mine too?

    flightnurse2b replied to Nurse SMS's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    flash cards really helped in A&P. and this sounds weird, but it works. i did this from a suggestion on here actually. i took huge construction paper and put my notes all over it with big pictures...
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    CNA's Aide the nurse... right!

    flightnurse2b replied to CNA_Timmy's topic in General Nursing

    sometimes a gentle reminder that even though you are a nurse's aide, the poopie is ultimately their responsiblity. the person with the license owns the poop. if someone's hand isn't in a cast, they...
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    Super feet insoles

    flightnurse2b posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Has anyone tried these? they came highly recommended by my PCP, because I have plantar fasciitis and nothing has helped yet.... they are called Super Feet insoles and are supposed to have maximum...
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    Suesquatch, GN

    flightnurse2b replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in Online Distance Learning

    congratulations sue! you have worked so hard and you should be very proud of
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    Where would you move?

    flightnurse2b replied to Nurse__Mary's topic in General Nursing

    stay in the south east! lower cost of living, lots of jobs, and LPN's are more widely utilized. the market i know in south florida is in the pooper right now, and you can get a really nice house for...