flightnurse2b LPN

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    Caring for herpes patients during pregnancy?

    flightnurse2b replied to menath's topic in General Nursing

    yes! this is my first one... after some unfortunate happenings in the past.. so i am very scared to come out and tell my friends yet, although the comments about how i've put on a little weight are...
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    Caring for herpes patients during pregnancy?

    flightnurse2b replied to menath's topic in General Nursing

    thanks!!! we go to find out the sex in 2 more weeks. so exciting! i will keep everyone posted. i have leslie knitting booties for me already. and in 3 weeks... i FINALLY get to have some extra $......
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    Who needs to be seen first?

    flightnurse2b replied to Superlost1984's topic in General Nursing

    it really depends on why the patients are on those drips. magnesium would probably be my answer. magnesium is a potent vasodilator and antiarrhythmic (used in vtach, torsades, heart failure, AMI,...
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    Caring for herpes patients during pregnancy?

    flightnurse2b replied to menath's topic in General Nursing

    i would check with your PCP to be sure of what types of patients you should avoid taking while pregnant. the only form of herpes i would be worried about getting from a patient during pregnancy is...
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    Pregnant: Chance of being Fired in the First 90days

    flightnurse2b replied to jayde_RN's topic in General Nursing

    i am 17 weeks i am almost at my 90 day mark... i left this hospital 2 years ago and came back on very good terms. i'm fortunate to where i am just barely showing... but i too am scared to death to...
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    Florida water bug bite treatment?

    flightnurse2b replied to Blackcat99's topic in Florida Nursing

    they come to work too! our hospital utilizes the people who are not in direct patient care such as materials, HR, medical records, switchboard, etc to man a kid-care area and a pet-care area... and...
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    Florida water bug bite treatment?

    flightnurse2b replied to Blackcat99's topic in Florida Nursing

    most hospitals in florida, especially in coastal areas, have a mandatory hurricane policy. you work A (pre and during the storm) team or B (post and after until the all clear) team. where i work, you...
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    Are nurses treated as terribly as people imply?

    flightnurse2b replied to kprince's topic in General Nursing

    becoming a nurse was the best choice i ever made for myself. yes, sometimes i am exhausted, downtrodden, frustrated and underappreciated... and like pagandeva said, its amplified by having the...
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    Dating Coworkers??

    flightnurse2b replied to SweetLemon's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    my other half is also a nurse on my floor. we work on separate wings, are not allowed to waste narcs together and he cannot cosign any high risk meds for me and vise versa (which is required for...
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    What Constitutes a Telemetry Unit

    flightnurse2b replied to Pudnluv's topic in General Nursing

    our ratios are alot like yours.. we are required to have ACLS, NIH stroke certification and also 12 hours of inhospital trauma training per year because we are a trauma center. we get some seriously...
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    A Patient Made Me Cry Today

    flightnurse2b replied to flightnurse2b's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    i can't honestly say i gave great care to all my other patients yesterday. i did my assessments, gave them their meds and signed their strips, except for the one lady with dementia that i put in the...
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    Am I being too desperate to accept this offer..?

    flightnurse2b replied to EwokRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    what about working at the doctor's office you were working @ as a volunteer? or trying your hand at an urgent care clinic/medi center? it may not be what you want, but it's patient care, and it's...
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    A Patient Made Me Cry Today

    flightnurse2b replied to flightnurse2b's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I have been crying on and off since i got home (and i don't think i can blame this one on my hormones). I really am just kind of haunted by it right now. I just feel awful. I am not much of the type...
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    When a patient is dying, am I expecting too much?

    flightnurse2b replied to ShayRN's topic in General Nursing

    sometimes grief can shut off any kind of rational thinking that you may have had. maybe they thought they had more time... or maybe they were trying to cope and subconciously ignoring the situation...
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    Anyone ever been recognized on AN ?

    flightnurse2b replied to Keepstanding's topic in General Nursing

    there is another poster on here who used to work with my boyfriend a few years ago, and we kind of figured it out after the fact... althought i've never actually met her in person. there was also...
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    Do you always state that you are a nurse?

    flightnurse2b replied to 2BSure's topic in General Nursing

    nope, dont mention it unless
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    Lvn Vs. Medical Assistant Help please

    flightnurse2b replied to DiabeticGirl18's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    you can get titers drawn to prove immunity to varicella. i had the chickenpox when i was really little and when i started nursing school, i just had my doctor write a requisition for me to have labs...
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    Multiple BP meds & dialysis- to give or not to give.......

    flightnurse2b replied to groovy jeff's topic in MICU, SICU

    i'm not a dialysis expert by any means, but i'm assuming they tell the patients not to take their BP meds right before dialysis.... and to monitor the BP afterwards. if my pts are going to 1st shift...
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    Nursing shortage bolony! Let the practicing LPN/LVN's get into school 1st!

    flightnurse2b replied to Chanta2's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    they are too far away. one is 80 miles north, the other is 90 miles south. the community college where i live monopolizes this area and has campuses in 7 towns. no bridge program. i cannot commute...
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    ACLS or CPR traning?

    flightnurse2b replied to newlpn_chic's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    you are just beginnning an LPN program? or just finished? (sorry, long day, dunno if i read your post right) don't take ACLS until after you graduate and get a job, they will most of the time pay for...
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    Would you get treated at the hospital where you work?

    flightnurse2b replied to Goingthere's topic in General Nursing

    absolutely. my hospital is the best in the area. i have already planned to deliver my baby there in
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    Another Outrageous Visitor Thread

    flightnurse2b replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    eww.... thats foul. that made me think of another one. young man probably mid 20's came up to the floor admitted for cocaine induced afib... was having trouble peeing, so doctor had us cath him. no...
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    Another Outrageous Visitor Thread

    flightnurse2b replied to Ruby Vee's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    this one is one of my favorite visitor moments.... when i workd in the ER, we had a patient come in arrest from a LTC, not sure how long she had been down, but after four rounds of meds, she expired....
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    ACLS certification- Will this help my resume???

    flightnurse2b replied to HarleyLee's topic in Florida Nursing

    i would recommend to you to take an EKG course or see if your hospital has a tele floor that will let you sit with the monitor tech for a day and interpret some strips with them. and make sure you are...
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    Question for Nurses, or more specifically ones that work or have worked in OR

    flightnurse2b replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in General Nursing

    i've never heard of giving etoh IV. and before a trip to the OR, the patient should have nothing to eat or drink unless it's an emergency surgery, especially etoh...... like the PP said, anesthesia...