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just wondering if anyone has any good ways to remember the cranial nerves 1-10 i had heard of a mnemonic but can't remeber it, not a good sign eh? Any tips would be greatly appreciated. thanks Erin:)

Croc's for me. I had a pair or sketchers and have had to wear them once when i forgot the crocs and my calves and feet HURT...never noticed how bad untill i did not have that pain.. Good luck and congratulations on your internship... Erin

We are learning about the Z track Method of IM. Just wondering if most nurses use this? & Is the ventrogluteal site used most often? Thats what we were taught, but wanted to know if that is the case in practice. We were also told no Z track in th...

I would have gone for B as well only because the question asks what child would "most likely" exhibit.. and so therefor b. I know that some of the questions are very gray but life is kind of gray.. no black and white for me at least. hope that helps ...

I was a float nurse (my first position) and it was great, i learned so much I was floated to med, surg and emerg/ observation. I had exposure to everything and and really feel that it gave me a broad base for any type of nursing. I could have been pu...

thanks for replying Eva, I had no idea that there would be that many staples, oh my i really feel for those patients and for you, can;t be an easy task. Good luck on getting info on dissoving sutures..

I have limited experiance with staple removal as most of our CS are sutured, but i can imagine that one of the best ways to not have left over staples overlooked would be to insure proper documentation is done when pts come back from the OR... ie. 24...

I have very cold hands, to help me with this when palpating pts, before i go to their bedside, i do the reg wash but then i let the water run over them for a little while longer nice warm water, then i go straight to the pt and palpation is first. I ...

In my unit we call the lab to do this and we call it a bili index when a babe who is >37 weeks looks yellow (after 24 hrs of age, if before then serum), some babes go home without ever having a bili done (serum or index) The Erin

great point, this is one thing about PP night shift you don' have the discharges but certainly have the admissions; I had a really good preceptor and she let me listen to her taking report a few times and that gave me a good idea of important info ne...

You are right smiling, our hosp has officaly done away with the normal newborn nursery but unofficaly we still have it.... our other hosp policy states that fresh cs can not have babe in room with her unless feending or another person in room with h...

I am not sure as i have not heard of the term non-seperation but i could take a guess at it: could it be that nion seperation means that the babe and mom are not seperated AT ALL, even for assessment, vit K bath etc... (unless medically indicated) a...

I have worked on PP for a year and a bit, and i too love it! +++ My night is a bit different because i work only 8 hr shifts but basicly the same as breastfeedingRN, except that we get 5+5 on nights. I have a question for you though, when i did work...

Here are a few that pertain to FAS, FAE babes, thought that you could use risk for or actual disorganized infant behaviour and (even though you already said it) sleep pattern disturbance if babe is not sleeping, or waking from sleep d/t tremors. Her...

I love it too cheerfuldoer, It took me a while to not picture the movie "Can't buy me love" and Patrick on his lawnmower, I don't know what it was, i did not even like the movie but it stuck in my mind.

It was funny that i read your posting today, I do not watch this show, but do watch Gray's Anatomy on Sunday eve, and i had to laugh because one of the jr. resident insulted a nurse :angryfire (calling her for a duty such as you said in your post, ...

Confused, I have bought a few uniforms from this website and have been very happy with the prices. All different brands available and they have fun styles and colors on line catalog available or you can request one to be sent out to you. good luck o...

Hi all, just wondering if I could draw on all of your experiance once again. I have a pt on oxygen therapy: 40% cold pot, 3L. I have looked through all of my books and now thought I would pick your brains for what COLD POT means. I am thinking it mus...

Just wondering if any one has a good suggestion for getting rid of a wart? My 8 year old has a wart and I am not sure about getting it frozen off with nitr. Any other suggestions? If that is the only choice does it hurt because she is a HUGE baby whe...

"My BSN program had a required law and ethics course that was taught by an RN/JD. I graduated in 1978 from a somewhat progressive program. I remember talking about the Nurse Practice Act and tort law. We also had some really good ethical debates." fi...

I could not have said it any better Berta!! :rotfl: thanks for the laugh and how true you are! Erin

Our hospitals have both a LDRP (labor, delivery, recovery, postpartum) unit which is about 4 years old. Here all moms have own rooms which include phones, TV's bathrooms and large showers (great for laboring in). We also have a labor floor (high risk...

I was also wondering if you would include something like fear and/or anticipatory grieving, and risk for spirtual distress... I had a clinical teacher once that made quite an impression on me to always include psychosocial in care plans in some way,...

Berta, Good luck on your test tomorrow as well, I can see where you are comming from, I have had a hard time concentrating on studying as well this weekend! I have exams this week and feel so worn out, I can't focus... my kids want me to share their...

I don't know if this would work, as it would be on a much larger scale than we did it on, but .... We as a class made a cookbook, our class is appro 100 pple, and we made about 1300.00. another really good one that takes minimal effort (and you only...