mina123

mina123

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  1. Hiring a nurse that's a carrier of MRSA - Can that happen?

    mina123 replied to Halla17's topic in General Nursing

    per infection control 99% of nurses are carrier of MRSA in there nares. It's not a problem now when we are young and healthy but when we get sick OR if we get some immunosuppresant diseases that's...

  2. Why not medical school?

    mina123 replied to ChiLanQui's topic in General Nursing

    True its never too late to pursue your dreams somewhere there in between pursuing my dreams i also gave birth to two beautiful childern and in my opinion it;s time for me to not be selfish be happy...

  3. Why not medical school?

    mina123 replied to ChiLanQui's topic in General Nursing

    I am a nurse and i regret that i never went to md school because of years it takes to complete, loans, being a female i always wanted a family which i have now, but if the clocked were switched i was...

  4. Sorry HIPAA confusion again!!!!!

    mina123 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have read the hipaa law website and i kind of know what it is:uhoh3: but does it becomes hipaa violation when we discuss everything what we are doing and giving to patients in front of there family...

  5. CPAP and BiPAP?

    mina123 replied to hotshot12345's topic in General Nursing

    just google cpap and bipap lots of info on websites cpap continous positive airway pressure bipap bilevel positive airway pressure cpap is to treat apnea pt;s bipap is to treat pt;s who are having...

  6. Was this really a HIPAA violation

    mina123 replied to rainbowsfolly's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    You in no way have violated a HIPAA law. You signed the release form for hipaa stating that you and your grandfather are two people to whom your's son medical condition can be released. Therefore, you...

  7. No verbal reports at my hospital!!!!!!

    mina123 posted a topic in General Nursing

    :uhoh3:Hi our managment has this new policy in place where nurses on either shift cannot give any verbal reports at all during change of shift. We have report sheets which we give to incoming nurse...

  8. Disruptive families in acute care settings

    mina123 replied to 1Tulip's topic in General Nursing

    The best way to deal with disruptive families is to keep yourself very calm and compose. I have noticed if the families are angry, or demanding if you just listen to what they have to say then calmly...

  9. Priming blood tubing with...blood??

    mina123 replied to robinbird's topic in General Nursing

    the rationale behind not priming with saline is because the RN always has to sit with the patient the first 15 minutes of transfusion and if u are priming with saline the real blood transfusion can...

  10. Burned out!!!!!!!!

    mina123 replied to emilee1978's topic in General Nursing

    This is exactly what happened to one of my night nurses yesterday the pt called the charge nurse and said that he did not even wanted that nurse to touch her and that hopes she never comes back ever...

  11. Burned out!!!!!!!!

    mina123 replied to emilee1978's topic in General Nursing

    I think this is where the real problems lies people have come to know that if u act up/ make a scene/ yell at nurses and doctors you get much better care and therefore they are doing all this thus...

  12. STERILE WATER!!!!!

    mina123 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone know whether sterile water is hypotonic, isotonic, or hypertonic???? I can't find an answer to this question? I know we do all our flushes with normal saline, CBI with normal saline but...

  13. In over my head and don't know what to do!

    mina123 replied to heyheyhey35's topic in General Nursing

    heyheyhey35, which state rural/area do you live in? I really would like to know that. I have never heard of such a thing at all in our nurse practice act in state of nj/ny. What does your state...

  14. Layoffs!!!

    mina123 posted a topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Ocean county hospitals have started layoffs to some RN'S, social workers, case managers and lots of there old LPN's. Hospitals like community medical center, kimball, southern ocean county and deborah...

  15. Nurses sued!!!!!

    mina123 replied to mina123's topic in General Nursing

    I live in NJ, and as per previous posts went on to look my BON and under disciplinary nurse actions was shocked to see the list of nurses who are under disciplinary actions every month. This really...

  16. What's the deal with black?

    mina123 replied to SCUnursie06's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    How in the world can you have lint on scrubs in hospital settings unless ofcourse you are relaxing in chair with one of those hospital blankets wrapped around you:hhmth::hhmth:Clean your lint filter...

  17. Adenosine Help?????

    mina123 posted a topic in General Nursing

    has anyone use this drug on a pt and the pt went in the cardiac arrest?? is it only used for psvt??? any suggestions would be helpful!!!! scared to use this

  18. confused ABOUT TITLES!!!!!!!!!

    mina123 posted a topic in Nurse Management

    Is the title branch manager and Director of nursing sounds same to anyone??????? I know a branch manager manages a particular branch but confused how is the position different from

  19. new rns with no job

    mina123 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    I don't know which part of nj u live in but here's some of home health agency which might hire u as a new grad Bayada nurses, loving care, prefered healthmate these three are big one out there try...

  20. new rns with no job

    mina123 replied to smartnurse1982's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    The above nurses are right i have been told by several nurse recruiters and nurse manager that it costs a hospital enormous amount of money to orient a new grad and when they come out fresh from...

  21. New Grad & No one will hire me

    mina123 replied to cmh25's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    prettynurse25 no the HR don't consider SNF OR rehab as your acute experience at all I have been an RN over a year with hospital LPN background for 7 years an excellent nurse GPA of 4.0 in RN school...

  22. Infantile Spasms

    mina123 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi I was wondering if any one has taken care of a baby with infantile spasms dx. I have started to see this dx more and more now in peds. Currently i take care of two babies with this dx and nothing...

  23. Infantile Spasms

    mina123 replied to mina123's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the reply, we have tried ketogenic diet on one of our kids who is now three years old but has not helped yet actually she has started to have more spasms. ACTH is still being used but not...

  24. Explanation of I:E ratio

    mina123 replied to LegginMF's topic in General Nursing

    1:1.1 is autocycling rt is right br in high 30's is ok sometimes most imp is to check his BR is when he is sleeping this is most imp when u are sprinting pt off the vent. I am in NJ i don't know which...

  25. Explanation of I:E ratio

    mina123 replied to LegginMF's topic in General Nursing

    Hi first of all how old is the pt? what's his/her trach size? pt has MD means he or she is totally depended on the vent. All the above questions are very important as they all differ in setting a vent...