Tele_Nurse4u

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1. When the RN becomes the Patient

   Tele_Nurse4u posted a topic in General Nursing

   So... kinda random but I have a little survey.... I have been having 'womanly' issues and ending up being dx w/PCOS. Long story short, my HGB is now 7.8...YIKES! To say I feel badly is an...

2. If your afraid of killing someone, should you not pursue nursing?

   Tele_Nurse4u replied to pumpkin1984's topic in General Nursing

   I absolutely agree with all these posters!! I was NEVER any good with math, but there are formulas you will use over and over. Whenever I do any, i double check with another nurse or with pharmacy. I...

3. Do you like being a nurse?

   Tele_Nurse4u replied to mandy3214's topic in General Nursing

   I love being a nurse...it has its good and bad and VERY BAD DAYS... I guess just like anywhere else. It is not nearly as glamarous as TV makes it.. :) Yes, doctors, patients, and families yell at...

4. Is this what it's all about? (VENT!)

   Tele_Nurse4u posted a topic in General Nursing

   this will probably be long...so i apologize in advance!! it's just me venting, so if you don't want to hear it...stop now! lol anyways... i am a relatively new nurse (i graduated in may of '07) and...

5. Its True about Nurses and Tickets

   Tele_Nurse4u replied to ScooterNurse's topic in General Nursing

   haha my husband says he feels bad giving nurses tickets b/c he thinks of me.. :) most pepole would also say they dont want to give a nurse a ticket and then be hospitalized (for whatever reason) and...

6. Do Nurses STILL want to marry Doctors?

   Tele_Nurse4u replied to showbizrn's topic in General Nursing

   NO NO NO NO NO AND

7. continuity of care

   Tele_Nurse4u posted a topic in General Nursing

   so..i am a newer nurse and am maybe still 'in the clouds with nursing' but, here is my dilema: i work midnights and during the night a normally oriented and alert 92 yr old man became very confused...

8. Need help figuring out what happened to this guy!?!?

   Tele_Nurse4u replied to TigerGalLE's topic in General Nursing

   I had a little old lady that did this once! Scared the crap outta me! She would seriously be like comatose...all her vitals were stable though and her breathing would be fine. We tried...

9. Uncontrolled Afib

   Tele_Nurse4u replied to Tele_Nurse4u's topic in Cardiac

   I was thinking the same thing. Lets throw him back into NSR and throw a clot...errr...im going in tonight and I plan to

10. Uncontrolled Afib

    Tele_Nurse4u replied to Tele_Nurse4u's topic in Cardiac

    Thanks for the link. I am constatnly asking questions. His primary is a cardio doc, thats who i spoke with. I didnt have time to go back and look through the progress notes, but i wiill definetly try...

11. Uncontrolled Afib

    Tele_Nurse4u replied to Tele_Nurse4u's topic in Cardiac

    This doc was a cardiologist. My thoughts were exactly like yours. He had a thrombolytic CVA. CT and MRI showed a large left sided cerebral infarct. He is on Dig 0.125mg daily..NOTHING ELSE though. I...

12. Uncontrolled Afib

    Tele_Nurse4u posted a topic in Cardiac

    Hey everyone...quick question... I had a 52 y/o male patient today who was found unconscious in his apartment. Has been hospitalized x1 week. It was found he had a large CVA, uncontrolled Afib (up to...

13. First RN Job Offer=Telemetry=Wisdom Please

    Tele_Nurse4u replied to nurseJ88's topic in Cardiac

    I just graduated last May and started on a cardiac tele floor. Although it is not just cardiac! WE get everything!! It sounds pretty much the same as yours. The ratio is 4:1. Honestly, if you like a...

14. Do I have a right to be upset?

    Tele_Nurse4u replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    No, you have a right to be

15. Troponin and CABG

    Tele_Nurse4u replied to Tele_Nurse4u's topic in Cardiac

    I agree.. And that was the first thing he asked me, and they were well WNL. Thanks for