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  1. Any recs for great pediatrician or PCP in Central FL/Orlando?

    yogastudentRN posted a topic in Florida Nursing

    Family or General practice fine as long as they can see grade school kids. Bonus for someone who will manage ADHD meds without psych

  2. Why of why.....can nobody actually show up on time?

    yogastudentRN posted a topic in Private Duty

    Yes, I'm a parent. I need help with my medically fragile son, and a break sometimes fro working my butt off all day caring for him. I am exhausted after doing this for all day...sometimes all night...

  3. Vent Alarms Ordered to be Turned Off

    yogastudentRN replied to letitbe_lindsay's topic in Private Duty

    Is it a video monitor? Some of them have cameras you can move remotely to check on the display readouts and patients without going in the room. That might be a good

  4. Student doesn't eat and I'm the person to fix it!

    yogastudentRN replied to JerseyTomatoMDCrab's topic in School

    I would refer to counselor. This definitely sounds like a behavioral /sensory issue and I think the counselor would be in a better position to address it, or if he gets speech or OT that might also be...

  5. Bipap s/t....like a vent case or not?

    yogastudentRN posted a topic in Private Duty

    I'm just curious as to what the overall opinions on this are. Seems to me that nurses with zero vent experience are about as useful as a baby monitor with this, esp when there are issues.....but...

  6. Bipap s/t....like a vent case or not?

    yogastudentRN replied to yogastudentRN's topic in Private Duty

    This makes sense..unfortunately the agency we had been with stopped staffing his case after a 12 day hospitalization and it's all new people...there's nobody to

  7. Bear Hug Transfer

    yogastudentRN replied to OswinOswald's topic in Private Duty

    Using lifts is a skill.....and a one person job. You should learn to use the lifts..ask if there is a instruction manual that came with it or call the equipment company and ask if the rep can come...

  8. The pt that always slides down

    yogastudentRN replied to SDALPN's topic in Private Duty

    Z- flo

  9. Why of why.....can nobody actually show up on time?

    yogastudentRN replied to yogastudentRN's topic in Private Duty

    Thanks for the feedback....it's hard being pregnant and sleep deprived and doing this! Anyway, I'm just kinda sick of people telling me they can do x-y-z and they get here, and hey it turns out they...

  10. Attachment to patient and vice versa

    yogastudentRN replied to BertG77's topic in Private Duty

    So, he is dependent on you for his care, and now he needs to find other care for the hours you aren't available to work because of your school schedule, correct? He had a stable caregiver lined up,...

  11. Nurses are Not Doctors

    yogastudentRN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Obviously there is a problem in that state with access to primary care. Seems like they are hoping this will provide some solution to that problem. In many states, nurses do not need physician...

  12. Insulin Administration: Standing and Sliding Scales

    yogastudentRN replied to blackdiamond407's topic in Patient Medications

    There shoulda also be protocols for hypo that include any necessary adjustments to the usual

  13. Does nursing really suck that badly?

    yogastudentRN replied to Irish_Mist's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    No, nursing itself does not suck that bad. BUT some PEOPLE, both nurses and non-nurses, do suck that much, and make everyone they work with miserable. It happens in all jobs, but it seems that in many...

  14. Substitute Pay

    yogastudentRN replied to KSGMaine's topic in School

    23.80/hr, the actual time you are there can vary from 4-7 hours. in

  15. How much free water/fluid do you count 1/2 cup applesauce as?

    yogastudentRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am counting it as 60 but some are telling me 90 or even

  16. Why is it so hard to find night shift Private Duty nurses?

    yogastudentRN posted a topic in Private Duty

    I mean......all four local agencies have been called. They found 1 LPN who was willing to do nights, but who then lied about her peds

  17. Hydrocortisone injection pen?

    yogastudentRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    My son's ped endo wrote us a prescription for this. I used up his emergency SoluCortef shot over the weekend (Long story but he's OK) This so called 'hydrocortisone pen" she wrote for doesn't...

  18. How much free water/fluid do you count 1/2 cup applesauce as?

    yogastudentRN replied to yogastudentRN's topic in General Nursing

    Finally found my book that this is in! It gives a person 50-75% of its total weight as free water, if there is no sodium added. The other 25-50% is solids. Obviously depends quite a bit on how much...

  19. How much free water/fluid do you count 1/2 cup applesauce as?

    yogastudentRN replied to yogastudentRN's topic in General Nursing

    It isn't 120 ml of water. There are solids in it that do not count...just cannot recall how much solid vs liquid is in

  20. Anyone doing a "non-clinical" MSN (not direct entry)?

    yogastudentRN replied to HealthyRN's topic in Post Graduate Students

    I am....its Health Sciences Leadership and Management, and I am doing the Education track. I have taught health sciences classes as an adjunct before (not in nursing though) and really liked it. So...

  21. Aspiring Nurses: Why not Med School??

    yogastudentRN replied to muurman's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Might as well ask "why not Biomedical Engineering? Or Medical Law? Or Physical Therapy" Yes, they are THAT

  22. Have emailed and called repeatedly for a license by endorsement application....???

    yogastudentRN posted a topic in Maryland Nursing

    And nothing. At all. Anyone know how I can get this application mailed to me? I have followed the directions for contacting the board to get an application 4 times now, and apparently am being...

  23. Airlock or not with Cortef?

    yogastudentRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Just wondering what U would do.....got a weird look from another nurse when I pulled the airlock in...I have always put airlocks in behind steroids due to the effects they can have on

  24. Medical Workers wearing scrubs to and from work, outside the Hospital, etc..

    yogastudentRN replied to Galvatron1's topic in General Nursing

    I think that most nurses would be happy to change at work...IF they were provided with a locker to store their street clothes while working and a decent locker room. Maybe the issue is the...

  25. Any recs for good pediatricians near Gaithersburg, MD?

    yogastudentRN posted a topic in Pediatric

    Esp one that works with special needs kids would be good....we are moving there in a couple of months and I am really nervous to just find a ped blindly in a new place. x-posted on the MD forum as...