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So I discharged my patient home yesterday...he had a soft stool..I charted it as loose..I know this sounds silly but now Iam worried. Maybe I should have mentioned this to the discharging MD..I should have charted it as soft..now I worry that if the ...

Thank you everyone! I just feel I should have mentioned it! I just think I am not used to sending patient's home anymore after being in the ICU!! I was floated to the floor and sent a whole bunch home! I guess it makes me nervous now! I always try to...

Hmmm..it might have conformed to the shape of the container? But it wasnt super loose...it did not smell like C-Diff though...did not look mucousy or have any blood..seemed not loose/soft enough to be C-Diff..pt was on antibiotics...I just wish I men...

How Dangerous are anesthesia induction gases to unborn children? Right now I am about 6 or so weeks pregnant. I go in for my first OB appiontment tommorow afternoon, but in the mean time I am very worried! I was working in pre op and I started an IV ...

How Dangerous are anesthesia induction gases to unborn children? Right now I am about 6 or so weeks pregnant. I go in for my first OB appiontment tommorow afternoon, but in the mean time I am very worried! I was working in pre op and I started an I...

I know how you feel..sometimes I still feel that way and I have been an RN for 3.5 years now! Sometimes its hard being young and having such a responsible position. Do you like nursing? If you like it, and are interested in it stay. if not run, its ...

rotating between postpartum and ursery would make sense..but L&D? Are they going to orient you to L&D?

Has anyone ever seen the sclera (the white of the eye) have swelling post op after a phacoemulsicification cataract removal..all the other nurses told me this was fine..normal ect and pt was sent home..but now I am at home..again worried. I wanted t...

I work inat an outpatitent surgery center in PACU. The surgeon usually leaves an RX for pain meds for the patient, but today the MD left without leaving an RX I called the MD and he gave me a phone order to call to the pharmacy. I read back the pho...

Seriously! Oh yes Dr. ..so and so.do you want the patient to have pain meds..or go home and be miserable in a few hours? Do you want them to follow up? Are they allowed to walk on that leg?? Wow and preop while he was waiting for the patient to be ...

It was a narcotic..I gave the pharmacist the MDs office # to reach him for his DEA# ect..I usually make sure the MD left and RX but I guess he ran out the door before i could catch him.thank you guys.....now maybe I can sleep :)

I think this depends on your schedule preferences and your families schedule. I personally like workin g the hospital but right now I work in outpatient surgery because of the nice M-F schedule..it pays less than the hospital but my hubby likes seei...

Even if it was just a phone order?

I really don't know. But I know how you feel. I used to work Pedi..I loved Pedi until in 2 weeks 2 patients very close to the nursing staff passed away. I guess its just as hard with adults. After that experience though I learned to keep more of a p...

I'm a Jehovahs witness and would feel very uncomfortable giving blood due to my religiuos beliefs. I know what many witness nurses do (ie. asking other nurses to hng, skike, press pump ect for them). I'm wondering if it is legal for my manager to mak...

But I dont know how to prove its illegal. I think techinically in our religion its a conscience issue. I just feeel very uncomfortable with it. Bascially I don't think I should have to do it. I feel it violates my beliefs but I'm hoping that telin...

Our school requires all of us to join. I don't plan on going to Daytona (dont have the $$$), and I don't think I'm active. It may be bad but at the moment I don't care about NSNA. I got bigger fish to fry

. How long was your program, including any pre-reqs you had to take? 2. What classes do you have to take your last semester? 3. Have you started applying for jobs/do you have a job lined up already? 4. What area do you want to start in? 1. I started ...

I waited almost 2 years to get into a CC Rn program. All nuring prgrams in my area are like that. Even at Cal State Univeristyies teh Nursing major is impacted. My GPA didnt have anything to do with getting on the waitlist. You just had to have ce...

I'm a nursing student who wears low-rider pants on her off time. But during clinical I do not. I do however wear flare leg pants. I also wear al ong white scrub top. I'm usually told I look very professional (I try :) ). I think the flare leg pa...

I'm taking my 2nd semester of ADN Nursing program stuff; Nursing 102: Med surg lecture Nursing 102 L: Med surg lab (clinical time) Nursing 106: Maternal/Pediatric Nursing Nursing 106L: maternal/ped lab (more clinical time) Sociology 101: PE 150 :Pe ...

Right now I'm taking a chemistry class that I'm sooooo tired of. Just think of how much more of a pain it will be to take those classes during the fall. If its not to late maybe you can drop your dev psych class, especially if you hate it. If its ...

I go to school in Valencia (30 min north of LA, 30 min west of Palmdale). I live more in the middle of nowhere though (were talking the sticks) :)

You couldnt tell by the color that it was S. Marsecens??...its usually the first giveaway:)

I know the feeling of all your friends being on vacation! All of mine are off visiting relatives in other states (the dirty bums :)) Oh well I can't wait til July 17, so I go to the beach any darn day I want! Oh well I can just sit here and wait for...