nici1978

nici1978

Med/Surg and Wound Care, PACU

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  1. Got into a car accident after working a night shift

    nici1978 replied to BSNbeauty's topic in General Nursing

    what always helped me is chewing gum , or eating small things like nuts , berries

  2. How young is too young...?

    nici1978 replied to solneeshka's topic in General Nursing

    personally i would not leave a kid alone at home regardless of

  3. Any help will do " I am international Nurse w/ green card looking for work"

    nici1978 replied to fmensah's topic in International Nursing

    i am from germany go to new mexico, worked without going through cgfns good

  4. Green stool

    nici1978 replied to mom4josh's topic in General Nursing

    blue

  5. CDiff Smell?

    nici1978 replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    i always hated to go into rooms with patients that had cirrhosis of the liver....

  6. How hard is nursing math?

    nici1978 replied to MisterSimba's topic in General Nursing

    it is eeeeeeasy... really. remember the formulas and you are good...

  7. Good Looking Enough to be a Nurse?

    nici1978 replied to casey1988's topic in General Nursing

    i agree. it does not matter how you look but it does matter how good you work....

  8. The 10 Commandments for Healthcare Professionals

    nici1978 replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    you got to be kidding

  9. Religious believes expressed in nursing theories. For or against

    nici1978 replied to justagirl81's topic in General Nursing

    if it is the only theorie there is i would be against it, as long as you learn about other "gods" and therories fine.

  10. ER or ICU

    nici1978 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am considering changing to ER or ICU, but o do not know which to choose, any

  11. our calling

    nici1978 replied to proud2b1's topic in General Nursing

    i love my job and i love my pay is it a calling?... no way in order to call it a calling i would have to believe... difficult if you are a "non believer"

  12. Define "Clinical Experience"

    nici1978 replied to miko014's topic in General Nursing

    usually it does mean acute care experience

  13. Verbal orders vs Telephone orders

    nici1978 replied to DEB52's topic in General Nursing

    unless there is a code going on no verbal orders from the doctor has been that way since years, also the telephone orders were always read back

  14. Palpating blood pressures?

    nici1978 replied to Duflinkka's topic in General Nursing

    i have heard of it, when you use the cuff and if you do not have a stethoscope but without a cuff, something seems odd

  15. Level 1 Isolation

    nici1978 replied to amynahmed's topic in General Nursing

    actually our infection doctor and infection control nurse both said it is ok if you are at least 2-3 feet away from the patient, but every hospital and its policies are different

  16. can you add KCL to IVF?

    nici1978 replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    in germany we always mixed our own stuff, no pharmacy there never had any errors happen, it is the norm no big deal

  17. TURP info needed

    nici1978 replied to AlabamaBelle's topic in General Nursing

    second the

  18. "You can't return to work until you're afebrile for 24 hours!"

    nici1978 replied to hellerd2003's topic in General Nursing

    i know how you feel, i am just now ( after 9 days) getting rid of my virus, same thing had a fever for 8 of those days, fortunately i do not have to work, i am prn anyway so i stayed home under my...

  19. TURP info needed

    nici1978 replied to AlabamaBelle's topic in General Nursing

    usually your husband stays in the hospital for 1 or 2 nights, turp = transurethal prostatectomy, expect after surgery continuos bladderirrigation for at least one night, most patients have not a lot...

  20. *VENT* - Do you blame me?

    nici1978 replied to anndoodle's topic in General Nursing

    you should never push an iv med if you are not iv certified even with a nurse next to you

  21. Drug Screen

    nici1978 replied to megananne7's topic in General Nursing

    just make sure do don't eat any poppy seed bagels before you have the test a false positive for opiates ( happened to me)

  22. Continuing Education

    nici1978 replied to Sunni_Lpn's topic in General Nursing

    i am an rn since almost 8 years, i actually think going back to school for nutrition or something like (here it go's) wildlife science wild he?

  23. Licences Numbers

    nici1978 replied to greatgram2's topic in General Nursing

    same here, i cannot remember my number so i do not use it

  24. Hospitals supplying latex free gloves

    nici1978 replied to bethin's topic in General Nursing

    actually i do not know any hospital that uses latex gloves anymore, most of them changed already, because it is not only a danger to you it is also a danger to patients, a lot of people have a latex...

  25. returning to nursing

    nici1978 replied to nursy2's topic in General Nursing

    i am currently working wound care and i like it, it is much better than bedside nursing because it is not chaotic, everything goes in a timely manner and the patients are nice, i also work 5 days a...