All Content by nici1978
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Got into a car accident after working a night shift
what always helped me is chewing gum , or eating small things like nuts , berries ,
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How young is too young...?
personally i would not leave a kid alone at home regardless of age
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Any help will do " I am international Nurse w/ green card looking for work"
i am from germany go to new mexico, worked without going through cgfns good luck
- Green stool
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CDiff Smell?
i always hated to go into rooms with patients that had cirrhosis of the liver.... yeeeks
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How hard is nursing math?
it is eeeeeeasy... really. remember the formulas and you are good... nici
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Good Looking Enough to be a Nurse?
i agree. it does not matter how you look but it does matter how good you work.... nici
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The 10 Commandments for Healthcare Professionals
you got to be kidding me..........?????
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Religious believes expressed in nursing theories. For or against
if it is the only theorie there is i would be against it, as long as you learn about other "gods" and therories fine. nici
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our calling
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" nici
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Define "Clinical Experience"
usually it does mean acute care experience nici
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Verbal orders vs Telephone orders
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 nici
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Palpating blood pressures?
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 nici
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Level 1 Isolation
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 nici
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can you add KCL to IVF?
in germany we always mixed our own stuff, no pharmacy there never had any errors happen, it is the norm no big deal nici
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TURP info needed
second the toomey
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"You can't return to work until you're afebrile for 24 hours!"
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 blanket and let my husband take over the house feel better soon nici
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TURP info needed
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 of pain, they get suppository containing opiates to ease bladder spasm, next day ( 1. post op day) usually the irrigation gets titrated until stopped, ( 2. day post op) discontinue foley and do frequent bladder ultrasounds to see if the patient can void ok, than mostly patient gets discharged the same day, most of my patients did not make a big deal out of it, just watch for large amounts of blood in urine at home nici
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*VENT* - Do you blame me?
you should never push an iv med if you are not iv certified even with a nurse next to you nici
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Drug Screen
just make sure do don't eat any poppy seed bagels before you have the test a false positive for opiates ( happened to me) NICI
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Continuing Education
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? nici
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Licences Numbers
same here, i cannot remember my number so i do not use it nici
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Hospitals supplying latex free gloves
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 allergy also your hospital has to protect you and your co-workers , i also do not think that latex free gloves are that much more expensive, i think it is about the same good luck nici
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returning to 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 week, from 0700 am to 1530 and thats it nici
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Funniest thing a confused pt. has told you...
when i first started as a nursing student in good old germany, i had a patient asking for a scissor, well i gave it to her, she ended up cutting all her lines including the catheter that thought me a lesson, never give a scissor to a patient nici