southern rn

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  1. nursing interventions in adult health

    southern rn replied to pippylockstocking's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    lol it is very old school. When a Foley is inserted if you start to get a large return, you clamp the Foley after say 1000 or 1500 cc for a while then let it drain again. It is supposed to prevent...

  2. nursing interventions in adult health

    southern rn replied to pippylockstocking's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Good luck..I didn't think about my ideas being more medical interventions but I guess they are lol.The only other thing that immediately comes to mind is clamping of Foleys with large outputs after...

  3. nursing interventions in adult health

    southern rn replied to pippylockstocking's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Look at a couple of the different topics discussed in class (acs, stroke, whatever). Then pick an intervention associated with that topic ie..oxygen or asa for acs,c-collar for suspected...

  4. How long are the vacations?

    southern rn replied to nowayis's topic in General Nursing

    I meant more that when you interview you are typically told of the benefits associated with a job, including vacation/sick

  5. How long are the vacations?

    southern rn replied to nowayis's topic in General Nursing

    hi, can't answer your question as that will be entirely dependant on your place of employment and their policies the same as it would with any line of work. this would be a good question to ask or...

  6. one of my clients i take care is entirely too abusive.

    southern rn replied to britty0804's topic in General Nursing

    I would have quit, right then and there. That's

  7. What are some unique, non-acute RN jobs?

    southern rn replied to mochamocha's topic in General Nursing

    i would love to work at disney as a nurse lol. i would do it just to get the passes. maybe when i

  8. If you had to pick two careers/paid hobbies other than nursing...

    southern rn replied to AOx1's topic in General Nursing

    travel agent or

  9. Heat / Sun exposure and pregnancy

    southern rn replied to butterflybaby's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Per TOS for this site we do not offer any type of medical advise;this is a site for nurses to discuss nursing. Please contact your medical provider if you are

  10. Oh dear.

    southern rn replied to Lunah's topic in Emergency

    Our hospital system uses them too..and I have found them to be fairly accurate. I have actually used this to tell friends who needed to be seen (but non-life threatening, obviously) the hospital with...

  11. Interviewing for Telehealth nurse position...questions

    southern rn replied to BrooklynRN26's topic in General Nursing

    You will need good typing skills and good computer skills as well. The new grad thing wil make the job harder but not impossible. If it's anything like the job I used to do, you will use preset...

  12. BP Medication

    southern rn replied to butterfly77's topic in General Nursing

    If someone forgets to take their B/P medicine, they should generally take it a soon as they remember or take the next scheduled dose if it is almost time for it. As a side note, though:DO NOT let...

  13. Clinical Jobs

    southern rn replied to niteshift's topic in General Nursing

    ? not sure what sort of clinical jobs you are talking about that are

  14. Oh no. Accidentally left work with diazepam!

    southern rn replied to LoneRN's topic in General Nursing

    My advise..RUN, don't walk back to work and tell them exactly what you posted here. If it is discovered that pill is missing and you were the last to have access to them...it could look much...

  15. Anyone can obtain RN license plate

    southern rn replied to bullet27fRN's topic in General Nursing

    Nah, wouldn't bother me much. You have no way of knowing if the one driving is actually an RN or not. Someone could get Einstein on their license plate but I wouldn't necessaily believe that, either....

  16. Twin Study Deepens Multiple Sclerosis Mystery

    southern rn replied to indigo girl's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for posting this. I have an identical twin sister with MS but have never shown any symptoms myself. I used to try to keep up to date on all the latest research but lately haven't

  17. Is leaving the premises and coming back considered job/ patient abandonment?

    southern rn replied to lashuna1028's topic in General Nursing

    yep, it's abandonment. You left the facility with no nurse to relieve you or cover for you. It doesn't matter that they could reach you by phone;what if there was an immediate emergency while you were...

  18. Low blood sugar, juice or D50?

    southern rn replied to mappers's topic in Diabetes, Endocrine Nursing

    I'm sorry I will have to disagree with you on this. I have seen MANY,MANY patients over the years with blood sugars this low and lower.It is certainly low enough to cause lethargy but not coma, and to...

  19. PIV Vanco administration

    southern rn replied to UWRN07's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    My thoughts are there is no way in **** I would have given it

  20. Severe Reaction to PPD testing

    southern rn replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    wow. If someone gave me a transdermal skin test with outdated pneumonia vax I would be beyond pizzed. Where in the world did the RN get the vial (it was opened 6 months ago)! and why didn't she...

  21. Lost it at Work

    southern rn replied to skittlebear's topic in General Nursing

    If your working extra shifts to help cover I would stop. And who cares if she is mad at you..you have been there, working short, 6 nights running. You should have had your pick of assignments without...

  22. Nursing Assistant drawing up and giving injections?

    southern rn replied to OBNurseWannabe's topic in General Nursing

    If the assistant gave the injection, how well did they do? Anyone can be taught to give a shot, many people give them to themselves or family members at home. It does not require a nursing license to...

  23. I need help with management....*LONG*

    southern rn replied to RNtired's topic in General Nursing

    Yep, that was

  24. I need help with management....*LONG*

    southern rn replied to RNtired's topic in General Nursing

    Does anyone remember the thread a couple of months ago where the OP was deliberately antagonizing people to write a school research paper? It got pulled pretty quickly. This is this OP's first post...

  25. New Grad Moving to East TN - input PLEASE!!

    southern rn replied to wanabenurse's topic in Tennessee Nursing

    I can give you a little info on the Tri-cities region if you want. PM me if your