lsyorke

lsyorke RN

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  1. No spleen concerned about MRSA

    lsyorke replied to Maisie's topic in General Nursing

    At least in the hospital you KNOW what you're dealing with. In the mall, it's another

  2. Your opinion on nurses being role models of good health

    lsyorke replied to JustGettingStarted's topic in General Nursing

    Sure, in a fantasy world nurses would be the epitome of example setting. But in the real world we are real people with real problems, life stresses,financial difficulties etc... We work in a stressful...

  3. Why is everyone on Protonix

    lsyorke replied to mediatix8's topic in General Nursing

    Realize that this is probably only one study done, but the risk is ALOT smaller that even I thought! Now I'm on a roll(gotta love google!) Here's another one saying the same thing....

  4. Why is everyone on Protonix

    lsyorke replied to mediatix8's topic in General Nursing

    OK, I guess I'm not the only one wondering about this. Here's a study on it: http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/ptsafety/chap34.htm This is just one section that I found interesting "Prevalence and Severity...

  5. Why is everyone on Protonix

    lsyorke replied to mediatix8's topic in General Nursing

    I totally agree with those situations. They are massive assaults on the body, but we're seeing residents order protonix on ALL inpatients. If it was really that prevalant in the general public then...

  6. Why is everyone on Protonix

    lsyorke replied to mediatix8's topic in General Nursing

    But why are we treating something that doesn't exist?? This seems to be a trend in medicine today. I can understand prophalaxsis in some things, like DVT prevention, since there is a physiological...

  7. Why is everyone on Protonix

    lsyorke replied to mediatix8's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting article here about this very subject. As a nurse of 20 years I can't remember a patient developing ulcers as a result of being hospitalized. Kind of makes you go Hmmmmm, as to why we are...

  8. Nurse-pt ratios

    lsyorke replied to Sailingshoes's topic in General Nursing

    We're I work it's 6-7 med/surg/tele/ortho regardless. That's PER RN. I didn't think that was bad until I see that some nurses only have 4??? I would kill for

  9. 5 yr. old w/diminshed sacral nerve responses, mom(thats me!) needs HELP!

    lsyorke replied to skimamatootsie's topic in General Nursing

    If it gives you any comfort, I had urinary incontinence as a child. They had no idea why until they did a myelogram(pre MRI's). It was discovered I had Occult Spina Bifida(one instance of bone...

  10. Nurses: Delighted or Annoyed by Nursing Students?

    lsyorke replied to AthensICURN's topic in General Nursing

    I love having students, especially if it's a day when things aren't crazy. There's nothing better than a good group of students who want to see, touch and learn anything they

  11. Rita's coming-my hospital won't close!!

    lsyorke replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

    They just interviewed a local EMS worker. They are ALL evacuating and are NOT responding to calls. Sorry, I just don't buy the "someone has to stay to treat the injured". If people choose to stay...

  12. Rita's coming-my hospital won't close!!

    lsyorke replied to RN34TX's topic in General Nursing

    Go NOW!! This is insane to keep nurses "just in case". No patients... I'd be gone. Any injuries from the storm are going to be handled by the military, not by a hospital devastated by a Cat 5...

  13. Proper insulin combining?

    lsyorke replied to danursern's topic in General Nursing

    I was taught draw regular and then NPH, but I have to say that hubby diabetic of 45 years always draws nph first. His doctor told him that contaminating nph to reg or reg to nph is still contaminated...

  14. Ever taken Paxil?

    lsyorke replied to JenMarie82's topic in General Nursing

    Paxil has an extremely short half life. So missing even one dose can cause symptoms of withdrawal(discontinuance, as GSK calls it). This short half life is also why it's one of the hardest of the...

  15. NG tube question-please help!

    lsyorke replied to sweetieann's topic in General Nursing

    This is one of my pet peeves!! Does anyone DRINK sterile water??? I

  16. off unit telemetry monitoring

    lsyorke replied to tchs's topic in General Nursing

    We have off unit telemetry. We physically go to the monitoring area and get the monitor after it has been added to the telemetry computers. If the patients isn't in that system they won't get a...

  17. question about insulin, heparin injections

    lsyorke replied to leopold's topic in General Nursing

    I've never worked in a hospital that required a double check on insulin. Seems to me if you can't draw up the proper amount of insulin you shouldn't be giving meds. Why would you need to be checked on...

  18. elevated liver enzymes, AST AND ALT

    lsyorke replied to cumberland40's topic in General Nursing

    Are you on any

  19. POLLS - and hospitals... Our hospital is currently having us polled

    lsyorke replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    Nope, wouldn't participate in anything that requires my social security

  20. oral presentations in nursing school-anxiety

    lsyorke replied to brandyl123's topic in General Nursing

    The only oral presentations were talking about our patients in pre and post conference. It's NORMAL to have anxiety when public speaking if you aren't doing it all the time. It's normal to have...

  21. Question to nurses who have worked LTC AND Acute Care

    lsyorke replied to mattsmom81's topic in General Nursing

    I find that acute care has more lifting for me. LTC was more paper pushing than physical

  22. dress code policies in hospital setting

    lsyorke replied to ianpstudent's topic in General Nursing

    We wear prints,colors,white, as long as it's professional. Reality is that patients know their nurse if she introduces herself. Name tags are an absolute

  23. Question to nurses who have worked LTC AND Acute Care

    lsyorke replied to mattsmom81's topic in General Nursing

    LTC just wasn't for me. To slow moving, to little change,very repetitive paperwork. I needed more action than that. I also felt my skills weren't being put to use. Just my personal

  24. Nursing Shoes?

    lsyorke replied to sweetmom's topic in General Nursing

    New Balance

  25. Need name of hormone or gene

    lsyorke replied to NicInNC's topic in General Nursing

    SSRI's can drastically alter cortisol levels which can take a significant period of time to level out after discontinuing. (people have had elevated cortisol one year after stopping an ssri)It's the...