I agree with the above... there's always going to be a new medicine that you don't know, and you need to know how to look it up... some of the drugs I give commonly are Lasix Colace Digoxin Flagyl...
I've taken HESI tests every semester of school. For me, our finals are so much harder than the HESI. At our school, if you study for the final, then you've studied for HESI. We're in an internship...
Is this your first semester of nursing school? That sounds like something a Fundamentals instructor would do. If a patient says no, then you can't give them a bath. You could always try to convince...
This is something that I have wondered about for a while. With CPR, what is the point of the rescue breaths? It doesn't make sense to me. The patient is not getting oxygen, they are getting CO2. So...
New grads where I live start out at $15.65/hr... This is RN, not LPN. The bigger cities in AL pay maybe $17-19 an hour for new RN grads. Cost of living is much lower, but it's still grossly...
curlilockz replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing
haha! Too funny! I can't believe you did it... I would have said some sarcastic remark and got reported.... I had a pt joking with me because I kept bringing him coffee (I'm a PCT), he said he would...
curlilockz replied to CaliGirl0629's topic in General Nursing
Mine is right now... I've been studying for MedSurg finals for the past week... hmmm... but seriously, no... not like an arm or leg.... arms and legs fall asleep because of lack of blood supply... if...
Dumpings Syndrome: related to gastric surgeries; reduce carb intake, do not drink liquids with meals, lie down after eating; S/S vertigo, syncope, sweating, pallor, tachycardia 5-30 min after eating...
curlilockz replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing
That's funny. I'm a PCT in the summers and our census was low. So I picked up those antimicrobial wipes we have (I can't remember what it's called, but it's very strong) and cleaned the siderails in...
curlilockz replied to PartyofOne1's topic in General Nursing
A BSN is a bachelor's degree in nursing. A RN is a registered nurse. A person with an ADN (Associates Degree in Nursing) takes the same NCLEX as someone with the BSN. I have no clue if there are pay...
I had a patient who fell and hurt his right hand. He was an older man (>80). Well, he insisted that I hold his member in his urinal while he went to the bathroom. I asked him why he couldn't do...