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  1. Charting

    simboka replied to nurseshante's topic in General Nursing

    I don't remember the phrasing now, but I had an instructor who had a great way to sum up most notes. It was along the lines of, "teaching about XXX done, pt denied questions afterwards.." But...

  2. I want to be a nurse but

    simboka replied to jamienR's topic in General Nursing

    Some bullet points: *You won't be solely responsible for a patient for awhile (after school and orientation), if something's hinky during clinicals, bring it up to the patient's primary nurse....

  3. A Few Simple Rules For Electrical Safety

    simboka replied to Ruby Vee's topic in General Nursing

    I guess it's not directly an electrical issue, but more of a joules-to-jewels transfer. You need to be not touching the pt, and also not have the pt's arm flopped off the gerny and between the legs of...

  4. Venoscope II, Veinlight EMS/LED, transilluminators

    simboka replied to Difficult_To_Stick's topic in General Nursing

    By veinlights, I mean any of those products, 6 of one, half dozen of another, IMHO. I'm a big fan of them, and won't hesitate to break them out, but they're not easy to use, and they also don't give...

  5. Top 15 Reasons NOT to go into Nursing

    simboka replied to Crystal112's topic in General Nursing

    I like the quote, "we don't deserve to be called heroes, but we also don't deserve to be thrown up on." + Don't forget fame. Never will there be an anatomical position/organ/tissue/procedure named...

  6. Venoscope II, Veinlight EMS/LED, transilluminators

    simboka replied to Difficult_To_Stick's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a fan of veinlights, but they aren't miracle workers. Often deep veins don't show up really well either with them, and they're a pain in the butt to use effectively (gotta turn off all the lights...

  7. Would You Feel Comfortable Doing This?

    simboka replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    As long as something doesn't happen where people might believe you fudged the numbers so she could drive, probably won't come back to it. But I'm with twentytenRN, the person at the counter is...

  8. Blood Transfusions

    simboka replied to capnnikkiRN's topic in General Nursing

    We have an electronic order entry form, and almost all of the costlier orders require a rationale (It's funny because there's the note that "Doctor ordered it, isn't an appropriate rationale"). Common...

  9. Any ideas for gifts for fellow nursing student graduates??

    simboka replied to plumstethoscope's topic in General Nursing

    coffe mug I really like my mug with my Alma Mater on

  10. Would you go to the ER for this?

    simboka replied to greenfiremajick's topic in General Nursing

    There's always CVS Minute

  11. high bun/creatinine

    simboka replied to jagquarRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    And why would a CCU nurse be posting questions to the geri-/LTC portion of the board. So, OP, what's the back

  12. Is this a problem? taking your neighbors blood pressure

    simboka replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    I was looking up Good Samaritan Laws to research this a little bit, and I feel that the RN could argue for that protection, if something were to arise. Per this site, it seems like you'd be covered,...

  13. Peer Evals

    simboka replied to akrn70's topic in General Nursing

    Evals are yearly. Three parts to them: charge nurse eval, self eval, and peer eval. For peer evals: mgmt sets up a few of 3-4hr blocks, everybody signs up a block which makes 3-4 nurses per block....

  14. Question on lab. Test

    simboka replied to rinks2010's topic in General Nursing

    Use your critical thinking, what disease processes can cause tiredness, no energy, and/or weight gain. Could something like lupus cause that and be shown from a WBC differential? BUT! you know who...

  15. Scanning meds

    simboka replied to tokmom's topic in General Nursing

    I've primarily been in a computerized hospital. I'll try not to echo too much what others say, but I'll put in my $0.02. Firstly, a computer is just a tool, not a substitue for a brain! Since we have...

  16. Nursing student pass out??? I

    simboka replied to ladybugme!'s topic in General Nursing

    Infinitely better to excuse yourself, sit down, and possibly need to appologize later then for you to pass out. Passing out on my floor gets you a trip downstairs to the

  17. if u had to choose another career in healthcare besides nursing, what would it be?

    simboka replied to ErinDel's topic in General Nursing

    Ooh, I like that medic

  18. when did they stop wearing those cute nurses caps?

    simboka replied to johnnyDoGood's topic in General Nursing

    They don't go with my 5 o'clock shadow (that's AM,

  19. If Nursing Were an Olympic Sport...

    simboka replied to JustEnuff2BDangerous's topic in General Nursing

    Pain Med Sprint: fastest time from room to med cart/machine back to room. Includes drawing and diluting the med, charting the waste and

  20. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    simboka replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    When a pt's bad enough that another pt puts them in their place 'cause the nurses won't....it's a grand thing. Pt was complaining of foot hurting from infection, not getting enough pain meds, well...

  21. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    simboka replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    Second hand telling (worked night before and after) and not a ghost, per se, but supernatural. Pt had been CTD for a week after coding a few times in the ICU, DNR/DNI. The night he finally died, he...

  22. sticky instructor situation

    simboka replied to weezergrl456's topic in General Nursing

    instructor evals? as long as you do well enough in class, I agree, bide your

  23. Conflicting test question...

    simboka replied to DirtyBlackSocks's topic in General Nursing

    So walking on a scene of a pt screaming and you see bright red blood squirting from there femoral, I can knock off A, B, and C almost instantly all from >10' So the question then becomes, did you...

  24. What can a nurse do?

    simboka replied to canoehead's topic in Emergency

    I think that's what the OP is saying the problem is. That this IS

  25. Is the job market better for paramedics then for nurses?

    simboka replied to DanainOrlando's topic in Nursing Career

    Do you have any ideas about what field you'd like to go into after getting your RN? IMHO: Emergency or ICUs might be more suited for a paramedic, but most of the other fields, the LPN experience might...