nefarious

nefarious specializes in Critical Care.

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1. Chlohexidine bathing to reduce catheter-related blood stream infections

   nefarious replied to PICC ACE's topic in MICU, SICU

   hi. our unit is part of a study of the effectiveness of CHG bath in decreasing hospital-acquired bloodstream infections. we started using it 5 to 6 months ago. since it's still on implementation...

2. Is it true that St. Lukes isn't hiring male applicants now?

   nefarious replied to jesjay's topic in International Nursing

   this doesn't make sense. they discriminate male nurses? at this time and age? and it's a premiere hospital in the philippines to boot! i hope it's not true otherwise it could get pretty ugly for

3. Nursing Research, need your advice regarding Trendelenburg position

   nefarious replied to Snowbella's topic in International Nursing

   so you have a null hypothesis? i think that your null would prove you right. although it would be interesting how your research would turn out. when i was still in the philippines, we were also taught...

4. DoLE issues certificates for successful nursing retakers

   nefarious replied to pinoy_guy's topic in International Nursing

   well,i think nurse A won't be able to retake the tests 3 and 5 as offered by DoLE snce they only offered it for the june and dec '08 NLE.if she still wants to retake the exam then it would be the...

5. nursing frustrations in working in the philippines

   nefarious replied to awfullysweetgal's topic in International Nursing

   WHAT?!?! she was still called by her supervisor despite knowing that she worked a 24hour shift previously?! that's awful!to just ignore that fact is a very wrong thing to do. if i were your friend, i...

6. It's So Hard to Look for a Local Job!!!!

   nefarious replied to misspowers's topic in Philippines

   for those nurses who are from the provinces but who went to big cities (metro manila, cebu, davao, cgayan de oro, baguio,etc) to study and who cannot find work maybe its best if you wold consider...

7. School in Cebu???

   nefarious replied to zooee's topic in International Nursing

   cnu, cdu, swu, uv accepts 2nd coursers (in order of passing rate). the rest are not worth mentioning. It would be better if your first course is health-care

8. dean lumbab of Velez College of Nursing, Cebu City (1923-2008)

   nefarious posted a topic in International Nursing

   to all velezians out there anywhere in the world. pls be informd that dean liliosa lumbab peacefully joined the Creator last night at 8.30 pm (Philppines time) in CVGH-ICU. she had a stroke last week....

9. Filipino Nurses who passed the NCLEX without the help of Review Center

   nefarious replied to nursemich's topic in Philippines

   1. what are the materials that you used? 1/4 of compre saunder's + cd, kapplan strat 2. how many hours per day did you study? how many questions did u answer per day? 8 hours---200-250/day 3. how many...

10. Info on Global Scholarship Alliance

    nefarious replied to iviek's topic in International Nursing

    there has been several nurses that were sent to the US already through their program and to date i haven't heard any complains yet. hopefully it would stay that way. for nurses like me who are eager...

11. Offered postion in Cath Lab.. any insight?

    nefarious replied to BrittNICURN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    well, i wore my heart on my sleeve and bleed it did after everybody (senior nurses and the doctors) took a bite out of it..now, im desperately trying to go back to ICU where i was originally assigned...

12. arterial & venous sheath

    nefarious replied to boknoy26's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    i've just been assigned in cath lab in our hospital. i have not come across any patients yet that have multiple sheaths at the same time (max was two and the operator remembered V from A). for those...

13. Facilitating intubations

    nefarious replied to poppy07's topic in MICU, SICU

    propofol for intubation? hmmnn..isn't that too much? short acting sedatives and neuromuscular blocking agents (succs) are the usual meds that i encounter during intubation. giving fluids are also...

14. Info on Global Scholarship Alliance

    nefarious replied to iviek's topic in International Nursing

    well i've signed up with GSAand they're offering us F! visa. according to what i've researched so far. thosa who are F1 visa holders can immediately apply for immigrant visas after they have returned...

15. Global Scholarship Alliance

    nefarious replied to sjgc13's topic in International Nursing

    well i've signed up with GSAand they're offering us F! visa. according to what i've researched so far. thosa who are F1 visa holders can immediately apply for immigrant visas after they have returned...