MPKH BSN, RN

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    Nurses please try to look a little more polished at work

    MPKH replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in General Nursing

    There's a big difference to being hygienic and well groomed to being polished. I'm 24, and I have never worn make up to work, nor manicured my nails in preparation for work (aside--I thought that...
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    Spouses being asked to leave the room

    MPKH replied to Indenial's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In the first situation, the consultant was indeed protecting your husband's privacy from you. While you are the most intimate person to your husband, you are not privy to his healthcare information...
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    LPNs in Alberta?

    MPKH replied to ExpiredRamen's topic in Canada

    I'm a RN and I was in the same boat as you when I graduated last year. No jobs in Vancouver (where I lived), and no call backs from any of the numerous job postings I applied to from all six health...
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    Some questions about needlestick injuries

    MPKH replied to mar1981's topic in General Nursing

    Sure you'd feel it if you prick yourself with the needle...but you might not always bleed tho. I accidentally pricked my index finger with a clean needle ( thank goodness) and while I felt the prick I...
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    Making sense of metabolic alkalosis...

    MPKH replied to MPKH's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks Esme for the links :) I will definitely look it up...and as for the non rebreather...he was needling a higher flow at the beginning, but got better....the nurse was just busy in doing every...
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    Making sense of metabolic alkalosis...

    MPKH posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, I'm not sure if this is ther right forum to post this...if not, mods please move this to its proper home. My question concerns a patient's condition. He came in with the chief complaint of...
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    Making sense of metabolic alkalosis...

    MPKH replied to MPKH's topic in General Nursing

    He was admitted in the afternoon on Day 1, and the doc had written the order, one of which included the PRN morphine that was given as scheduled due to human mistakes. On the afternoon of Day 2, he...
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    Making sense of metabolic alkalosis...

    MPKH replied to MPKH's topic in General Nursing

    Yes I am sure those values are correct. The PaCO2 is on the low side, which was what was boggling my
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    How many Hours per Week do you work

    MPKH replied to pat8585's topic in General Nursing

    Average is
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    Making sense of metabolic alkalosis...

    MPKH replied to MPKH's topic in General Nursing

    The respiratory mechanism really confuses me! He does have heart problems....but no history of any respiratory diseases. He's otherwise relatively healthy. No renal issues either. So his blood gases...
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    Where are all the young nurses?

    MPKH replied to bestallaround's topic in General Nursing

    I'm 24 and the youngest RN in my unit...I have a feeling that I'll be the youngest RN for a while
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    Murphy's Law of Nursing

    MPKH replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    The doctors will make rounds just when you're about to go off to break, or at shift
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    HELP, an RN exam review question

    MPKH replied to coldviva204's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I think the first choice is the correct answer. This question is a prioritization question. Out of the three options given--dressing the wound, ensuring patient safety, and admission prep work--which...
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    A Few of my Favorite Things about Nursing School

    MPKH replied to KatePasa's topic in General Students

    Now that I'm working...my favouite part of nursing school is
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    YOU as a Pt-what would you allow a student nurse to do?

    MPKH replied to KellNY's topic in General Nursing

    Anything that the student nurse is competent in doing. Afterall, we all have to start somewhere. I'm forever indebted to the patients who allowed me to work with them as a student
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    Fake it til' you make it!

    MPKH replied to LindseyRN86's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a old-ish new grad, been working for 7 months now...and the first day that I was put to being Charge Nurse? I was faking it the entire 12 hours, hoping that if I fake it enough, I might make it!...
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    charge pay

    MPKH replied to suhlir's topic in General Nursing

    I work in Alberta, Canada. Charge Nurses are paid an extra $2.00 on top of their hourly wages. At my facility, they have 2-4 "easy" patients--patients who are, for the most part, independent with...
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    Stat orders and the MAR

    MPKH posted a topic in Patient Medications

    Hey all, This may seem like a silly question, but do any of you write Stat orders on the MAR (for example, 10 units of Toronto Insulin stat)? I don't as I think that's a waste of time, and as long as...
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    Maternity/neo-natal RN

    MPKH replied to jem649's topic in Canada

    I don't think you will be able to work as a LPN after you get your RN licence, so that could be a reason why your prior employer do not want to hire you. All specialties are hard to get into as a new...
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    Different levels of nursing?

    MPKH replied to DBall's topic in General Nursing

    How bout tech positions? Lab/XRay techs pay decent. Dental Hygienists also make good salary, but I heard there's a glut of DH grads like nursing grads. Or maybe you don't have to be IN healthcare to...
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    Different levels of nursing?

    MPKH replied to DBall's topic in General Nursing

    Bodily fluids are part of a nurse's work. There are nursing jobs where there are zero exposure to bodily fluids (management, research...basically anything that's not bedside care), but you need the...
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    Maternity/neo-natal RN

    MPKH replied to jem649's topic in Canada

    Working casual means no guaranteed hours--you can work full time one week, and have nothing lined up for the next three weeks. It doesn't matter where you work as a casual in terms of specialty--the...
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    Stupid things doctors do?!

    MPKH replied to healthstar's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    We all make stupid mistakes--let's not single doctors
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    UBC Nursing

    MPKH posted a topic in Canada

    Hi all, I was just wondering if anybody is also applying to the UBC Nursing program this year for the 2009 intake...and also, for those that are in the program, or have graduated from the program,...
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    Time For Another Days vs. Nights Debate!

    MPKH replied to Vespertinas's topic in General Nursing

    While I prefer night shift over day shift, both shifts are busy in their own ways, each with a different set of expectations and demands. Days are busy in the sense that's when everything...