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Here's something that helped me: BB makes me LOL (Beta Blocker) CC is such a DIP (Calcium Channel Blocker) Aabe is a SINner (can also be ZIN) (Alpha Adrenergic Blocker) ACE is a real PRIL (like pill) (Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibi...

@ Ayvah: Yes, I think parents should be left in the position of comforter. There is plenty of staff in the hospital to hold a leg or arm if need be. And at the regular pediatrician's office, two nurses automatically come in when there are shots to be...

I disagree. A parent is someone who loves their child and protects them from harm. A nurse or doctor is a paid professional who is doing a job that may hurt that child, even if it is for their own good. When my son was smaller, like I said, I would h...

I don't think much you do is going to convince a child to allow you to clean/pack wounds. When my son was in the hospital, his nurse would always bring someone else with her to hold down his arms/legs/whatever was flailing. I used to help hold him do...

I think the only other people who get this as much as men in nursing are female doctors. Breaking down stereotypes is hard work, huh?

Our instructor told us to take a look at other areas nearby, such as Ohio, or more rural areas, where the quantity of freshly graduated nursing students isn't so high.

You might try calling the publisher and seeing if they have some. I have had luck with this in the past.

You can also google "Krames online" for patient education sheets on many or all of these topics. They are printable, easy to read, and something that you could hand to the families you will be working with.

What I do is get report from the nurse (or listen in to their reports to each other), go in to meet my patient with the Dynamap with me, take their vitals, do a quick assessment, chart all the info, then grab a change of linens, wash basin, gown, soa...

Um, my "system" consists of writing lots of little notes all over my worksheet at clinicals, then flipping madly through all of it when it's time to do my assessment paper. One thing I was taught in second semester was to write a complete "normal ass...

I don't think "Risk for Infection" is where you want to go. Those are for conditions that may develop, but haven't necessarily occurred yet. Like, a surgical patient has risk for infection due to the surgery itself, or another patient may have risk ...

Hello all! I am (hopefully) graduating from an ADN program in May. I am really hoping to get a job in pediatrics, and U of M is the place I want to work. Do they hire ADN nurses? What units do they typically hire new grads for? Do you like working th...

Not an experienced nurse, but here's what I think I know: 1) What could you do if a drug is distasteful/may color the patient's teeth? You could dilute it in orange juice (in the case of iron, this gives better absorption) and have the patient d...

I physically wince whenever I see misspellings or when people do not use grammatical English. It drives me insane, and I am a member of the Facebook group "Yes, I do judge you when you make grammatical errors".

Thanks very much for the info!

I really don't think that learning to make beds puts the nurse in a "servant" role. When you start nursing school, there is a right way to do everything. And making a bed, especially if there is a person in it, is a skill that you do not learn in the...

I haven't taken it. I am in my second year at HFCC (nursing program) and have had no need of it thus far. They make readmit students take it, but there are a lot of classes that they say are "good to have" like Critical Care, and Patho, and Supplemen...

thefreedictionary.com describes it this way: " specific instructions for implementing the nursing care plan, including the patient's preferences, timing of activities, details of health education necessary for the particular patient, role of the fami...

At the hospital we have clinicals at, the nursing orders are those that do not require a doctor to fulfill. For example, my patient needed lotion for their skin that was not in clean utility, so the nurse wrote a "nursing order" to call it up from su...

Anyone who says they feel ultraconfident is lying. No, not really, but there are many many of us just trying to keep our heads down and not look stupid. Make sure you know what you're giving meds for (the nitty-gritty actions, not just the Cliff Note...

Why do we do three checks of medication? Why do we double check high-alert meds? Why do we put compression boots on post-surgical patients? Why do we administer prophylactic heparin on just about every patient? Why do we auscultate bowel sounds post-...

I was in the happy "this is so great-I'm so glad to be in this program" mode last year. This year, though, I have lost my buzz, and am looking forward to graduation. That being said, I think I will miss school when it's over. All of a sudden, it's go...

Love it! Great post!

I really think that the discs are gross. Simply because, if he decides to take them out later, they just hang there, or will need plastic surgery to fix. I think piercings are much less of an issue than they used to be, but I really don't get the "re...

To the OP: Let your wife know that it was nurses who first came up with the idea of anesthesia, and in the 1800s medical students would come to them to find out ways to safely anesthetize their patients. "Nurses were the first professional group to p...