Which is what I thought should have been done in example #2. Seems pretty basic to me, I'm just still so new I'm a little nervous to put my 2 cents in on some of these things and I'm wondering why...
Or is it someone on a drip does not need to be eating? The hospital is a small community hospital serving mostly upper middle/upper class patients. No residents, interns, etc. Only docs, NPs, PAs. And...
I'm about halfway through my first year in the ICU at a community hospital and have had a few patients on insulin drips for various reasons over the past couple of weeks. As a new grad, I'm always...
Perhaps one of you peds nurses can help me out here, as I cannot find this info ANYWHERE - textbooks or internet. How is a typical pupillary asssessment on an infant (i.e. birth - 6 mos) performed?...
I went through this initially as well. Part of it came from instructors saying "spend as much time with your patient as possible," which makes you feel obligated to be in the room all the time,...
^^^^^^^ Not forced...just lose your livelihood. So what's next? "Do it or lose it" abortions for nurses who become pregnant when a hospital is short staffed? After all, if they don't like it, they...
You can "feel" whatever you want. The article just confirms what I had stated in previous threads: Someone (an unknown group of individuals/entity) made the decision to stop testing for swine flu...
I graduated with a Bachelor in Communications several years ago and am currently enrolled in an ADN program (I would've done a BSN but was unable to obtain financial aid). Looking ahead, my ultimate...
bingo. the same question was asked on another thread as well: if they've stopped testing (because suposedly "99%" of the cases are swine flu), how the hell does anyone know if it's actually swine flu?...
Too funny. This is the line being fed in multiple areas around the country. "It's all swine flu, 99% of it." I sure as hell am not buying it. Maybe just a way to jack up the numbers of swine flu...
Absolute reckless insanity, isn't it? Ethically/morally/scientifically OUTRAGEous. This all comes down to individual rights - specifically the right to control one's own body. They aren't going to get...