Cinquefoil

Cinquefoil

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  1. PICC line blood draw

    Cinquefoil replied to greyL's topic in General Nursing

    It sounds like the safest option to prevent excessive pressure from being applied to a PICC line is to use a 10 cc syringe. It also sounds from the link above like there are safe ways to use smaller...

  2. How do you draw up meds for IVP?

    Cinquefoil replied to FineAgain's topic in Medical-Surgical

  3. New Grad Neuro Floor or Neuro ICU

    Cinquefoil replied to GypsyRN426's topic in Neurological

    Curious- have you brought the question of how you would be transitioned into a critical care role to your facility? To me, asking that question would show a good concern about quality of learning,...

  4. Hand lotion

    Cinquefoil replied to nursingismycalling25's topic in General Nursing

  5. Normal Heart Sounds w/Pacemaker?

    Cinquefoil posted a topic in Cardiac

    Hi,work in Med-Surg. I got to listen to a patient with a pacemaker the other day who had some FUNKY heart sounds, and would appreciate help from the cardiac corner. Definitely a big S1 murmur, and...

  6. Aren't You just Incredibly Proud?

    Cinquefoil replied to Carpediem1012's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I am a new grad, but also have been working for almost six months now. I worked for 2 years in LTC and loved it. Not all of it (management/staff split was pretty bad, and I ended up a somewhat a...

  7. How do you draw up meds for IVP?

    Cinquefoil replied to FineAgain's topic in Medical-Surgical

    But I'm not happy to learn that the process of NS dilution using flushes may contaminate the flush...thank you for sharing that article, and bleepity bleep if it's

  8. How do you draw up meds for IVP?

    Cinquefoil replied to FineAgain's topic in Medical-Surgical

    3 reasons I've been given for diluting with compatible fluid, with editorial comments: 1) Vasoactive substances. Examples: morphine and ondansetron, can hurt vein because of properties of undiluted...

  9. Normal Heart Sounds w/Pacemaker?

    Cinquefoil replied to Cinquefoil's topic in Cardiac

    I guess the question is, when would you get worried that the plumbing was changing too fast for the electrical compensation (pacemaker) to keep pace? This being a different question from the ethics of...

  10. New grad, no job, SO confused

    Cinquefoil replied to momma2rn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Congratulations! You became a nurse! You climbed a huge mountain and learned what you needed to do to survive nursing school and emerge with your learning and skills! Now you need a new skills set...

  11. Normal Heart Sounds w/Pacemaker?

    Cinquefoil replied to Cinquefoil's topic in Cardiac

    Thank you, ChaseZ. I appreciate your reply. On the day, I deprioritized digging in the patient's chart to see if the heart sounds were known... because I kept hearing my former RN instructor say,...

  12. Pain control in narcotic addicted pt

    Cinquefoil replied to dankimal's topic in General Nursing

    Big questions I have: Would witholding pain meds do anything at all to help cure an addiction in the absence of the rest of the addiction treatment protocol (and the patient's consent)? Or does...

  13. A Day in the Life of a NeuroNurse!

    Cinquefoil replied to anxioustudent's topic in Neurological

    And 4-5 patients, for which I feel blessed and thank my lucky stars every day. Sometimes even that feels like too

  14. A Day in the Life of a NeuroNurse!

    Cinquefoil replied to anxioustudent's topic in Neurological

    What is it like as a neuro nurse? ALWAYS INTERESTING! Your patients may have thinking processes that just don't line up with reality, but each patient has a different variation of that. I've had a...

  15. The Quest for the Perfect Scrubs Fabric

    Cinquefoil posted a topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    My school wants me to have dark green scrubs. I want to have nice, customized fit, dark green scrubs with lots of pockets. I am not very rich. It would cost less to make them. I've made scrubs...

  16. Legacy Versant RN Residency - who's applying for this round?

    Cinquefoil replied to tejon's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I'm thinking they haven't contacted many people for the 2nd interview yet, because usually someone on allnurses will fess up once the calls start coming. Good luck to

  17. Got "nurse face"? How'd you get it?

    Cinquefoil posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    "Nurse face" = the calm, collected expression that a nurse wears I am a BSN, graduated Sept, no job yet (but looking hard), 2 years experience in LTC, and right now doing temporary caregiving/sitting...

  18. Got "nurse face"? How'd you get it?

    Cinquefoil replied to Cinquefoil's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Dear HollyBSNtoNP, I'm brand new at this, so....yes to

  19. Got "nurse face"? How'd you get it?

    Cinquefoil replied to Cinquefoil's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Now, I can remember some of these comments, and randomly burst out laughing. Botox! True.... Look of resignation! TOO true. And, maybe, squeezing my left hand into a fist? Apparently, one study shows...

  20. Significance of Observations rounds in UK??

    Cinquefoil posted a topic in United Kingdom

    Hello, a nursing student from the USA here. We're looking into Releasing Time to Care, and are being asked to imagine how the modules would relate to the US's health care system, since the hospital we...

  21. Significance of Observations rounds in UK??

    Cinquefoil replied to Cinquefoil's topic in United Kingdom

    Information =

  22. Significance of Observations rounds in UK??

    Cinquefoil replied to Cinquefoil's topic in United Kingdom

    Thank you, XB9S. I did look up all your links right away though I didn't write back so soon. They were helpful because some of our module does seem to concentrate on rounding. After a great deal of...

  23. Rapid Response Team

    Cinquefoil replied to Lukestar's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    This thread has been DC'ed for a while, but just wanted to share another use for RRT's I've heard. Some RN's I've spoken to say that when the provider isn't giving a patient's increasing acuity the...

  24. OHSU's Accelerated BSN program 2012

    Cinquefoil replied to smallfry2's topic in Oregon Nursing

    I encourage you to call the admissions office. I'm in the ASBN program graduating this year, and found out I was admitted when a person called me at work saying my admissions packet had been returned...

  25. Oregon Health Care Reform

    Cinquefoil replied to Cinquefoil's topic in Oregon Nursing

    To get the ball rolling, here are some thoughts I've heard from nurses so far: Cons: 1. Clinics scrambling to form CCO's (coordinated care orgnizations = legally mandated combination of medical,...