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1. tums in an ng tube

   menardca posted a topic in General Nursing

   Is the dumbest thing that I have every heard of. But the cherry on top is that it is 3 times a day. Crushing tums makes them chalky and a mess. Not to mention clogging the damn tube up. I have had to do this for the last 3 days and every time i start...

2. newbie question

   menardca posted a topic in General Nursing

   I have a question. I had a patient that had 2 diarrhea stools in the bed. I went in to talk/clean with him, each time he thought he had to pass gas. We attempted to ambulate to the bedside cam-ode earlier in the day but were unsuccessful due to seve...

3. newbie with questions

   menardca posted a topic in Critical

   I would like to get some advice about a patient i had yesterday. My first shift off of orientation was kinda crazy. My patient had a PEG tube, Rectal tube, ostomy with a PEG in it to administer vanc and a triple lumen cath. Everything was going well ...

4. New grad in need of some advice...Pleaase

   menardca posted a topic in Ambulatory

   Hi everyone, I am a recent New grad from a LPN to RN program. Before I graduated I was working at a HMO in an ambulatory setting. I graduated in Nov and then the economy took a dive.....so I have been unable to find a job in an acute care setting in ...

5. Is it an exposure

   menardca replied to menardca's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for the info.....I was more grossed out than anything. I just wasn't sure if it was something to be worried about. Or if it is something I should report. I washed my hands several times....and all I got on my hands was lube.....but ya never...

6. Is it an exposure

   menardca posted a topic in General Nursing

   I put my hand in the trash...dumb I know...and rubbed against some lube on a glove. The glove had been used to do a rectal on a hep c pt. It did not have blood on it and it brushed my hand. I scrubbed my hands three times after. Should I be worried? ...

7. Hesi

   menardca posted a topic in NCLEX

   I have to take the Hesi exit exam and my school requires a 900 to graduate. My problem is that we have take 3 practice tests over the past 6 months and my score trend has been going in the wrond direction. The first time I took the test I did very we...