WalkieTalkie

WalkieTalkie RN

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  1. Post Cath Provigil

    WalkieTalkie replied to RedERRN's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Are you sure the patient is getting the correct drug? Modafinil sounds and looks an awful lot like Minoxidil (Rogaine), which is sometimes used for treating

  2. How far can a patient go?

    WalkieTalkie replied to junebride's topic in General Nursing

    We did have nurses in our ER who had the "fool me once" mentality... if a patient spit on them the first time, they got a warning. Subsequent spiting, punching, kicking, or threatening resulted in a...

  3. hipaa and flu

    WalkieTalkie replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I thought Mexico initially sent samples to Canada to be tested? I remember hearing that anyway... and in poor taste or not, HIPAA is not an international

  4. Social sorority and nursing school.

    WalkieTalkie replied to Prettyladie's topic in General Nursing

    My cousin is heavily involved in sorority life at her university, and she graduates this semester with her BSN. She has average/above average grades. She does seem busy a lot and does not have a...

  5. Swine flu raises fear of pandemic - Adults and Children

    WalkieTalkie replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I just got put on alert for the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit, and it is expected that there will be an announcement tomorrow from the State Dept. of Health. We have never had to open the...

  6. Please help

    WalkieTalkie replied to POMD01's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Google,

  7. Swine flu raises fear of pandemic - Adults and Children

    WalkieTalkie replied to oramar's topic in Disaster Preparation

    I'm fortunate to be trained for the Biocontainment Unit at my hospital, but in pandemic, resources will obviously be overwhelmed.

  8. Doctor and Nurse compatibility

    WalkieTalkie replied to joshindfw's topic in General Nursing

    The vast majority of physicians care about what nursing has to say and they appreciate your input in the care of our patients (ours as in the whole health care team's). After all, it is us that is...

  9. Adult ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation)

    WalkieTalkie replied to WalkieTalkie's topic in General Nursing

    Unfortunately, there is no ECMO "team" at this time. The patients are managed by the CV surgeons, which is why it makes it a bit more difficult to streamline. I did e-mail my manager and ask if we...

  10. Adult ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation)

    WalkieTalkie replied to WalkieTalkie's topic in General Nursing

    Actually one of our vv ECMOs right now is an ARDS

  11. Was this an appropriate order?

    WalkieTalkie replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    Why not just page the doc and tell him that Dr. so and so would like to speak to him regarding patient X? We do that type of stuff all the time... annoying? YES. Necessary? YES. Some of the older...

  12. skin protection before incontinence

    WalkieTalkie replied to Amy2005's topic in General Nursing

    We also use calmoseptine, and it does seem to work very

  13. Pre-hypertension--- systolic BP 120-139?

    WalkieTalkie replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know, but every time I have my BP taken manually, I'm usually 110s... however, get me on a Dynamap, and I'm like 130-140! Moral of the story, don't trust the automatic machines.... if the...

  14. Blood donation and iron levels

    WalkieTalkie replied to stellina615's topic in General Nursing

    I think it's a bit shady for them to falsely elevate your hematocrit levels... do you normally run low when you have blood work drawn? My Hgb usually runs about 13.5 and my Hct is usually about 40,...

  15. Blood donation and iron levels

    WalkieTalkie replied to stellina615's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a vegetarian, and every time the Red Cross would do the finger stick test and let my blood float to the bottom in the blue liquid, I would fail. However, a manual hematocrit was always within...

  16. So confused!! Rad Tech and Ultrasound Tech

    WalkieTalkie replied to Confused Student 99's topic in General Nursing

    My gf is going to school to be a radiology technician. Once she is done with the regular program, she can do an externship to do ultrasounds, MRIs, CTs, etc. You do have to be a rad tech first, from...

  17. BSN RN & Certifications not allowed on my badge: I am outraged!

    WalkieTalkie replied to Simba2241's topic in General Nursing

    That's ridiculous. At my facility, we have our name tags which either say "RN" or "RN, BSN" or "RN, BSN, CCRN" or whatever certs you may

  18. Are you concerned about contracting MRSA while working in healthcare?

    WalkieTalkie replied to Caligirl09's topic in General Nursing

    I've been working in health care for over 10 years... way before MRSA was known to colonize so many patients, and before it was routinely tested for. I just assume I have it in my nares and/or under...

  19. Terminated because of my Attention Deficit Disorder

    WalkieTalkie replied to LPN&momof3's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously? Try living with it and then tell me that. I've been an unmedicated adult without therapy and finally a medicated one with therapy. Now I just need my meds and I went from getting kicked...

  20. Why is my pt's blood glucose so high?

    WalkieTalkie replied to Bumashes's topic in General Nursing

    What meds is he on? Is he taking any steroids? Also, was the patient active before the

  21. "You'll be a nurse two years after you get your RN"

    WalkieTalkie replied to nurseby07's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, me either... what a load of

  22. I just dont understand!!

    WalkieTalkie replied to sassyson_989's topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking about this thread again, and I realized that some of the "BS" classes we were forced to take are actually somewhat useful at work. For example, when dealing with people of different...

  23. "That girl was just sitting there the whole time, doing nothing!"

    WalkieTalkie replied to FireStarterRN's topic in General Nursing

    Shortly after starting computer charting at my hospital, we got a couple of complaints that "the nurses are spending too much time on the computer..." LOL! We're supposed to chart in the rooms, but...

  24. I just dont understand!!

    WalkieTalkie replied to sassyson_989's topic in General Nursing

    Don't most degree programs require you to take classes that have nothing to do with them? I agree, some of the classes I despised. However, I often enjoyed a lot of my

  25. What Is Your Most Gross, Yucky, Disgusting Nursing Horror Story?

    WalkieTalkie replied to yazisizit's topic in Nursing Humor

    I've seen a self-amputation of a necrotic/cancerous breast on a 70-something year old woman. Apparently the woman lived by herself and refused to allow her son to ever enter her house. The son would...