stellina615

stellina615

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  1. Banana Bag -->Hives --> STEMI?

    stellina615 replied to stellina615's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you for the reply! I did his safety search with another nurse before doing his admission paperwork, so unless he was keeping something in one of his, ahem, cavities, he didn't have any drugs...

  2. Traction Foley s/p cystoscopy? Ouch?

    stellina615 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi all, Still studying for the NCLEX and have again encountered something in my study materials that I haven't encountered with a pt yet. This question is asking about a cystoscopy in which the pt is...

  3. Traction Foley s/p cystoscopy? Ouch?

    stellina615 replied to stellina615's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you Cherry! That makes a lot more sense to me than the weird Buck's bladder traction setup I had devised in my mind

  4. Air embolism during hemodialysis

    stellina615 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi everyone, I'm busy prepping for the boards, currently reviewing renal material, and I'm hoping that some of the dialysis/nephrology nurses out there can help me. I understand that air embolus can...

  5. Clozaril

    stellina615 replied to Jules A's topic in Psychiatric

    When folks are on our unit, a WBC is done every week. Can someone explain why Clozaril does such a number on the WBC and how its mechanism is different from other atypicals?

  6. what is "NOS" on a diagnosis?

    stellina615 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    It's a way to dx a pt without necessarily knowing the specific etiology of the problem. For instance, at my facility, we see psychosis NOS a lot. This means that a patient may be experiencing, for...

  7. Need some good summer reads!

    stellina615 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi! Just finished nursing school yesterday! I'm so excited to be finished and to hopefully get some semblance of a life back. :loveya: I love reading, and I am really glad to have the free time to...

  8. Need some good summer reads!

    stellina615 replied to stellina615's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you guys! I'm off to the bookstore right now. :) Please keep the suggestions

  9. Learning Medical Spanish Abroad

    stellina615 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been wanting to improve my Spanish for a long time, and now that I'm just about finished nursing school (last final is Thursday! Hooray!), I'm starting to look around at different options....

  10. Grad party idea for my wife

    stellina615 replied to acaringhusband's topic in General Nursing

    You are AWESOME for setting this up! I'm not sure how easy it would be for you to get a hold of them, but urine specimen cups actually make very sturdy drinking cups/shot glasses. I swiped one from...

  11. Learning Medical Spanish Abroad

    stellina615 replied to stellina615's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you both for your responses. It's been about 7 or 8 years since I've taken a formal Spanish class, but I have picked up some swears from my Spanish-speaking patients in the interim ! I plan...

  12. Blood donation and iron levels

    stellina615 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I was at a blood drive yesterday, going through health history, and the time came for the dreaded finger prick iron test. I have iron deficiency anemia (self-induced: I am a vegetarian and don't...

  13. Blood donation and iron levels

    stellina615 replied to stellina615's topic in General Nursing

    Whispera, you are so nice. I always appreciate your

  14. Bummed...I think I have MRSA

    stellina615 replied to LanaBanana's topic in General Nursing

    Lara, any news yet? Hope everything pans out

  15. Blood donation and iron levels

    stellina615 replied to stellina615's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you guys. I believe the 5 mins 43 secs may have been more r/t the fact that I had my legs elevated than the hand thing. I will write to my local chapter to see what they have to say about the...

  16. Don't Be Angry - Part III

    stellina615 replied to doesntlookgood's topic in General Nursing

    Doesntlookgood - I'm one of those psych nurses you mentioned who thinks too much. The parts of your post that jumped out at me were "And just like everything else in life, my little non-sensical...

  17. Blood donation and iron levels

    stellina615 replied to stellina615's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you both for this information. I feel upset that the collection specialists gave me the go-ahead to donate under the pretense of a false positive. I think that I will send a little email to my...

  18. Please help me with my career-- RN or RD?

    stellina615 replied to kquinn's topic in General Nursing

    Hi kquinn, Although I don't have any experience as a dietician, I do feel that nursing would afford you a lot more flexibility and opportunities to grow in your career. The RD who works on my unit...

  19. Teaching Guided Imagery to Patients

    stellina615 posted a topic in Holistic

    I work on a short-stay inpatient psych unit. Because our patients usually stay with us from 3-7 days, much of our treatment is group-oriented as opposed to engaging in a lot of 1-to-1 therapy. I...

  20. scared of needles anyone?

    stellina615 replied to LolaBunnie's topic in General Nursing

    You will definitely get used to it! The biggest thing that I had to get over was the way that other nurses tell you to inject the patient using the needle as if it were a dart. I was SO upset by...

  21. Need help with Therapeutic Communication

    stellina615 replied to mycatmax's topic in Psychiatric

    Everyone who has already posted has offered good advice, but I'll just offer a couple of bullet points because it's late and I'm too tired to do anything else! - This applies to any interpersonal...

  22. Scared of exam

    stellina615 replied to Dani3176's topic in General Nursing

    I took my NCLEX-PN in January and will be taking my NCLEX-RN in the not-too-distant future. I would say take the exam as soon as you possibly can! What I did was planned out my studying in a fashion...

  23. A nurse should have at least 5 years exp before NP school

    stellina615 replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    MikeyBSN, thank you for this post. I tend to agree with you and most of the other posters that someone seeking to enter an NP program should have previous experience as an RN to hone their assessment...

  24. Cadiovascular Primary Prevention for Women... Hah!

    stellina615 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm working on a clinical case management project for school and came across this article. I started laughing out loud when I read this sentence. Does anyone else think the latter part of the...

  25. Cadiovascular Primary Prevention for Women... Hah!

    stellina615 replied to stellina615's topic in General Nursing

    I'm pretty sure that the Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing is peer reviewed. Properly edited? That may be a different story