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BONES! bones that stick out of the skin, broken bones that crunch together when you touch them, joints out of alignments, I paid someone $5 to take an IO out of one of my patients. I am thinking of getting some therapy!

Assuming ATB stands for antibiotics...antibiotics are used to kill bacteria not viruses for those you need antivirals.

Have the nurse and anyone that witnessed the incident fill out an incident report. Where I work the risk management department sends the report to the responsible party/department and they have to address it....fill out enough of these reports and ho...

My good friend used to say C=RN!

8 mcg X 130 lb X 1kg/2.2 lb X 250 ml/400mg X 1mg/1000mcg X 60min/1hr ______ kg/min =17.7 ml/hr

I had this problem...A nurse actually manually stretched my cervix...that was more painful that anything else during labor. I went from being 1 cm for over 12 hours to 3 cms after she "streched" my cervix to delivering 4 hours later.

IN the heart failure patient; Nocturia develops as edema fluid from dependent tissue is reabsorbed while the patient is supine. A healthy person may have nocturia if the lower extremity valves are incompetent, or in my case, if you work on your feet...

In the Heart Failure patient:

In my experience the Filter size does matter! So, it depends what your hospital buys. I have worked in hopitals where we run lipids and TPN throught the same filters and some that you have to run the lipids in after the filter (so you do not clogg th...

I had a confused patient that spend half the night saying " Oh Lord, Lordy, Lord". I had a male co-worker call him on the intercom and say "MR...., this is the Lord, please get some sleep" and he did! I also had a confused patient that pulled his fol...

"Evidently you do NOT understand what it's like to offer a patient a bedpan every morning at 0645, explaining to them that you will be unavailable during report and this is their opportunity to use the bedpan, and to have them demand a bedpan at 0705...

If you do not want to leave the room while I clean your family member, then grab some gloves and a washcloth and help me out! I do not read lips! so stop wasting your time trying to talk to me with that tube down your throat. All I am going to do is ...

Even though the BP looked "fine" the fact that the HR was so elevated means that the heart is working really hard to keep the BP at that level. Once the heart poops out that BP will drop fast. Like the previous post notes...it is hard to make an educ...

I worked as a NUrsing Instructor for 3 years and now I am the Critical Care Educator at a hospital in Tampa. I LOVE IT! I always loved education, so this was the right job for me. I did my MSN in a year...that was taking 10 credits per semester. I d...

I am a graduate of FAU...I did my BSN and MSN (in nursing Education) with them. I love the school and their philosophy (Caring). Since I did my BSN with them and had a good GPA I did not have to take the GRE and they waived the application fee. The p...

Thanks for the correction GOMER...the CEN does not required 2 years experience but two yeas of experience is recommended. http://admin.ena.org/bcen/brochures/CEN-Brochure.pdf

You can do an ECG course, highly recommended before you take ACLS you can take PALS and NRP You can sign up for a critical care course (those can be a bit expensive) or and ED course. Certifications like the CCRN and CEN require a couple of years ex...

It is very hard to let go of some things when I get home...I make it a point on reading before bed...something unrelated to nursing. Find a good book ( love the Twilight series) or a magazine (love Rachel Rays) and try to read it until you are really...

I had a D in Linear calculus when I was doing my ADN (I was working on a biology degree also), I had no problems getting into the MSN program and I did send in my transcripts with the big, fat D on it!

When we did our last skills Fair we set up for things that are not seen often and for some mandatories, restraints have to be done every year if your facility uses them. MAke sure you recruit some volunteers, it is impossible for one person to run al...

I would bring copies of your resume, if you have a cover letter you can bring a few copies of that. I always carry my references with me because you may be filling out Applications and you want to have those handy. I have a Folder with plastic pages...

It sounds like you are unhappy where you are...do yourself a favor and leave that job...if you feel that way this early it will only get worse. Best of Luck! I would sit down with your NM and thank her for the opportunity but inform her that you foun...

Pre surgical instructions of the importance of coughing and deep breathing. Early ambulation after the procedure, I remember having surgery and being in so much pain I did not want to move...I could have layed in bed for a few days! This also helps w...

Good Luck in your interview!!! Are your sure you will not be able to take time off for a whole year? In all the jobs I've had you start accumulating time off as soon as you start working, but you can't use it until you have been with them for 90 Days...

Rationale: Hypotension, hypothermia, and vasoconstriction may alter pulse ox values by reducing arterial blood flow. Likewise movement of the finger to which the oximeter is applied may interfere with interpretation of SaO2. Taking deep breaths will ...