1louise1

1louise1

Telemetry, EKG interpretation, ICU/CCU

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  1. PCOS guidelines

    1louise1 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hi Nurse Practitioners! Was wondering what, if any guidelines you use to treat PCOS patients? Currently there are five guidelines by different associations and I'm not sure which one is most...

  2. PCOS guidelines

    1louise1 replied to 1louise1's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    THank you! i found a number of national guidelines and they all have pretty much the same recommendations. Just curious, do you see PCOS patients? what is your recommendation for follow-up and...

  3. Home health RN question

    1louise1 posted a topic in Home Health

    Hello all! I'm an ICU RN taking a community-based nursing course for my BSN and have to interview a home health nurse for my class (I know, I know). I interviewed a girlfriend of mine who was a home...

  4. Home health RN question

    1louise1 replied to 1louise1's topic in Home Health

    so your office only has 2-3 RNs for 80-100 clients? how does that work? is it because the RNs only do supervisor visits? is there a ratio in place (i don't know about home health ratios in...

  5. Home health RN question

    1louise1 replied to 1louise1's topic in Home Health

    hey lpncal...thanks so much! this is an interesting field, so i'm learning. i had a couple more questions, if you have the time. so mainly your patients are underprivileged, uninsured. are they...

  6. Home health RN question

    1louise1 replied to 1louise1's topic in Home Health

    @caliotter: well, when i interviewed her, she had limited examples of nursing routines/activities (she didn't do admissions, assessments, you know, stuff RNs can do), she didn't know the roles of...

  7. What would you rather do?

    1louise1 replied to BettyBoop01's topic in General Nursing

    why not a hotel room? you won't pay for utilities that

  8. Rash from hand sanitizer?

    1louise1 replied to hiddencatRN's topic in General Nursing

    I have the same thing; I went to my dermatologist who prescribed a topical steroid to use prn. of course the medicine works, but then I'm back to work, washing, geling, drying my hands out all day and...

  9. I've had it with bedside nursing! What else can I do?

    1louise1 replied to PCU_RN9's topic in Nursing Career

    do you and i work on the same

  10. wrong order

    1louise1 replied to 1louise1's topic in General Nursing

    thanks thanks thanks thanks thanks. when i realized i had done it, i immediately got palpitations and had to sit down. it was an incredibly intense moment, i'm sure we've all been there, but i'm not...

  11. wrong order

    1louise1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    busy day the other day, accidentally ordered the wrong urine test (tox screen instead of culture)...repercussions? urine culture had already been ordered the day before, too late to cancel urine tox....

  12. wrong order

    1louise1 replied to 1louise1's topic in General Nursing

    un, nothing, all negative. patient was 80+ years old. that's called, not paying attention! but could i get in trouble, like placing an order; practicing medicine without a license sort of

  13. Student caught stealing....

    1louise1 replied to RaggedyRN's topic in General Nursing

    who's going to write a closing argument on this

  14. Student caught stealing....

    1louise1 replied to RaggedyRN's topic in General Nursing

    could

  15. Student caught stealing....

    1louise1 replied to RaggedyRN's topic in General Nursing

    thanks! people need to lighten

  16. Student caught stealing....

    1louise1 replied to RaggedyRN's topic in General Nursing

    actually, it's part joke. but it means a small quantity of something. so it means what i think it means. please don't change the

  17. Student caught stealing....

    1louise1 replied to RaggedyRN's topic in General Nursing

    please don't make assumptions about my

  18. Student caught stealing....

    1louise1 replied to RaggedyRN's topic in General Nursing

    so the housekeeper has grounds to sue for intentional infliction of emotional

  19. Student caught stealing....

    1louise1 replied to RaggedyRN's topic in General Nursing

    i completely agree with you, i'm afraid we'd be making an assumption though in thinking that she feels no shame. who

  20. Student caught stealing....

    1louise1 replied to RaggedyRN's topic in General Nursing

    what are you talking about, me leaving my purse out for her to steal from?....are you trying to give me perspective? stealing sucks, we all can agree on that. forgiveness does not mean being foolish....

  21. Student caught stealing....

    1louise1 replied to RaggedyRN's topic in General Nursing

    no worries, i never thought we would agree, i just like to hear other peoples'

  22. Student caught stealing....

    1louise1 replied to RaggedyRN's topic in General Nursing

    is the student getting off scott-free though? she has publicly embarrassed herself, is subject to discharge from her nursing program (which will probably be the case) and has to live with herself and...

  23. Student caught stealing....

    1louise1 replied to RaggedyRN's topic in General Nursing

    okay, if someone came in off the street and stole from me, i would find it necessary FOR ME to find forgiveness. you've heard the saying about resentment being like a poison that we take and waiting...

  24. Student caught stealing....

    1louise1 replied to RaggedyRN's topic in General Nursing

    i really can't say that i'm repulsed by the student's actions (disheartened, dismayed, unnerved: yes) . in all honesty i don't like all the high and mighty attitudes i'm reading about making someone...

  25. Student caught stealing....

    1louise1 replied to RaggedyRN's topic in General Nursing

    look, you're talking about making someone "suffer" and i'm now repulsed by the conversation. i was originally suggesting the OP take a different approach towards this yucky situation, and maybe have a...