CodyRN

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1. Good online msn programs?

   CodyRN replied to dmpearce's topic in Post Graduate Students

   Thank you again! I am starting work on the application process!

2. RN Relocating to Houston-Looking for a Job

   CodyRN replied to CodyRN's topic in Texas Nursing

   Wow--Thank you for all of the information! I've been to Houston and you're right, it is a HUGE place! I will check into some of the places you have mentioned! Thank you again! I :redbeathe

3. Good online msn programs?

   CodyRN replied to dmpearce's topic in Post Graduate Students

   Congratulations on your MSN and also on getting accepted into the two post-master's programs! That is so great! Thank you for the information! I have been strongly considering this program and I...

4. Good online msn programs?

   CodyRN replied to dmpearce's topic in Post Graduate Students

   I am considering this program (Loyola MSN-HCSM). I still need to make some phone call inquiries but wondering if anyone else knows... 1) If you take this online (or distance ed) will your...

5. Vaccination administration question - Help

   CodyRN replied to Irishlass79's topic in General Nursing

   I thought SQ needles were 24g so that falls in between your 22-25g range. You can choose whatever length of needle you think is appropriate for a person's muscle mass, some people have smaller muscle...

6. Needle stick injury

   CodyRN replied to Blueorchid's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Also, I THINK for HIV...the size of the "viral load" will depend on whether or not a person contracts it. If the viral load is small enough, I don't think the person will actually get

7. RN Relocating to Houston-Looking for a Job

   CodyRN posted a topic in Texas Nursing

   To Houston RNs! I hope you all can help me....I really want to move to Houston but have some practical & financial issues to consider. One, I am the sole wage-earner for my family. Two, my...

8. Nurses with ADD/ADHD?

   CodyRN replied to Metron's topic in Health, Stress Management

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9. A moment of your time, please, if you feel so inclined to give me you opinion

   CodyRN replied to coonkine's topic in General Nursing

   I agree that medicine is not what it used to be and it is highly likely you really won't make that much money. I agree with the other posters that you should ask yourself what you want from your job...

10. Non-pharm interventions for very high blood pressure?

    CodyRN replied to Tiffany Lynne's topic in General Nursing

    If this is a pattern of high BPs and refusals, then the meds need to be given at a different time. Do not raise the foot and lower the HOB, you are right, that is for HYPOtension. And I wouldn't be...

11. Question about MRSA

    CodyRN replied to exotickitty's topic in General Nursing

    I think you need to be off antibiotics for 3 weeks and then have 2 separate cultures done. Then, definitely get paper documentation that you are free of it. Good job on catching it

12. Getting avoided by a nurse...in my own family

    CodyRN replied to kimbo9's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with the other posters that said she may not know what to say, may feel guilty for making it, may not want to open up a bad subject for you...or simply, as a new nurse struggling (we all...

13. New nurse, Second Medication error, Scared

    CodyRN replied to Kaysonrose's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I would like to add that the stress of being a new nurse, learning, knowing people are watching you and looking for mistakes, can make people make errors they otherwise would not make. This...

14. intravenous diazepam

    CodyRN replied to rjrule's topic in Emergency

    It sounds like he wanted you to give it fast and that was one way of diluting the concentration so you could just push it in without being concerned that too much would go in too fast. In this...

15. Medical Conditions

    CodyRN replied to itskritz's topic in Health, Stress Management

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