DoctorRN

"'''''''''''''''

If you looked at the history of the pill, you would find that it was only to make it more palatable to the Catholic church that it was ever cyclical to begin with. Seasonale, the 3 month pill is the same medication and dosage as Ortho Tri-cyclin jus...

Is he certain that it wasn't cut shorter than the standard length before he put it in? We frequently cut the drains to fit into the wound.

It takes three months to get the full benefit for your skin. Curious, are you hooked on having a period every month or would every 3 months be better?

22.31/hour or 44750 per year depending on venue. courtesy of http://www.salary.com

I don't know if they have this for the NCLEX or not, but for the medical licensure test they have Q-bank which is a huge bank of questions that are similar to the actual test. This is usually MUCH cheaper than the full program. I found it to be extr...

""""""""""""""

''''''''''''''''

Do what you feel is right for you. It is never to late to go back to school if that is what you want. I'm sick of the immature posters who flame with statements of MD's are better than NP's crap. There is a place for both in medical care. The truth ...

Go to http://www.salary.com to get an idea of pay for RN, LPN or whatever in your city.

Until you have an official score you should not assume you failed. Think about what happens if you don't go tomorrow and you passed. You have just screwed up your first job. Not a smart move. If you didn't pass, then you will have the opportunity to ...

Sepsis from UTI has NOTHING to do with IV access. The sepsis from a UTI can and frequently does occur before the patient is ever in a hospital setting. Anytime there is an infection in the body there is potential for sepsis which increases if the pat...

Are you taking tub baths? Using bubble bath or lots of soap? Have you been on antibiotics for any reason in the past few months? All these things can contribute to yeast infection. Since you are not sexually active and have had I presume at least...

Benzos would not be the drug of choice due to sedative effects on the baby. Epidural doesn't do much to reduce anxiety. I can't say as I have ever heard of Gestational sinus tachycardia and a web search doesn't pull anything. There is also no menti...

Florida is notorious for making it difficult to get health care licensure. You will not have to take the NCLEX again, but you will have to take their HIV course and deal with their waiting period and high costs. Once all that is done though it will ...

The liver is responsible for making most of the proteins for use in the coagulation cascade. In fact the PT is one of the few true test of liver function.

You have to listen to your heart and your gut. Don't think for a moment that this will be your only chance for OB. It sounds like you are still interested but this wasn't the right job and wasn't the right time. Ask yourself, if my children were o...

My experience with this was that I was the one who "ratted out" the user. Very popular nurse and I was the unfortunate one to catch her immediately after she had given an IM injection (she had a large circular blood stain on her hip). There were two...

You did the right thing by calling in to work and keeping yourself and clients safe. I guarantee you if you hadn't called in and had had a problem you would have no question that you had made the wrong decision. Isn't it wonderful when we can actuall...

Great observational skills happystudent, I read that post twice and never noticed that. I am curious too, while according to the CDC there are a larger number of deaths due to influenza in the white male population it is likely that this difference ...

They are also working on a DNA test to detect cancer via a stool specimen. I don't know the big details, one of the GI docs was talking about it the other day. Basically, the DNA that cancer sheds into the stool is different than the normal stuff th...

It doesn't require immunocompromise per se. Patients with intact immune systems get it just as often as the immunocompromised. It is a matter of killing off the normal gut flora and anyone on antibiotics can have that happen. Just another fine exam...

From emedicine.com: Background: Clostridium difficile is a gram-positive, anaerobic, spore-forming bacillus that is responsible for the development of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and colitis. C difficile was first described in 1935 as a component ...

Come to Mississippi and you will see it EVERY day. It is the exception rather than the rule that they only have one. We are the land of G4-5p4-5 by the time they are old enough for a tubal. 13-14 year old mom to be with her 28 year old mother and 4...

I have had a couple of peole pm me with questions about going back to med school, and there is a thread concerning med school in one of the areas. I am curious what other nurses think about the nurses who do decide to go to med school? Also how man...