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  1. Any one from rural AZ

    mittels posted a topic in Arizona Nursing

    Any one from rural areas in AZ? Did you move here or born

  2. newly hired at a rural hospital

    mittels posted a topic in Rural

    Hi All, I have just been hired at a rural hospital with total beds 39. There is also a three bed ICU uh should I say room? Anyways, I previously worked in a 200 + bed facility and the floor that I was...

  3. need help with inservices

    mittels posted a topic in General Nursing

    I am a health service director for two assisted living facilities and need to find out where I can get teaching tools for my inservices that are required by me, as a RN, to deliver to the pt care...

  4. PT Doing wound care?!

    mittels replied to Gampopa's topic in General Nursing

    I have several pt's on home health that I CM. PT and I share the drsg changes. I go out 3 X week, she goes to the Dr. once a week, and then to PT out pt for wound care on alternating

  5. she wants to go again

    mittels posted a topic in Hospice, Palliative

    Resident wants to go to the hospital as I was talking about in my prior post. She requested to go again. Its like the hospice nurse doesnt get it. Not all there. Should I go above heard head to the...

  6. What is right, what is wrong?

    mittels posted a topic in General Nursing

    I had this pt which was sick and getting sicker through out the end of Jan. and Feb. I sent him out by ems the first time in Jan. He ended up staying in the hospital for five days and when he came...

  7. Need Help with this drug calculation

    mittels replied to rrhardiman2's topic in Medical-Surgical

    2000mg/500ml =4mg/ml = 0.5ml/min = 30ml/hr This is the way I personally make sense of figuring out these calculations. I know there is an easier way, but I get to the same

  8. What would you have done?

    mittels replied to Sadie04's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for the info. Its been 3 years since I worked in the hospital enviorment and things change so much in that period of

  9. What is right, what is wrong?

    mittels replied to mittels's topic in General Nursing

    What would be my local abuse hot line? Would this be like adult protective

  10. CNA's passing meds in ALF. What's your opinion?

    mittels replied to Marti Ann's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    The assistants that pass meds here are not considered cna's they are referred to as pca's (patient care tech's). They are trained to assist the residents with giving them their meds. If the the...

  11. What would you have done?

    mittels replied to Sadie04's topic in General Nursing

    For one thing, I didnt think you could have blood go through a picc line, I thought it would damage to many blood cells as it was pushed through. As for the abx and heparin, you did the right thing....

  12. Methatraxate question

    mittels replied to Whisper's topic in International Nursing

    I had to be on methotrexate po for my lupus so you can add that disease to the list of this horrible drug!!!!!!!!!! It causes nausea vomiting mouth sores teeth to decay (lots of fillings now). I...

  13. What Nursing school are you in? Show your pride!

    mittels replied to straba's topic in General Students

    This is funny. Walla Walla is such a small town. I grew up in tri-cities. Such a small world, but never realized so many people know about this small

  14. RN, Nurse Manager

    mittels replied to shince's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    agree totally. My babysitting duty is with 29 of

  15. Arizona nurses- please help!

    mittels replied to JMP's topic in Arizona Nursing

    guess i really didnt answer your question in full here it is. there are @ five percentages that you can select from for az state tax to come out of your pay, this depends on how much you want taken...

  16. Question from test today, need your opinion PLEASE!!

    mittels replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    3000cc fluid each day is reccomended(SP) to try and get rid of the excess fluid given during child

  17. Question from test today, need your opinion PLEASE!!

    mittels replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    the answer would be C "to prevent" this is the question. "to help tx" would be

  18. Arizona nurses- please help!

    mittels replied to JMP's topic in Arizona Nursing

    make 52 K a year and bring home around 2100 every 2

  19. What challenges are you facing?

    mittels replied to Megan-Cho's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Okay, I think I can answer this one for you with what I have dealt with in the past few weeks. 1. Staffing! Probably the most difficult part of the job. Making sure that the aides are competant (sp)...

  20. Amiodorone Toxicity

    mittels replied to donnuchi's topic in MICU, SICU

    Yes, I have diffently seen it. Scares the h@#! out of a person. The pt I took care of was completely blue. No joke!!! skin, nails, whites of eyes, lips purple. If you ever see it youll never forget...

  21. Stethoscope covers

    mittels replied to Marianne518's topic in General Students

    Just an FYI to you, JACHO fined the hospital I worked at one time for stethoscope covers. Better look into it before you purchace this. They said it was unsanitary. I happen to

  22. Speaking of pregnant nurses...

    mittels replied to stella123 rn's topic in General Nursing

    Did you see my post abov? Your not

  23. Speaking of pregnant nurses...

    mittels replied to stella123 rn's topic in General Nursing

    TB pt's are probably OK if your mask test fitted, but I'd stay out. No pt's who have had a adeno-thalium stress test stay away for at least 3 days. MRSA is probably ok if your sure you are using...

  24. Patient confidentiality and husbands

    mittels replied to AndyLyn's topic in General Nursing

    uh excuse me, no matter if they are deceased or alive confidential is confidential!!!!! No if's and's or

  25. RV or possibly sailboat?

    mittels replied to Soonstudent's topic in Travel

    If an RV is considered your home I believe you can take it as a tax