berrylion

berrylion specializes in med/surg.

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1. Any Tennis Elbow Success Stories?

   berrylion replied to hazyblue's topic in General Nursing

   What I found helpful is Egoscue exercises. Go to youtube and look for egoscue exercises for tennis elbow. They may look strange but they work. There is also a book called pain free at your pc. In...

2. Drawing Blood From PICC Lines

   berrylion replied to rileygrl11's topic in Patient Safety Issues

   Flush with 10cc n/saline I then pull back on the same syringe and discard 10cc Collect sample Flush with 10cc n/saline x 2. Thats what I do in the hospital, we dont use heparin. Might be different for...

3. advice for new charge nurse

   berrylion replied to LouisVRN's topic in General Nursing

   Maybe at the start of the shift you can put on the assignment sheet who gets first, second , third admission etc. That way there is no arguement over who takes the

4. Holy Abscess! Not for the faint of heart

   berrylion replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   I have seen something similar. Many years ago a patient called me into the room stating something was wrong. I lifted back the sheets and it looked like a colostomy bag had come off. Trouble was she...

5. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

   berrylion replied to northmississippi's topic in Patient Medications

   asa, plavix, lovenox, zocor, coumadin, lopressor, protonix, insulins, lasix,

6. You know it's going to be a crazy night at work, when

   berrylion replied to JennRN65's topic in General Nursing

   ...You see your new admission coming up wih two security guards holding her down and she's screaming at the top of her

7. Chronic back injury...losing hope

   berrylion replied to KWFACE's topic in General Nursing

   Have you tried the Egoscue method. It is a form of stretching exercises that help chronic pain. It was developed by Pete Egoscue. They have therapists that use his method. Just google it . He also...

8. Task oriented to what?

   berrylion replied to Macbs4's topic in First Year After Licensure

   This is what I did when I worked days. Get report, go see my pts and make sure no iv bags were going to run out etc. I would then check what meds were due for my whole shift and write the time and...

9. Quick?? on TPN..

   berrylion replied to Zee_RN's topic in General Nursing

   So, I am new to the Lipids being separate also. The bag of Lipids has directions to give at 64.5cc/hr x 12 hours and the TPN label states to give at 50 cc/hr x 24 hours. The resident has a triple...

10. Nursing US with Australian Registration

    berrylion replied to lana25's topic in International Nursing

    I suggest you go to cgfns.org, they may have the information you need. I know when I did it (early 90's) I sat for the CGFNS exam in Australia. When I got the results of that I then could sit for the...

11. Uniform Question For Seasoned Nurses...

    berrylion replied to bluemorningglory's topic in General Nursing

    I actually trained at the Royal Canberra Hospital. Which doesnt exist anymore. I did a three year hospital course. We got paid for our training, $11/hr! Ahh the good old days. I remember one time I...

12. Uniform Question For Seasoned Nurses...

    berrylion replied to bluemorningglory's topic in General Nursing

    I trained in the 80's in Australia. We had to wear awful purple and white pin stripe dresses with navy tights and navy shoes. We also had to wear a cap, that would have one star, two stars or three...

13. Does a general nursing education qualify to apply for Registered Nursing in the US?

    berrylion replied to evarghese's topic in International Nursing

    I have a general nursing education and work in the states. First she has to sit for the CGFNS exam. They have a web site that explains what is required. After she has completed everything she has to...