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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 that book there is a set of exercises that you do when in pain. Hope this is helpful !

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 home health

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 admission.

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 didnt have a colostomy. She had fecal material from waist to thigh( swear I saw some carrots in there). She had a old drain site that I guess had become a fistula. I was squeezing that old drain site for at least 10 minutes getting all the pus out. I cleaned her up and called the night intern to see her. I must have cleaned her up too well, he didnt believe me That lady did not get an xray until 2 days later. Ahh the 1980's gotta love them, not!

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

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

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 has books that show the exercises. Hope this helps:)

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 circle it for each patient. When I had finnished giving the med for a pt I would x out the circle. I would also get all my iv antibs I would need for my pts and put them in their draw. I would then give out my insulins and 0800 meds, and assess the patients (that had the meds ) and write it down on my report sheet. Next I would check vital signs and labs in the computer and write them down on my sheet. Any critical would call to doc. Next if I had med due at 0900 and 1000 i would give them together and do the rest of my assessments. If I saw a IV had only 200cc left in it I would put up a new one so it would save me coming back in and doing it later. If I had two units of blood ordered I would make sure at least I got the first unit done for evening shift. Admissions and discharges the charge nurse helped on. Hope some of this is helpful:)

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 lumen CVC. Do I run them in separate ports? You can run the TPN and lipids thru the same port. Just use a Y connector and 2 pumps.:)

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 NCLEX. They had a special visa for nurses at that time, but I think that has been discontinued. I also think you can sit for the NCLEX outside of America. You would have to check there website for that. Goodluck Susan

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 had finished all my work and sat down at the desk to read a patients chart, a mortal sin apparently. The charge nurse saw me, gave me a tub of gumption ( like comet) and told me if I had time to sit down i had time to clean all the bed wheels in the unit:icon_roll

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 stars on it depending what year you were in. I was always hitting patients in the eye with my cap. Thankfully we got rid of the caps in my second year.

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 sit for the NCLEX in America. Hope that helps :)