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If your needles are the same safety needles that we have, the best way to do it is to slide the needle against a hard surface, a table, with enough pressure that the resheathing device will slide up over the needle. Some resheathing devices, will jus...

I had my first code two weeks ago after working for 13.5 months. It was such a relief for me b/c like you describe, my anxiety was so high. My colleagues got me very involved, though. I took turns giving drugs, doing compressions, handing drugs to ot...

I've seen a couple of times at my hospital the RN be in the CT scanner room with the pt while pt was being scanned. As I understand it, a CT scan is the equivalent of 300 chest xrays and a CT scan for pulmonary embolism is the equivalent of 50 mammog...

I have worked in an ICU for 7 months now, and LOVE the job except I am VERY worried about the physical expectations. I am in a coronary care unit (ICU), which also gets overflow medicine and burn ICU patients. Our patients are often hundreds of poun...

Thank you all for your comments, suggestions. I had already spoken with my manager and she said that unfortunately, hospitals in our region weren't using lift teams. I just got the feeling from my converation with her that nothing was going to chang...

Last week I got blood on my pants from a known Hep C patient. It soaked through my pants and through my hose underneath. (this was not an obscene amount of blood, just a couple splashes about an inch or so in diameter on my leg). It took me 10 or 15 ...

I was mortified earlier this week. I work in an ED and during this story, keep in mind that I am a 25 year old healthy-looking female. I have taken lamictal for depression for 4 years and have not had problems with depression. I have been happy as a ...

Hi, I'm the original poster, Thanks all for writing to me. I know my post was really long to read. I really appreciate your commiseration. Also, thank you for your support for getting more physical health care if necessary and for commiserating with ...

Thank you JentheRN05, I really appreciated your post because it seemed like you could kind of relate. Yeah, I don't know if they should give RNs in the unit special confidentiality tx. Usually when we have patients, there are 4-5 nurses at the nurses...

Hi Everybody, I was wondering what your hospitals' protocols are for tagging HIV status in the chart or communicating HIV status to nurses at shift change. I know that we should always be using universal precautions, but I think that nurses should ha...

Fergus51 I thought that last statement was interesting and also a good reminder for me. I saw someone accidentally get blood on their hand from a TB patient the other day and my first reaction was "yikes!" It didn't really seem to phase him, but if i...

Here's what I was thinking about when I querried about communicating HIV status to nurses. I found that another nurse agreed with me on this. What we felt was that when a patient's HIV status is first determined, the status is communicated in report ...

ER sounds like something you might enjoy. The best way to know would be to shadow nurses on different units. Also, in nursing school, you'll get exposed to different types of nursing.

For Dixielee especially, thanks for taking the time to write up this advice. I start working in an ED in October. Very much appreciated your suggestions, and everyone else's.

Hi, I've been accepted into the Accelerated BSN Program at Johns Hopkins. I need to put down a $400 deposit by March 1st (end of next week) if I want to keep my slot. If there are any graduates of Johns Hopkins BSN Program on here (either of the acce...

Kayleen-I was accepted to Hopkins accelerated program, Penn 2nd degree program, Univ. of Miami 12 month program, Duke, and UNC-CH (14-month BSN program). I have narrowed it down to Duke and UNC-CH and I'm leaning toward UNC-CH. PM me if you want to k...

Hi (this is a repeat of what I posted on the Maryland forum), I've been accepted into the Accelerated BSN Program at Johns Hopkins. I need to put down a $400 deposit by March 1st (end of next week) if I want to keep my slot. If there are any graduate...

Hi Geniebea---you're the only person who replied to my post at all! (sad). I decided to decline the offer from Hopkins. I'm going to tell them Monday. I'm going to go to school in NC. I wish that I could have talked to someone else who went to Hopkin...

I applied to both schools as well. I haven't heard back from either school. However, I'm positive that Duke is my first choice. Duke seems to have set up a terrific program with a great curriculum and a strong clinical practicum at the end of the pro...

Hi, I've been accepted into the 14-month BSN program at UNC-CH to start this coming May (2004). I also applied to the Accelerated BSN program at DUKE and, less relevantly to this post, to the one at Johns Hopkins. I'm from the West Coast and I've nev...