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    drip titration resources

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to fiveofpeep's topic in MICU, SICU

    I worked in on a CT step down before i went to a different hospital...Where I am now when the nurses see a 5 beat run of Vtach they freak out, and call the Doc and I'm like dude, chill out...call the...
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    Is this heart failure?

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to beatrice1's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes people need a hard dose of reality. Sorry but I'm not gonna sit there and sugar coat it for someone. I mean listen the guy is how old? I'd let him be and let him do what he wants. I know...
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    Is this heart failure?

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to beatrice1's topic in General Nursing

    Plan and simple. Tell him he's going to die. I have no problem giving people the death speech and I've done it a bunch of times. Sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesn't. But yea we can't give medical...
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    Dutchess county boces

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to marineswife0809's topic in New York Nursing

    what are you planning on doing there ? LPN or something
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    Really, I don't know where they get their info from..

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    Yea as most of the above have stated the difference is nothing...I got i think got like a whole .85 cents an hour
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    Who Draws blood from a-lines??

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to bran1101's topic in MICU, SICU

    When i did my externship before my senior year of nursing school, I worked in the CTICU (post-op CABG, valves etc) As a tech I was allowed to draw the blood and the ABG off the A-line. Anytime the RNs...
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    I was wondering how does the whole physical go for school

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to allmostlvn1's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Yes, most schools check certain titers. So you will have some blood drawn, but nothing extensive, they aren't doing LFTs, a CBC, CMP or anything like that so relax..Don't like needles? It's not that...
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    I was wondering how does the whole physical go for school

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to allmostlvn1's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    - Obviously just by the way you stated that, it sounds like you, or someone your close with has the aforementioned diseases and you're scared if getting barred from nursing school? - Well I'm not an...
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    transitioning from school to hospital

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to tashasue's topic in General Nursing

    Don't get too excited, not to burst ur bubble. But they glorified the crap out of nursing when I was in school. Some of my classmate and myself were a bit disillusioned with what it was going to...
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    transitioning from school to hospital

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to tashasue's topic in General Nursing

    Eyes and ears open Mouth Shut Be a sponge Anything you don't know ask for help and ask questions. Don't think that people are gonna think ur stupid for asking a
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    Anyone from Mid-Atlantic states interested in sharing their snow storm stories?

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    I live in NY n we didn't get
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    New Nursing Student

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to sj73201's topic in General Nursing

    just remember sometimes it aint all roses and butterflies when you're THE NURSE, no hiding behind the vail of saying "Well im just the student"..... Many of times Ive walked out of work asking my self...
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    Continuous Urine Monitoring

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to Ashman's topic in MICU, SICU

    You would take the measurement from the larger
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    Working with EMTs vs CNAs/techs

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to RoyalNurse's topic in Emergency

    I agree with the respect issue. I've been an EMT for like 9 years now. We get blown off by RNs all the time esp when im trying to give report. It's almost like they don't care what we have to tell...
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    Assisted Suicide

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    While you are totally correct in what your pointing out, don't misunderstand me I was stating arguments against it. I am totally pro-PAS. I was just stating 2 of the many arguments against it and then...
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    Assisted Suicide

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    bubbly, there is no one that assists the person per se. The person requesting PAS (physician assisted suicide) is merely given the means to do so. The patient themselves must administer the fatal...
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    Assisted Suicide

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to snoopy29's topic in General Nursing

    I actually did a paper on this topic in my medical ethics class in nursing school. As someone already pointed out, the slipper slope is one of the arguments against it. Along with the fact that...
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    How do I get a job in ED?

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to stewiegriffin's topic in General Nursing

    idk where you live but I know that NY has a state reg that says you cant go to work in an ED until you have 1 year of experience. As many people know already I've dont ems for almost 10 years and even...
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    The wait is killing me!!!

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to jmokeefe's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    The wait is the worst part and I'm one of those people who needs instant gratification so of course I wanted to sleeep for 48 hr until my results were up. I just drank instead ! lol Hope you did well...
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    Med errors...the scary reality

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to phoenix14232's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    The worst thing you can do is think that you wont make a mistake. But the hope is that you catch yourself before you deliver the med. The mistake I made was thinking and telling myself that "Oh I'll...
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    First loss...

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to ibambamama's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Gotta learn to get a little bit of a tough skin, I know it sounds kinda heartless but it's works. But you need to deal wit it properly. Letting it go and just supressing it will end up making things...
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    When coffee is no longer enough,

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to Katie5's topic in General Nursing

    A can of monster while I'm getting report and a couple cig breaks during the
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    Relocating from florida to new york!!

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to RLRNTAMPA's topic in General Nursing

    ^^^ I also heard that. In NY it's soo hard to find a new grad job. I'm lucky to have had 2 since I
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    Follow-up of the post titled: "Academic dishonesty dilemma! Advice needed, plz..."

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to aflac381's topic in General Nursing

    I had people cheat in my nursing school and the teachers knew about it and took measures to help prevent it, like move us so there was like 10 feet between each other, backpacks in the front of the...
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    Sorry another ques. Was this write up justified?

    Da_Milk_of_Amnesia replied to mondkmondk's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Treat the patient not the