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mindlor

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  1. False documentation... more common than you think.

    mindlor replied to OnlybyHisgraceRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    I wish I had a quarter for all the lungs CTA bilaterally and the RRR, PPP that I have seen. In many cases it was obvious that no one had ever put a stethoscope to these patients

  2. Evidence-Based Practice...your thoughts

    mindlor replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    yet another example is scrubbing the hub......new evidence says that one should scrub for 10-15 secs and let dry an equal time before hooking up. The old-schoolers give it a one microsecond once over...

  3. Evidence-Based Practice...your thoughts

    mindlor replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    A really good example is backflushing the secondary tubing into an empty piggyback bag then reusing the secondary tubing set again for tthe next piggyback as long as the primary fluid is compatible,...

  4. Nursing Programs: Public vs Private Universities, does it really matter?

    mindlor replied to gizzel84's topic in General Students

    Yeah I was paying 2000 per credit hour at an Ivy league school, left after a week and got my ADN for free at a public

  5. IV flulids/solutions and WHY??

    mindlor replied to Tsatalstrana's topic in General Nursing

    maybe the one not on LR was lactose

  6. IV flulids/solutions and WHY??

    mindlor replied to Tsatalstrana's topic in General Nursing

    You tell me.... Are you supposed to know that? You passed NCLEX and are working as an

  7. Nursing Programs: Public vs Private Universities, does it really matter?

    mindlor replied to gizzel84's topic in General Students

    Pace is a great school. Is it worth 6 times the public school. no. All that matters at the end of the day is that wherever you go is NLNAC/CCNE

  8. Can someone PLEEEEASE explain INSULIN DRIPS?

    mindlor replied to H_2_O's topic in MICU, SICU

    As for eating, most people on insulin drips are going to be in ICU/CCU.....when I was in ICU/CCU eating was far from my mind...usually insuling drips will coincide with some form of glucose given...

  9. I'll be serving whine at my pity party

    mindlor replied to jadedjane's topic in General Nursing

    I hear ya jade...best thing if you cant find a job is stay in school somehow and avoid those resume

  10. Can someone PLEEEEASE explain INSULIN DRIPS?

    mindlor replied to H_2_O's topic in MICU, SICU

    Another fairly common reason for placing a pt on an insulin drip is the temporary reduction of high serum potassium. Insulin will drive the K+ back into the cells. This is temporary as the only ways...

  11. Help me choose between CRNA and a CRNP

    mindlor replied to CDUBBYA's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    For me, after the first four or five operations in the OR, I would die of

  12. "what male nurses do" poster

    mindlor replied to Brian's topic in Men in Nursing

    What the???? Have you been spying on

  13. I don't get it

    mindlor replied to ixchel's topic in General Students

    First of all congrats on getting into the BSN program :) Well Done!!! In my vey limited experience to survive on the floor one must do a lot of smiling and waving....know what I mean? Dont let people...

  14. Has Nursing hardened you?

    mindlor replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    I was hardened coming in..... My fathers nickname for me is ROCK The key is as a nurse you must be soft yet hard both at the same time.... We must be there for the pt in a particular junture in...

  15. First clinical rotation finished, "not so glowing" evaluation

    mindlor replied to Neohippy's topic in General Students

    Spend as much time as you can in the skills lab and practice practice

  16. I'll be serving whine at my pity party

    mindlor replied to jadedjane's topic in General Nursing

    AHHHH a gentleman of great taste and refinement!!!

  17. I'll be serving whine at my pity party

    mindlor replied to jadedjane's topic in General Nursing

  18. Is this fair? Honest opinions, please.

    mindlor replied to BC913's topic in General Students

    Yup, Take it from me, all good grades mean in nursing is that I did not spend enough time in the skills

  19. Why did you become a nurse?

    mindlor replied to guest042302019's topic in Male Nursing Students

    I am becoming a nurse because I have a deep and profound love for my fellow human beings and I want to spend the rest of my life caring for the

  20. How can I convince my husband that I NEED to go to nursing school?

    mindlor replied to LifeIsGood76's topic in General Students

    Why thank you... I have seen many hubbys get bashed on here for similar situations. Truth is, marriage is not always forever. People grow apart sometimes. My hope is that when this happenes it is...

  21. How can I convince my husband that I NEED to go to nursing school?

    mindlor replied to LifeIsGood76's topic in General Students

    As a man, I will say that a lot of posts I have seen on this topic are silly. A marriage is a partnership. You work part time and probably have primary responsibility for the care of the young...

  22. Is this fair? Honest opinions, please.

    mindlor replied to BC913's topic in General Students

    you were accepted. the plight of others should be none of your concern. go about your business and become a great nurse. it makes little sense to worry about things that you cannot

  23. So.....the infection control nurse busted me.....

    mindlor posted a topic in General Students

    My pts (in a quad room) were all sleeping and I stepped into the entry way into their room to take a peak and check on them. This was not an infection control room. The infection control nurse comes...

  24. No more on-call pay

    mindlor replied to orvillsash's topic in General Nursing

    Well, First, I am fairly certain that you could contact the State/Federal agencies that regulate such things and they would find this to be illegal. Short of that it sounds like you will need to find...

  25. So.....the infection control nurse busted me.....

    mindlor replied to mindlor's topic in General Students

    I really do appreciate the replies, and you are right. The policy is the policy. It does not matter if the policy is scientifically grounded or not.....I am to follow the policy. I get that. The...