erinn429

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1. Rectal aspirin

   erinn429 replied to RNcDreams's topic in Patient Medications

   I would say 'no.' The medication is designed to be aborbed in a certain mechanism, and if it is a different form it can cause damage to the mucous membranes, etc (not specifically aspirin, but any...

2. Please interpret this med order

   erinn429 replied to Jennabugs's topic in Patient Medications

   How we were taught is that you can give UP to 15 mg within 3 hours, but you cannot give any more from the last point in which they received the max dose. ie. If you gave 5mg at 1200, and then 10mg at...

3. Applying to NP school in Canada

   erinn429 replied to erinn429's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   I definitely do not want to go to the US for my education. I had a friend who did that, and had a lot of trouble finding a job when she came back because of the discrepency of quality of education at...

4. Applying to NP school in Canada

   erinn429 posted a topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

   Hi there, I am currently a BScN-RN working in CV surgery at a downtown hospital. I am planning on applying to NP school (Primary, not acute) this fall, for September 2009 entry. By that point, I...

5. The Circumcision Discussion

   erinn429 replied to jmspeach's topic in Ob/Gyn

   Personally I would get my kid circumsized.. Yes, I know it is 'said' to be painful, but I had a friend who got it done when he was 17 (because he was tired of being ashamed of it), and he told me that...