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  1. Some Nurses too Almighty?

    questionsforall replied to EbonyBorn2Succeed's topic in General Nursing

    In my ICU the nurses complete all patient care. This includes bathing patients, getting them out of bed, helping them onto bedpans, cleaning them when they are done. The nurse does everything. The...

  2. Dialysis, HIV and terminal Pts. Abuse?

    questionsforall replied to Scarlette Wings's topic in General Nursing

    I understand what the OP is saying and I think some people are misunderstanding the post. Some people hit it right on the mark. I don't think she is talking about taking a decision away from the...

  3. Computers

    questionsforall posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I was thinking of buying a new labtop for CRNA school. I was wondering if anyone had opinions on what type of computer to buy. I was wanting to buy a MAC but I was wondering if it is necessary to...

  4. Things you'd LOVE to be able to tell patients, and get away with it.

    questionsforall replied to AngelfireRN's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    To family members who think your only job is to give them updates: You were on hold for 15 minutes. Well this is an ICU, there are sick people here. Actually, I was in your mother's room taking care...

  5. What do you do when you can't do it all?

    questionsforall replied to JenniferSews's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Haha, this is only funny because I was thinking the same thing you posted after I got off of work today, "What can you do when you can't do it all?" I hear you, you are preaching to the choir. I...

  6. Just wondering... what would you want your kids to do for a living?

    questionsforall replied to labrador4122's topic in General Nursing

    I want my children to find something they would be happy with and where they would feel like they were making a difference. However, I wish for them something I feel I did not have growing up. That...

  7. Ideas from nurses who've been around awhile!

    questionsforall replied to vtgirl's topic in General Nursing

    The nurses I worked with that were around in the 70's and 80's said that they remember when HIV/AIDS didn't have a name and that these patients would come in the hospital with the diagnosis: Fever of...

  8. question about acidotic pts and labs

    questionsforall replied to crystalchen's topic in General Nursing

    Need more info, (like maybe the complete blood gas). However, you said he was a renal patient with phos of 12. I would need more labs like BUN, creatinine to say this, but maye he needed dialysis....

  9. How much lorazepam have you given....

    questionsforall replied to sassyrn333's topic in MICU, SICU

    We switched over to valium IV for ETOH withdrawal and we even sometimes use ketamine drips (like they do with burn

  10. Gave up in ACLS class

    questionsforall replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

    I will tell you that even doctors have problems in ACLS class. In my experience, the nurses know more

  11. Signing out meds you do NOT administer yourself?

    questionsforall replied to celticwoman61's topic in General Nursing

    This whole process seems to defeat the purpose of the 5 rights and the 3 checks and should be

  12. everyone is stumped

    questionsforall replied to **LaurelRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Also, why are they not starting a beta

  13. everyone is stumped

    questionsforall replied to **LaurelRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    What about pheochromocytoma? This tumor can secrete excessive amount of epi and norepi. Besides the physical symptoms of elevated BP and HR they can get crazy too. Did you guys check her urine for...

  14. What is the highest temp you have seen?

    questionsforall replied to momthenRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    106.7 neuroleptic malignant syndrome, patient survived episode. Surprisingly cooling and treating with dantrolene worked (we treated it like malignant hyperthermia). Patient died a week later, but...

  15. Getting ready

    questionsforall posted a topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    So, I start CRNA school in the beginning of June and I was wondering when you should start worrying about getting loans for school. I did fill out the FAFSA in February ( I know that I will not...

  16. A BSN or just a Bachelor of Nursing degree for becoming a CRNA?

    questionsforall replied to oopymoss's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I believe as an undergrad there you either get a BA (Bachelor of Arts), or BS (Bachelor of Science). Nursing is a BS degree. You get a BSN degree, which stands for Bachelor of Science in Nursing....

  17. how come we as nurses are taught and do things differently?

    questionsforall replied to smartnurse1982's topic in General Nursing

    It is the same reason every doctor likes to do things differently. We are all different. We have all read differenet research and we all teach differently, so we all will learn differently. Also,...

  18. umdnj interveiw?

    questionsforall replied to rncg03's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    I am curious what you do not like about UMDNJ's program. I was accepted to Columbia, but rejected from UMDNJ. I really took it to heart and was disapointed because I heard that UMDNJ was more...

  19. What do you hate the most (if anything at all) about your job?

    questionsforall replied to kika72's topic in General Nursing

    I do not like the gossip, backstabbing and tattling involved in nursing. I just think it is annoying. I do not want people to do it to me and I don't want to be around it. I have learned to just...

  20. Heartmate II

    questionsforall replied to tobagosama's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Was the patient fluid overloaded? What was his/her CVP? Was he on an inotrope? I just had a patient with an LVAD that was in RV failure (pre-procedure R heart function was poor and post surgery RV...

  21. Inappropriate ICU admissions

    questionsforall replied to sunnycalifRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I wonder why healthcare is so expensive. Maybe we just need to re-evaluate where the money is being spent. i.e. unnessasary ICU stays could be one of

  22. Compulsively going to the doctor for the 20th time..

    questionsforall replied to nurse441's topic in General Nursing

    I have noticed that anyone over 80 seems to enjoy going to the doctor because it gets them out of their house and they may be lonely. My mother brings her aunt who is 88 to one doctor or another...

  23. A Letter to Hollywood: Nurses Are Not Handmaidens

    questionsforall replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Also the play "Wit" where the nurse is portrayed as really being there for the patient in her dying moments while others may treat her as just another

  24. Sudden VTACH to VFIB

    questionsforall replied to Rise Against's topic in General Nursing

    What is his RV function like? Was it distended. Was he fluid overloaded? Most respiratory arrests I have seen were either bradycardic arrests or asystolic

  25. Any Excelsior College grads now CRNA or SRNA?

    questionsforall replied to billythekid's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    BA 2003 to ADN 2005 to Excelsior BSN in 2008 and I was accepted to and hope to graduate from Columbia Anesthesia program in