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So we were taught to apply an occlusive dressing (petroleum dressing) if the chest tube is accidentally pulled out from the patient. Would this not convert the patient to a closed pneumothorax --> Tension Pneumo? Thanks.

I passed my NCLEX-RN (1st time too) and now I just want to share a few tips with y'all. I'm so thankful to allnurses.com, and want to do a little something to give back to the community =). I will make it simple & short because no one likes to re...

Hi, I'm a Med Surg/ Tele RN. I really want to land a job in the ICU, but I just don't know how to start, or how to stand out with my resume. So far, my experiences have been very mediocre. But I'm dying to learn more. I think ICU is the environment f...

So I had 2 cases of bleeding noted in the Foley Cath. We also noted bleeding around the penile area. However, after penile care was done, no bleeding was noted around the penile area after. So the problem must be inside the urethra. With the first ca...

I think you guys misunderstood me. We flushed cold saline for the purpose of vasoconstriction, not to flush out clots. This pt was on lovenox before too... So he bled excessively anytime there's a small trauma... Well the result wasn't so well. We co...

Got my rejection letter today. Ouch it hurts! I guess the Guy Upstairs has better plan for me =,[

So just spoke to nurse recruiter. For anyone who got an interview but didn't get a call back yet, be patient and wait until Monday to receive an offer call. If after that and you still don't receive anything, then you're not selected.

If they take u on a tour around the unit after the interview, is that a good sign? Or is it just part of the formal interview process? I was interviewed at iicu

I don't understand this SNF world... I'm usually forced to clock out on time unless i got a fall or an admission that day. I usually cant finish 2 medpasses & treatments in an 8-hr time frame. I would have to stay 4-5 hrs back everyday to do pap...

Thanks for all the wonderful advice! I put in my 2 weeks noticed after the long talk with management and no probable solution was brought up. They told me all the other nurses could do the tasks in the assigned time (in plain words: you're a lazy lia...

I was a desperate RN new grad, so I accepted this job offer after months of searching for a job. Anyways it has been a month and a half at this facility now, and I'm still unfamiliar with all the protocols here. The other day a resident was participa...

Thanks! My supervisor was next to me when the PT described the event but she didn't tell me to initiate a fall incident report. I just want to ask for future references... but I guess I will have to check with my DON. The thing is the DON is new, thi...

So my resident is totally confused, A&O x 1. She smiles all the time, so it's hard to detect any s&s of pain or discomfort. It's as if she could not register pain. She was admitted due to dx of T-12 fx. She's at risk for fall, and fell on my ...

Hey guys, So I'm a new grad, recently landed a job at an LTC/short-term rehab. They gave me about 7 days of orientation (one where I walked off midshift crying ... I know it's very unprofessional of me, but I just couldn't breathe & was about to ...

Thanks yall! Today was my day off & I went in to try to memorize all the meds for each resident (since I can't write it down). Honestly I got confused even more... esp w/ the OTC meds...so I decided to leave and pray to the Lord that as time goes...

LOL... that book now is $99

i'm a new grad & my first RN job right now is at a short-term rehab unit. I only got 2 accuchecks, medpass to 22 residents, treatments to about 10 residents and I already feel overwhelmed. So yes, 9 accuchecks to me is momumental!

Just 10 min ago I just told my mom: "Urgh mom you're probably gonna ask me the same thing again next month. I already told you this like a thousand times." Then I ran into this post! Now I regret every word I just said to her. ='[!

How come the job posting is still open and they are already calling people?

@futurern34 Thank you. I don't remember how I got it. I typed in 'Kaplan mp3 torrent' & it showed up on Google. Hope that helps!

Hello it's me again. So after 3 business days I tried the California website: rn.ca.gov, clicked on Online Services, then Permanent License Verification. I entered in my name & found it along with an RN license # ... I'm sorry for this following ...

I see... thank you epi_RN! I feel a lot better now =] !!!

yup... someone actually got a pop up that said they've passed... & they took the nclex rn in ca as well. " https://allnurses.com/nclex-discussion-forum/nclex-california-606271-page2.html this post was around sept 2011... so not too long ago i...

@watermelon21 Let's hope so. well now that I think about it may I didn't have as much pharm qs as I think I did. My first pop up was actually something along the line of "you have an open registration at this time"? but that was when my delivery stat...

Has anyone had 75 qs, lots of SATA & failed? I'm not feeling good after this test. & PVT trick is not working for me. Edit: OK, after multiple attempts of this PVT trick, I got the message "Our records indicate that you have recently schedule...