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  1. need tips re: home triage nursing and who to work for?

    jonesecho posted a topic in General Nursing

    :loveya:Hello to all, I have just joined allnurses.com and wish I would have known about it before. I have already answered one question. I think I will be helpful to some because I have many years of...

  2. My Crazy Month

    jonesecho replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    Hang in there. Start looking into the possibility of hospice at home if needed and if grandpa wants that. It may mean a lot to your gram.

  3. A Wardrobe Malfunction, or Why Not to Wear A Halloween Costume to Work

    jonesecho replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    good for you. you would be fun to work with.

  4. L&D/PP Practicum!! :]

    jonesecho replied to cougSN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    your are welcome and good luck with all. everything you study will be useful at some point in your career and in

  5. L&D/PP Practicum!! :]

    jonesecho replied to cougSN's topic in Ob/Gyn

    It will be important to know about post-partum fundal heights and firmness. assessment of lochia. meds to know are pitocin, brethine, magnesium sulfate, cytotec, prostaglandin gel, epidurals for...

  6. My Crazy Month

    jonesecho replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    please take care of yourself and your family, grandpa would want you to do well. thoughts are with you.

  7. My Crazy Month

    jonesecho replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    more prayers and good thought go out to you and your grandparents and family.

  8. Question about "Too narrow of bones" with giving birth

    jonesecho replied to SNLou84's topic in Ob/Gyn

    :twocents:I will explain some things and hope it clears up and does not confuse you more. I worked in OB quite a while. It is amazing how confused people get but not surprising. There are so many...

  9. How to Put On a Nasal Cannula

    jonesecho replied to Tina_Hayes's topic in General Nursing

    No the curves go down so the openings go down towards the respiratory tract. I have then seen the tubing go behind the ears and down under the chin. Not tightly or they will feel like choking. I have...

  10. Having trouble adjusting to role as hospice nurse

    jonesecho replied to Imitation of Life's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    i wrote once to you. i think sometimes there is a look when we cannot breathe. it is uncontrollable. if you have ever even had pneumonia and can't breathe well it is a feeling full of fear that a...

  11. Help w/ head injury pt

    jonesecho replied to luv2shopp85's topic in General Students

    Much of this woman's deficits would be from the head injury. when there are contusions or bruising or consucssions, there is swelling or edema which causes pressure, which causes injury and...

  12. My Crazy Month

    jonesecho replied to elizabeth8503RN's topic in General Nursing

    Bless your heart. It is very hard when our loved ones are ill and we can't make everything better. Be supportive when you are there and honor her wishes. It is hard being a nurse when a reletive is...

  13. Good patient?

    jonesecho replied to nrsman1's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that it is really not an appropriate thing to say at all and a good term to disuss. If anyone that is a patient or one of their family members heard this it really sounds bad. I have been a...

  14. An OB's Birth Plan

    jonesecho replied to Poppy_Petal's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I worked 11 years in labor and delivery. I think if you like this dr. as a person and he listens to you i don't see anything wrong myself with how this reads. As you know ob has a high rate of...

  15. Having trouble adjusting to role as hospice nurse

    jonesecho replied to Imitation of Life's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    I think you still need to talk to the right person. Preferably a true expert on death and dying. Look up the psychological term of projection please. Make sure you are not seeing what you are feeling...

  16. Son wants to be a CRNA, but wants his ears guaged

    jonesecho replied to topher-67's topic in General Nursing

    tell him to read this. I am 54 and worked for years as a nurse in the hospital. If I were him I would hold off on the ear guaging. My nephew has some ear plugs and swears they will close up if he...

  17. Clueless Patients and The Problems They Cause

    jonesecho replied to AngelfireRN's topic in General Nursing

    :angryfire:angryfire I am not sure of your age. I have been in nursing many years. I have seen it all and I have had very difficult pts. There may be some igonorance here but I think you have to...

  18. Nurses note question

    jonesecho replied to Inquisitive one's topic in General Nursing

    I think especially if the patient is critical and you have gotten another nurse to confirm your opinion-it can be good charting. To me it would be the context in which you use another nurses name. the...

  19. Question about L&D

    jonesecho replied to matcRNstudent's topic in General Students

    she would be in the active phase. -1 is just the heighth. whether the head comes down more depends on the shape of the pelvic outlet and the infants head and position. minute lone contractions are...