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  1. Question about AD-VAIR for asthmatic children and steroids.....

    blueheaven replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    Chances are good that once she gets her symptoms under better control they will cut the steroids down or eliminate them all together. From many years of personal experience, breathing is better than...

  2. Advice?

    blueheaven replied to mizu's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Getting a wider knowledge base is always a good thing! Good

  3. Neuro ICU - Do you talk to brain-dead patients?

    blueheaven replied to talaxandra's topic in Neuro Intensive Care, ICU

    Amen to that! I talk to everyone that has ears! I talk to the "brain dead" ones just as I do to the comatose ones. It is just me, and has nothing to do with "not accepting the fact" that they are...

  4. Anyone ever try ACLS on line?

    blueheaven replied to momdebo's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    The AHA does not recognize the ACLS program that is currently online. Laerdal (I think) does have a computer based program called heartcode that IS approved. My hospital bought it because so many of...

  5. It's sometimes hard being a nurse of color isn't it?

    blueheaven replied to Kanani_Ikike's topic in General Nursing

    Being a nurse of color isn't a problem where I'm located. It is a problem if you are a nurse of NON color or white. Here it is reversed. I get the exact same thing (rude, demanding, etc) except it...

  6. Father needs liver transplant..questions

    blueheaven replied to MagicalThinking's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, they do living donor transplants here, both at Johns Hopkins and at University of Maryland. As for the non alcoholic cirrhosis it's called NASH or fatty liver disease. Double the pox on that...

  7. This Nurse I Work With

    blueheaven replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Could you go up the chain of command? Document what she is doing in a non accusatory manner and go to your NM or supervisor. Keep a copy for yourself in case things get lost. There is a reason we...

  8. This Nurse I Work With

    blueheaven replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked on a tele unit and we had protocols for most stuff. After working there for a while and the doctors felt comfortable with me, I could go ahead and get labs before calling them. The key is I...

  9. Rich nurses?

    blueheaven replied to tiij's topic in General Nursing

    Rich???? Overpaid??? I have never been rich working this job! When I was in nursing school, we used to talk about quitting nursing school and getting a job pushing a broom at one of the many...

  10. Banner Hospitals to go to Uniforms

    blueheaven replied to WoosahRN's topic in General Nursing

    WOW talk about going backwards!!! The hospital I worked at in the late 70's had color-coded uniforms. It seems like only a matter of time and we female nurses will have to start wearing our caps...

  11. Married Nurses...

    blueheaven replied to GQRN's topic in General Nursing

    got that right! my husband (this is #2) does the same thing. i swore if i ever got remarried again, it was going to be someone who was in healthcare and had some sort of clue about my job...what did...

  12. Any caring nursing intructors?

    blueheaven replied to kpircio's topic in General Nursing

    You made it this far...why quit and give them the satisafaction??? I am positive that all nursing programs have a few instructors who must have been in the military and let the power trip go to their...

  13. It Seems Like It's Student Nurses vs The Nursing Staff

    blueheaven replied to APBT mom's topic in General Nursing

    Let me just say this, give me good CNAs, LPNs on my team and we can kick BUTT!! I've been doiing the total care thing since

  14. It Seems Like It's Student Nurses vs The Nursing Staff

    blueheaven replied to APBT mom's topic in General Nursing

    Man, it seems like nothing has changed since I started nursing!! I try to be patient and helpful as much as possible to students...I never know who might be taking care of me in the future!! This...

  15. Hospital rescinding job offers, can this happen?

    blueheaven replied to holdensjane's topic in General Nursing

    No, they aren't. Almost all facilities have an "at will" clause in their applications. This happened to me too. When our community hospital closed, I had to go on unemployment until I could find...

  16. Need some INFO please!

    blueheaven replied to dare2dream's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Omphalocele? The surgery that they did on this one particular patient was "closure of omphalocele. This baby girl's abd was open from just below her sternum down to the symphysis pubis. She did...

  17. Any WV Nurses That Use This Site?

    blueheaven replied to blynn9173's topic in General Nursing

    I'm a WVian too that is currently transplanted to Maryland. I am from Huntington, but was lived in Ohio until I was

  18. ? About Schools

    blueheaven replied to Mommie2Jillie's topic in General Nursing

    In this present world, you really need to get a BSN at some point (and it doesn't have to be MU). I went to St. Mary's when it was still a 3 year program and the environment there has definately...

  19. Question for people who work at VA

    blueheaven replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    I always have gotten my raises. Sometimes rumors get started and continue to snowball. You can bet if they didn't get their raise...the union would be screaming bloody

  20. Doctors Enter Their Own Orders??

    blueheaven replied to longforseaair's topic in General Nursing

    At the hospital where I work at the doctors are required to put their OWN orders in the computer. This way they can't come back and say that "I didn't order that". Because I work in a teaching...

  21. charge rn differential?

    blueheaven replied to timdmb's topic in General Nursing

    We don't get charge

  22. Thoughts/Experiences working in a V.A. hospital?

    blueheaven replied to teenycar's topic in General Nursing

    Seriously consider looking at the VA. Many advantages to working in the system. As with all places of employment, there is good along with the bad. One definate advantage is being able to transfer...

  23. Seriously Ill Patient vs A New RN Who Clearly Did Not Know How To Work in That Area

    blueheaven replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I'm curious why you are saying anything about the fact that your pulmonologist turned down your O2 and it sounds like you were having symptoms of hypoxia?? Tachycardia is one of them, and so is...

  24. Doctor refuses to acknowledge VA doctor

    blueheaven replied to Karynica, RN's topic in General Nursing

    When I saw the heading before I read the post, I was thinking that maybe the VA doc was not a real licensed doc- if you work for the govt you dont need a license to practice- Doctor, nursing, and...

  25. Doctor refuses to acknowledge VA doctor

    blueheaven replied to Karynica, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Call the public affairs office at the VA Hospital or Clinic that your resident goes to. VA has to approve nursing facilities outside the system for LTC. I will check on Wed. when I go back to work to...