vanlo001

vanlo001

NICU, PICU, adult med/surg, peds BMT

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  1. New diagnosis patient education

    vanlo001 replied to vanlo001's topic in Oncology

    Thanks palmo RN. I appreciate your feedback. I am looking for how anybody handles their new diagnosis teaching and I appreciate your response. Independent of this I'll be doing a whole evidenced based...

  2. Stuck on Med Calculation

    vanlo001 replied to Garo's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    We often give magnesium as a bolus. There is a specific amount you can give per kg per hour. Generally mag runs in over four hours and a patient must be on a CRM monitor during the infusion. It is not...

  3. 2rd glass of champagne and still scared to check pop-up

    vanlo001 replied to StayLost's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congratulations all you new

  4. stress incontinence

    vanlo001 replied to tiffanyleigh0212's topic in General Students

    I may be mistaken but I worked for a urologist before and I think I remember the inability to hold your urine when your bladder is full. Do a literature search on stress incontinence or just google...

  5. Male Nurses in the NICU

    vanlo001 replied to ccb84's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I worked with a couple nurses in the NICU at my last job. One was older Teddy bear of a nurse and it was just adorable watching him handling the babies. He was very masculine and good about it....

  6. Collaborative Care

    vanlo001 replied to Chris189's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    This sounds like something you need to research and not ask in a public forum. These types of things you need to know how to look up quickly. It would do no good for someone to outline the steps for...

  7. first day off orientation should i feel bad about this

    vanlo001 replied to barlowjb's topic in Medical-Surgical

    Good job barlowjb. The mere fact you are reexaminig the whole night speaks volumes in regards to your ability to self reflect and analyze how you can do better. It will get easier with each night,...

  8. Working Nights On Med-Surg

    vanlo001 replied to redraider1977's topic in Medical-Surgical

    7-7:30 report 8-9 gathering meds begin assessing patients. 9-10 round on patients 10-11 patients getting ready for bed. 10-12 round on prs who are usually asleep. 12-2 vs round on pts 2-4 vs round...

  9. Does this make me a bad future nurse?

    vanlo001 replied to MiahMSN's topic in General Nursing

    Just stay open. Your barely a nursing student and you've already decided your calling. It's what you think you are going to love and what you think you are meant to do. However, you may be surprised...

  10. Stuck on Med Calculation

    vanlo001 replied to Garo's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The difference between the two infusion rates is 25ml/hr if you don't add in the 40mls and 27ml/hr if you do account for the extra 40mls. 2cc/hr is not significant. Think about 2cc very small amount....

  11. Which is better? Day or Night shift for new grad?

    vanlo001 replied to carebearsRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    If I was given an option I would choose day shift everytime. How lucky you are. Rarely are nurses able to decide which shift they want to go to. This tells me that the night shift staff at your...

  12. Nursing Essentials

    vanlo001 replied to studentdan's topic in General Students

    I love chicken soup for the nurses soul. There's plenty of texts and reference books but none that I couldn't live with out (I've been w nurse too long maybe). I know to look at the hospitals provided...

  13. i feels awkward!

    vanlo001 replied to sophie<3's topic in General Students

    Patients, I've found, really want to be talked to in a normal everyday manner. I can remember vividly being left in the room with an 11 yr old cancer patient while my preceptor ran for supplies. I was...

  14. Bone Marrow Transplant Coordinator for Peds. unit- what does this entail??

    vanlo001 replied to Epona's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    In our facility the coordinator job (we have several one for peds heme onc one for peds BMT) works with the doctors and families of transplant patients to coordinate visits and acts as a liason to...

  15. Studying Veins & Arteries HELP!

    vanlo001 replied to mrsb04's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    This may seem silly but there are coloring books out there with blanks so you can label different parts of the body. The coloring and naming helps you remember where in the body everything

  16. An update on the stepson

    vanlo001 replied to sissiesmama's topic in General Nursing

    He'll never survive nursing school but let him figure that out. Your roll is to be suportive but you are looking way into the future. My daughter also wants to be a nurse. Also has had struggles and...

  17. Boyfriend and school?

    vanlo001 replied to TaraRae123's topic in General Students

    Caliotter, you see the army as a form of escape, I'm sure he's advertised it as his way of providing. The military bases are fu of desperate housewives under 20 with kids because everyone knows the...

  18. Drug reconsitition problem

    vanlo001 replied to BEBE1004's topic in General Students

    Absolutely the answer is 0.5ml. There is no trick here, it's textbook. The drug powder will absorb into the 10ml it willnot cause your volume to be greater than 10ml. I can understand why you might...

  19. Why is there no medical terminology class for the RN program? Among others.

    vanlo001 replied to amanda1266's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Medical terminology was covered in the texts as we went through the nursing courses. I don't remember a test or course on medical terminology but I do remember lists of jdical terminology in a...

  20. Boyfriend and school?

    vanlo001 replied to TaraRae123's topic in General Students

    A baby deserves loving committed parents who have a home and financial stability please please wait until you are older to have children and once you do decide to have children be sure it is after you...

  21. Boyfriend and school?

    vanlo001 replied to TaraRae123's topic in General Students

    I second this post by moogie. Love feels good. Love is not anger and threats. Love is supporting you to be the best you you can be. If he loved you he would want to help you invest in your future. Yes...

  22. I am consueling a patient whose food reveals high in fat

    vanlo001 replied to drtomperez's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Drtomperez, Unfortunately your post makes little sense. I got that you are counseling a patient who's diet is high in fat and calories and sodium. It sounds like you meant to say what would the...

  23. First NICU job

    vanlo001 replied to RNN09's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    The NICU can be a highly competitive environment. The best personality trait you can have is to listen and learn. Now that ur out of that environment, try a unit that is small. In larger units u see...

  24. Got Fired, reported to the board, want your opinion on this situation please!

    vanlo001 replied to BullyLoveRN's topic in Nursing Career

    Wow. I'm sorry this happened to you. You are doing a great service increasing the awareness of the issue of confidentiality a d social networking sites. We had a huge to do about this reminding us...

  25. Fired but asked to resign!

    vanlo001 replied to RNStudy's topic in General Nursing

    OMG ruby vee is wise indeed. All nurses but in particular new grads could benefit from that