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  1. Just curious--do you run TPN with Lipids? From prev. post.

    lady_jezebel replied to LizRN626's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, we always run them together. The TPN solution (without lipids mixed in) are run through the line with the filter, and the lipids join that line between the filter & the central access port....

  2. Revelation on Nursing.. I'm going to be a nurse!

    lady_jezebel replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    Isn't it great to finally discover what you would like to do with the rest of your life? When first contemplating nursing as a career choice, I felt like it was a way I could truly "make a difference"...

  3. They didn't teach me this in nursing school and I could have killed someone!

    lady_jezebel replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    I've never had to do this. We have access issues in the ICU, and use incompatible drugs in different lumens of the same central line. However, there probably are some drugs that shouldn't be mixed in...

  4. They didn't teach me this in nursing school and I could have killed someone!

    lady_jezebel replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    the information is not correct. it is perfectly ok to run any other drug through the second or third lumens of a central line. also, an embolism is caused by air injected into the line, not a drug....

  5. Nurse Not Doing Her Job

    lady_jezebel replied to TreetopAngel_RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Could there be another explanation? Maybe she used the patient's home monitor (some pt's self-check or prefer their own)? Maybe she borrowed the chemstick machine from a neighboring nurse? Maybe she...

  6. I was not hired for externship!?!?

    lady_jezebel replied to Animaniacs's topic in General Students

    It's possible they have no more

  7. To tattle tale or not tattle tale... that is the question.

    lady_jezebel replied to bluesky's topic in General Nursing

    Just one of the many things I hate about nursing. Acting like a petty "snitch" prevents real teamwork -- I can't stand it when someone gets caught up in the trivial details & can't take in the...

  8. Is it true that nurses often get treated poorly in the workplace?

    lady_jezebel replied to RNpandoraRN's topic in General Nursing

    Just about every hospital nurse has a wide variety of experiences -- both loads of respect and plenty of unjust mistreatment/abuse from physicians, other nurses, administration, and patients/families....

  9. My mom does not want me to become a nurse

    lady_jezebel replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    I would not want my son to become a nurse. He's only an infant right now, but I'll definitely encourage other fields of work. The only reason I became a nurse is b/c there is nothing else that I can...

  10. After all "that", I advised my wife to turn down MICU/ACC position today.

    lady_jezebel replied to Roland's topic in MICU, SICU

    Sounds exactly like a job I just accepted. I'm almost through with orientation, and am happy with my choice in working in the ICU. Everything you posted sounds pretty standard to

  11. Do nurses find these useful

    lady_jezebel replied to Maisie's topic in General Nursing

    no

  12. You can't go upside down when you menstruate?

    lady_jezebel replied to jen42's topic in General Nursing

    silly, isn't it. yogic traditional medicine, aka

  13. DON threatened the Nursing Staff - pending Dennis landfall

    lady_jezebel replied to pensacola_LPN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    You're not someone's slave. You're a licensed professional! I would report them to the board of nursing, the state, and find out which workers laws they are voilating -- for this doesn't sound legal...

  14. Stop bashing men, please

    lady_jezebel posted a topic in General Nursing

    We see posts that discuss the problems men face with garnering respect in nursing, and then we occassionally see posts that bash men in general. Men use the allnurses.com board, too. People come here...

  15. Stop bashing men, please

    lady_jezebel replied to lady_jezebel's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think anyone means offense either, but that's the problem with these "jokes". What if it was about white, black, gay, crippled, fill-in-the-blank people? And it's not that I don't have a sense...

  16. state school vs ivy league school for MSN?

    lady_jezebel replied to Selke's topic in Post Graduate Students

    If you plan to go into practice with MDs, the ivy league education may be of greater benefit. MDs definitely notice credentials, and unfortuantely many have misgivings about MSN's to begin with (&...

  17. ecg/pressure waveform documentation

    lady_jezebel replied to jetty's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    An ABG is an arterial blood gas -- to obtain this you draw a blood sample out of the A-line & send it to lab. There is no waveform monitoring

  18. ecg/pressure waveform documentation

    lady_jezebel replied to jetty's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    I print these strips at the beginning of every shift & if there are any changes: 1) ECG + CVP 2) ECG + PAP 3) ECG + Aline waveform 4) ECG + PAWP (if I'm able to) After printing them in the above...

  19. Very respectful for a man to be anurse

    lady_jezebel replied to nicenurse911121's topic in Men in Nursing

    What exactly are you trying to point out here? I work with lots of "straight" single male nurses -- why is this strange to you? In fact, I can't recall a single gay male nurse that I've ever worked...

  20. Very respectful for a man to be anurse

    lady_jezebel replied to nicenurse911121's topic in Men in Nursing

    I think it takes a lot of guts and compassion for ANYONE to be a nurse, regardless of gender. As for the tired old subject of male nurses --- does anyone really even notice that a nurse is a woman or...

  21. GRE HElp

    lady_jezebel replied to nia_king's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I liked "Crash Course For the GRE; The last-minute guide to scoring high" by The Princeton Review, and "Barron's Pass Key to the GRE Test". The GRE folks send a CD-ROM in the mail that you can use for...

  22. Express Yourself - Opinions Wanted

    lady_jezebel replied to futureTMA's topic in Ob/Gyn

    I chose a male family practice physician as my OB, and would have had no problem with a male nurse. Personally, I don't understand why there is more bias towards one gender in nursing than medicine....

  23. Autism, mercury and cover up???

    lady_jezebel replied to LydiaNN's topic in Developmental Disabilities

    Isn't the controversy now autism & the MMR

  24. autologous blood transfusion

    lady_jezebel replied to lpnstudentin2010's topic in General Nursing

    There is less risk of an adverse reaction when you receive your own blood as opposed to an unknown donor. This type of transfusion was very common on my surgical floor. Another benefit --...

  25. Is it too soon to make change?

    lady_jezebel replied to RN@34's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Life's too short to stay in a job you dislike. It's just a job after all. Go for