queenjulie

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  1. Selecting syringes

    queenjulie replied to queenjulie's topic in General Nursing

    And how do you know which will accomodate the med? I saw the other responder who noted that Rocephin is thick, and thus needs a bigger needle, but how do you know that? Just years of experience? I've...

  2. Selecting syringes

    queenjulie replied to queenjulie's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you! That is really helpful, and that website is great! I bookmarked it.

  3. Selecting syringes

    queenjulie replied to queenjulie's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, I do mean needle size, not syringe size! (See, I'm hopeless! ) I feel pretty secure in selecting syringe sizes, even though I haven't had to do it yet, because I will know how much medication...

  4. orientation length in Operating room

    queenjulie replied to mamamiah's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I would ask this in the First Year after Licensure forum--you'll probably get a lot more responses.

  5. Why are patients...?

    queenjulie replied to NurseOnAMotorcycle's topic in Nursing Humor

    I learned something vital on here a week or so ago from a LTC nurse. She said, "In LTC, nothing stops the med pass. NOTHING." If a resident needs water/food/whatever, turn on the bell or ask an aide....

  6. Random sentences in textbooks

    queenjulie replied to sairin8's topic in Nursing Humor

    Nope, it's brand new! We are using it in my class this very semester, and I just went and looked, and sure enough, that sentence is in there! It's in reference to treating pregnant substance abusers,...

  7. I stink at peripheral pulses

    queenjulie posted a topic in General Students

    I am *terrible* at feeling peripheral pulses. I just cannot feel brachial and femoral pulses. I'm a first-year student, and I very rarely can feel a brachial pulse, and I've never been able to feel a...

  8. Mini Dripper?

    queenjulie replied to simi09's topic in General Students

    Google tells me that they are the same, and they are both 60 gtt/ml, however, I've never heard of a mini drip. Maybe it's a regional thing? Our instructors have only ever called it a micro

  9. Priority Question (Med/Surg Midterm)

    queenjulie replied to NICURN2013's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I would go with infection as the first priority: Pain is on the second level, safety, even though it seems so urgent. An infection is a first-level, physiological issue. (FWIW, in real life, if it was...

  10. I stink at peripheral pulses

    queenjulie replied to queenjulie's topic in General Students

    LOL--I find popliteal pretty easy, but the other two are almost totally beyond me. :) Glad to hear I'm not the only one! (If it helps at all, it takes me two hands for popliteal, one on each side of...

  11. Computer charting

    queenjulie replied to canesdukegirl's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm--the idea of carrying a laptop from room to room seems like it would be a hygiene issue, plus I think it would get really annoying to carry around (I'm a student, and we're required to carry large...

  12. How about a reality show about Nurses....like "COPS"

    queenjulie replied to MouseMichelle's topic in General Nursing

    You might be interested in http://www.truthaboutnursing.org/. It is a site that evaluates media representations of nursing, and it's pretty interesting. They absolutely blast Gray's Anatomy for being...

  13. Do nurses get fired often?

    queenjulie replied to queenjulie's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    LOL! That's an excellent

  14. I have 6 months to prepare, ideas please

    queenjulie replied to oklahomagal's topic in General Students

    Honestly, med math is not that hard. It is 98% cross-multiplying fractions and converting from the American system to metric. That's basically all you do. If you really want to get ahead, learn your...

  15. Setting myself up for failure??

    queenjulie replied to my4helpers's topic in General Students

    I am pretty terrible at chemistry; I have a lot of trouble understanding how things that are so tiny can work together and make so much (everything, really!) happen. However, in my opinion, the...

  16. Proposal Topic (Urgent plz help)

    queenjulie replied to avicenna's topic in General Students

    You know about Google Scholar, right? Go to http://scholar.google.com/ and type in any topic, and it'll give you references for it. It's a bit quicker than Cinahl or PubMed for making sure that there...

  17. I stink at peripheral pulses

    queenjulie replied to queenjulie's topic in General Students

    I FOUND IT! I wasn't pressing hard enough, and I wasn't close to the genitals enough! First time ever, and I'm almost halfway through nursing school. How embarrassing. :) But yay!! I'm so excited!...

  18. I stink at peripheral pulses

    queenjulie replied to queenjulie's topic in General Students

    I got it! They never told us to hyperextend, but I tried it on myself and it worked

  19. I stink at peripheral pulses

    queenjulie replied to queenjulie's topic in General Students

    Cool, I'll try pressing harder. We weren't allowed to practice them in class at all, because they're so close to the genitals. I found some pictures online that make it look like I'm in the wrong...

  20. I stink at peripheral pulses

    queenjulie replied to queenjulie's topic in General Students

    No, but that's not too surprising--nobody else can either. Apparently my veins and arteries are really deep and hard to

  21. Blood Type and RH status

    queenjulie replied to cantwait2graduate's topic in General Students

    Your blood type is either A, B, AB, or O, and either Rh positive or negative. So she can be A+ or A-, but not both. There is no way to be A+ and Rh negative: If she's Rh negative, her blood type is...

  22. SNRIs, Depression, and Pregnancy

    queenjulie posted a topic in General Nursing

    An acquaintance of mine wants some medical advice, and I"m not sure what to tell her. She takes 5 mg of Pristiq, an SNRI, for chronic depression. She can't take SSRIs because she had bad reactions to...

  23. Diflucan and BCPs

    queenjulie posted a topic in General Nursing

    A friend is taking Diflucan for a yeast infection, and her doctor warned her that it can interfere with her birth control pills. Is that true? I checked several drug references and didn't find...

  24. LPN considering EC? Q's on cost,former students pls help!!

    queenjulie replied to j464335's topic in Online Distance Learning

    I can't help you specifically regarding nursing, but my husband is an Excelsior student getting a bachelor's in criminal justice. He really likes it--their system is easy to use, registration is...

  25. Acidosis/Alkalosis

    queenjulie posted a topic in General Nursing

    I'm studying for a test that is going to include a lot of acidosis and alkalosis information, and I'm trying to come up with a general idea of what patients would look like with metabolic and...