Nurseboy1

Nurseboy1

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  1. how young is too youngto graduate nursing school?

    Nurseboy1 replied to Still Riding's topic in General Nursing

    I am 20 and a full time practicing nurse. Age is simply a

  2. Question About COPD Patients

    Nurseboy1 replied to nicolel1182's topic in General Nursing

    Giving someone with COPD more than 3 liters of oxygen can decrease their carbon dioxide in their blood. For someone, esp. with hypercapnia, the increased CO2 in their blood is the primary drive to...

  3. What is your least favorite kind of med-surg patient?

    Nurseboy1 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    DRUG SEEKERS I can deal with anything else, but the drug seekers make me feel like a legal drug

  4. Transplant Nursing

    Nurseboy1 replied to acutecarenp's topic in General Nursing

    I work with lung, kidney, and kidney/pancrease transplant patients. A transplant forum isn't a bad

  5. What kind of nursing do you do????

    Nurseboy1 replied to dspring's topic in Men in Nursing

    Renal/Pulmonary and MICU

  6. OB Clinicals

    Nurseboy1 replied to carolynd's topic in Men in Nursing

    I really enjoyed my OB clinicals. I saw three births and a c-section, and I mean that the nurse in the room said here hold a leg so you can see. I liked taking care of the mothers postpartum, and I...

  7. Roll Call

    Nurseboy1 replied to Tweety's topic in Men in Nursing

    I got the nachos Roy!!! Kinda neat we have our own little

  8. Question about an ADN Program at a Community College?

    Nurseboy1 replied to MustangMusic's topic in General Nursing

    Dustin it seemed to me in your post that you're not really sure whether you want to be a nurse or a doc. If that is the case then the four year would be better, it would give you more time to decide...

  9. questions about nusing, and males in nursing

    Nurseboy1 replied to daddy-o's topic in General Nursing

    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

  10. Will LPN/LVN be phased out?

    Nurseboy1 replied to sstromberg's topic in General Nursing

    :deadhorse Everybody has their place and role in the healthcare team. Hasn't this issue been discussed many times

  11. protonix via g-tube

    Nurseboy1 replied to KathieRN's topic in General Nursing

    If we have a patient needing protonix that cannot swallow, then we give IV protonix. Or we give them omeprazole suspension through the

  12. That Stupid Door!!!!

    Nurseboy1 replied to Mystery5's topic in General Nursing

    Amen to

  13. How many male nurses work on your floor/unit?

    Nurseboy1 replied to Thunderwolf's topic in General Nursing

    I am 1 of 5 male RNs on my unit, and we have 1 male CNA. There are some shifts where the number of men and women working are

  14. Barrier

    Nurseboy1 replied to Nurseboy1's topic in General Nursing

    I could care less about a contest, I am not a member of the NSA. I am simply looking for ideas to research for my paper and nothing

  15. Barrier

    Nurseboy1 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Okay, I know that posting assisgnments online is frowned upon. However, I am simply looking for ideas to reasearch and nothing more. I am going to write a paper on the following subject "what are...

  16. The Redneck Farmer

    Nurseboy1 replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    Fran strikes the forum once again:p . Yet another good one.:rotfl:

  17. Surgical Tools Washed In Hydraulic Fluid At Duke Hospitals

    Nurseboy1 replied to mac23's topic in General Nursing

    That's what my NM said during orientation. We also get multiple out of state admissions for initation of Flolan. I wasn't intending on putting any other unit down, the earlier poster simply angered...

  18. Surgical Tools Washed In Hydraulic Fluid At Duke Hospitals

    Nurseboy1 replied to mac23's topic in General Nursing

    Excuse me, but I work on the pulmonary unit of Duke hospital and I happen to thing that we do a darn good job. By the way our "average" pulmonary unit is the only unit on the east coast that you can...

  19. Surgical Tools Washed In Hydraulic Fluid At Duke Hospitals

    Nurseboy1 replied to mac23's topic in General Nursing

    Vicky for the record the incident occured at Durham Regional and Duke Health Raleigh hospital. The elevator workers violated the law by placing the fluid in a container designated for another...

  20. Save a Life, Lose your License

    Nurseboy1 replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

  21. Code in Dialysis

    Nurseboy1 replied to Paris40's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    In our inpatient dialysis unit, the code team is responsible for codes. In the outpatient unit, the charge nurses are ACLS and run the code until EMS arrives. The unit is less than 1 mile from the...

  22. Any facilities that stop accepting pts if there is insufficient staff?

    Nurseboy1 replied to Nurse Ratched's topic in General Nursing

    On my unit the NM is allowed to place beds on hold. For example if we have several discharges during the day, and we are short a nurse or two at night, then we place some of the discharge beds on...

  23. More Holiday Humor

    Nurseboy1 posted a topic in Nursing Humor

    Three men, two nurses and one doctor died on Christmas Eve and were met by St. Peter at the pearly gates. "In honor of the season," St. Peter said, "you must each possess something that symbolizes...

  24. CPR and Cracked Sternums

    Nurseboy1 replied to Rush's topic in General Nursing

    Yes you can feel when you break bones. I felt distinct pops under my hands with compressions. I'm not too sure about cracking the sternum, but you will definitely break

  25. CPR and Cracked Sternums

    Nurseboy1 replied to Rush's topic in General Nursing

    The last time I did CPR I broke multiple ribs with the first compression. By the end of the code I had broken almost her entire rib