steel magnolia

Hi, not a pain specialist, but I have been hearing demerol being criticized as ineffective for pain relief a lot lately. Where is this research coming from? Is there a resource anyone can recomened for learning more about this?

Are you on an ace inhibitor? Have you been exposed to TB or had any other symptoms? Allergies?? (My husband will react like this from the pollen of the sycamore trees that line our street.) Fever?

There is not a whole lot of easily accessed info out there on this topic, as I tried hard to find it several years ago. What I would suggest, is that you contact the manufacturers of the tubes you use, ie the maker of the J-tube, or the feeding pumps...

I tried it and I couldn't do it when my son was a newborn. It is very hard to get adequate rest no matter what shift you do when the baby is still getting you up twice a shift. I would suggest if you want to try it, do 2 nights consecutively. But I h...

My daughter's friend, who comes from a bad home situation, is entering the airforce. I want to give him a cell phone as a gift, the kind that he can use phone cards with, but I am afraid they won't let him use it. He has already told us he will not b...

Thanks so much for your responses. For now, I have decided to just give him a graduation gift, from high school, of cash, and some calling cards. Then, when he graduates basic training, I will send him a cell phone, as long as he is allowed to have i...

Yikes, that was a tad harsh, no? You said yourself depression is an illness. Unless you have ever been truly depressed, you wouldn't understand. It is sometimes a struggle just to get OOB, let alone deal with school pressures. I don't think that som...

It sounds like what went on in #2 post, was that the CNA and the pt had a relationship outside of the hospital. What the pt does while on furlough is his own biz, as is what the CNA does on her time is her own biz. Of course there must have been so...

My F-I-L is s/p cabg 7 yrs ago, and s/p TKR a year ago. His md frequently changes his meds around, and it has been playing havoc with his BP. He has a BP machine, which is fairly accurate +/- 10 mm hg, and his BP is so labile. He is now only taking 3...

Good suggestions, and I agree he should have been given an accucheck. As far as firing his docs? never gonna happen, been that route, he is STUBBORN and HE trusts his docs, what can I say. EMS?? His wife became septic secondary to ruptured diverticu...

Yes he sees a cardiologist, but this doc doesn't want to see him as often and defers to the primary. He is taking the starlix at bkft & dinner, and yes, this old marine eats at the same time every night, no exceptions. He and my M-I-L are very se...

3.9 on a lady w HIV. 4.1 on a lol who had a "toothache" with a slow bleed from her gums over about a week.

I can't offer any ideas on websites, but I can tell you how I prioritize, and what I learned when studying for my exam, basically, you follow Maslow's Heirarchy of Needs. First is to provide the essentials, air, food water, etc... Then, in that categ...

I think you gave perfect advice. Of course you can't tell her what to do, and not knowing them that well, you couldn't possibly guess what his wishes were. A good way to find out more is to ask, "What has the doctor told you about his condition?" Tho...

It is also surprising how many people can log on and even post from work. Never post from work I say, read, but don't log in or post. I do feel we need to be able to vent, B&M

Just like the previous poster said, it has to do with intrathoracic pressure..."During CPR, the chest is compressed, which increases pressure inside it and forces blood out of the heart and into the rest of the body. On the upstroke, the chest expand...

I bought a little credit-card sized weekly organizer in Wallmart, they have a web site http://www.daytimer.com and this little thing is my brain. I plan the next appt with pt's while I am in the home, I wrote when they have a doc appt, so I do NOT sc...

Seems to me, they can say something about looking respectful, but it certainly is ridiculous to say one has to be biz casual, that is expensive, will they provide a clothing allowance?? It is so irritating when the hospital makes a policy that effect...

I am female and have done both, but I have often asked a male nurse to do the cath on a male if I sense he may be uncomfortable. The bottom line has a lot to do w pt comfort, and the raport you have established with the pt. Sometimes I thought a male...

I tend to agree, if it is the same strength and dose and multiple kids are involved, why not go cheap? $15 is a lot of money for some people. In fact, if it is really 100% comparable, I think the school nurse or doc should suggest it as an alternativ...

Thank you for posting this. I am rpinting it and putting it up at work.

Thank you for posting this. I am rpinting it and putting it up at work.

I agree with this entirely!! Well said. May I also add, I have seen this occur in nursing school. Instructors who acted in this way, berating students instead of mentoring. Modeling lazy or condescending behaviors. Of course not all instructors, I ha...

What kind of classes are you taking and where? I would like to get into this. Is it difficult? I did WC for a little while, and I found the cost analysis a huge challenge just for the duration of the disability. I can't imagine doing it for a lifetim...

That is total crap!!! Hospitals should have smokers sign a waiver, saying the hospital will not support smoking as the surgoen general has warned it contributes to the development of lung cancer. They should offer a nic patch...period. If I were ever...