ShannonFaas replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing
It is amazing when I hear about Nurses and how they contaminate their patients. You would hear all these stories....think no way....well let me tell you I witnessed it first hand when my son was a patient at IU Methodist.....yep I am throwing them un...
ShannonFaas replied to ELIZABETH BSN's topic in Emergency
i am an er nurse in michigan. i have worked at a couple of our local hospitals. we all have pretty much the same set up. at one hospital it is called code 333 and the location, at another they over head page ert and the location. if the location is ...
ShannonFaas replied to jlove1821's topic in Relations
I am up in the air on this one....what if this person was one of your best friends already...are they saying you would have to sever that relationship? If they are a previous friend, you could meet them anywhere after work, could have them over to sp...
ShannonFaas replied to jennifers's topic in ADN/BSN
I am also jumping through the hoops so to speak. I just took a writing class that was beyong rediculous as to how much work was asked of us to do in 12 weeks. Then the coward who said he would take no late papers EVER kept extending the due dates for...
There may be some classes that you can take that are pre-requisites to the BSN program that you don't actually have to be in the program to take...ie...English, humanities, math etc... I would start there. Good luck in your studies!!
ShannonFaas replied to DaughteroftheKing's topic in General Nursing
Ouch that would burn!! And to answere the question of how much it would take, it depends on the patients cardiac threshold as to if they can handle a higher dose. Most renal patients can very easily handle it, but other patients can go into fatal arr...
There are a lot of online programs, some better than others. Ferris State University has a great online program. Very tough, a lot of work, but you learn a lot. I am currently going through this program. Good luck and kudos for continuing your educat...
You can demand that the facility supply you with the proper materials needed or you can go to the accrediting agency with the information. (you can also buy them at the pharmacy).
When doing patient care gloves are a must! Right now in Michigan at one facility there is an outbreak of Acinetobacter, it has killed a few patients so far. We have a quarantine section of our hospital to care for the inpatient crowd that is infected...