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Vodka tampons?!?
Snopes hasn't ruled it out: http://www.snopes.com/risque/kinky/vodka.asp It is better than jenkem though: http://www.snopes.com/crime/warnings/jenkem.asp
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Glaucoma and Valium
The study I found: http://www.agingeye.net/glaucoma/glaucomadrugtreatment.php (scroll to the bottom and read the pdf in the Marijuana and Glaucoma section) basically says the mechanism of action for marijuana decreasing IOP is unknown. So, to toss out random numbers, maybe marijuana dilates pupils for an increase in IOP of 5mmHg but the unknown mechanism of action comes in with a decrease of 15mmHg. Other sites I read also say that marijuana only lowers IOP for 3-4 hours. So, you'd have to smoke constantly to gain an effect. Another site also said that the decrease in IOP might not even be enough to stop damage to the optic nerve.
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How do you incorporate faith into your daily nursing tasks?
I think you are right (ETA: Nascar nurse) and I think we could break it down even further. I've observed that there's a huge difference between... black and white, rich and poor, BSN and ADN, adjective and other adjective. Us versus them is ugly, no matter how you phrase it.
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The future of hand washing?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=hand+hygiene Maybe not real, random people, but most of the top links are in the know.
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Help: Need Money for School
You mentioned you had an MBA so you might have heard of the three Fs of small business: friend, family, and fools. YMMV.
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Schools With NO WAIT LIST (west coast)
Here's their website with GPA requirement: http://www.coconino.edu/academics/career/Nursing/Pages/AAS_website_doc.aspx
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What are the tables/brackets for the lab values?
This post and the links in it elaborate on what lckrn2pa posted: https://allnurses.com/general-nursing-discussion/format-handwritten-lab-248493.html
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What does a male nurse practioner do?
Anybody want a peanut?
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Need Help Trying to Understand Pedi Math Question
Something I have noticed with these math problems is that they tend to throw in numbers that don't mean anything for the question being asked. Your question asked how much to be administered. And it gave you a dose available. There is the math problem. The child's age, their weight, even the route are all smokescreens. Answer the question that is asked and ignore the rest.
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OK we get it STUD, you're straight
I've posted in some of these threads, so if my use of the word normal seems to imply that being homosexual is abnormal then it was poor wording on my part. Sorry. But I don't think that me mentioning that I am married and normal is any sort of slight on anybody else and I don't think is a roundabout way of saying I'm straight. All it is saying is that I am married and normal. I don't care who is sleeping with whom. When I say that someone is normal then I mean they aren't running through traffic with no pants on. On another note: Really? NASCAR?
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Is it me, or is there a dichotomy for male nurses??
Which is what 99% of guys are going to say no matter what their hair color is, their shoe size is, their bowling average, their relationship status and sexual preference is, or their job is. I don't think your first post was total garbage. I think what you wrote there is probably what many people outside of nursing think. I'm glad your way of looking at people is changing.
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How does BON handle + marijuana screens from nurses in states that have legalized it?
Look at the counties that voted for it: AZ - Election Results This might indicate that not all of Arizona is as conservative as you think (hint- Flagstaff and Tucson). Also, Arizona as a whole didn't used to be so conservative; they've passed medical marijuana laws before in the past: Arizona Proposition 203 (2010) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia I'm not going to say whether the proposition is right or wrong, but I asked a Hospice person from Arizona today if they had any plans for this law taking effect and they said their current position is that inhaling would be bad compared to Marinol.
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Dehydration Q
That was bad terminology on my part. By shunting to the core I meant not just the core of the body, but the core systems: heart, lungs, and brain.
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Dehydration Q
I can't help on #2 but hopefully I can on #1: This guy has a good article that relates to your question: Making Light: Trauma and You, Part Two: Shock Dehydration equals lowered volume. Lowered volume equals hypovolemia. Hypovolemia equals the body shunting blood to the core. The body shunting blood to the core equals nausea and/or vomiting.
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how would you answer this question
This. Maybe "antibodies" instead of "antibiotics"?