CVmursenary

CVmursenary

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  1. Am I Geting dumber after surgery

    CVmursenary replied to Trekfan's topic in General Nursing

    Why is medical advice not allowed here? i don't agree with the policy, are nurses not capable of giving legitimate medical advice on a

  2. Help please- New Grad Resume for surg/trauma ICU

    CVmursenary replied to smk723's topic in MICU, SICU

    I would write less of the generic phrases such as " Reliable worker with the ability to quickly learn new concepts and skills." I think this just takes up space and it doesnt really tell the employer...

  3. Hiring question

    CVmursenary replied to new_worker's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    if you can afford to go to school then you might as well get an

  4. Torn between Nursing and Medicine

    CVmursenary replied to Loux's topic in Nursing Career

    well you certainly use the language of an

  5. The more I wait for jobs the more I loose my confidence. Does anyone felt this?

    CVmursenary replied to Datu's topic in General Nursing

    Forgetting how to spell

  6. Interested in becoming a CRNA

    CVmursenary replied to knkata's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    why dont you just go straight into a bsn, the way you have that lined up its gonna take many years to become a

  7. Nurses, it's time to harden up

    CVmursenary replied to Koyaanisqatsi-RN's topic in General Nursing

    Great post and the video is awesome. I like your

  8. Ear Candling

    CVmursenary replied to Davey Do's topic in General Nursing

    looking at the page about it on wikipedia, it does not look to do much of

  9. Hello, need to do a quick online interview of a RN...

    CVmursenary replied to aaengel's topic in General Nursing

    reason i say this is because that type of assignment is there for you to network, so if your gonna come on here and ask it is of no real

  10. Hello, need to do a quick online interview of a RN...

    CVmursenary replied to aaengel's topic in General Nursing

    how about you just make it up or ask a nurse in

  11. How does diarrhea or vomiting affect someone's INR?

    CVmursenary replied to bennett12's topic in General Nursing

    I think it would decrease, not

  12. asking for meds?

    CVmursenary replied to backatit2's topic in General Nursing

    cant believe this is still going. To the poster in blue type, you must understand that just cause you are an RN, your posts still don't make any

  13. Do male RN's have any business learning sonography?

    CVmursenary replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    whats the difference between a male RN and a male doctor doing a procedure? there should be no

  14. asking for meds?

    CVmursenary replied to backatit2's topic in General Nursing

    i think there is alot of misunderstanding here based on different work environments. PRN q4 in long term care is gonna be alot different than PRN q4 post op. Pain will be anticipated postop and it...

  15. asking for meds?

    CVmursenary replied to backatit2's topic in General Nursing

    i'm sure that would be difficult in a snf but that is not the setting in which i am talking about. in a hospital floor patients should expect enough care to be kept up on pain meds if

  16. asking for meds?

    CVmursenary replied to backatit2's topic in General Nursing

    I dont think there is anything wrong with giving PRN pain meds continuously if they are in pain. If your in pain someday i hope some opinionated nurse witholds some meds from

  17. asking for meds?

    CVmursenary replied to backatit2's topic in General Nursing

    well it appears to differ from nurse to nurse but if you were my patient i would meet your request and medicate as soon as possible

  18. asking for meds?

    CVmursenary replied to backatit2's topic in General Nursing

    yea that works but i dont know why you would call a dr. about this when you had a prn order that leaves the administration to the discretion of the

  19. asking for meds?

    CVmursenary replied to backatit2's topic in General Nursing

    but then the next day when the narcotic is no longer necessary your stuck with an order. i guess we can all do things

  20. asking for meds?

    CVmursenary replied to backatit2's topic in General Nursing

    I'm only a student in my last year but I see no reason why you can't bring a patient more pain meds in such a situation in which pain is expected. You would of course reassess pain but i don't see...

  21. asking for meds?

    CVmursenary replied to backatit2's topic in General Nursing

    Well in this situation you can anticipate the patient will still be in pain and reassess their pain as soon as the dose is available again without making the patient call for it again, not sure what...

  22. asking for meds?

    CVmursenary replied to backatit2's topic in General Nursing

    It was probably ordered AS NEEDED but the nurse should have followed your request and brought them every 4 hours. There is no reason why the nurse couldn't have followed your

  23. What is the highest regular dose of Oxy that you have seen

    CVmursenary replied to ~Mi Vida Loca~RN's topic in Patient Medications

    wow, seems like if you were gonna take that much, seems like actiq would be more

  24. advice for externship

    CVmursenary replied to gydget's topic in MICU, SICU

    I disagree, having acls helped land me a position as an aid and it is valid as a student so you will just have to do a recert when it expires. You could read some books on critical as well so you may...

  25. Can an R.N. just be PLOPPED into ICU to work???!??

    CVmursenary replied to ShimmaShimma0304's topic in General Nursing

    try to embrace the challenge and learn something