DaFreak71

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  1. Adult ICU to NICU

    DaFreak71 replied to DaFreak71's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Your points are definitely well taken. He realizes that NICU is very different than adult ICU, and is willing to do whatever it takes to learn how to do a new job. He's lucky in that he is innately...

  2. Adult ICU to NICU

    DaFreak71 replied to DaFreak71's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Thanks so much for your reply and for the information you were able to give. I will certainly give an update when we know more. His current travel assignment ends in early December, so it will be a...

  3. Funny Names

    DaFreak71 replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I struggled with whether I should actually post this or not, but it's too good to pass up. Plus, it's absolutely true because it happened in my own family. Background info: My family was (I say "was"...

  4. Funny Names

    DaFreak71 replied to nurserynurse55's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    I think Child Protective Services should be notified, as this is obviously a concrete case of child

  5. Incompetent nurses

    DaFreak71 replied to medicrnguy's topic in General Nursing

    I'm starting back in nursing school in January. Our only exposure to EKG strips was 1/2 of a lecture period and about five questions on the next unit test about the various arrhythmias. Two of the...

  6. Trouble In Paradise

    DaFreak71 replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, this is really great advice! It gets the patients needs addressed and covers her butt at the same time. Very practical

  7. Trouble In Paradise

    DaFreak71 replied to TrudyRN's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Trudy! Sounds like you work the night shift and said slacker works days...correct? The nursing supervisor also works days, with the slacker? If so, you probably have little contact with the...

  8. Request for Info in Maternity

    DaFreak71 replied to AussieKylie's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Hiya! Here is a copy of my notes for maternal child nursing, class two. It covers the following subjects: 1. Adaptive changes that occur in the newborn's biological systems during the transition...

  9. Any Deaf, Hard of hearing Nurses?

    DaFreak71 replied to Marvie's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Hard of hearing nursing student here! I use an electronic stethoscope and the school ensures that I have front and center seating in the classroom. I was told that I would not benefit from hearing...

  10. Can bipolar disorder get in the way of recieving lnursing licensure?

    DaFreak71 replied to sironside's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I am bipolar as well, recently diagnosed. I seriously do not believe it will have any impact whatsoever of you being able to be licensed. If they ask for a letter from your psychiatrist or doctor,...

  11. called in sick 2 days in a row

    DaFreak71 replied to Cmariehart's topic in General Nursing

    My husband is a travel nurse on a 13 week assignment. A few weeks ago he came down with bronchitis so bad that in addition to having a fever, he could NOT stop coughing, even with cough medicine....

  12. Mandatory Reporting

    DaFreak71 replied to widi96's topic in General Nursing

    Here's my two cents: You suspect abuse, you MUST report it whether you are allowed to remain anonymous or not. If you wanted to, you could tell the patient in or out of the hospital that by law (or...

  13. my classmates HATE me

    DaFreak71 replied to hpynurs2b's topic in General Nursing

    I went through some very serious harassment as well. I am not from the state where I currently reside (deep south) and I don't have many of the belief systems that my classmates have, which...

  14. I have seen it all, or maybe not....

    DaFreak71 replied to Liebchen's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I have not always had health insurance, but I am fortunate that I now do. Even though the health insurance that my husband and I had was substandard (even though he is a RN with the very hospital he...

  15. Nurses struggling with mental illness

    DaFreak71 replied to Severina's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    In February of this year I had to withdraw from nursing school because I was incapacitated by bipolar I disorder. I had never been diagnosed with until Feb. while I was in the throes of a severe...

  16. Providing Medical Care To Child Molesters

    DaFreak71 replied to mammaoftwo's topic in General Nursing

    You know those lovable little children that are horribly abused and sexually molested? A percentage of them will grow up to be predators themselves. So before passing judgement on people, try to...

  17. YOU as a Pt-what would you allow a student nurse to do?

    DaFreak71 replied to KellNY's topic in General Nursing

    My husband (critical care nurse) and I (nursing student) would allow a nursing student to do anything to us so long as they have their instructor present for things such as NG or foley insertion,...

  18. How do you handle innappropriate patients?

    DaFreak71 replied to AmyRN1227's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Amy, I hope this won't come over as though I am chastizing you, but it is never appropriate to kiss a patient. I can understand small hug for a patient you've known for a long time, but kissing is...

  19. So you thought your ER experience was bad? - this is long but certainly ices the cake

    DaFreak71 replied to SK-222's topic in General Nursing

    As unfair as it may sound, patients (us included) have a responsibility to be advocates for their own care. Gone are the days when patients blindly follow advice despite having major doubts about the...

  20. So you thought your ER experience was bad? - this is long but certainly ices the cake

    DaFreak71 replied to SK-222's topic in General Nursing

    I enjoyed reading your post. You have an entertaining writing style and a superb flair for the dramatic. Seriously, I mean this in a complimentary way. You should blog. That whole statute of...

  21. loan forgiveness

    DaFreak71 replied to papannell's topic in General Nursing

    I was under the impression that loan forgiveness programs that were administered by the feds or state mostly dealt with forgiving loans for nurses who took jobs in under served areas. Some hospitals...

  22. Does Incentive Spirometer decrease a temp?

    DaFreak71 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    LOL, this is classic. You don't even bother to read the links she provided and yet you declare the I/S a reasonable method for reducing fevers. Had you read the links (critically) you would have...

  23. Does Incentive Spirometer decrease a temp?

    DaFreak71 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    hi siri, did you actually read the links you provided or merely scan them for a sentence that might have appeared (at first glance) to support the fallacy that i/s decreased a fever? i ask this...

  24. Does Incentive Spirometer decrease a temp?

    DaFreak71 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    Your first link had this to say: "It has been classical teaching that pulmonary atelectasis after abdominal surgery is a common cause of postoperative fever. A study conducted to determine the...

  25. Does Incentive Spirometer decrease a temp?

    DaFreak71 replied to chenoaspirit's topic in General Nursing

    :trout: