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    Cardiac arrest caused by a seizure

    MunoRN replied to Communitynurse365's topic in General Nursing

    Are you maybe using "cardiac arrest" and "MI" interchangeably? Cardiac arrest can be caused by an MI as well as a number of other things. A seizure can lead to cardiac arrest, usually secondary to...
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    Patient bathing

    MunoRN replied to texasrn71's topic in General Nursing

    I've been a patient have been bathed with both and personally I prefer the wipes to washcloths. Washcloths that are industrially cleaned repeatedly are about as comfortable as 80 grit sandpaper. I...
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    Best flush for small-volume IV medications

    MunoRN replied to Ellekat2's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

    I don't think the correct process should be any different in outpatient where only a single dose will be given with that it is for inpatient. The first problem is the initial priming of the line,...
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    Pts handpicking assignments, and refusing nurses of opposite gender?

    MunoRN replied to jdub6's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I think assignments should always consider patient preferences, patient needs, skill mixes, etc, so a patient's preference for a female nurse should be generally accommodated, so long as it doesn't...
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    Pts handpicking assignments, and refusing nurses of opposite gender?

    MunoRN replied to jdub6's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I work with a population that also often refuses male nurses, oddly they like their Physicians to be male and will even refuse female
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    Why is insulin drawn clear to cloudy?

    MunoRN replied to Cell-Nurse's topic in Patient Medications

    If only adding some NPH to a vial of regular can make it less predictable then that would make sense. But if the reason it makes it less predictable is that getting insulin of one rate of action into...
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    Unit based concil/shared governance project ideas

    MunoRN replied to brownsc2's topic in General Nursing

    Or get a
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    Consent issue

    MunoRN replied to TurismoDreamin's topic in Operating Room

    I'm not seeing what the problem was, the CRNA/anesthesiologist already consented the patient, all that was left was for the nurse to have the patient sign the form and witness the signature, what else...
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    Why is insulin drawn clear to cloudy?

    MunoRN replied to Cell-Nurse's topic in Patient Medications

    I think the OP was asking why we do it that way, and nobody has really answered that, just that we do it that way. It's not to avoid potential harm that could occur by accidently injecting some...
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    Benchmarking help! Please rally!

    MunoRN replied to mochikat's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know how intermittent infusions could be done away with, does that mean they no longer give patients antibiotics? Once a secondary tubing is connected to the primary there is no reason for...
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    Bernie Sanders gets NNU nod

    MunoRN replied to Farawyn's topic in Nursing News

    Yes, black people only voted for the democratic candidate for president because he happened to black, because otherwise black people always vote
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    Patient bathing

    MunoRN replied to texasrn71's topic in General Nursing

    While re-using basins make it far more disgusting, even using a brand new basin for each patient still results in just redistributing whatever you're trying to clean off to various other parts of...
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    Patient bathing

    MunoRN replied to texasrn71's topic in General Nursing

    The reason pre-packaged wipes have become more commonly used is that there's been evidence that the tub-of-soapy-water and washcloth method is actually pretty disgusting, far worse in terms of just...
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    Anyone Who Says They Don't is Lying: Medication Error

    MunoRN replied to BonnieSc's topic in Patient Medications

    We're actually now up to as many as 14 rights of medication administration. 14 Rights of Drug Administration Flashcards -
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    Monitoring & PCA Use

    MunoRN replied to AllieSparksRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    The evidence is pretty clear that end-tidal CO2 is by far the most effective way to catch early signs that a patient is being over-narced, continuous pulse ox is actually of surprisingly little use...
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    Time Paradox of 12 hour shifts

    MunoRN replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    I think we sometimes make the mistake of comparing 8 and 12 hour shifts based on what length of shift it would be preferable to do while working days. Really, it doesn't matter which shift length day...
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    Time Paradox of 12 hour shifts

    MunoRN replied to KalipsoRed21's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure how working 12 hour shifts really makes any of that worse. I agree that it would suck to have a 2 hour commute to work, but why would it be better to have to do that 5 times a week...
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    Drawing labs from CVC locked with heparin

    MunoRN replied to JollyGreenGiant's topic in Dialysis, Renal, Urology

    I was asking if you were referring to a flush volume because that would be about the amount of volume required if for some reason the waste was also used as the flush. The study you cited did...
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    Insurance & Weight Loss Meds

    MunoRN replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    No, a "baseline" mammogram is of absolutely no use to a radiologist reading your future mammograms. Your negative mammogram will not look clinically different from anyone else's negative mammogram....
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    Is it just me, or is this rude, sexist, and condescending?

    MunoRN replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If we were truly going with what's most convenient for the majority of people using the bathroom, then women should be expected to leave the seat up when mostly men use the
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    Insurance & Weight Loss Meds

    MunoRN replied to OrganizedChaos's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Insurance companies are actually now required to cover legitimate preventive care. A "baseline mammogram" has no evidence to support it and is actually more likely to cause cancer than it is to...
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    Is it just me, or is this rude, sexist, and condescending?

    MunoRN replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    So here's what has never made sense to me about the default 'seat must always be down' rule. If I'm going pee and the seat is down, I put it up, not for my benefit but so that women using the...
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    Is it just me, or is this rude, sexist, and condescending?

    MunoRN replied to RNdynamic's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    If the rationale is that people using that bathroom sometimes have to use the toilet in the dark, that's actually a really good reason to leave the seat up. What do you think happens when a male goes...
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    is your immune system suffering?

    MunoRN replied to nealiiih's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Your immune system is like your muscles, they both only get stronger when challenged. If you've spent your whole life making sure your muscles never have to do any work then they aren't going to be...
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    How do I transfer Nursing credits?!

    MunoRN replied to AlliNicole's topic in General Nursing

    I've always been under the impression that Oregon Health Sciences University is the major nursing program in the Portland area, you many want to research them as well. Fall admissions for any school...