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    How do I transfer Nursing credits?!

    MunoRN replied to AlliNicole's topic in General Nursing

    They have HLC accreditation which will allow you to sit for the NCLEX but they have lost NLNAC accreditation which is typically what you would need to for another school to accept transfer
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    Is ADN sufficient to ba trauma RN?

    MunoRN replied to lena04's topic in General Nursing

    The latest data on 6-month job placement rates for ADNs compared to BSNs is 62% for ADN grads and 71% for BSN grads, different but not as different as some would have you believe. Talk to the...
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    How do I transfer Nursing credits?!

    MunoRN replied to AlliNicole's topic in General Nursing

    I think you're going to have to check with each school individually. Since Chamberlain has lost NLNAC accreditation it's going to be even harder to find a school willing to start you mid-program,...
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    Issue with physical therapy..how to handle?

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

    Absence seizures are not considered a contraindication for activity. It's actually pretty rare for a patient to fall while having an absence seizure even while unassisted, if it occurs while working...
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    Endorsing to the next shift.

    MunoRN replied to dudette10's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Charting is the only thing that's been an absolute requirement anywhere that I've worked. Nurses are expected to prioritize and critically think, I don't think replacing that with rigid requirements...
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    Metallic taste/nausea with saline flushes

    MunoRN replied to BiohazardBetty's topic in Oncology

    This is supposedly due to the components of the flush solution being excreted into the lungs which then causes the patient to taste or smell those components on exhalation. Many medications are also...
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    Drawing labs from CVC locked with heparin

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

    Are you maybe confusing the amount of flush required with the amount of waste? Blood should not be used to flush the catheter, it should be sufficiently flushed with saline or other appropriate...
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    Elephant in the China Shop

    MunoRN replied to hcworker's topic in General Nursing

    Mixed metaphors aside, I haven't actually found it to be that uncomfortable of an issue, at least until you suggested some people "enjoy the intimacy" of placing a catheter which I don't think is...
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    Drawing labs from CVC locked with heparin

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

    Older reagents used in INR testing are sensitive to heparin and can throw off the result, although I was under the impression that none of those were used anymore. There is a fair amount of evidence...
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    Why do hospitals continue use the incentive spirometer?

    MunoRN replied to felixis12's topic in General Nursing

    It's not just a single study, Cochrane Collaboration looked at 12 different studies involving more than 1800 patients and found no apparent benefit, although they deemed the overall power of the...
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    Endorsing to the next shift.

    MunoRN replied to dudette10's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Is your computer substituting "endorse" for various words for some reason? Nursing is a 24/7 job and I don't think I've ever asked an offgoing nurse to keep working to knock more things off the list....
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    Off duty RN scope of practice on an airplane.

    MunoRN replied to creativekari's topic in General Nursing

    Actually, yes you can, that's part of your
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    Off duty RN scope of practice on an airplane.

    MunoRN replied to creativekari's topic in General Nursing

    To be fair to rnmaybe, SVTs (which include RVR A-fib) can actually be pulseless and it's not totally unheard of. A pulse refers to a detectable variation in arterial flow, which makes it a term that...
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    Medical Marijuana for nurses

    MunoRN replied to JB-RN's topic in General Nursing

    There are test for both inactive metabolites of the drug as well as active circulating drug. Washington and Colorado use a cutoff level of that test to define being under the influence of an...
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    Road Trip Essentials

    MunoRN replied to OhioCCRN's topic in Critical Care

    That really sounds like it defeats the whole purpose of having Registered Nurses caring for patients, not to mention the whole point of
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    Legal question regarding health care proxy and terminal wean?

    MunoRN replied to Oliver1234's topic in General Nursing

    That's actually a pretty serious case of malpractice and should be reported to both the board and the department of health. The Physicians legal and ethical obligations is to follow the patient's...
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    Off duty RN scope of practice on an airplane.

    MunoRN replied to creativekari's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not getting the premise for arguing that ACLS is not within a nurse's scope. Generally, scope of practice is defined as a broad description of potential scope with exclusions specifically listed,...
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    Supreme Court upholds nationwide health care law subsidies

    MunoRN replied to herring_RN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Luckily you don't have to worry that an insurance plan will cost more on the false assumption that you will need maternity care since that would be illegal under the law. Insurers must now meet...
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    Pt asks: Is my surgeon any good? Your response is...

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

    "Everyone could always use more practice, that's where you come
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    Off duty RN scope of practice on an airplane.

    MunoRN replied to creativekari's topic in General Nursing

    ACLS is essentially a medical protocol so I'm not sure it's completely true that an ACLS trained nurse who follows it is acting outside of medical direction. As for the use of epinephrine and...
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    Immunosuppresssion precautions versus neutropenic precautions

    MunoRN replied to GayeJorstad's topic in General Nursing

    I've never heard of "immunocompromised precautions". If immunocompromise as defined by an ANC below a certain level then neutropenic precautions are
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    Am I the only one that's done this?

    MunoRN replied to Trama_junky's topic in General Nursing

    Fertilizers sold as "Organic" are often primarily blood meal; dried blood collected during meat processing. I had a woman once who usually did her own therapeutic phlebotomy at home, when she needed...
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    Can an NP work 2 different specialties at the same time?

    MunoRN replied to AlleycatLady's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Why would you want to do
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    Alteplase infusion for clot in port

    MunoRN replied to Cincinatti1978's topic in General Nursing

    What you describe suggests that it's more than just the port that has a clot, the facial swelling would be caused by a thrombus in the vein itself and not just the lumen of the line. I've never seen a...
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    Accused of narcotic/ alcohol abuse... No clue what this is about!

    MunoRN replied to Purplegiraffe's topic in General Nursing

    There is a specific type of lawyer for this sort of thing, which is different than a malpractice lawyer, a 'license defense attorney' who deals specifically with cases involving public licensing...