Belle Epoque

There's a recent TB thread which is prompting me to ask the following question (but figured I'd create a separate thread to keep things neater.) What are your thoughts regarding the BCG vaccine in childhood causing false-positive results with the 2 s...

You can take your prereqs AT the school you plan on doing your nursing program at. High school marks have nothing to do with it unless you're a new high school grad and you took the required Math, English Chem and Bio in high school. Contact the Col...

We have posters around that show criteria for RR - use it and call it.

Ditto. Thought MI over PE. How did pt respond to 02 therapy and what did the labs show?

Seeing as women in some cultures still cull the rice field, squat and pop out a baby, then continue to work the rice fields, I say yeah.. of course it's doable. We are just a spoiled society by nature.

Ugh. I don't believe in all that nonsense.

No, EMS would NOT be called if patient is rigor mortis. Why waste that expensive resource? Dead is dead. If you come across a resident who is dead, it doesn't matter at that point whether or not they are full code. In LTC nurses can pronounce death...

In LTC the majority of time the death is expected so you shouldn't really have to face any melodramatic reactions. I've told countless people their loved one has passed on. Just be polite and compassionate. "I'm sorry to call so early but I wanted t...

It's called piggyback because it is given on top of the primary IV solution (NS, LR) and hung higher to allow for intermittent infusion and once finished, switches back to the primary. So no, not possible to have a continuous secondary. I've heard p...

I think most dementias fall under this category and when we see it listed as part of the patient's history it is more d/t a differential diagnosis based on set signs and symptoms and likelihood of being, say Lewy Body, or whatever else type of dement...

Oh no. Not yet another thread bashing "older" nurses. I just wish these immature posters would do us all a favor and hurry up and grow up already.

But like nurses, pharmacists are also regulated health professionals and have moral obligations in return for the trust given them by society, regardless of whether they are hospital employees or self employed individuals. They are still obligated ...

I DESPISE this term, and I'm not male. If a patient asks me, "who's my nurse today?" I would reply "it's John, he's tall with blonde hair and glasses" not some form of derogatory term like "Murse" or the "male nurse." I cringe when others use it, ...

Those hypnotic effects are one of the reasons I dislike Ambien and am reluctant to give it to patients unless they are regular users. The docs don't like it either and rarely prescribe it. Trazadone, Restoril, Elavil or even Valium are better choic...

Your interpretation is far too "perfect world" to hold much credibility. Sure it would be ideal if blood is always hung in an expedient manner no matter who is working but that just isn't always reality. If a JW's patient needs blood it is HER resp...

Finding a desk job after several years experience probably won't be much of an issue, the problem is how you're going to survive the challenges up until that point - especially your clinical training which can be brutal. I would rethink the whole nu...

I find this conscious thing curious. So a JW decides that it bothers their conscience to hang a unit of blood as a life saving measure but it won't bother their conscious if patient dies because they failed to hang the blood in a timely manner? Sou...

The 3 man count seems a bit overkill. If the outgoing nurse only handed over the keys after the count is done and signed off with the oncoming nurse then you shouldn't have these suspicions looming over who did what. You say you have videotapes and ...

People get married for whole bunch of other reasons, besides love. If it's mutually accepted then I see nothing wrong with it.

I don't think that's what she meant. She was clarifying that the gauge of the needle doesn't matter in a needle stick injury - whether it's a 23 gauge or a 19 gauge, a needle stick is a needle stick with the same chance of infection. So a prick is ...

You posted the same question a couple weeks ago and got some pretty good answers. Why are you posting the same question again? Have you not learned anything from your last needle stick injury? accidental fingerstick - Nursing for Nurses

I worked with a BSN new grad who didn't know how to change a brief on a bedridden patient. No joke. I guess she must have missed that lecture. In answer to the question: What do you get from BSN? More opportunities. That's it.

I have not seen any indication of discrimination with hiring practices, why would you ask such a question?

Did your BON at any point ask specifically about military experience? Because no such disclosure was asked of me so I'm wondering if it's even something you need to worry about. It you weren't specifically requested to disclose this info, then you ...

Yeah, you just made that up.