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Also what are his LFT's? Could be liver issues possiblly.

Basic knowledge assessment test (of critical care) So I'm just reviewing stuff I need to brush up on...reading through PASS CCRN

Hey all you expert critical care nurses! I am going to be taking the BKAT 8. I took it once before. Not sure how prepared I am for it again...I have a little bit of experience in CC, but I think I learn best by people quizzing me. Anyone willing to ask me a question or 2?

So I'm in the car with my fiance and future in-laws...somehow the topic of shall we say "cleaning patients up" came up. My soon to be mother-in-law looks shocked when I reply that I do this every night at work, as she replies, "You have to clean patients at work?? Where my mom lives, only the aides do and those girls work really hard! They should get paid more than the nurses. All nurses ever do is give meds." WOAH. What??? Like I get aides do a lot of dirty work and I respect them for all they do but what?? How about the education nurses receive and the critical thinking we need to incorporate into "just giving meds." UGH I am beyond frustrated. I didn't even respond to her, mostly because I was in shock that that statement came out of her mouth knowing that her future daughter-in-law is a nurse...but now that it has been a few hours since, I wish I could have set her straight.:grn: What are you thoughts? How would you have responded?

No, lucky as in that if it was administered correctly, it just didn't hurt.

I have a feeling that my flu shot was administered SQ instead of IM...I did not get the classic muscle soreness and it didn't hurt at all during administration. Maybe I just got lucky? Any thought?

I'm in the same boat *sigh*. I think I need anger management and a xanax cocktail...

Wow! While I always knew keeping the TV on was never a great thing, I think this may be causing some of my issues here... I like to watch TV before bed, so now I'm going to use a sleep timer so it turns off within an hour or so. I do have depression and as many of you may know, I recently posted a thread about being tired all the time. Well I ALWAYS sleep with the TV on! Here's a link to the article. What do you all think? http://news.discovery.com/human/depression-night-light-exposure.html

It actually is FDA approved for work shift sleep d/o. But is called nuvigil? I guess this is a new version of provigil?

I passed with 75 so yeah lol

Thank you! Unfortunately day shift is not an option for me anytime soon. I'm still a newbie and there are many others ahead of me who are in line for days.

I have been working night shift for about 10months now. When I come home from work I sleep from about 0830-1700 to prepare for my next night of work. When I'm not working, I can sleep for 12hrs like it nothing...and STILL be tired. I just feel like I am miserable all the time due to extreme fatigue. I have a nice stretch off right now and haven't even been able to enjoy it due to my need to sleep so much. It's really taking a toll on my family at this point. I have seen a doctor a few months ago. Hgb was checked to r/o anemia. Thyroid studies were done. Vitamin D level was checked. Everything came back fine! I'm thinking of going back to the doctor and seeing if I can request a sleep study. I also have another concern that it could possibly be MS which my mom has, as she too battles with fatigue. Anyone else experience this, if so what helps you function??

My patient also almost always tell me I'm so good at giving their SQ heparin. "you're good at that, I didn't even feel it!" haha I always toss it up to the needle size but hey, it's nice to hear :)

I was told I'm great with patient's families. I always make sure they are in the know about everything that's going on, give them time to ask questions, and ask if there is anything I can do for them.

Is regitine for any caustic gtt that extravasates? Someone at work told me it was just for dopamine.