QuilterLPN

thanks for all the responses.

Just a quick question about how to determine when it is time to change a cap or needle-less connector on a central line. The policy where I work states they must be changed q72hours, or daily for TPN, or after blood draws. So the TPN and blood draws is obvious, but every 72 hours.... We have a label we put on our iv tubing that says "change wednesday" or whatever, but we don't have such a system for saying "this cap here needs to be changed on monday". Is there a quick way that you use, preferably some sticker that goes on the cap itself? I'm hoping to not have to look under 4 layers of charting to find it. what do you do?

Public health jobs frequently require BSN. If you have the choice between the two, and you can get in now to the BSN - do that. It may be another year or two before you get into the ADN program. Another thing to think about are loan repayment programs. Depending on where you live, and what type of work you do, you may qualify to have your loans repaid after a certain amount of time. For example, in my state, if you live in a semi-rural to rural area and work in a high-need area (like Public health), you can have most of your loan paid off. Your college advisor can tell you more about that. Good luck.

holy smokes!

Doctors are not obligated to provide futile care. Sounds like this is futile care.

Maybe she needs her adenoids out! I had a mouth breather behind me in class for a while. It DROVE ME CRAZY!! Maybe the Doc was a little irritated too....

So why is this nurse giving patient care if she cannot use her arm (to help transfer patients) without it dislocating? We had a nurse on staff who had shoulder surgery, and she couldn't come back to the floor till her doctor cleared her to lift 50 pounds. That was a while. There are basic physical requirements to being a nurse! You have to be able to give basic, safe patient care. :uhoh21:

I have always diluted IV ativan (and it looks like most other folks here do too) because it is so viscous. It has the consistency of pancake syrup. And then if you dilute it in a 10 ml prefilled syringed of saline, it is easier to push it over a couple of minutes.

Could it have been the type of patch that you clip leads on? You said the label was down, from the underside they look alot alike....

Depends on how many other obligations (work, family) you've got going. I wasn't working during school, but took care of children and home, etc. My "free" time was spent doing laundry and taking boys to little league, grocery shopping, that kind of stuff. You may have a little free time during breaks to do some scrapbooking. Or if you schedule time for it, like your mental health hour every week. "Saturday from 10-11 will be time for me to have fun doing ____." Sounds funny, but during school, soooo many things get stuck on the back burner... Good luck. There's life after school!

It would seem to me highly unethical for the doctor to accept such a gift. Cookies, chocolates ok, but $2000? I believe that's considered "conduct unbecoming" for nurses, seems like that would apply for doc's as well. Find out for sure. AMA seems like a good resource. Then ask your grand-dad, and the Dr. Give the Dr a chance to return it, if it is indeed unethical according to the AMA for him to have accepted it.

Come to the Gorge! The hospital in The Dalles has several openings. Hood River probably has too, but housing is cheaper in The Dalles. Good Luck!

You know, it might be worth your while to look into loan re-payment programs for your state. There are many places (like my area), that if you work full time as a nurse, the gov't will repay your nursing school loans. Sometimes it is a state program, sometimes it is a federal program. It would probably not cover your prior student loans. I took out Perkins loans with that specific intention - but I'm not working full time so I can't get my loans forgiven (only $2000 anyway). Good luck. QuilterRN

ROFLOL! See, now I was thinking of the North Pole! Personally, I am a RN, but I have LPN in my username. I started posting on Allnurses when I was a LPN, now that I have my RN - I just haven't updated my username or profile..... Add that to the 'to do' list....

Maybe she's......jealous.....