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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...

thanks for all the responses.

any thoughts on how to get ready for ACLS, when I've never had it before? I just finished PALS, and it wasn't that hard, but I've heard that ACLS is harder....

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 progra...

holy smokes!

Hi, I am looking for somewhere around the Portland area to buy some scrubs. I would like to try them on before I make a purchase. The last time I bought some mail-order, they just didn't fit very good. Besides, I like to fondle the fabric a little...

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 p...

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 cou...

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 st...

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 l...

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,...

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 d...

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

Hey I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned "Solve Your Child's Sleep Problems", by Dr. Richard Ferber. This book should be given to every new parent! The ideas in the book are similar to the 'supernanny' method that Fergus51 mentioned. I highly r...

Whether I've worked 8's or 12's, there never seems to be enough time in the day to do all the things that need to be done! You are doing the right things now, like learning about ADL's and watching your patient and how the nurses care for them. If y...

congratulations! How nice it is for people to hand out "atta-boys" once in a while. I got a couple myself during my last shift. I had 2 patients say, "wow, I bet you've been doing this a long time!" OR "You sure did a good job. Are you going to b...

Depends on what the med is, IMO. If they only want half of that pain pill, fine. I'll chart that. A psych med may be a different story. What are their symptoms? Do they really need all of it? Are they taking it to relieve the extrapyramidal symptom...

Wow I had this same question a few weeks ago. My hubby just started allergy shots (you should have seen his skin test - holy moly - he reacted to everything). So I explained that after the first few weeks I would be able to do his shots at home. The ...

perhaps a good place to start would be with a "power of attorney for health care", (that's what it is called in Oregon anyway - your state may differ). The POAHC is one component of a living will, and you could bring up the subject by saying, "Hey m...

I had a difficult shift this afternoon, and was called off after only 4 hours. That's fine, I can go home, kiss my kids good night and go to bed. Well, I woke up a few hours later and laid in bed thinking, "I should have done XYZ better....". Could ...

*Sigh* I am not a drinker. Something tells me that if I drank a little, then I would drink alot. Too many grandparents were alcoholics, watched my grandma die of liver failure, not pretty. But the exercise deal sounds good. And reading....I'll give...