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  1. Nurses, how do you feel about raw food diet?

    anonymurse replied to AddisonLawrence03's topic in General Nursing

    I can only speak for myself: I like cooked food, if for no other reason than that heat kills lots of nasty micro-critters that would otherwise eat

  2. D5W 1/2 NS in pulmonary embolism

    anonymurse replied to equinas82's topic in General Nursing

    According to emedicine: "Fluid loading should be avoided unless the patient's hemodynamic condition is deteriorating rapidly, because IV fluids may worsen the patient's

  3. D5W 1/2 NS in pulmonary embolism

    anonymurse replied to equinas82's topic in General Nursing

    D5 1/2 is hypertonic in the bag, but because the body metabolizes the dextrose, it is isotonic in action. There is a very good article on Tonicity and IVFs that is well worth reading. The clear...

  4. Tums makes GERD worse?

    anonymurse replied to Jenni811's topic in General Nursing

    Right, that's why they sell those mega-bottles of Tums. It makes its own market. Don't get me started on

  5. Family just wants Grandma to die

    anonymurse replied to Platypus's topic in General Nursing

    Has she formally been found incompetent to make her own

  6. How fast to push IV meds

    anonymurse replied to deemalt's topic in General Nursing

    Easiest to find push rates in the IV drug book--there ought to be one in every med room! A few IV drugs aren't recommended for dilution by NS; Solu-Medrol is one. Another IV issue is filtration to...

  7. Does anyone have a GOOD manager

    anonymurse replied to Teacher Sue's topic in General Nursing

    The best, and that's far more important than what kind of unit I work on. I'll search for a good manager at other hospitals when she retires, because there's no manager near as good as she is...

  8. Favorite "Lay Terms" For Diagnoses

    anonymurse replied to OleMissRN's topic in General Nursing

    It pays to tell pts they're going down for an x-ray of the neck rather than a 'cervical

  9. Which pocket reference for a telemetry nurse would you recommend?

    anonymurse replied to Irock's topic in General Nursing

    I bought lots of books, but the most relevant info was given to me by fellow nurses, because whereas the books will give you useful facts, your coworkers will give you patterns of facts to watch out...

  10. would you work for free

    anonymurse replied to mozella's topic in General Nursing

    Hey, if you're working with a flock of Flos, clock out, go home, and let 'em at

  11. Nurses don't save lives....WHAT?

    anonymurse replied to ThePrincessBride's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like this is gonna be a self-fulfilling prophecy--for

  12. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    anonymurse replied to northmississippi's topic in Patient Medications

    NS, proton pump inhibitors, statins, insulins, beta

  13. How do I have more confident talking/calling doctors?

    anonymurse replied to winter_green's topic in General Nursing

    Before calling a doc, read the progress notes end to end. Also talk things over with others on your shift, particularly your charge nurse. You may find you were thinking of calling the wrong doc. You...

  14. Floated to the Tele, forgot how hard it was!

    anonymurse replied to General E. Speaking, RN's topic in General Nursing

    That is the way to do it. I've met BSN graduates who only had 2 max.

  15. Becoming a nurse with being bipolar

    anonymurse replied to luke1985's topic in General Nursing

    The most fundamental Q you have to ask yourself: WHY do you want to be a

  16. What is the term for word confusion in the elderly

    anonymurse replied to newtress's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Whatever it is, the least significant part of your observation is the pt's age. If this is a change, it's

  17. Boss Keeps Asking Me to Lunch

    anonymurse replied to ArizonaMark's topic in General Nursing

    Hell, SHE eats lunch with whom she will, right? And HE can't very well ask a woman to lunch without the rumor mill going full blast, can he? Give a guy (him and you both) a break! Eating lunch alone...

  18. Pushing Dilaudid?

    anonymurse replied to chacmool's topic in Patient Medications

    Exactly as ordered, that's

  19. replacement bls card?

    anonymurse replied to nursecass's topic in General Nursing

    I'd just get a free transcript from the

  20. Should I quit nursing school...?

    anonymurse replied to jfisher23's topic in General Nursing

    Well you've already made 2 investments: military time towards retirement and a bachelor's. Press on with nursing and get your

  21. POOP! What do I put on my nursing notes for poop?

    anonymurse replied to xxiangel's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Well in that case, I'm not going to be sitting at my computer, scratching my head, trying to find the correct terminology to describe the stool in agonizing detail while asking everyone passing by if...

  22. Nursing Theory: Did we throw the baby out with the bathwater?

    anonymurse replied to james2309's topic in General Nursing

    Benner gives us something like one of those mall maps with the red dot that says "You are here." And it tells us where we came from and where we're going and how we're going to get there. Now, that's...

  23. POOP! What do I put on my nursing notes for poop?

    anonymurse replied to xxiangel's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    You know you're overcharting

  24. Changing B/P numbers?

    anonymurse replied to handyrn's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, it's a matter of fashion. BP isn't that bad. How many times has the advice changed on the earliest age a baby should get solid

  25. People in healthcare should speak Spanish, she said

    anonymurse replied to Paulie G's topic in General Nursing

    Yup, I put the blue phone in the room and leave it