Neuro Guy NP

Neuro Guy NP DNP, PhD, APRN

Vascular Neurology and Neurocritical Care

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  1. What should I do?

    Neuro Guy NP replied to nene25RN's topic in General Nursing

    I disagree. True professionals treat each other with dignity. You were right to tell them that you are an adult. It depends on the person. They may do that not realizing that it is insulting. Just try...

  2. Job listing on resume??

    Neuro Guy NP replied to BrookeeLou_RN's topic in General Nursing

    To avoid the appearance of job hopping, instead of putting the month and year of you employment, you can simply put the year. For example, if you worked at Mercy Hospital from January - May 2010,...

  3. Order Tech

    Neuro Guy NP replied to raskol's topic in General Nursing

    Sounds like you have it about right. Sounds like a unit secretary that performs the clerical functions of that floor, like labels, entering orders, thinning charts, and that sort of

  4. What do you do when......

    Neuro Guy NP replied to rainbowsandsunshine's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Wow, a CNA not doing even vitals! What does he/she do, then? That's a major part of the

  5. What do you do when......

    Neuro Guy NP replied to rainbowsandsunshine's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    My question is this... Don't any of you work at facilities where there are PCTs, CNAs, or some sort of nurse's aid. At the hospital where I work, the PCT (patient care tech) checks blood sugars,...

  6. Questionable privacy violation on public forum?

    Neuro Guy NP replied to kashyyykrn's topic in General Nursing

    I think it is a violation, because as mentioned earlier, you have the patient's first name, the patient's nurse, the facility, that the patient died. YOU COULD EASILY LOOK IN THE OBITUARY IN THE...

  7. What do you do when......

    Neuro Guy NP replied to rainbowsandsunshine's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    This is the problem with LTC. They are too cheap to hire enough nurses and expect that nurses can somehow be in millions of places at one time. It is shocking how stupid some nurse managers can be!...

  8. MD vs DO

    Neuro Guy NP replied to Mulan's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree with above poster. In practice, they are the same and you will notice little difference. It is individual. Some say their experience with DO's has been that they are more interactive,...

  9. Stop! I don't want someone like you touching me!

    Neuro Guy NP replied to Seth O Scope's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    I had a patient refuse to let me perform certain aspects of nursing care because I am male. It was fine with me. I took no personal offence. That same night (which was about two weeks ago) I had a...

  10. At work, can you ever give drugs with no prescription?

    Neuro Guy NP replied to newbiekenobe's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Yeah, that's what I said in my post. You must still get an order for it afterwards, but you do need to administer oxygen first. What if the patient's lungs collapse? What if the MD doesn't answer...

  11. Can you give me example of functions that a nurse can perform independently?

    Neuro Guy NP replied to newbiekenobe's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    q2h turns, fall prevention, DVT prevention (SCD, TEDs, compression stockings), patient education, and many other

  12. At work, can you ever give drugs with no prescription?

    Neuro Guy NP replied to newbiekenobe's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    If it is an absolute emergency, you can give it without an order. You must then obtain an order after you have taken action. For example, upon lung auscultation you hear no sounds in one lobe of a...

  13. Please tell me things will get better!

    Neuro Guy NP replied to LadyEJ BSN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    Keep searching and you shall find. Just continue to be straight forward with your criminal history and explain the situation thoroughly. This should help you more so because there is nothing more that...

  14. Feeling some heat after a nurse aid was fired...

    Neuro Guy NP replied to MassED's topic in Emergency

    Don't let it get you down. Some people are just like that. Some people are just Mr./Mrs. Negativity. Just stay positive, keep that professional air about, and if I were you, I wouldn't have anything...

  15. Antibiotic + corticosteroid?

    Neuro Guy NP replied to manchmal's topic in General Nursing

    Well,manchmal, the patient is at risk for infection, among other reason mentioned by another poster, when you have a broad spectrum antibiotic, you are an increased risk for developing another...

  16. What specific things are expected to be known by a new RN?

    Neuro Guy NP replied to newbiekenobe's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The new RN probably does not have much experience doing patient care, but should know everything they learned in school, as all that information is pertinent. That would include knowing how to assess...

  17. Antibiotic + corticosteroid?

    Neuro Guy NP replied to manchmal's topic in General Nursing

    P.S. I said your infection must have been bacterial, because recall that viruses have no cell wall to attack, which is how antibiotics work. The have only the envelope, and some other miscellaneous...

  18. Antibiotic + corticosteroid?

    Neuro Guy NP replied to manchmal's topic in General Nursing

    Hi manchmal, you ear infection must be bacterial in order for your prescriber to have given you the antibiotic. The rationale behind prescribing an antibiotic along with a corticosteroid is so that...

  19. increased activity, decreased HR??

    Neuro Guy NP replied to querynurse's topic in General Nursing

    I agree that it may well have been a faulty machine, etc. b/c normally the HR is lower at rest than at work. As for the decrease in O2 sat to 70%, it may have been manifestation of dyspnea on...