Double-Helix BSN, RN

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Just an FYI, mom guilt never stops. Now it's school. Then it will be your job. Then it will be another child. Then it will be your graduate program. Then your new job. Et cetera, et cetera. You're a good mommy. You're concerned about doing what is ...

The only question that directly addresses the subjective information provided is option A. The other questions are either irrelevant (B) or the answers don't provide helpful information. A favorite toy or blanket is developmentally appropriate for a...

I still work in a hospital, but took a role in patient safety and quality improvement. Though I still do clinical care occasionally, I'm primarily away from the bedside, and yes, there are times that I miss it and feel like I may be losing my clinica...

You mentioned that the purpose of checking O2 saturation would be to assess the effectiveness of the oxygen. However, in hospice, where the goal is comfort, your patient's symptoms are the best way to assess the effectiveness. Checking a sat really i...

Also you say you don't "want quick results" but it is a cheap and inexpensive way to find out if you passed or failed. I'm not sure why you wouldn't go that route after this much time.

Several things could have happened: 1. You failed the NCLEX and your results letter was misplaced in the mail. 2. You passed the NCLEX and your results were not sent to the New Mexico BON. 3. You passed the NCLEX and the BON received your results b...

I think you need to carefully read through HR policies and reach out to HR directly. I'm not certain that your employer is allowed to manipulate your hours in this way. If you are on call, you need to be given on call pay, at the very least. It also ...

It is neither good nor bad. It simply means that after 85 questions the program had enough information to decide that you were above or below the passing mark. If you feel confident that you correctly answered the majority of the questions, than that...

Are you a certified nursing assistant or eligible to become certified based on your years of school? If so, you can apply for CNA positions. If you haven't already, you'll likely need to apply to your state BON for certification. Keep the interview...

Any inpatient floor is acute care. Even ICUs are technically "acute" but they are typically referred to as critical care. Acute refers to any condition with a sudden onset that we expect to resolve or improve with appropriate treatment. Chronic condi...

It really depends on how the residency is structured. They may require that all applicants interview with a variety of areas. Or they may all start with the med-surg interview and weed candidates out before deciding what specialty area they will inte...

In my state, after completion of the 2nd year of nursing school we didn't have to take the CNA certification exam, but we did have to submit an application to the state for a back ground check and we were granted certification based on proof of compl...

I'm curious what discussions you have had with your simulation instructors or your nursing advisor about these issues? And what response did you receive?

I have reached out to them. They recommend cleaning with warm water and mild detergent as needed. However, I highly doubt a PRN cleaning policy would fly with The Joint Commission, especially considering the frequency with which we care for patients ...

My institution recently recognized that we don't have a standardized policy for cleaning personal lead and we'd like to develop a policy. I can't find anything in Joint Commission or CMS standards about it, so I'm looking to benchmark with other plac...

It's the standard, according to many nurses who work in LTC. Is it reasonable? That would depend on how much support staff you have and what your responsibilities are. Since many LTCs have CNAs to complete the ADLs and Med Techs to give the majority ...

Yes, you can give it to her as a friend. Home injections are given by people who aren't healthcare professionals, and health care professionals provide care for friends and family members outside of their place of work regularly. There is nothing wro...

IHI (Institute for Healthcare Improvement) Open School has some great modules. Some are free, some are not. If you work in a hospital they may already have a log-in you can use, or have the resources to purchase one.

I don't see how it could be a conflict of interest for you to reassign patients from one provider to another since you don't receive any benefits related to which provider the patients see. And if the providers are equally qualified there likely isn'...

The only routine isolation that visitors are required to follow (excepting TB, radiation precautions, ebola, other extremely high level isolations) are that they wear a mask if they have respiratory symptoms. Otherwise they are not required to wear g...

What are the best ways to relieve post-operative gas pains from laparoscopic surgeries and open abdominal surgeries? Some of our kiddos even complain of pain in the neck/shoulders where the gas has escaped. The physiology behind this still confuses m...

I agree with the above posters- pause the feeding, check residual, return the aspirated contents, and restart the feed (if the residual is within normal limits). Assuming that you have a consistent rate of gastric emptying, your residual should be co...

You're correct. Our policies instruct us to gently pull back on the catheter after inflating the balloon until slight resistance is met.

It is not normal in my experience. The dates and times of my classes and clinical rotations were set the previous semester so that students could register for the classes that worked best for their schedules. But this was a 4 year university program,...