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    Question re: Heparin drip vs. SQ

    UM Review RN replied to TangoLima's topic in First Year After Licensure

    A PE is a pretty good reason for a heparin drip. Some docs prefer heparin over Lovenox because they can get faster decrease in the systemic medication levels with heparin, if it's needed to take the...
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    Should I take Anatomy and Physiology I Alone?

    UM Review RN replied to americanbeauty's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Just popping in to remind you that there has been a change in the Private Message system. Members must have 15 posts in order to use the PM system. So.... someone needs to get postin'! After that, if...
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    Nursing Student = CNA?

    UM Review RN replied to katie0416's topic in Florida Nursing

    Have you applied to all those places online? Have you checked the Sunday papers for job fairs? Are you willing to work any shift, just to get your foot in the door? How about any entry level job? As...
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    Pe

    UM Review RN replied to Goozgog's topic in Cardiac

    I'm not shocked that this could happen to a newbie, but I am stunned that you were so unprepared and worse, that you had no help. Like someone else pointed out, where were your coworkers? Why did the...
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    Phsycian Refusal to write med orders

    UM Review RN replied to Luv Nursing's topic in LTC: Directors, Assistant

    Go over his head to the Medical Director or Director of Physicians at the hospital. Explain that you've had this problem in the past, attempted to remedy it, and the results. Everyone has someone to...
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    Who is in charge of my pt

    UM Review RN replied to gonzo1's topic in General Nursing

    Ummm.... Question? Why can't you cath a hip/pelvic fx? We do it to the old folks who come in with s/p falls all the time
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    Controversial Michael Moore Flick 'Sicko' Will Compare U.S. Health Care with Cuba's

    UM Review RN replied to HM2VikingRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    It's not unbelievable at all in my personal experience. The only thing that I find shocking is that Americans are so dead-set against universal healthcare. It's simply illogical that the average...
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    Would this offend you?

    UM Review RN replied to mondkmondk's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    I would not take offense. Every parent wants a perfectly healthy child. While we all realize that "perfect" is not going to happen, only the parents can decide what type of "imperfection" they can...
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    Blame nurses

    UM Review RN replied to sam20007's topic in General Nursing

    Truthfully? I think it depends on how much responsibility each has in the patient
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    Nothin' like pulling out your pt's old crusty bellybutton crud!

    UM Review RN replied to student456's topic in General Nursing

    Not to mention the crud that forms on the inside of the mouths of GT feeders. Or the lovely spray of dry skin flakes that showers the room when I remove a pair of ted hose that the patient seems to...
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    Would you work in a hospital that pays less if nurse:patient ratios were better?

    UM Review RN replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    Probably not. Maybe I'm jaded. I've worked for many companies that said one thing and delivered another, so anyone that offered me pie-in-the-sky ratios would have to have that backed up by my...
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    Ten years at allnurses, this is about me!

    UM Review RN replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    :w00t: Every day for 10 Years! You've got most of us beat with that record! It's so gratifying to learn that you've been coming to AN for so long and at the same time seeing that AN membership is now...
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    Alzheimers is the worst

    UM Review RN replied to hippylady7211's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I just watched this PBS special, The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer's, and I'm going to put the link here for you all because you can now watch the program online....
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    Ativan...ETOH History...7mg IV last night? Too much?

    UM Review RN replied to Jomo1994z71's topic in Patient Medications

    I didn't see it as a chemical restraint because the med was not given for the convenience of the staff; it was given for the safety and comfort of the patient. I guess it's one of those nursing...
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    IVPB question

    UM Review RN replied to PreemieNurse's topic in Patient Medications

    Reseal =
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    IV push meds

    UM Review RN replied to IngyRN's topic in General Nursing

    This is why I dilute and push
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    Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    UM Review RN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    How about "aggitation"? That came from an American doc, who unfortunately in this case, had very legible
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    IVPB question

    UM Review RN replied to PreemieNurse's topic in Patient Medications

    It's almost harder to write it all down than it is to do it, but I'll try: We get the IVPB, spike it to a primary line, flush the reseal, prime the line, hang the med, and let it run. When it...
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    Ativan...ETOH History...7mg IV last night? Too much?

    UM Review RN replied to Jomo1994z71's topic in Patient Medications

    Ativan is not a chemical restraint as used in the ETOH'er in withdrawal; it is one of a few drugs that are accepted treatments for withdrawal. Therefore, we do not have to fill out restraint forms. We...
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    why on earth would I want to be a nurse?!

    UM Review RN replied to 4everpeace's topic in General Nursing

    i also worked as a cna before getting my rn. it's a tough job no matter how you cut it. nursing is tough too, although in different ways. any time i feel unappreciated, i remember that i make a...
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    CNA trying to hit me up for drugs.

    UM Review RN replied to Jo Dirt's topic in General Nursing

    The fact that she even asked kinda makes me wonder if she's gotten drugs from other staffers. Needs to be "weeded out,"
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    How does everyone wind down after work?

    UM Review RN replied to RN1982's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes if I have trouble getting to sleep I'll pick up my old Med-Surg book and read it for half an hour. Works like a
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    Help with Assessment

    UM Review RN replied to willcare4u's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Somewhere around here are some links to do assessments that will help you. Meantime, definitely listen to the posterior lung fields! Always! Breathing problems can be an emergency very quickly and...
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    Got my evaluation today...

    UM Review RN replied to NurseCard's topic in General Nursing

    I only get upset because my evaluation is the first time I find out that I need improvement in an area. No discussion, no feedback, nada, till then. This year I got thanked for "being so helpful" on...
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    Learn To Say It Correctly!!

    UM Review RN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

    I'm ever so GRATEFUL. (Ah, come on, somebody had to do