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pricklypear

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  1. Getting CNA if not required?

    pricklypear replied to GirlCalledJack's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It certainly won't hurt you. The only problem is finding a job where you aren't completely overworked. I don't mean to seem cynical. I was lucky, I found a couple of really good CNA jobs. I don't...

  2. sick of ADN vs BSN! like most of us have a choice anyway!

    pricklypear replied to okie2's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Whatever. Let's just QUIT making people feel bad about the choices they make. Let's QUIT bashing each other over this. Let's QUIT generalizing based on prejudice. It's so patently untrue that BSNs...

  3. Getting CNA if not required?

    pricklypear replied to GirlCalledJack's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    It depends on whether or not you are planning to work during school. If you're not going to work as a CNA, and it's not required, why bother. There's nothing in the class that you won't be taught in...

  4. Medicare Won't Cover Some Anxiety Drugs

    pricklypear replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    Hmmm, isn't Viagra OK? But benzos aren't. Doesn't make much sense to

  5. What are the pros of getting your BSN?

    pricklypear replied to browsing's topic in General Students

    Browsing... I think the only difference is the variety of education you receive, and the way the programs are set up. I have friends who graduated from ASN programs and they have described it to me...

  6. Pantoprazole IV question!

    pricklypear replied to RNinRubySlippers's topic in General Nursing

    We run it at 7mg/hr for GI bleeds, continuously - that's 20cc/hr. Depending on the patient, we will run Protonix like that for up to 2-3 days. And we've never used filters for Protonix, only...

  7. med admin mistake...confused...

    pricklypear replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    ELKMNin06 - You're right, I think things have been blown a bit out of proportion here. And whoever said it's safer to swim with jaws than to work in some institutions was absolutely right. There seem...

  8. Six week preceptorship cut to three.....Help

    pricklypear replied to grinnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm just going to chime in and agree with everyone else... don't let them railroad you. There should be some kind of hospital policy on graduate nurse orientation, look it up. I think it's...

  9. Wellbutrin and Itching

    pricklypear replied to Curious1alwys's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm not a psych nurse, but it sounds to me like a classic case of allergic reaction. Have you spoked to the doctor who prescribed it? Does the itching go away after a

  10. Pantoprazole IV question!

    pricklypear replied to RNinRubySlippers's topic in General Nursing

    We run it over 30 minutes generally. Sometimes we will have someone on a Protomix drip and will run 1 bag over 5 hours, then hang

  11. Differences in Specialties?

    pricklypear replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in General Nursing

    What would curious minds like ours do without the Internet, Fran?? Remember when you had to go the library to find anything out? And way back before card catalogues were computerized??? Good luck...

  12. Need advice/giving report to uninterested nurse

    pricklypear replied to ernurseafterall's topic in Emergency

    I just think nurses, especially new nurses, or new to an area should give as detailed a report as they feel they need to. It takes a while to get to know everybody, and their preferences - and it...

  13. med admin mistake...confused...

    pricklypear replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    Could it have been 13units? 13 is a really odd number, but there have been problems in the past with using u for units instead of writing the word out. If written sloppily, the u could end up...

  14. Mistakes

    pricklypear replied to Happytocare's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    That is so very true - and a very constructive way to look at things. For every mistake I have ever made, I have forced myself to analyze the lesson learned, and taken steps in my practice to prevent...

  15. The power of language

    pricklypear replied to 1Tulip's topic in General Nursing

    I hope nobody EVER calls me Nurse Smith. Reminds me of 1965 and I should be wearing a white skirt and cap. It's just wrong. I don't know why, but it is. My first name is fine by

  16. Factors effecting your license/misdemeanors

    pricklypear replied to questionscurious's topic in General Nursing

    Best thing to do is contact your BON before you enroll, and check with them. Usually, it depends on how long ago the infractions happened and what they were for. Drug/alcohol and violence related...

  17. Differences in Specialties?

    pricklypear replied to FranEMTnurse's topic in General Nursing

    Fran, I'm not sure exactly what you're looking for, but I'll try! 1. They go to different schools (have different degrees) 2. PAs practice directly under a physician only - a NP may practice under a...

  18. RN intubating in the ED

    pricklypear replied to matt033174's topic in Emergency

    We've sort of looked into it, too. We have determined that the nurses simply need supervised training. This is something that can be accomplished easily with anesthesia or a CRNA in OR. If you have...

  19. Read about my night!

    pricklypear replied to evans_c1's topic in Medical-Surgical

    It's even funnier when 2 confused people talk (or yell) at each other from different rooms. "Hey! Keep it down over there!" "Who the H*** are you? Get outta my house!" "Ethel! WHO is that MAN in...

  20. A couple of IV q's. One is a calcualtion Q

    pricklypear replied to raindrop's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    1. Yes, provided the meds are compatible with whatever solution you have running. 2. Since the drip rate will be ml/hr, divide 500(ml) by

  21. Need advice/giving report to uninterested nurse

    pricklypear replied to ernurseafterall's topic in Emergency

    ernurseafterall - you have a great attitude. It's tough being a new nurse, or the new nurse on a unit. There's always those nurses who have to be %^&$#^%* with the new kids. I think it happens...

  22. Nurses Who Shouldn't be Nurses

    pricklypear replied to bobnurse's topic in General Nursing

    I think if you read carefully, we were talking about people who repeatedly (notice the emphasis) make sloppy errors, and don't really seem to care. You are very wrong - of course I have made...

  23. C-Diff Question

    pricklypear replied to Aneroo's topic in General Nursing

    Personal experience...except for the stirring part. I thought "gee this smells like GI bleed" as I was

  24. C-Diff Question

    pricklypear replied to Aneroo's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know...if you left a dozen eggs in a tightly closed trash can, outside in the yard, in the middle of summer for a couple days - add a few rotten potatoes, some worms you forgot in the cooler...

  25. Newly diagnosed RA

    pricklypear replied to LilRedRN1973's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Melanie - I'm really sorry about your diagnosis. I don't have RA, but I know people who do. To my knowledge, RA tends to strike young people. I suppose it could show up at any age, but really...