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begalli

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  1. Potassium piggybacks

    begalli replied to starcandy's topic in General Nursing

    However, the amount of time the K runs in, does have to do with burning as

  2. Potassium piggybacks

    begalli replied to starcandy's topic in General Nursing

    Well yes. But the original post in this thread was asking about potassium replacement and the burning associated with it, not how fast one should run potassium in and the subsequent problems it may...

  3. Potassium piggybacks

    begalli replied to starcandy's topic in General Nursing

    Unless it's done incorrectly, the amount of lido added to a bag is inconsequential to cardiac functioning. It's a miniscule amount. The reason we're replacing the potassium is to avoid cardiac...

  4. Choosing a hospital to work at as a nursing student

    begalli replied to azzurra29's topic in General Nursing

    VMC dates back to the 1800's and they will never close. They are a county facility whereas San Jose Medical (the only other level 1 trauma center in the south bay that's now closed) was privately...

  5. Ativan vs. Trazadone for insomnia?

    begalli replied to Roozeyk's topic in General Nursing

    Trazadone is a SSRI antidepressant used frequently for it's side effect of drowsiness, especially in inpatient settings. Ativan is not a narcotic, it's a benzodiazepine and a controlled substance....

  6. bodily fluids on you

    begalli replied to sheliamd1's topic in General Nursing

    Urine is sterile. However, if there is blood in the urine that's a whole other story if it comes in contact with an open wound you may have yourself or makes contact with mucous membranes. There are...

  7. pleural and pleural fricton rub

    begalli replied to Julie029's topic in General Nursing

    In addition, I think you can look at this as a lesson in being thorough and clear which is very important, of course, in

  8. Kaiser Scholarship--hot

    begalli replied to hello_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I don't work for Kaiser and I get full benefits working 24 hrs/wk. That's generally the way it is in most union contracts, it's not unique to

  9. NC Nurse Legislation March 17th, 2005

    begalli replied to M&MRN2005's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think the moderator's post was referring to you M&M. If I'm not mistaken there was another post, when you first started this thread, that is now gone. Apparently nurses in Texas like the...

  10. Insulin protocol---Q 1 hour accu checks

    begalli replied to VAC's topic in MICU, SICU

    Wow!! Moonepie, that's very cool! You said that you "finally got it," but it's actually been just over a month since your post saying that you'd introduce it to your hospital. That's lightening fast...

  11. First ever assignment

    begalli replied to Honeyz78's topic in General Nursing

    p.s. You can do

  12. First ever assignment

    begalli replied to Honeyz78's topic in General Nursing

    Uh huh. That's a good one. :stone Find your legislation (Nurse practice act?) and some general occupational health and safety policies (textbooks) and go from there. Good Luck. These papers bring...

  13. NC Nurse Legislation March 17th, 2005

    begalli replied to M&MRN2005's topic in General Nursing

    Good for you M&M for trying to get the word out. I feel this is a dangerous practice that's being shoved down the throats of

  14. Tube feeding Q

    begalli replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    Actually you can because it says on the packaging of every tubing I've ever encountered. Our drip tubing in the ICU takes 16 mls to prime (this is important to know when you're hanging a controlled...

  15. Tube feeding Q

    begalli replied to raindrop's topic in General Nursing

    Does the tubing hold 25mls? This is the only thing I can think of why someone might enter more, but even that wouldn't matter if the tubing was already primed. Bolus to me mean bolus - all at once....

  16. Blood infusion question

    begalli replied to LisaG21's topic in General Nursing

    First thing that comes to mind is a transfusion reaction. Look it up online, I'm sure there's tons of info about

  17. Nurse Staffing - A Survey for Consumers

    begalli posted a topic in General Nursing

    Have you been affected by the nursing shortage? If you or any family members have had an experience that involved nurse staffing in hospitals (positive or negative) in the last five years, complete...

  18. Nurse Staffing - A Survey for Consumers

    begalli replied to begalli's topic in General Nursing

    bump

  19. Vacation denied

    begalli replied to Butternut's topic in General Nursing

    A resource nurse where I work is the nurse who fills the role of "charge." We don't call them "charge nurse." Where I am, some resource nurses are management and do ONLY resource (4 total), evals,...

  20. Turning your patients

    begalli replied to redwinggirlie's topic in General Nursing

    LOL! What a timely start to this thread. Our unit just institued a turning policy. Every two hours on the odd hours the CNA and a float nurse make "turning rounds." When the CNA leaves at 11pm the...

  21. Static Electricity is Slowing me Down.

    begalli replied to abundantjoy07's topic in General Nursing

    i wasn't aware of this, but what i am aware of is the danger of static electricity in operating rooms and icu's...however that static electricity comes about. operating room floors are engineered and...

  22. Attributes for hiring nurses

    begalli replied to nurse_wannabe's topic in General Nursing

    Big during my job interview was the ability to deal effectively with different personality types....passive agressive, aggressive, manipulators, etc. Talking about this was part of the interview...

  23. Why does everyone recommend med-surg?

    begalli replied to NTPinky's topic in General Nursing

    Even though it's an opinion of just one Nurse Manager, this is a very good evidence based

  24. Static Electricity is Slowing me Down.

    begalli replied to abundantjoy07's topic in General Nursing

    You could aslo let your biomed dept know about your problem. Static electricity is a huge problem in operating rooms due to the potential to spark explosions and fires with anesthetic gases (just...

  25. Nurse Staffing - A Survey for Consumers

    begalli replied to begalli's topic in General Nursing

    I so agree with you! The nursing crisis in this country should be front and center of every single newpaper in every single city in this country. Nursing organizations are aware of the problem....