begalli

begalli

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  1. Spooky Happenings on Shift?

    begalli replied to Blackbird's topic in General Nursing

    I have one that just happened last week. My patient was a young person in their thirties who massively stroked following a fifth redo sternotomy since childhood. The patient was gone, we were waiting...

  2. How much does information change over the years?

    begalli replied to mishayla96's topic in General Nursing

    I bought some old nursing books on ebay a couple of years ago. Very interesting reading!! I know this is an extreme example, but in a section of one book (Medical Nursing by Hull, Wright and Eyl....

  3. How about this for an order?

    begalli replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    #'s 17, 18, 20 +21 and all future 's. Sorry.

  4. How about this for an order?

    begalli replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    Breast

  5. How about this for an order?

    begalli replied to sharann's topic in General Nursing

    I've seen ativan ordered for agitation, anxiety, restlessness, but I've never seen ativan ordered for pain. I can see it being an adjuvant to a pain med, but on it's own does it really work? Are they...

  6. Please Help: What does "F rate to TKO mean"?

    begalli replied to sad's topic in General Nursing

    On our unit, we sometimes use "IVF" to refer to our maintanence fluid especially when labelling lines and pumps, but I've never seen just "F." I agree that it's

  7. Can anyone help me with memory skills?

    begalli replied to nurseboop21's topic in General Nursing

    Flashcards! Flashcards for everything!! That's what I did in nursing school. Finding the information and simply writing it down reinforced stuff for me. I had thousands of flashcards!! Nursing...

  8. need help for severe depression

    begalli replied to needs help's topic in General Nursing

    Your fear of a 72 hour hold, I think, is justified, but I would think that with what stated in the first part I quoted, your doctor should realize that you need help, but not something as radical as a...

  9. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    begalli replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    Looking cute, hip? Who is a pinning ceremony about if not it's about the students? During my nursing program we were prohibited from wearing our student nursing uniforms ANYWHERE outside of the...

  10. need help for severe depression

    begalli replied to needs help's topic in General Nursing

    needshelp - You are in so much pain both physically and emotionally. I, probably like many reading this thread, am concerned about the "stupid thoughts" you are having. Are your thoughts related to...

  11. post-op cabg care

    begalli replied to jetty's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Our docs may end up swanning a cabg if there are issues or problems (or on epi and nipride for CO), but no, they do not routinely swan

  12. By law, how many hours can you work?

    begalli replied to BabyNurse513's topic in General Nursing

    Ours is 16 hours. We don't have 16 hour shifts, mostly 12 hours. So anything over 12 is doubletime. I don't know of any of our nurses who work more than 16 hours at a time. Frankly, the hospital...

  13. time and 1/2 for hlidays?

    begalli replied to jrmccl's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    this is so true. i worked at a county hospital and we had 13 holidays. we worked 8 hour shifts. we had a choice on a holiday. if we were scheduled to work we could take time and a half or take a...

  14. Aids

    begalli replied to Anniekins's topic in General Nursing

    But would you diagnosis a patient with a flare up of their CHF as terminal? Many HIV+ patients can go through many illnessess for a long time before finally one of the opportunistic illness makes them...

  15. ucla stepdown-ca law-rn-patient ratios

    begalli replied to wannabrockstar's topic in California Nursing

    It still IS the law. The hold that the govenor imposed prevents the next step which was to be implemented January 2005. The following are the current maximum ratios allowed by law in CA:...

  16. Newbie with a ? about NET

    begalli replied to shelebelly's topic in General Nursing

    http://www.testprepreview.com/nursing_practice.htm You can test and evaluate yourself at this website. Click the link, scroll down to the "Self-Assessment Modules" and go at it! This is kind of a nice...

  17. Best ECG text?

    begalli replied to Win98's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Agreed. It's a

  18. Family visitation in ICU

    begalli replied to bfjworr's topic in General Nursing

    Two things I would like to comment on. Family is the patient. I think that while not physically the same, emotionally and mentally, family members are just as vulnerable, if not more vulnerable, as a...

  19. Family visitation in ICU

    begalli replied to bfjworr's topic in MICU, SICU

    Two things I would like to comment on. Family is the patient. I think that while not physically the same, emotionally and mentally, family members are just as vulnerable, if not more vulnerable, as a...

  20. how to handle a coworker under the influence of an unknown substance

    begalli replied to teemarie's topic in General Nursing

    When working with the HHA, are they working under your direction and license? What I guess what I mean, is it considered that you delegate work to him? From what you say, I think you did the right...

  21. Nursing-related Tax Deductions

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

    angie o plasty - check out publication 970 (it's a pdf file, you need adobe acrobat or you can order the pub at irs.gov): http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/p970.pdf this is what i was talking

  22. Open Heart 1:1

    begalli replied to zenman's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Nitecap, your unit sounds a lot like mine. We have 25 beds with 3 private rooms for isolation and the rest are 4 bed suites that consist of 2 rooms side by side with a glass wall and a gigantic...

  23. help me buck the system, please! super-traditional pinning ceremony that nobody wants

    begalli replied to rach_nc_03's topic in General Nursing

    rachel, You already know that you have my support, 100%. I just wanted to add that judging by your posts and replies to adversarial posts in this thread, you articulate your points well, you are fair,...

  24. Nursing-related Tax Deductions

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

    Angie O- There are a couple of things you can do in addition to itemizing your deductions. In the 1040 workbook on page 29 there is a section to help you figure your tuition and fees deduction and...

  25. Cardiac Nursing

    begalli replied to mye614's topic in General Nursing

    Here's what I memorized in school: Adrenergics are drugs that stimulate or mimic the sympathetic nervous system. An example of an adrenergic is epinephrine (aka adrenaline). Alpha receptors are found...