begalli

begalli

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  1. Have anyone else heard of "basic care NURSES"?

    begalli replied to Nursingangel's topic in General Nursing

    Also sent an email to ajcjobs website. It was completely irresponsible for them to print that article on thier

  2. California nurse registration

    begalli replied to ZZTopRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yes. I called a local police station and was in their office within a week getting fingerprinted. They do this all the time for licensing. There is a fee and a list of places to contact at the BRN...

  3. need advice - delicate situation (long)

    begalli replied to mkf0605's topic in General Nursing

    Ditto. And bravo for contacting the doc and the family. You are too good to be mixed up with that place. One day, it will be your license in jepordy if it isn't already. Not because of what you do or...

  4. fatigue and SSRIs

    begalli replied to EmeraldNYL's topic in General Nursing

    Also, as you may know, it really takes a good 4-6 weeks for the drug to build itself up in your system and for you to get used to it. You may need to stick it out a bit longer. Feel Better

  5. fatigue and SSRIs

    begalli replied to EmeraldNYL's topic in General Nursing

    Hi Emerald. My mom started taking Prozac about 8 months ago and was having terrible sleep problems and fatigue. I recommended that she ask her doctor if she could take it at night and poof! the sleep...

  6. Recovering post op patients in Critical Care

    begalli replied to BeckieRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Yes. Our 25 bed ICU was created back in the 70's specifically for recovering patients from anesthesia following thoracic (CABG/valves/thoracic aneurysms) and vascular surgery including heart, lung and...

  7. face to face with death

    begalli replied to Dinith88's topic in General Nursing

    !!Hallelujah

  8. face to face with death

    begalli replied to Dinith88's topic in General Nursing

    As someone going through a terrible life-threatening situation right now with a parent, for me, it's easier to deal with the day to day blows that come with what my parent is going through because I...

  9. Anyone know what fraternity this pin represents?

    begalli replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Well I wish I could be more help. I have sold things on ebay that have taken months of research just to find out what they were. Those are usually the most valuable items (monetarily and emotionally...

  10. Anyone know what fraternity this pin represents?

    begalli replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Btw, for clarification iit's spelled....Pythagorean

  11. Anyone know what fraternity this pin represents?

    begalli replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Hey P_RN, I like to collect stuff like this too. I mostly collect stuff for my son who's an avid soccer fan of teams the world round. But I have found some vintage nursing books whose content just...

  12. Anyone know what fraternity this pin represents?

    begalli replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Are you sure that's not a DO (doctor of osteopathy) pin? It does look like a fraternity/sorority pin though the way the pearls are

  13. should i give up my nursing career?

    begalli replied to Ms.RN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hi graduatenurse, I don't think you should give up either. I think what you're going through is completely normal (sans the non-support from your preceptors). I remember when I was a new grad. I felt...

  14. student question... are vital signs slower during sleep?...cont'd

    begalli replied to mitchsmom's topic in General Nursing

    Here ya go, I did find a little something: From http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0826/is_n4_v11/ai_17000747 "In slow-wave sleep, brain activity, heart rate, respiration, blood pressure, and...

  15. student question... are vital signs slower during sleep?...cont'd

    begalli replied to mitchsmom's topic in General Nursing

    Hi mitchsmom, Yes, generally speaking vital signs are slower when one sleeps. I have seen a wide range of changes in people's heart rate, respiratory rate, blood pressure, and temperature. The most...

  16. "undercover" patients in New Mexico

    begalli replied to mscsrjhm's topic in General Nursing

    is it really such a great idea? here's another viewpoint from the editor of rn magazine. (i had to copy and paste the entire memo instead of providing a link because you need a subscription to rn to...

  17. Home Health Nurse Safety

    begalli replied to JULESNYRN's topic in Home Health

    Weird that you post this today. I just read an article in American Journal of Nursing last night regarding Home Care Security. It can be found in the September 2004 issue of the AJN, Vol. 104, No. 9,...

  18. Breach of my confidentiality by unknown nurse-advice PLEASE!

    begalli replied to jackson's topic in General Nursing

    Something similar (along privacy lines) happened to my daughter. She needed a biopsy of a bump on her thyroid. The radiology RN was her ex-boyfriend's mother. Couple of days after the procedure,...

  19. Citrate Protocol

    begalli replied to DidiRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Here's another one... http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/medicine/dept/nephrology/nphResidentInfo.asp#citratecvvh read

  20. Citrate Protocol

    begalli replied to DidiRN's topic in MICU, SICU

    Here's a site with lots of infor: http://pedsccm.wustl.edu/All-Net/english/kidpage/CVVH/CVVH-10b.html oops...I just realized it's a peds website, but the idea is the

  21. Dehydration vs. Retention...that accursed prostate gland

    begalli replied to FZ1Tom's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe you could try drinking gatorade? It's a wonderful substitute for water. I love Fierce Grape. Soda will just further dehydrate you. You sure are drinking lots of water. Maybe you are just...

  22. ACLS class, need info please

    begalli replied to Schweetnsazzy's topic in General Nursing

    There was just a thread on this same topic a couple of days ago:

  23. Do you use powder on your patients?

    begalli replied to mamaof3's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you so much for this thread. This whole powder thing is something that needs to be addressed in my ICU. We stock Johnson's Baby Powder and some nurses use it profusely. Even though I've been...

  24. I did it.

    begalli replied to michw2's topic in General Nursing

    YAY for your RN1!! You're well on your way to becoming an

  25. manipulative patients / drug seekers

    begalli replied to LuvMyFireman's topic in General Nursing

    I have a personal example of undertreated pain. Someone close to me has been hospitalized for about 10 weeks. He's a surgical case. This is his 5th major abdominal surgery since October of last year....