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begalli

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  1. Psychological Evaluation

    begalli replied to Curious1alwys's topic in General Nursing

    Start with a psychologist. A good one will be able to tell, over time, if you need the help of a psychiatrist. I have quite a bit of personal experience with psychotherapists. It's VERY important to...

  2. Pantoprazole IV question!

    begalli replied to RNinRubySlippers's topic in General Nursing

    here's an interesting link: http://www.uic.edu/pharmacy/services/di/protonix.htm even though the drug has not been "approved" for use as continuous infusion, that webiste says that methods of...

  3. Pantoprazole IV question!

    begalli replied to RNinRubySlippers's topic in General Nursing

    I cannot recall the dosage right now, but we have Protonix drips that run either continuously or over many hours for active GI bleeders in the ICU. So how many mg is the patient getting over these 5...

  4. What's your favorite procedure?

    begalli replied to javanurse2000's topic in General Nursing

    Don't know if these could be considered nursing "procedures", but.... Intubations Codes Open chests in the room Chest tube insertions Inserting swans (if I've got a good doc doing it and it's worth it...

  5. med admin mistake...confused...

    begalli replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    This is a perfect example of why JCAHO requires many abbreviations now be written out. "Unit(s)" instead of "u" is on that list. I still don't get why she was looking for a 130 ml syringe for insulin...

  6. med admin mistake...confused...

    begalli replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    That would be a 13,000 unit dose of insulin! It's just so incredibly hard to

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

    begalli replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely

  8. med admin mistake...confused...

    begalli replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    1. is there even a syringe that holds 130ml??? i mean one that you would commonly use to admin meds? i'm sure a syringe that size exists, but not for administering insulin! 2. im just a nursing...

  9. CT Scan, was it done right?

    begalli replied to lucky4timesover's topic in General Nursing

    lucky - do you have any allergies? Your kidneys are healthy, right? I wonder if they didn't use contrast because of either of these? My intention is not to alarm you rather I'm speaking from...

  10. License plate ideas

    begalli replied to virginiarn's topic in General Nursing

    Three years ago my kids gave me a personalized plate as a Christmas gift. It says CV:redbeathe RN4U. Never had any problem whatsoever displaying this plate on my sporty little red car. Have had...

  11. Any Good Nursing Book Suggestions?

    begalli replied to JacqueOCS's topic in General Nursing

    Update on this book (if anyone cares :) ). I finished it a couple of days ago and it actually got better. I stick with my assessment of "boring" in the first several chapters, but I found myself with...

  12. Patient Transfers.

    begalli replied to sparkplug's topic in General Nursing

    If something was written for in the ED but wasn't done, we don't do it until a new order is written by the ICU docs. Usually, everything that needed to be done in the ED is done by the time they reach...

  13. C-Diff Question

    begalli replied to Aneroo's topic in General Nursing

    I was serious. Hey, I didn't say I liked it!

  14. I love being a nurse because........

    begalli replied to stidget99's topic in General Nursing

    Holy because's batman! That's a BIG

  15. working while on pain meds?

    begalli replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    And so you shall if you so wish. We'll be eagerly awaiting you to show you the ropes! :) I heard this story where I work... for whatever reason a nurse was drug tested she tested positive for opiates...

  16. C-Diff Question

    begalli replied to Aneroo's topic in General Nursing

    :roll Sheesh!! Thanks a lot, pp! I just nose sprayed my keyboard with the fierce grape gatorade I'm drinking!! LOL! I think c-diff stool has a sweet and creamy ordor to it.

  17. working while on pain meds?

    begalli replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    I sure do remember! I'm so happy to hear your dad's doing well. Sometimes a little surgical tune-up on the ole ticker works wonders! I have a lot of appreciation for what butterflynurse03 is...

  18. working while on pain meds?

    begalli replied to rehab nurse's topic in General Nursing

    But is she really "impaired?" When the meds are taken, the outcome should be functionality, not impairment. I have no idea what the answer is to this question. I wish you luck in your quest to find...

  19. I love being a nurse because........

    begalli replied to stidget99's topic in General Nursing

    This is soooooo true and also we have the profound privilege of being present during death and having an impact on the dignity of the end of a individual's life.

  20. I love being a nurse because........

    begalli replied to stidget99's topic in General Nursing

    I also LOVE being a nurse because I get to use my smarts, play with highly technical equipment, and manipulate life itself. How freaky is that?!? I get to learn from some of the best in the world and...

  21. I love being a nurse because........

    begalli replied to stidget99's topic in General Nursing

    I LOVE being a nurse because of the 42 year old woman who walked up to me as I walked down a hall in my hospital one day (off duty, in my regular street clothes) and said "begalli?" and as I looked at...

  22. Bad Nurse...Need Advice

    begalli replied to luvbug9956's topic in General Nursing

    I recommend writing incident reports on the objective things that you and your co-workers are experiencing. I would say that #'s 2, 5, and 6 are definitely incident report material. #'s 1,3, and 4...

  23. What squicks you out?

    begalli replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    Gosh, reading this I was thinking that I must not be normal to not really have a popensity to be grossed out by anything. Then I thought about it.... The smell of a poor individual who's septic and...

  24. I wonder why.....

    begalli posted a topic in General Nursing

    I wonder why that on the boards, threads that are started with a negative twist (eg: new grads with attitude; the good/bad/ugly of US's; catty nurses; nurses who shouldn't be nurses) grow to multiple...

  25. Any Good Nursing Book Suggestions?

    begalli replied to JacqueOCS's topic in General Nursing

    These all sound good. The cadaver one....does it take you through how they became cadavers? Just wondering as I almost bought that one last week, but I bought the Echo Heron book