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    iv dilaudid

    P_RN replied to cupcake25's topic in General Nursing

    SS Crisis is about the only time I've given dilaudid, and then usually through a central line like a medport. Is this changing everywhere? And I certainly wouldn't want to be the patient who had to...
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    Dry Drowning?

    P_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    Has anyone come across this? WRDW TV Augusta GA TV News. I have never heard of this nor would I expect to recognise anything wrong with a child who was tired after a day of playing and swimming....
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    Obama assists at St. Louis hospital

    P_RN replied to 2bNurseguru's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't know he was a Nurse. I thought he was a
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    Ortho Certification

    P_RN replied to Mbshil's topic in Orthopedic

    My place had a clinical ladder. Nurse I was a new graduate. Nurse II-IV were the levels an ADN may advance to. Nurse V was restricted to BSN/MSN in Critical Care. With each level there were...
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    f/c irrigation

    P_RN replied to calliesue's topic in General Nursing

    Is it written
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    "fan out and go" + alchohol

    P_RN replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Oh I'm quite familiar with the call tree. What I'm referring to is how it is decided how many people are needed. In disaster drills you do a pseudo call in and of course people say yes to "if this...
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    Anyone can get into Nursing.

    P_RN replied to indiawhitaker's topic in General Nursing

    India you know he is NOT kidding around. You just want to believe it, you WANT it to be kidding. It's NOT. It is assault (the promise or threat to do harm). It verbal assault. Please tell someone...
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    "fan out and go" + alchohol

    P_RN replied to Pepper The Cat's topic in General Nursing

    Can I ask where the phrase "fan out and go" comes from? I'm assuming it's military. I live over an hour away from where I did work and went in during hurricanes, tornado warnings, ice storms. I've...
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    f/c irrigation

    P_RN replied to calliesue's topic in General Nursing

    Go by what your Doctor orders or what your procedure manual say do. Don't
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    I can smell poop...

    P_RN replied to Michelle123's topic in General Nursing

    Carry a small jar of Vick's Vapo rub or Mentholatum with you and smear a bit beneath your nostrils. That's what coroners do to decrease odor. I've also heard that if you keep your mouth shut while...
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    The nurse who wasn't. Thoughts and comments.

    P_RN replied to lulu123's topic in General Nursing

    Have you ever heard of going around your elbow to do something? OK WHY NOT just apply to graduate school in public health? I can virtually guarantee it will be the easier, most cost effective...
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    Primacor drip

    P_RN replied to Genista's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Oh my this thread is SIX years old! However if there is new information please feel free to
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    charting"incident report filled" in nurse's notes

    P_RN replied to NICURN04's topic in General Nursing

    One note: If you keep you own copy THEN it is subject to "discovery" by the opposing side. That's also why it isn't wise to keep your "brain" after your involvement with the patient is over. One copy...
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    Shingles second bout

    P_RN posted a topic in General Nursing

    :down:This morning I woke up with the top of my head feeling like it would explode. Then I remembered that's just how it started with my first shingles about 3-4 years ago. I was actually at the...
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    charting"incident report filled" in nurse's notes

    P_RN replied to NICURN04's topic in General Nursing

    3 pages of this. Hmmmm. The OR (occurrence report) is filled out by the discoverer because until then it wasn't a "problem to anyone", then you use the minimum number of words to get the idea across...
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    Shingles second bout

    P_RN replied to P_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Well the first time I'd rather have had a kidney stone or another baby if you can picture a plus 10 pain score. Ice helps. Narcotics don't. I have Gabapentin and Amitriptyline which are helping. I'm...
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    I broke my ankle

    P_RN replied to NurseBrittney's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Elevate,wiggle, check capillary refill every couple of hours, call STAT for any sign of compartment syndrome, 5 Ps. pain, paraesthesia, pallor, poikilothermia, pulselessness are not necessarily...
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    GPN still working after failing NCLEX

    P_RN replied to luvmy2angels's topic in General Nursing

    Once the DON is informed of your impression then the ball is in her/his court. I fail to see how she can remain a GPN after failing boards. If she failed the RN boards but was already an LPN then...
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    MUSC Trauma Unit

    P_RN replied to Putu2Sleep's topic in General Nursing

    By SC blue laws-now on the way out...it is law that commerce cannot begin until 1:30 on Sunday. Counties with over a certain amount of tourist income-such as Charleston can get by with having things...
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    MUSC Trauma Unit

    P_RN replied to Putu2Sleep's topic in General Nursing

    They also call it the "Holy City" must use the
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    Is this LEGAL?

    P_RN replied to ShoesOnTooTight's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    There are "magic words" in the English language: "Thank you " for my diploma. "No, thank you" for the Gideon Testament. Then you step aside and gather with your classmates for whatever new grads deem...
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    Question for Female Nurses

    P_RN replied to keaton90's topic in General Nursing

    DH retired after 35 years as a computer specialist. I wouldn't care what he did for work as long as he came home to me every night. Going on 43 years. Why on earth should it
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    Being an LPN in SC - Whats the Real Deal?

    P_RN replied to missjennmb's topic in General Nursing

    Is there a reason you couldn't move to a more friendly county. I was raised in Columbia though-and I do know what you mean. What county does your husband work in. Perhaps his coworkers could...
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    Ways I have heard Metoprolol pronounced...by medical personnel.

    P_RN replied to stillpressingon's topic in General Nursing

    Try-locks or De-locks (red capsule) Demberil Dah-va-cette' dahling (Genteel Southern Lady) Arm-beans for sleep d'law-deed (slurred sleepily) Here's an old one Fletcher's Cafeteria ( castoria...
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    Tegaderm, Medipore and blisters

    P_RN replied to 2010RN's topic in General Nursing

    You see this a lot under casts and splints too. The skin is taut due to 3rd spacing/edema when the tape or whatever is applied. The tegaderm holds the skin in place "plumply." When the rest of the...