Booty Nurse BSN

I was going to post this useful link to reusing N95s, but the page is currently down and says it’s being updated with new information. Hopefully it will be back up soon. https://www.sages.org/n-95-re-use-instructions/?fbclid=IwAR0ys_dzosLtcFQp9O4UAA...

I’m an OR/PACU nurse and went down to per diem a few months ago. On Monday my hospital finally decided to cancel elective surgeries, and I was temporarily laid off. But not for long - yesterday I was asked to work in our new negative pressure unit wi...

My unit sounds just like wvgi's. We are a small hospital; we have scrub techs, LPNs, and RNs all do the scrub role, depending on what's going on in the rest of the unit (the rest of the unit being an OR). In addition to the sedation and other tasks m...

You sound very motivated! I'm doing the Slippery Rock (SRU) program, but at a very leisurely pace compared to what you are planning. SRU is cheap at ~$800 for a 3-credit course. One of the reasons I chose it was because they didn't require additional...

Slippery Rock University doesn't require general ed classes, and it's cheap! http://www.sru.edu

I've been an endo nurse for just over a year. Every colonoscopy I've assisted with has been under either fentanyl and Versed or Demerol and Versed (or with MAC). One doc I work with has done colos without any medication if the patient requests it, bu...

My son had a mysterious GI issue when he was 10. His symptoms were mostly pain, but also had nausea, headache, and dizziness. We went through several diagnoses, many drugs, a barium enema, and a colonoscopy & EGD. He missed almost six weeks of sc...

Check out Slippery Rock U. of Pennsylvania (http://www.sru.edu). It's about $750 for a three-credit course. I'm attending there now, and I've been generally happy with it. My big complaint is with the few classes that require a clinical component. I ...

I fully agree that informed consent usually does not live up to its name. Patients are told "Here's the form to sign so the doctor can give you something to keep you comfy" and that's about it. I try to explain what drugs I'm giving and what they do ...

Versed is also given to make the patient relaxed, drowsy, or sleepy, depending on the dose given. A patient who is anxious or nervous will have more muscle tension in the abdomen, making the procedure more difficult and more painful.

Never put something yummy on your penis and scrotum, then entice your dog to lick it off (Very Bad Outcome).

I heard about fecal transplant at a GI conference I attended recently. It was a new one for me! If I remember correctly, it can be used for C-diff that is not responding to other treatment -- kind of a last resort. The idea is that in severe C-diff, ...

I used to work evenings on med-surg, and I was cross-trained to OB where I worked every shift, a few shifts a month. One morning the OB manager (not the supervisor for some reason) called at 5:15 AM after I had worked 3-11 on M/S the night before, to...

Um, not exactly. Not according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists, anyway. From Practice Guidelines for Sedation and Analgesia by Non-Anesthesiologists: I much prefer doing endos with a CRNA providing MAC, and wish they were all with MAC...

Father of baby provided with bedside vasectomy by this nurse.

Hi JoAnna, Welcome to the world of endo! Here is a good website to help you learn about sedation meds: http://www.sedationfacts.org I use Demerol & Versed or Fentanyl & Versed for my patients. In Vermont, RNs are not allowed to administer Pro...

I worked on med-surg for 4 1/2 years, and moved down to the OR in January. I like it much more than med-surg. I should note that I am not a "real" OR nurse; I work mostly in the procedure room within the OR, doing mostly colonoscopies, EGDs, and some...

Google is your friend! I Googled "health care careers" and came up with lots of information. Here are two good site that explain a variety of jobs in health care. Good luck! http://library.thinkquest.org/15569/car1a.html http://www.explorehealthcaree...

I agree that shoulder dystocia is terrifying. My last delivery before I sat for my midwifery boards was a shoulder dystocia, and I was unable to get the baby out. However, I only tried for a moment before asking the senior midwife (who was at my side...

As a former licensed (home-birth) midwife, I get so frustrated when I hear people talk about complications during labor/delivery and say "If I hadn't been at the hospital, my baby would have died!" Apparently many people believe that midwives just si...

When I worked med-surg (until 7 months ago), we only had an aide once in a while. We nurses did it all -- all toileting, bathing, feeding, everything. So yes, we sure did answer the call lights! Most of the nurses did their best to pitch in and answe...

I looked at the Excelsior program back when it was Regents. If I remember correctly, they don't actually teach you anything, you just pay them to take a bunch of tests instead. If I'm going to pay, I expect a school to provide an education. Also, the...

I'm in the SRU program, and I would heartily recommend it. There has been one lousy professor, but that is my only major complaint.

And if you're talking about Slippery Rock, the address is http://www.sru.edu.

Since Fospropofol metabolizes into Propfol, I don't understand why it would be safer than Propofol for a non-anesthetist to administer. There is stll no reversal agent. Why should it be labelled differently than Propofol? The ASA is opposed to non-an...