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  1. A message to new grads: NEVER....

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

    Don't even get me started on "alternatives" to CPR; it is, indeed, a strange world out there. "Double compression CPR", where, alternating chest compressions are heimlich-like compressions on the...

  2. A message to new grads: NEVER....

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

    When I went to the MRI there they wouldn't let students accompany pts in just because of a past experience with a student who forgot their scissors...practically ruined their $1million+ machine. The...

  3. Does anyone know any more about this story?

    NurseFirst replied to AmyB's topic in General Nursing

    Really! Aren't 11 mo olds generally able to say some words? Yikes! I wonder if they felt that no one would live if the operation wasn't done...

  4. DIC Bleeding???

    NurseFirst replied to kwagner_51's topic in General Nursing

    That is so hard, when you have a healthy, active parent in your life and is taken away so suddenly and unexpectedly 2 surgeries within 24 hours? Wow. How old was your Mom, if you don't mind me...

  5. Defibrillation

    NurseFirst replied to EricTAMUCC-BSN's topic in General Nursing

    I used to be amazed how often people were shown to have been rescued from cardiac arrest on the TV show of yore, Rescue 9-1-1. But that was rescue with CPR being provided for the first several...

  6. Nurses cannot take orders from MA's, what is your protocol?

    NurseFirst replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Medical-Surgical

    well, no, actually, they don't. and, in fact, early on, many pa programs offered, at most, a bachelor's degree. the pa program associated with stanford actually runs through a community college, so...

  7. Best Paid State For Nursing

    NurseFirst replied to bashy's topic in General Nursing

    What is a compact

  8. If you're sick...please just call in...please...

    NurseFirst replied to IloveSnoopy's topic in General Nursing

    I spent 20+ years in hi tech. I did a fair amount of contracting during that time, meaning, no work, no pay. During one 9 month contract there were a couple of weekends that, on that Monday, I...

  9. A & P 2

    NurseFirst replied to jbjints's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    There are threads there for both A&P1 and A&P2 classes. Good luck!

  10. Hypomagnesiumia, I am a ticking time bomb!!

    NurseFirst replied to curleysue's topic in General Nursing

    that the disability lawyer gets "paid" by getting a cut of that lump sum you receive...probably the usual 30% or so...i've forgotten--but it is worth it. see if you can find a free legal clinic; i...

  11. Hypomagnesiumia, I am a ticking time bomb!!

    NurseFirst replied to curleysue's topic in General Nursing

    Sorry you are having such a tough time! From what I've heard about applying to disability is: 1) SS automatically denies the person the first time around (unless, I guess, they are in hospice or...

  12. Pediatric Assessment Tips?

    NurseFirst replied to cherokeesummer's topic in General Students

    I read somewhere recently that one of the most common items for calls to Poison Control was bubble making stuff.

  13. HIV patient

    NurseFirst replied to Debbie_LPN's topic in General Nursing

    When did this happen? FWIW: less than 1% of Needlestick injuries where the needle had been used on an HIV pt resulted in HIV infection. You might be able to find out more on the CDC website. There...

  14. A&P 1: The Spring '05 Anatomy & Physiology Club

    NurseFirst replied to Fun2's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You are most welcome. I love A & P, and I figure that A & P is enjoyable for most people after they get to a certain point, where they can kind of see how things fit together, instead of...

  15. A&P 1: The Spring '05 Anatomy & Physiology Club

    NurseFirst replied to Fun2's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I just wanted to give you all a word of encouragement. I've been an A&P tutor in the past, and I just want you to know that knowing the bones well will help you in learning the muscles--especially...

  16. Pediatric Assessment Tips?

    NurseFirst replied to cherokeesummer's topic in General Students

    Kids dooo love those stickers!!!! During my clinical rotation in peds I was attempting to find something to distract my young pt. There were many things she said she liked earlier, but mentioning...

  17. CPR after rigor mortis

    NurseFirst replied to HealinghandsRN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    Totally agree, bobnurse. Totally. I don't see any liability there at all. The amazing recovery rate of people treated with AEDs is just phenomenal. That is why there is such an effort to get more of...

  18. Name that part. Words patients use for their own anatomy.

    NurseFirst replied to JEHORAPHA's topic in General Nursing

    mmmm....I know "family jewels" are quite common... and what about the saying, "I knew your daddy when you were but a gleam in his eye." hmmmmm

  19. Pediatric Assessment Tips?

    NurseFirst replied to cherokeesummer's topic in General Students

    :yeahthat: pediatric nursing made incredibly easy is a good book with lots of great tips. i found in my pediatrics rotation that it really did help immensely to get on the same eye level as the...

  20. desperate to learn Spanish

    NurseFirst replied to timewood's topic in General Nursing

    My 2nd quarter spanish instructor recommended going down to Mexico (specifically, I believe, Ensenada in Baja California) for a week or two to really "cement" one's spanish speaking ability--to really...

  21. Have you ever given a pt go lytely and had it not work?

    NurseFirst replied to popups's topic in General Nursing

    but had a young lady in clinical who had been given 1/2 gallon (or 1 gallon according to docs) with no result. hx of Hirschsprungs hx of colon resection. Turned out she had a massive bowel...

  22. Kaiser Scholarship--hot

    NurseFirst replied to hello_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    very informative. Explains a great deal. I usually tend to be pretty skeptical of "the sky is falling" type pieces. It is interesting to me, however, that one devout Christian Kaiser physician that I...

  23. Xray tech~ more $$$ than RN???

    NurseFirst replied to SoulShine75's topic in Nursing Career

    http://www.hospitaljobsonline.com/jpmoreinfo.aspx?jobid=1617995 2800 enter * 50 (weeks) enter = 140k

  24. Kaiser Scholarship--hot

    NurseFirst replied to hello_nurse's topic in General Nursing

    actually, kaiser is considered to be non-profit. and actually goes beyond simply being an hmo (when our class was asked by one of our health profs how many were members of hmo, she explicitly excluded...

  25. What is "Nursing Theory/Model"?

    NurseFirst replied to jstuben's topic in General Nursing

    Well, I have always been rather fond of the word "rales" -- especially since it is correctly spelled with the a with the little hat on top, and said with a sort of french accent. :) But if you think...