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  1. What do you think about computers on you unit?

    NurseFirst replied to evltwnRN's topic in General Nursing

    Voice recognition technology has come a long way. There are some fairly inexpensive programs that will do it pretty well. I still have some voice recog s/w that I bought that I haven't had a chance...

  2. anyone knows anything about the GREs?

    NurseFirst replied to t2000JC's topic in General Nursing

    My friend went to an information session for UCSF Master's Entry program and was basically told if he didn't have 800s (or whatever the top score is) on his GREs and a 4.0, don't bother to apply......

  3. Attn: Gadgetters-Which is the best PDA for Nurses?

    NurseFirst replied to PowerYoga's topic in General Nursing

    Plenty of threads on this subject; do a search here, and for that matter, on the Web. Obviously, cost will be one criterion. Features, another. I know one site which is offering a year subscription...

  4. Poor America doles our substandard social policy

    NurseFirst replied to Larry's topic in General Nursing

    ...upon where you live, too. The "coasts" are much more ethnically diverse than the "middle states". In my neighborhood, English is by far NOT the language spoken by the majority...in fact, I don't...

  5. Poor America doles our substandard social policy

    NurseFirst replied to Larry's topic in General Nursing

    ...You need to get out more. Perhaps some volunteer work would help... There are SOOOO many factors involved in why people don't have health care. I'm sure your mother had some advantages that...

  6. anyone else watch hearings on flu vaccine shortage

    NurseFirst replied to oramar's topic in General Nursing

    "...And the band played on" -- it's about how the AIDS epidemic BECAME an epidemic, instead of handled early on...it's not always easy to read; the author was pretty upfront about gay sex practices...

  7. How can I get my Hematocrit up?--FAST!

    NurseFirst replied to NurseFirst's topic in General Nursing

    37% isn't in the anemic range; just too low to give blood. They figure you will drop a few points after giving blood, so they don't want you to be anemic (

  8. How can I get my Hematocrit up?--FAST!

    NurseFirst replied to NurseFirst's topic in General Nursing

    Now you have me worried! The nurse asked me what I'd had to drink today, and when I said 12 oz of (caffienated) diet coke, she gave me some water to drink because she felt I would be dehydrated....

  9. TV in the ED

    NurseFirst replied to RNCENCCRNNREMTP's topic in Emergency

    Are you sure they wouldn't want to be watching Fear Factor instead? Actually, how about a new type of Fear Factor--one where all the contestants are health care workers...and all the "feats" would be...

  10. Why is it important to study Anatomy and physiology in school of Nursing.

    NurseFirst replied to emybaby2's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    ...as applied Anatomy and Physiology... For most prospective nurses, if they tell me they don't like A & P, I would suggest they consider some other line of work!!!!

  11. Any Words of Wisdom- Starting 1st Sem.of Nursing School

    NurseFirst replied to StudentNurse04's topic in General Students

    First...keep your Anatomy & Physiology book(s) close at hand; they can be helpful in understanding what is happening. I said in another thread that a lot of Nursing is simply Applied Anatomy and...

  12. Most Common Med/Surg Drugs, Including New Drugs

    NurseFirst replied to Town & Country's topic in General Nursing

    Dilaudid phenergan reglan 2nd & 3rd gen cephs Amphotericin B

  13. Question about blood clots

    NurseFirst replied to luvmypatients's topic in General Nursing

    ...this happened to you. I can understand your family is devastated; my heart goes out to you...

  14. Syncope after injection?

    NurseFirst replied to LorraineCNA's topic in General Nursing

    But PLEASE, do not let a classmate perform a bedbath on me. Yikes!!!!

  15. ERT certificate

    NurseFirst replied to nettyof250's topic in General Nursing

    that in Northern California, both San Francisco City College and San Jose City College have ERT or ERT-equivalent courses. Usually they cover things like EKGs, phlebotomy, giving meds (injections,...

  16. Anyone considering RN to MD??

    NurseFirst replied to straba's topic in General Nursing

    I thought I wanted to be an MD. Took the MCAT years ago. But between the # of years it takes (I'm no spring chicken) and the cost added to all the great things that RNs can do (at substantially less...

  17. Does this sound funny to you?

    NurseFirst replied to lovingtheunloved's topic in General Nursing

    Basic infection control? hmmm...well, maybe. Infection control did get a huge boost at the beginning of the AIDs epidemic, so that might have been just before her time... But not knowing what a...

  18. IV Help

    NurseFirst replied to hoping to be an rn's topic in General Nursing

    I'm assuming you know the number of ml/hr, right? Take it step by step. If you know the # of ml/hr, and you know how many drops there are in a ml, then you know how many drops there are in an hour....

  19. A reminder to ALWAYS listen to your patients.

    NurseFirst replied to VizslaMom's topic in General Nursing

    That it is not at all uncommon for a person near death to see or hear relatives who have already passed on.

  20. How many hours do you go school each week?

    NurseFirst replied to alison-z's topic in General Nursing

    Clinical is, well, clinical--at the hospital; hands on real patients. Lab is done in the nursing lab, where you have lots of "toys" :) to play with--syringes and IV bags and Foley catheters and things...

  21. A new drug to help stop smoking, AND lose weight AND fight drug and alcohol abuse...

    NurseFirst replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    1.http://win.niddk.nih.gov/statistics/index.htm#preval Has something close to 2/3rds of all adults in the U.S. as being overweight (BMI > 25). However, BMI is hardly a good indicator of unhealthy...

  22. A new drug to help stop smoking, AND lose weight AND fight drug and alcohol abuse...

    NurseFirst replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    Let's take this one at a time: 1. First of all, I have NEVER heard that the obesity rates in America are as high as 80%. Where do you get your statistics?? 2. Second, my point is this: 80% of...

  23. Advice please re: evil clinical instructor

    NurseFirst replied to JennInColumbus's topic in General Nursing

    It's truly amazing what you learn as a supervisor. I had always suspected that one of the problems (at least when I worked in the computer industry) was that my higher-ups had all gone to meetings...

  24. A new drug to help stop smoking, AND lose weight AND fight drug and alcohol abuse...

    NurseFirst replied to Monica RN,BSN's topic in General Nursing

    i think there are probably a lot more people dying of hunger than obesity. jmo.

  25. Exploitation!!!!

    NurseFirst replied to deepikav's topic in General Nursing

    (I'm sorry to tell you this...) If so, Silicon Valley imported 10s of thousands (if not more) programmers from India--and exploited them. I'm not sure how much attention you will get to the...