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  1. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    NurseFirst replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Well, given the alternative between the government making me "stay alive" against my wishes vs. having the government take my life against my wishes, I know which way I would prefer the government to...

  2. Artificial feeding-Terri Schiavo

    NurseFirst replied to ktwlpn's topic in General Nursing

    Ah, those of silver-tongue (Felos). I'm sorry, but Terri Schiavo has been a victim of hospice abuse. You are supposed to be terminally-ill (to die within 6 mos) in order to obtain hospice services,...

  3. profiency on abdominal, respiratory, and cardiac

    NurseFirst replied to pookie83's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Abdominal assessment is different from cardiac and pulmonary assessment in that auscultation is the second type of assessment to be done, before palpation (which is before percussion). This is...

  4. Aspirin before 911

    NurseFirst replied to LVN2006's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    ISTM when I took ACLS it was 325 mg. Unfortunately, I don't recall if it's contra-indicated if someone is already on coumadin.

  5. Scripting: Yea or Nay?

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

    hmmm..I guess I don't find I get too insulted. I think the "artificialness" of it is not unlike the artificialness of "active listening" when people first start using that communication technique....

  6. Is This Standard Now With Pap Smears

    NurseFirst replied to payday's topic in General Nursing

    According to my gyn, unless you are sexually active, paps only need to be done every 3 years. Apparently it is less common to find cervical cancer in celibate/monogamous--there apparently is some...

  7. Drug information website-any suggestions?

    NurseFirst replied to HappyNurse2005's topic in General Nursing

    When I've googled various drugs, it seems to me that the site http://www.rxlist.com came up with some health-care professional related information--in their monographs. Sometimes if you restrict your...

  8. 1950s nursing

    NurseFirst replied to colrainrn's topic in General Nursing

    Welcome to allnurses, Wendy79!!!

  9. Rampant Cheating

    NurseFirst replied to nycNurse2b's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I always sit in front so I never see anyone cheating. I've heard rumors. It doesn't really bug me all that much; I like knowing that I got my A because I deserved, and worked for, my A. I realized...

  10. Axe maternity, add emergency

    NurseFirst replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    adrenalin junkie, eh? i am an emt-b, former paramedic (when johnny & roy were on tv, the first time) and second year nursing student. nursing is related to hospitalization. to compare, for...

  11. 14 Hours: new TV Movie on 4/3/05, 8PM dealing w/ Hermann Hospital Flood & Evacuation

    NurseFirst replied to szccdw's topic in General Nursing

    since j&j already sponsors a web site to promote nursing, the fact that they are sponsoring this film is a hopeful sign.

  12. Grey's Anatomy Premier!!! + How to Contact Show Creators

    NurseFirst replied to miya's topic in General Nursing

    Hi dorisemoore1, You may want to re-read this.

  13. Handwashing and hand sanitizer killing my hands... help!

    NurseFirst replied to smiles13's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know if this works for you, but I had a patient who had the most wonderful lotion; it had lanolin and aloe in it.

  14. CA wages?

    NurseFirst replied to markjrn's topic in California Nursing

    I can't speak to salaries, except that one hospital who came to a job fair in the San Francisco Bay Area said they were starting new grads at $30. Down toward Watsonville; this was 2 years ago. I...

  15. Have I made a mistake?

    NurseFirst replied to tryingtomakeit's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Actually, I think you could quit and then submit a claim for unemployment insurance based upon working in a place with unsafe staffing. I gather this hospital isn't unionized. I can't imagine a...

  16. Two things about the NCLEX that I don't understand.

    NurseFirst replied to Roland's topic in General Nursing

    That is sooooo funny, begalli. I imagine I will behave the same way when, God willing, I take the NCLEX...

  17. Need Malpractice Insurance, STAT !!!

    NurseFirst posted a topic in General Nursing

    Aha...did you come here thinking I had some juicy story about something I did wrong!?!? :) :) :) (I probably would have :) Unfortunately, it is entirely too mundane. I am applying to a preceptorship...

  18. Need Malpractice Insurance, STAT !!!

    NurseFirst replied to NurseFirst's topic in General Nursing

    GOTCHA!!!! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Thanks everyone...got my insurance thru NSO... :)

  19. Anyone go to med school after nursing school

    NurseFirst replied to avery's topic in General Nursing

    read: http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/050131/ My short take on it: Medicine, sadly, is a profession which has long since reached its ascendancy and is now on the decline. Medicine has lost...

  20. Anyone go to med school after nursing school

    NurseFirst replied to avery's topic in General Nursing

    Yes, it is possible. Check out http://www.oldpremeds.com While they assured me I could still be a doc entering medical school after fifty, I must say that the prospects of getting into a U.S....

  21. Certified Geriatric Nurse - new nurse "specialty" ?

    NurseFirst replied to Lanceman's topic in General Nursing

    I keep thinking that this is a step to try and stem the tide of objections to "medication aides". Certainly, it *sounds* like it would be better than a medication aide, especially if they work under...

  22. Medicins sans frontieres - Doctors without borders

    NurseFirst replied to NorthER,RN's topic in General Nursing

    I have not, but I have seen a book on them at b&n--so I looked them up on Amazon, and maybe you can buy them at Borders :) :) :) Hope in Hell: Inside the World of Doctors Without Borders...

  23. d-dimer

    NurseFirst replied to Spider Cat's topic in General Nursing

    I was thinking about that when I took my pharm final the other day. During pharm we had covered blood products. So, let's see: Factor III can be found in platelets Factor V and VIII can be found in...

  24. What is an "Accredited" program?

    NurseFirst replied to jackson82404's topic in General Nursing

    I went to a college that was "unaccredited" when I first matriculated. We were assured, and it did come to pass, that it would be accredited--it was just too "new" yet to be accredited. I would think...

  25. I Need Major Guidance!!!

    NurseFirst replied to nurseinalabama's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Please don't read into what I wrote. I said nothing about waiting days before telling the brother. It's just like, when I was told about my Mother's death, my sister opened with "Something's happened...