jmdRN

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  1. Best Iphone App for new SICU nurse.

    jmdRN replied to J&B-RN's topic in MICU, SICU

    I work in a MICU, and I DL'ed Critical Care ACLS version from Informed (I think it was about 5-10$) as well as Epocrates, Medscape and an ECG guide. I also have a quick convert units app and...

  2. How do you pronounce "centimeter" ???

    jmdRN replied to shermrn's topic in General Nursing

    Depends who I'm talking to If I'm talking to English staff it's cent-ti-meter, if it's the French staff it's

  3. Emergency Hypertension 210/120 mmHg

    jmdRN replied to tammy_zeidan09's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Was it Catapres

  4. Extreme Lab Values

    jmdRN replied to TX.RN.Shannon's topic in General Nursing

    Hmmm... have a pancytopenia pt this week, palliative care, transfuse for comfort ?!!? (worst Rx I've read in a while) wbc is 1.2 (norm 7-10) hb is 95 post transfusion (135-155 normal) and the kicker.....

  5. For this question on droppers I think its two types.. So can both of them be the ansr

    jmdRN replied to Aongroup1990's topic in Patient Medications

    Aon, the picture with your droppers isnt showing, so we really can't help without some description of whats on dropper

  6. What was the longest code you have been in?

    jmdRN replied to turnforthenurse's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Had one last week that went just under 2 hrs. Pt went asystolic after a run of v-tach on monitor. Ended up pushing somewhere in the neighborhood of 10 amps of epi while we tried to get a hold of the...

  7. Post-code debriefing?!

    jmdRN posted a topic in General Nursing

    How do your facilities handle post-code care for staff? Do you facilities have a team meeting or anything? Overnight, I was team lead and led my 1st code blue. mind you I've assisted on codes when...

  8. How to convert drams to teaspoons?

    jmdRN replied to Aongroup1990's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Let me google that for you hmmm.. funny, my google gives me dram to tsp conversions... And check out those posts from Esme.. awesome tables that she just

  9. How is your sleeping schedule working night shifts?

    jmdRN replied to AlexisNicole's topic in General Nursing

    I haven't done 12 hr nights, just 8's. My week this week looks like this: Work midnight-8:15am. Get home (thankfully only a 3 min drive). Have some breakfast, but NO coffee. do a load of laundry...

  10. Where are the physician nurses hiding?

    jmdRN replied to Jess_Missouri_RN's topic in General Nursing

    Do you mean nurses working in a physician's office? Or nurse practitioners? If you mean Dr's Office type nurses check out Ambulatory Care Nursing / Clinic

  11. hyperkalemia

    jmdRN replied to aannaa's topic in MICU, SICU

    Let's try this aannaa : Let me google that for

  12. Basic IV help

    jmdRN replied to ShaynaSmart's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    99% of the time it will be an IV canula/catheter like the one you saw in class (flexible outher sheath that stays in the vein, and rigid metal part that is withdrawn). BUT, sometime butterfly...

  13. Describe the Ugliest Scrubs You Have Seen!

    jmdRN replied to PacoUSA's topic in Nursing Humor

    I know this is old, but does is come with gravol/zofran/stemetil in the

  14. anyone noticing a massive increase in angiedema in patients on lisinopril?

    jmdRN replied to Sirapples's topic in Patient Medications

    Haven't seen it with lisinopril, but had 2 separate cases where ramipril was the

  15. Pre-Pour medication: to do or not to do

    jmdRN replied to Do_Good's topic in Patient Medications

    Do_good, OP means "original poster", the person who started the thread ( in this case.. you :) ). And I agree with the others.. no way in heck would I willing pre-pour for another shift!!! that's just...

  16. pre-hospital successful CPR story! - great read!

    jmdRN replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks for sharing Brian. We had a guy who's story was similar to that in our ICU this winter. He was outside shoveling (yay for Canadian winters ) and was lucky enough to have his MI while the...

  17. question... US to Canada

    jmdRN replied to smurfynursey's topic in Immigration Advice

    And also, keep in mind that BC is a saturated market, much like California. If your heart is set on BC, you'll have more luck in smaller rural settins than in

  18. You Know You're A Nurse If...

    jmdRN replied to Joe V's topic in Nursing Humor

    You know you're a nurse when, at a family gathering, one of the kiddos pukes during supper. you clean it up, wash your hands, and go back to eating like nothing happened. The more squeamish in the...

  19. Nursing textbooks question

    jmdRN replied to ckgabel's topic in General Nursing

    nearly everyone I know used Amazon.com: Fundamentals of Nursing, 8e (9780323079334): Patricia A. Potter RN MSN PhD FAAN, Anne Griffin Perry RN EdD FAAN, Patricia Stockert RN BSN MS PhD, Amy Hall RN...

  20. biggest gauge IV??

    jmdRN replied to mmc51264's topic in General Students

    I've put 16's in an ante-cubs before.. and had a young-ish male pt last week that I'm 99% sure I could have landed 14s in, but we were

  21. when did you have your OR clinicals?

    jmdRN replied to jusstme's topic in General Students

    Hmmm... we had 1 OR day during Med-Surg I, one during Med-surg II, 1 during Maternity/ob (well, 1 "labour" day, I got to see 2 c-births and 1 vag.. so 2 OR's that day). And during our Ambulatory Care...

  22. Cleaning my Littmann

    jmdRN replied to Owloveyou's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Magic Eraser did NOTHING at all for the stains on my breast cancer pink Littman. Haven't tried the Clean and Clear yet...dont remember the last time I had enough acne to buy

  23. Math Again

    jmdRN replied to RNrerun's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    is wrong. 4 MILIgrams (mg) = 4000 MICROgrams (mcg) And.. why are you working it down to mcg when the question is asking for mg/kg/min? Is it really suggesting you run it at 4mg/kg/min (which is a...

  24. Nursing in Quebec (montreal)

    jmdRN replied to silverhalide's topic in International Nursing

    For LPN/RPN in Quebec, you'll want to deal with L'Ordre des Infirmiers et Infirmieres Auxilliaires du Quebec Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers auxiliaires du Québec - OIIAQ (english version of the...

  25. Math Calculations for last semester of Nursing Program

    jmdRN replied to WantingtheBest's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    For the 1st one, you need to figure out how many gr (or mg) are in each ml, then do the conversions to get to your desired rate of 4mg/min to x ml/min. And I'm not sure about your pumps, but our...