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That's been my standard mom-response since before being a nurse... the littlest booboos from my kids would get a look at, and if nothing visible to the naked eye, the threat of amputation (in jest!) as a result, usually followed with a cartoon bandai...

I put 1st initial of 1st name and whole last name on mine, but that's because there's no less than 5 nurses on my (small) unit who share my 1st name.

my oldest was in LTC as a CNA, she was 102. Since graduating, my oldest pt was 98, in ICU...

Had a patient recently who had a deep, productive cough x several days. Docs asked for a sputum culture, so night shift sent off 1st sputum of the morning last week. Got the C&S back and had a few of the 'usual suspects' ie haemophilus influenz...

Super dark room (I have a black out blind that I put a dark coloured flannel blanket over top of), fan on medium for white noise, ear plugs if it's a nice day (neighbor likely to mow lawn), no coffee after 2am, and no drinking at all after 4am (I get...

We've been doing team nursing at my hospital for a little over a year now, and I hate it! Our med/tele unit has 28 beds, divided into 2 teams. Each team has an RN team lead, 2 RPNs who each have 7 pts on days and 1 PCT. As RN, I'm supposed to eva...

LPNs in Quebec report to the Ordre des Infirmiers et Infirmieres Auxiliaires de Quebec (OIIAQ). Their website is found here : Order - Ordre des infirmières et infirmiers auxiliaires du Québec - OIIAQ And as mentioned by JustBeachy, you do need to be ...

I paid 410$ for 1 year in Canada, which includes malpractice ins and sales tax >.>

we do B-52's here on our agitated pts in the ER. Benadryl, 5mg Haldol and 2mg Ativan

I agree that it depends on the new grad. Some are more mature (read 2nd career, old farts ) and have managing skills from past life experiences that some of the "fresh out of HS to NS" new grads don't have. At my place of work, I was charge on even...

When I work nights, I'll have a coffee or 2 at the BEGINNING of my shift, but nothing more than water or regular juice after the 1/2 way point. If you have a medscape account (free!) check out this CME/CE on Night Shift Syndrome. I found it eye open...

If AKY's link doesn't work for you up there, try this link , it's a direct link to the LA Times story she linked. And thanks for sharing AKY. The message of that article is sooo true. So many of us, myself included, just don't know what to say, or...

It means the replace the AMOUNT of NG drainage (usually between 150-300mls with the NG's I see per 8 hr shift) with an equivalent amout of NS. You dispose of the NG drainage wherever the bio-hazards for your unit go, DO NOT try to replace the goo th...

My last semester of RN school was split into 2 1/2 semesters. Before spring break we had 2 days in classroom and 3 days on the floor where we had 2 pts and up to 3 in the last week. After spring break we had a 6-8 week preceptorship where we had to...

Some step-downs also have dopamine or other pressors.

The OIIQ nursing exam is different from the NCLEX. It's a 2 day process, where on 1 day you have OSCE (situational) exams in which there are 16 stations where you have 10 minutes to assess the patient and perform appropriate nursing actions. The oth...

I picked up 2 books when I started out in ICU.. Critical Care Nursing Made Incredibly Easy! (Incredibly Easy! Series®): Lippincott: 9781609136499: Amazon.com: Books and Quick Reference to Critical Care: Nancy H. Diepenbrock: 9781608314645: Amazon...

hmm highest I've seen is 80mmol/l (1440 in US) on admission to our ICU. Lowest was

My own son, while fighting a post H1N1 pneumonia hit 40.5 C oral temp when he was 6. came down to 38C with tylenol and motrin alternating, but was one wild (and scary) night trying to keep the fever down

screwed over with the holiday schedule. I never do more than 4x 0:00-8:00 shifts in a row and they've scheduled me 7 in a row from Dec 28 to Jan 2!!! No bonuses or anything

You should check your collection bag. Usually the port is on the tubing of the bag, not the foley itself.

Will you be applying to a Quebec university for Nursing? or elsewhere? When I went back to CEGEP for my DEC in Nursing in 2007, my core courses from CEGEP the 1st time thru (I was in DEC-Science in 1995-97) counted towards my 2nd DEC in 2007, so I o...

I thought nothing, until I had the pt w/ the worst lack of hygiene EVER in my icu!!. We had to wash his feet 3 times to reduce the stench upon his arrival at 23h and day-shift (who start at 8am) were complaining about the residual stink in the unit....

Also, consider that chemical restrains can depress the CNS, so look at the effects of a depressed CNS. Can you have an effective therapy session/therapeutic communication etc with someone who's chemically sedated? How will you evaluate their thought ...

do you really need to ask that?! :lol: