hodgieRN

hodgieRN

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  1. Is this a big deal?

    I wouldn't wrap anything but you can apply a loose dressing, a drainage pad, or tape gauze to the leaking wound until an order is given. Sometimes, I will just put a chuck pad under the extremity and...
  2. Checking orders

    Our policy states to check orders every 1-2
  3. Subq Heparin

    I understand what the OP is saying. I get your thinking that if the pt was ambulatory, then why use heparin. The answer is not necessarily about the pts ability to move around, but it depends more on...
  4. chest tubes

    All pts in the hospital have a water seal. The water seal prevents back flow into the chest and it indicates if there is a leak. It is usually at the bottom of the collection system and the water is...
  5. chest tubes

    The terminology is actually very clear. The difference in suction and no suction is termed "to suction or to gravity." If the CT is to suction, then it is causing a negative pressure to suction fluid...
  6. Rhythm interpretation a fib

    Yes, if they are not in a-fib, then it is regular (or whatever the new rhythm is). A-fib is irregularly irregular. Nurses can chart regular on a-fib because they are used to filling in the same boxes...
  7. Also depends on where or not pts have bowel movements. If they start passing stool, that's when it's most effective. Although, the loss of potassium via stool probably has more effectiveness than...
  8. Frustrated and dont know what I want

    No problem! Hope the shadowing goes
  9. Priorities

    I don't think e-cigs should be allowed in the hospital. I wouldn't want a pt blowing vaporized nicotine in my
  10. Pharmacology study tips, please.

    Try and group the medications based on the generic name b/c most of them have a similar base term. Dibucaine, lidocaine, benzocaine, tetracaine all cause numbness. Learn how they interact...
  11. RN TO BSN

    Don't think so. I think ADN students will have to return to school an get the BSN. I heard that 2020 was picked so that ADN nurses who have been around a while will be able to retire. I even heard...
  12. Working in nursing school.

    I can't wait to see the responses on this
  13. How are male nursing students perceived?

    I never had an issues with stereotyping. There are people that make the usual, overplayed, unoriginal jokes about being a nurse. Pts usually don't have any issues with it. You will find a female pt...
  14. Hillsborough Community College Summer 2013

    Sharon Henderson is great! She's super nice and fair. She was there when I went to HCC in 2002. Everyone liked
  15. Hillsborough Community College Summer 2013

    Congrats! HCC has a great program. You'll love
  16. New Student Questions

    Yes, you get paid. You will be hired by the hospital and your title will be a GN (graduate nurse). You will be paid as an RN because you are basically receiving on the job training. That is if you can...
  17. No problem! Yeah, I would agree to look up the meds last. They take a while to gather all the info. But, when you are a nurse, the meds can tell you all sorts of information. Many times, pts will tell...
  18. Focused Charting DAR note on IV patency

    In my opinion, yes, you can include that it was difficult to flush. That is one of the many describing factors when assessing patency. I am assuming that the RN felt that the redness and swelling was...
  19. A medical diagnosis describes the injuries sustained and the mechanism of injury. MVC, rib fractures, patella fracture, flail chest, and blunt force trauma are all medical diagnoses. Those terms are...
  20. This paragraph wasn't written in a specific order. Just because the sentence about pulses is at the end, doesn't make it the last priority. If that was the case, then decreased urine output had more...
  21. Now the guy is in
  22. Which is harder A&P 1 or 2

    I thought A&P I was harder. It was all foreign language to me and I didn't know what the instructor was saying half the time. I didn't have any idea how to study for it. I went into II with a good...
  23. Need Advice!!

    No problem! There is another class that might be interesting. I know it may sound stupid, but they are classes like " college success " or "college life," something like that. It's totally not needed,...
  24. Pedal pulses on a critically ischemic leg that required an intervention is priority. You are assessing if the procedure was successful. This is how NCLEX questions are based. A HR and BP doesn't...
  25. Personally, I don't think a BSN is a waste. Despite the move away from the clinical aspect, the BSN does do a great job of preparing you for post-graduate work. That's what I wanted from it. As I said...