HeartNurse3

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  1. I hope that's not what you do. 0.67 of a tablet = about 2/3 of a tablet. If you gave the patient "all but 0.67 ml" of that mixture, you just gave the patient over 9/10ths of the
  2. My line to solve this little problem is "Here at {name of hospital where I work], we like to encourage patients to do as MUCH for THEMSELVES as they can." This simple little phrase has worked every...
  3. Charting Bloopers

    We give Tylenol IV all the time - most of the time it works better than narcotics post-op. The brand name is
  4. Starting Salary [new grad]?

    South Texas (everyone complains about working here if they're not from here but I like it) BSN (no difference in pay from ADNs) Med-Surg/Telemetry Day shift Less than 1 year experience (started in...
  5. 2nd degree nurses

    I was a high school teacher (for 1 year) before I decided to go back to nursing school. Nursing had always been an interest of mine, and after dabbling in teaching, I discovered very quickly it was...
  6. I am relatively new as well, only been at the bedside since January of this year, but what everyone else has been saying is so true: at first, you feel like every medication you give, every adverse...
  7. wonky Adenocard prescription

    oops...that was a mistype...long day/week. I meant heart rate
  8. wonky Adenocard prescription

    This is going to be a question/rant. I had a patient the other day (I work in Tele) with a heart rate sustaining in the 130's-140's and the attending cardiologist was VERY rude to me after I...
  9. UTMB BACC2 Spring 2012

    @AC123TX: Most of my classmates are already well into their job search, and several have gotten their first interview. I haven't heard of anyone actually getting a job yet, but I'm sure that will...
  10. UTMB BACC2 Spring 2012

    I am, and I'm almost done! December 7th is my last scheduled clinical day. Woo hoo!!! :lol2:Now just gotta pass NCLEX and find a
  11. UTMB BACC2 Spring 2012

    I used Apartments Galveston...very helpful. Their website (with phone number) is apartmentsgalveston.com. Doesn't look like much, but they found me a reasonably priced, decent apartment on VERY short...
  12. UTMB BACC2 Spring 2012

    Not true on the grants. UTMB offers institutional scholarships and grants that you should DEFINITELY apply for. They give them out regardless of degree history. They require your parents' tax info...