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the Yahtzee Rhythym... as a new nurse in a PCU, I had a patient who started having what was thought to be an A flutter, or artifact, but only in short bursts, on the telemterty monitor, so my preceptor told me to go check on her and see how she was doing. I knocked on the door, opened it, and saw my patient with her sister playing a game of yahtzee. I didn't see my patient in any signs of distress, and asked her if she was feeling faint, dizzy, or lightheaded...ect....she was fine. This kept happening for the next 30 minutes, so my preceptor finally stepped into the room and saw what was transpiring. She used the call bell to ask the telemetry monitor to tell her what rythym he saw when she aksed the patient to "roll" her next move. Well, needless to say, the same rythym apeared on the monitor again as the patient shook her roll, so now we have a common name for artifact on our unit .... the Yahtzee Rhythym......

I am a new nurse, just finishing my internship and now I have to switch to nights - that was the deal I signed up for. I need advice on how to switch my body around since I am an older new grad - 42 y/o with 3 kids! I never see then end of the news at 10, let alone stay awake to see the new year! I am working on a good buzz with wine right now, and figure that will get me to sleep tomorrow day while my kids are in school, then hopefully stay awake tomorrow night long enough to be able to sleep Tuesday day, so that I can start my first night shift Tuesday night. Does ANYONE out there tonight have any helpful hints on how to swing my body around to this? I only work three night shifts this week, then have 6 days off. Then it will be 3 nights on, two off, and three on, then 6 off as a regular schedule. I need anyones helpful tidbits of nursing knowledge on this subject! Thanks, Victoria

I am a new nurse, just finishing my internship and now I have to switch to nights - that was the deal I signed up for. I need advice on how to switch my body around since I am an older new grad - 42 y/o with 3 kids! I never see then end of the news at 10, let alone stay awake to see the new year! I am working on a good buzz with wine right now, and figure that will get me to sleep tomorrow day while my kids are in school, then hopefully stay awake tomorrow night long enough to be able to sleep Tuesday day, so that I can start my first night shift Tuesday night. Does ANYONE out there tonight have any helpful hints on how to swing my body around to this? I only work three night shifts this week, then have 6 days off. Then it will be 3 nights on, two off, and three on, then 6 off as a regular schedule. I need anyones helpful tidbits of nursing knowledge on this subject! Thanks, Victoria

Good morning, I am getting ready to graduate in May and will be taking the NCLEX in June. I would like to hear from other nurses which prep test you used and if you thought it was worth the money and also effective in preparing you for the test. My school has a very high pass rate (so they say...) and hope that I would be able to pass with just the knowledge I gained in school (3.5 gpa). However, I do want to feel as prepared as possible, and want to use some kind of prep course. Thanks for your time:) Victoria

Good morning, I am trying to finish up a cas study for my management/legal issues class, and want to know if anyone has any other info I can use. The situation is a scrub nurse getting a slight prick handing a needle to the Surgeon. He doesn't want her to take time to reglove. What federal regulations might help her in the event of an injury or infection, and what are her rights under those? I have these concepts: (BRIEFLY stated here) * OSHA - blood borne pathogens section including gloveing and post stick regulations * Check to see if Surgeon has any fileings with Federal Data Bank if she has to * Is there anything that NIOSH can do, or is that mostly research? * If he won't let her reglove, she can sneeze on the sterile field! * She should have personal Libaility insurance incase she or the patient get an infection Am I missing anythying important? I didn't take very many notes of federal stuff, and wish I had now! Victoria