Tess Deco RN replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency
A young man drank a few beers and decided to test his new hunting bullet proof vest. Had his buddy shoot him with a hand gun from about 20 ft away. The vest worked ..the bullet was stopped but not...
Yes! That would be my recommendation. I'm assuming the nursing student whose heart you listened to, was not elderly so you should be able to hear the heart sounds ..even if they are heavy. Ask another...
It depends on why you are checking gastric residual. A pt with that much residual obviously isn't moving gastric content through his GI tract. The NG should probably be connected to low wall suction...
wow! it seems like all of this should have been addressed when you first applied for nursing school. it doesn't seem very fair to let you complete the nursing program, just to be denied the nclex...
How can they give you a D(driving)UI when you were sleeping in your car? Did you have an accident ..run off the road? A BAC of 0.22 is significant! Saying you don't have an alcohol problem to the BON...
Yes! All you can really do with a patient like that is to emphasize the importance of knowing their own health history and medications but sometimes that is just the kind of relationship a couple has...
Tess Deco RN replied to sauconyrunner's topic in General Nursing
nurses wear masks with eye protection in the cardiac cath lab where i work. i think universal precautions would apply since the patient's artery is being accessed and blood exposure is a risk. you...