Tess Deco RN

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1. Great moments in bad judgement

   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 before the impact punched a deep, quarter size hole i...

2. Heart sounds with large breasts

   Tess Deco RN replied to tsm007's topic in General Students

   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 student, if you can try their stethoscope and see...

3. Gastric Residual...what would you do in this situation?

   Tess Deco RN replied to tnelso15's topic in General Nursing

   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 so that the residual is removed over hours, instead...

4. Denied NCLEX by CA BRN due to two DUI's-HELP!

   Tess Deco RN replied to tulip12's topic in Criminal

   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 after you are done. i think all you can do is wait fo...

5. New Grad with recent DUI; denied licensure

   Tess Deco RN replied to nursingnerd25's topic in Criminal

   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 probably isn't going to help you because they are ...

6. Baffled

   Tess Deco RN replied to GitanoRN's topic in General Nursing

   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 ..probably for years! Our job as nurses is to get ...

7. Cath Lab nurses- mask or no mask?

   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 might want to contact [color=#474747]the society for ...