mspurple

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1. suppository and was not given help!!!

   mspurple posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

   i had this pt with chron's dse and has a regular bowel movt characterized by large and soft to formed. my shift is almost over when i saw an order glycerin supp. it comes in my mind right away that...

2. New hospital RN...hating it

   mspurple replied to natalie877's topic in Nursing Career

   i felt goos after reading your post amd the responses you got from others. everyword you mentioned are all true and i also felt the same way. everytime i woke up and know that i am going to work that...

3. am i destined to be a nurse?!

   mspurple posted a topic in Nursing Career

   i always feel bad everytime something went wrong at work. i feel like im incompetent and.not meant for nursing. i graduated 2007 and never work as a nurse till 2011. i got my license as LPN on jan...

4. heparin bolus and continous infusion

   mspurple replied to mspurple's topic in Medical-Surgical

   if im not mistaken bolus is considered to be the loading dose of heparin when starting a heparin therapy. it is titrated until the desired ptt is achieved. ptt is the time needed for a blood to clot....

5. heparin bolus and continous infusion

   mspurple posted a topic in Medical-Surgical

   this pt. who had a chest pain and lab results shows a high troponin t level. a heparin 3.83 ml bolus was ordered then after 765 units/hr continous infusion. my question, is it okay to start the...

6. Do I have to flush before withdrawing a blood from a PICC even a 0.9 Nacl + k running

   mspurple replied to mspurple's topic in Infusion, Intravenous

   i see. i though since there is an IV running it's okay not to flush. if the PICC line is not use i will for sure flush it before drawing blood. anyway thanks

7. Do I have to flush before withdrawing a blood from a PICC even a 0.9 Nacl + k running

   mspurple posted a topic in Infusion, Intravenous

   I did not practice nursing for almost 4 yrs, and just started working again as nurse 2 days ago :)) it's my first time to draw blood from a picc, just wondering, if there is an IV running through the...