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  1. Is a slow code ethical?

    blackvans1234 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I assume not, but let me provide detail. Im a pct at a hospital, this nurse is new to our unit and was talking about how a patient of hers (in the past) did not have a DNR but really should have, he...

  2. Just starting at 21

    blackvans1234 replied to Idiosyncratic's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    No empathy here, considering I have a few 50 year old classmates in my ADN

  3. Content in MedSurg 2?

    blackvans1234 posted a topic in General Students

    Hey all just wondering if you could give me a breakdown/ idea of your medsurg 2 course. I just completed medsurg 1 and some things we covered were; burns, ortho- joint replacements, fractures, casts ,...

  4. I want to do well in nursing school...any advice

    blackvans1234 replied to loveSBK's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Keep calm and study

  5. Coping Mechanisms- How do you cope?

    blackvans1234 replied to dstevens25's topic in Men in Nursing

    I cry seldomly, but once in a while. Maybe Q6months. Usually I can sleep things off. I suppose I don't have an official coping mechanism yet. I'm still a nursing student but work as a PCT in a local...

  6. Phlebotomy or Nursing Assistant?

    blackvans1234 replied to cherrybomb210's topic in Nursing Career

    Hm, there is a lot here. If you are planning on becoming a nurse, the CNA will pay off in dividends. A quick google search

  7. Warfarin and lovenox ...trach bleeding

    blackvans1234 replied to usRNs's topic in Patient Medications

    Im a student, so this is all based on my theory, and I do not have much clinical expertise. What were the VS of this patient? If pulse was significantly trending upward and bp downward, I would have...

  8. Warfarin and lovenox ...trach bleeding

    blackvans1234 replied to usRNs's topic in Patient Medications

    I was under the impression that lovenox does not alter pt/inr levels, nor does it alter appt. Just my

  9. As a nursing student I'm afraid of _____. (fill in the blank)

    blackvans1234 replied to Joe V's topic in General Students

    Failing any of the last 4 classes I have left :***: And getting a

  10. What exactly do physicians do again?

    blackvans1234 replied to wanderlustgirl's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Well during a code a physician or PA/ NP has to be there to order emergency medications that the RN's would give. Maybe in the second case that was just a different doctor just waltzing by and curious...

  11. Staffing during hurricanes?

    blackvans1234 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey all, just wondering what your hospital does in regards to staffing during a hurricane. Do they increase staffing, maintain staffing, or decrease staffing? How about immediately after a hurricane...

  12. Identity as a nurse.

    blackvans1234 replied to dudette10's topic in General Nursing

    I sort of went into nurse mode one time (however im a student, 1 year to go!). I live in an apartment complex and my neighbor, an older guy who is sickly locked himself out of his apartment. As fate...

  13. Half a nurse :) two semesters to go

    blackvans1234 replied to Camwill's topic in General Students

    Im also halfway

  14. Staffing during hurricanes?

    blackvans1234 replied to blackvans1234's topic in General Nursing

    I think we got a little off track. My initial question was to inquire regarding the working nurses during a hurricane and shortly after. More specifically do they ask more nurses to come in when there...

  15. May 2013 Caption Contest: Win $100!

    blackvans1234 replied to Joe V's topic in News, Announcements

    Just after the lactulose enema, Jan and Frank heard a

  16. I don't want a male nurse! - Caption Contest Winner

    blackvans1234 replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    As a PCT it is the most annoying thing I deal with. As I spend more time in the field it is more and more a

  17. Do you talk about work at home?

    blackvans1234 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hey all, wondering what the general trend is here. My question is, do you talk about work when you're not at work? The reason i'm asking is this: I'm a nursing student, my sister is an RN. She and I...

  18. Nursing Diagnosis

    blackvans1234 replied to paratroopa's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I will state this again, for emphasis. In nursing school you are learning. There are students that will have an amazing understanding of the possible complications and nursing considerations, and...

  19. Nursing Diagnosis

    blackvans1234 replied to paratroopa's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    In practice, you don't write these things out. They are all just in your head, floating around. In nursing school they need to make sure you're on the right

  20. Nursing Diagnosis

    blackvans1234 replied to paratroopa's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    HELLO SO nursing diagnoses are plans of nursing care to either prevent a likely complication, or managing a current complication. For example, you have a patient with multiple contractures, who had...

  21. NURSING JUDGEMENT.

    blackvans1234 replied to fairyluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I have educated angry CNA's on this forum and will educate angry nurses as well. If you're ''so short staffed it's not funny'' , how can you deem your CNA's incompetent? what is their Pt ratio? They...

  22. NURSING JUDGEMENT.

    blackvans1234 replied to fairyluv's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    We just learned about shock, among it septic shock. It's an extremely slippery slope once you get into the late phase of progressive stage. Good job, chances are you saved that patients

  23. Why do I feel like an outsider?

    blackvans1234 replied to GGirll22's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    In my opinion it is detrimental to patient care if there are people that do not speak the language. For example If the nurse is giving face to face report to another nurse and a nurse nearby hears a...

  24. I still don't understand why a hospital would hire cna's, or techs but not lpn's

    blackvans1234 replied to Destiny'skid's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    The super paranoid nursing school (ASN) rationale is that you're assessing for the entirety of the catheter, and assessing for a resultant embolus. As a PCT in a hospital, I wish I could take out...

  25. Male catheters

    blackvans1234 replied to libran1984's topic in Men in Nursing

    My PCP (NP all the way!) is a female, and last I checked I am a male (22 Y.O.) I have an annual physical coming up in a week and I really don't care about her checking my sack for inguinal hernia's....