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  1. Using judgement, med parameters

    kayvary posted a topic in First Year After Licensure

    I am a new grad on orientation and I already know I am going to be posting on here a lot. My first question to those with more wisdom... I had a patient who had IV BP medication ordered every 6 hrs...

  2. Feeling Overwhelmed & Incompetent

    kayvary replied to newgradpedsnurse's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I feel the same way as you, I'm still on orientation but everyday when I go home I obsess over things I should have done differently. Though I do feel like the whole npo thing isn't a problem, I've...

  3. Lead Placement for 12 Lead

    kayvary posted a topic in Cardiac

    I am looking at a picture in my book for the placement of electrodes for a 12 lead ekg and it only shows 10 leads! But it specifically says 12 lead ecg, which I always assumed meant 12 electrodes....

  4. After Hypoglycemia

    kayvary posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I was at the hospital today and had a diabetic patient who I gave insulin to according to a sliding scale. The glucose was high, almost 400. But later on the patient was cold clammy and...

  5. After Hypoglycemia

    kayvary replied to kayvary's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Thank you for the responses. This happened in the morning around 7:30 am - the patient already had his breakfast in front of him but I did later find out his appetite hasn't been good lately but we...

  6. Elderly post-op delirium/disorientation

    kayvary posted a topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hello. I need to pick a topic on post-op complications. A lot of people are already doing pneumonia, incision infections. I recently encountered an elderly patient whose baseline is a&o x 3...

  7. Passed NCLEX-RN on third try!

    kayvary replied to NurseJTG's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Congrats! Thanks for sharing your

  8. ACNP/RNFA salary negotiations

    kayvary replied to kguill975's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Hello, I am not an NP but I stumbled across this thread while researching info about RNFA's. The AORN website has a salary survey from 2012; only 3.4% of the survey respondents were RNFA's so it was...

  9. IV Infiltration and Other Problems

    kayvary posted a topic in General Students

    I have a question about IV infiltration. I saw a patient who had IV fluids running. The IV was in the forearm. The hand was swollen and cold. I have only learned about edema happening at or above...