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  1. Positive Urine Drug Sceen-Please Read

    TCASII replied to catkaminski's topic in General Nursing

    This link claims ibuprofen will give false-positive for BZs too. http://www.swedish.org/17150.cfm I really depends on how much testing they do. GC-MS is used often to confirm a positive. I even...

  2. Positive Urine Drug Sceen-Please Read

    TCASII replied to catkaminski's topic in General Nursing

    Which part? Bananas or Ibuprofen? Offhand, I don't recall where I read it, but I know it was in one of my many textbooks. As far as THC false-positives, a lot of meds, especially NSAIDs seem to do...

  3. Positive Urine Drug Sceen-Please Read

    TCASII replied to catkaminski's topic in General Nursing

    Oxaprozin (Daypro) can cause a BZ false-positive.

  4. Positive Urine Drug Sceen-Please Read

    TCASII replied to catkaminski's topic in General Nursing

    I can't think of any reason you would have come up positive for BZs. Maybe you eat a ton of bananas? They have trace amounts of diazepam in them, but seriously it wouldn't show on a drug screen....

  5. Aggravated at Phlebotomy Preceptor

    TCASII posted a topic in General Nursing

    I decided to take the local PCT program, since it was cheap and I'm still waiting to get into the nursing program. I'm done with class and now at the phlebotomy clinicals. I've only been last week -...

  6. Experiences w/ Reason Medical or Allheart?

    TCASII replied to Serenyd's topic in General Nursing

    Pretty sure I've ordered from Allheart as well. No

  7. No Internet access at work

    TCASII replied to pricklypear's topic in General Nursing

    While I think you should have access to it, I do think it's overused or abused too much. It really depends on the job and location, but some departments are too busy to have people online screwing...

  8. Summer quarter too short for Anatomy class?

    TCASII replied to Sis123's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I guess it depends on the teacher. I took it with a really cool teacher and passed no problems with an A. Very easy, however, I'd taken the one semester A&P a couple years prior and kept up with...

  9. Can CNAs work in hospitals with no experience?

    TCASII replied to Chopchop11's topic in General Nursing

    Depends where you live. The city I live is huge and we're saturated with CNAs. They generally won't hire without plenty of

  10. Medication for Migraines

    TCASII replied to nurseangel78's topic in General Nursing

    that's not possible..........this according to a neurologist who deals with headache pts and even assists neurosurgeons in certain surgeries. :chuckle my mom went to him for her daily common...

  11. Medication for Migraines

    TCASII replied to nurseangel78's topic in General Nursing

    Antihistaminergic properties. Antihistamines increase hunger. H1 antagonists that cross the BBB that

  12. Medication for Migraines

    TCASII replied to nurseangel78's topic in General Nursing

    Depends so much on the severity and individual. Sumatriptan (Imitrex) was great when my migraines reappeared back around '94, but I get the classic migraines, or migraine with aura, and cannot...

  13. Very confussed about courses

    TCASII replied to Princess74's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Understanding of chemistry and concepts of it relating to the body, but the chemistry class at our schools is nothing more than a bunch of nonsense and math. Nothing specific to the human body at...

  14. Very confussed about courses

    TCASII replied to Princess74's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    and you'll be using that when?? never met a regular nurse who used chemistry in their

  15. 1 month in and students already quitting

    TCASII replied to luvmypatients's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Why are so many people failing/dropping anatomy?? It's so easy. Just memorize the material. No real concept or logic to it, just memorize it. I guess I just thought it was

  16. Illegal Drugs At Work?

    TCASII replied to GrnHonu99's topic in General Nursing

    I agree to some extent. If someone smokes pot like a maniac on their days off, no telling what their mental status will be while working. I've been around my share of potheads, and most of them were...

  17. In Trouble With The Bon!!! Please Advise Me...

    TCASII replied to LadyBugLass's topic in General Nursing

    As a pre-nursing student only, yet having plenty of hosptial experience, what do you mean they told you to turn yourself in? To who? Confused as to what that means since you already spoke to the...

  18. 1 month in and students already quitting

    TCASII replied to luvmypatients's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Man, I rarely see a whole lot of people dropping out of pre-req classes. Usually when they do it's because the instructor is horrible, rude, sexist, inept, or whatever. :chuckle A&P, only 3 or...

  19. When communicating with an older client who is hearing impaired, the nurse initially:

    TCASII replied to student06's topic in General Nursing

    +1 for A Or for those with a sense of humor, write next to A. "What's the matter? Are you

  20. Paxil Doesn't Work Anymore---What's Next?

    TCASII replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    Beyond simple conversions and intermediate algebra, I really have too much trouble. All those high level math classes are really a struggle, since I have difficulties with algebra anyhow. I'm also...

  21. Paxil Doesn't Work Anymore---What's Next?

    TCASII replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I wish. Got a couple classes before I can apply to nursing school. My obstacle is math. I'm so bad at it, that I'd never survive anything pharmacy or MD, which is what I'd really love to do. Too...

  22. Paxil Doesn't Work Anymore---What's Next?

    TCASII replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    You want the Ki value goldmine?? The wonderful people at Case Western University have been compiling a database for us Interent folk to access for free!! Professional or not....

  23. Paxil Doesn't Work Anymore---What's Next?

    TCASII replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    The Ki value is used to determine receptor-ligand affinity for any drug with certain tissues. K is the equilibrium constant, and the subscript "i" represents inhibition a competing chemical has over...

  24. Paxil Doesn't Work Anymore---What's Next?

    TCASII replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

    I've been on almost everything one can think of. Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft, Celexa, Lexapro, Effexor, Tofranil (imipramine), Pamelor (nortriptyline), Wellbutrin, Serzone (nefazodone), and now Cymbalta....

  25. What is the correct way to wean off a pt. on Paxil?

    TCASII replied to Jo Anne -OLD's topic in Psychiatric

    Are you stating that cortisol levels are increased by SSRIs, thus weight gain and other metabolic issues are a problem associated with these medications? While it's true that about 50% of depressed...