Julius Seizure

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    IVs in the breast

    Frustrating. I cant think of any reason except money not to allow
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    IVs in the breast

    I would rather have an IV started in my breast than in my foot. Those foot ones hurt! Great thread. Can we talk about starting IVs in memberes
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    IVs in the breast

    The most impressive PIV that I've ever seen was when my charge nurse placed an IV in the back of the knee on a 3 year old (unresponsive)
  4. ....how did I get in this thread? wrong
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    What's wrong with my patient?

    OP just wanted to tell you that i am impressed with how you thought out this scenario. Well
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    Flavored formula for feeding tubes

    are these pediasure flavors? all ive ever seen is chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry. and
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    I can't stop thinking about quitting nursing school.

    Put me down for another one that hated school and considered quitting every. single.
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    Help with 4 year old Hem/Onc in isolation

    Does the hem/onc staff and child life specialist know that you are admitted? Maybe some familiar faces could come
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    Flavored formula for feeding tubes

    a VEGGIE
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    HOW do people do well in Anatomy & P?

    Find someone and teach it to them. If you can teach it, you know that you know
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    When did you know you wanted to be a nurse?

    I didn't know that I wanted to be a nurse until...gosh....nearly a year after I started my first nursing
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    Getting a C in Anatomy :(

    That is a better picture of heart anatomy than I see most of the cardiologists draw! You are an
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    Sitting at work

    It may be that they dont really notice that they havent sat down. I know that sometimes my brain is working so much that I dont really notice that I could have sat down because in my head I am...
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    How long is your break

    No only legal, but the industry
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    Children's Medical Center Dallas February 2016

    Curious, is it a residency for the entire hospital? What I mean is, what floor do you work on when you do it? Do you get to pick? (I know a girl who said she was gonna apply for
  16. Can they come show our housekeepers that? I've never seen a single crevice cleaned. Just spray and wipe the top of the railings and mattress. Where are all these amazing housekeepers??? I want to...
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    Cough drops

    Good heavens, what are people doing with petroleum jelly these days? Clearly some have more sinister minds than I do, because I can't imagine anything that would be so hazardous as to prohibit the...
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    Homework interview needed!!!!!

    I once had to do a book report on some random novel about transcultural healthcare. Couldn't find a cliffnotes or sparknotes for it.....so I did it based on the Amazon.com summary and customer...
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    Code blue on psych floor

    Don't question yourself. You acted and thats all you can do. I'm sure some nurses would have froze in that circumstance. Your patient had help from you and made it to the ICU. Regardless of the...
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    A coworker made me so mad!

    Fingerstick labs are a very reasonable thing to attempt. If they were really THAT unreliable, we wouldnt use them in pediatrics on a daily basis. With a warm pack, good aim, and gravity you can...
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    Hospitals discriminating against medical conditions..?

    ......
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    What is your schedule like as a nurse?

    Ive had different experiences in different states/hospitals. I started as a new grad on nights, as many do, because there was a "wait list" for nurses that wanted to transfer to open day shift...
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    Incidental sexism

    I think it was the movie "Up In The Air" where George Clooney's character said "I'm like my mother - I stereotype. It's
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    Specialties

    Hi :) Im a travel RN and I work with congenital heart defects. Feel free to message me if you want. Are you interested in adults or pediatrics with respect to the congenital heart population? There...
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    Isopropyl Alcohol for Nausea (Protocol Info Needed)

    So silly that something like that wouldnt be able to just be a nursing intervention. Sorry OP, I have no help for you. Like someone else said, we just do it....we dont make it