Dogen

Dogen

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  1. Very Low Dose Insulin Administration

    Dogen replied to ILoveMyJobRN's topic in General Nursing

    It's the super fancy Novolog Echo. The NovoPen Junior also did half-unit dosing, if I'm not mistaken, but I don't know much about it because I never used pens. There's a HumaPen that doses in...

  2. The cost of medications and universal healthcare

    Dogen replied to macawake's topic in General Nursing

    You should probably read about imatinab (Gleevec) before suggesting anyone switch to another kinase inhibitor. The human body has hundreds of kinases (518 to be exact), and imatinib targets a single...

  3. Very Low Dose Insulin Administration

    Dogen replied to ILoveMyJobRN's topic in General Nursing

    Generally speaking, I find hospital sliding scales kind of ridiculous. Every hospital I've seen makes a mockery of counting carbs if they do it at all (how many, "My diabetic patient got macaroni,...

  4. Should Our Study Group Allow a Failing Student to Join?

    Dogen replied to WellThatsOod's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Not horrible. You're not going to carry her through the NCLEX, so she either learns to study now or increases her risk of failing later. A&P is tough, but it's not the top of that hill, you

  5. Troponin Timing

    Dogen replied to cjgiedt's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah... they should always be ordered as serial troponins timed off the first lab, because the size of the infarction and thus mortality are linearly correlated with peak troponin levels. So, timing...

  6. Interview Question that has me stumped

    Dogen replied to CairnsICU's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    This was my first interpretation - that they were looking to see if you would deviate from the guidelines or instruct the new nurse to do it if the new nurse identified a problem with them. Because...

  7. Emailing future preceptor?

    Dogen replied to IHeartPeds87's topic in General Nursing

    I think an email is fine, but I wouldn't start out with questions that will ask her to do much/any work, since that's akin to asking for a favor and you don't know her. The first time you email...

  8. Do RNs get extra pay for working with students?

    Dogen replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

    The ability to spout off is the defining feature of internet forums. It's why conversations like this one drag on so long. There's no such thing as an argument going on too long on the internet. In...

  9. Libertarian Healthcare

    Dogen replied to 1edwood79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    A right-leaning state with a large population of Medicare beneficiaries that elected a guy who ran a company that was convicted of 14 felony counts of defrauding Medicare and forced to pay a...

  10. Do RNs get extra pay for working with students?

    Dogen replied to johndough's topic in General Nursing

    Well, some people were conversating about what it's called when you're orientating someone, and they decided preceptoring was the way to go. Some people like extra

  11. NP school reputation

    Dogen replied to Jules A's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I feel like my NP curriculum is kind of like nursing school amplified. Everything I liked about my nursing school experience (pathophys and pharm, essentially) is even better in my program. PharmDs...

  12. Diabetes Mellitus

    Dogen replied to DaveAlmendarez's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    What are the signs and symptoms of someone experiencing paranoia or being paranoid due to their

  13. Diabetes Mellitus

    Dogen replied to DaveAlmendarez's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Please, please include my first response. I wrote it hoping it would end up being read by a

  14. A little ICD-10 humor, especially for outpatient nurses

    Dogen replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Well, it depends who is intentionally asphyxiating whom. There are 12 different codes associated with asphyxiation due to being trapped in a discarded refrigerator. Were you put in there by someone...

  15. A little ICD-10 humor, especially for outpatient nurses

    Dogen replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    W56.22XD The 7th character denotes first medical encounter (A), subsequent encounter (D), or sequelae (S). So... if you were struck by an orca, suffered an injury, and then psychological damage you'd...

  16. A little ICD-10 humor, especially for outpatient nurses

    Dogen replied to klone's topic in General Nursing

    Technically, subsequent encounters means with a provider,

  17. Diabetes Mellitus

    Dogen replied to DaveAlmendarez's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    As a diabetic and a guy, I find Chadwick's sign the most

  18. Diabetes Mellitus

    Dogen replied to DaveAlmendarez's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Enlarged lymphzones, agranulocytosis of the lips and tongue, Chadwick's sign, and borborygmus. You're

  19. Libertarian Healthcare

    Dogen replied to 1edwood79's topic in Activism, Healthcare

    I have questions! 1. What makes market indicators a better basis for making healthcare policy decisions than, say, morality? 1a. Are market indicators synonymous with morals? That is, can a thing be...

  20. When did you find your calling?

    Dogen replied to SBDon's topic in General Nursing

    I just wanted to thank you for using "begs the question"

  21. Firearms

    Dogen replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    I'm not sure where you live that you don't feel safe walking through BC cities... but there were 516 homicides in the entire country in 2014. There were 9 homicides in Vancouver (compared to 26 in...

  22. Firearms

    Dogen replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    It's pretty messy science due to the number of confounding variables. For instance, switching from leaded to unleaded gasoline also strongly correlates with the decrease in crime, and has been...

  23. Firearms

    Dogen replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    I used your criteria and went hunting very, very briefly (I'm headed to work in a few minutes) and couldn't find anything published in the last 10 years except for this, which reports an increase in...

  24. Firearms

    Dogen replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    Have you seen the research - out of Texas no less - that found no correlation between the number of concealed carry permits and crime rates? Which could really bolster either side... I mean, you may...

  25. Firearms

    Dogen replied to cracklingkraken's topic in General Nursing

    That sounds terrifying. I'm sorry that happened to