Carpediem1012 BSN, RN

Have you thought of prison nursing? Both areas are covered quite easily there!

Regardless of title and tact, I'm just wondering something. Could he have prescribed NS over soap and water for a reason? Perhaps this LOL had very fragile or dry skin? Possibly a contraindication to using soap and water? I realize I am speculating h...

Way to go! I start Masters in the fall.... What am I thinking haha?

Haha. Thanks Ackeem. That's reassuring! T-2 days!

Way to go :) May I ask what your uworld percentage was? I write in three days and am at 65%.

I'm using uworld right now. Scoring around 65% for a cumulative avg. It says I'm 90 th percentile. Hoping that's positive cause I write in three days!

I had a patient ask me if "vaping" e-cigarettes would be better than smoking. I really didn't have an answer, and am wondering what you all know about e-cigs. Are they a "better" alternative? Or one that can help patients quit?

When accepting your first job (RN), would you choose full time or casual, given a choice? I'm told that many prefer casual because of the flexibility in hours and days worked, but am wondering what the experiences of others has been. Thoughts? I'm in...

Hmm. I'm going to have to look into this further. I'm told the vast majority of our grad nurses are hired casual. I am going into masters so I thought this would be a good fit. But you are right. Not sure how that fits in with preceptorship/orientati...

Thank you for the replies. Maybe it's different here in Canada. We are often hired casual as new grads. But the work hours offered equal full time or greater. We receive benefits as well. I am told that after finishing my final practicum in the ER, t...

What level of thesis is this? Have you used PICO? Who is your population. Your intervention? What are you comparing to? What is your outcome?

Love these threads! And hi Esme!! Nice to see you :)

I'm sorry you found the humanistic approach of the nursing scope too much to handle. I wish you the best in medicine and hope you find what you need from it. Hopefully it makes you feel more adequate.

Interesting. Thank you!

When I found out I got in, I promptly threw up. I also have two children, one with special needs. I am now done three years with only a year to go- on the top of the Honour roll too, I might add. Experience in life makes it all very doable. Go for it...

Isn't ceftriaxone contraindicated for those with penicillin allergies as well?

Post partum unit? Public health?

I am just wondering how many here auscultate to check tube placement in their patients with nasogastric tubes meant for feeding or med administration. If not, how do you verify placement in the stomach? (And this is not a homework question haha). I h...

Will do. :) thanks!

You know I love you GreenTea, but I did not want to "search" out an answer, but instead see what is currently being done. As you have stated in your well said post, there is a lot of EBP on the subject. I am interested I hearing what nurses are still...

Interesting! I am still a student, but seem to place a lot of NGs meant for feeding/med admin. We are taught auscultation is not a reliable placement verifier and yet many of my well respected instructors still use the practice (hence my choice to re...

What do you do when there is a weak student in your clincial group? I am very much a team player. I like my colleagues, depend on them to sound things off, and support them as well. But what about the weak student? The one that makes you think they c...

I have to admit, I am somewhat confused with some of the responses. Maybe I am not clearly relating the experience. We are in our last acute setting rotation. We are expected to "look at the bigger picture" and our role in it. I think it may be short...

Fair enough. He was just asking my opinion of this student though. I think that's fair in the context of how we feel about working with other members of our team. As soon to be RNs, we do need to be aware and proactive about patient safety. I think h...

Thank you for your replies. The instructor is aware, and in fact asked my opinion on this student. I do feel he/she is unsafe in the sense that there is no personal accountability taken by this person. This person plays the victim. And nothing is the...