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For all you lovely nurses that like to stay in shape when you're not working. What are some good work out songs you listen to? I've recently decided to get fit and healthy and my iPod is lacking looking for any suggestions! Thanks In Advance!

Hello! I'm a new nurse and have little experience when it comes to this slippery slope in nursing. I am wondering.... is it ok to tell a white lie for the comfort of the patient?? Say they are extremely confused, have a short term memory of about 5 minutes and continuously come to the nursing station asking for their mother and father (but they are 90 years old obviously their parents are no longer with us). I had a bad experience when I was a student in first year. The ethics class told me to never lie so when a patient came to me and asked where he mother was I told her she was no longer alive- lets just say that did not end well. I have read many research articles for and against this and was just looking for some real life experiences in dealing with situations like these! TIA

If you are taking micro for nursing at York ..... Best of luck to you be prepared to self teach the entire course - currently taking it as we speak... It's a nightmare !

Look up Lipid A !

I passed as well! I live out in the boonies about 1.5-2 hours north of Toronto so it took awhile for the results! Congrats to all successful applicants !

I'm in ON and no mail yet!

In Canada too, I've never been drug tested in my life .

This is also not for the nclex. I am a Canadian New grad just following an online Facebook group that posts questions daily and this one had me confused :|

So the facebook group moderator posted the answer as A - with no rationale . I hope it was a typo

Ahhhhaa....Blood cultures! I knew I was missing something with my thinking process thanks !

Thank you !

This is NOT a homework question...I follow a few facebook groups ran by nurses helping students prepare for their registration exams and one posted this question and have not posted the answer and it has me scratching my head... I'm torn between A,B or D....I personally have not came across this yet. I am a new grad and I was wondering what experiences nurses would do in this situation: Mrs. Stewart has developed pneumonia, and her temperature is 38.6ºC (101F). Mrs. Stewart is shivering and "feels distressed and uncomfortable." Which one of the following actions should the nurse take? a. Increase oral fluid consumption to 3 L per day. b. Provide extra blankets. c. Wrap the axilla and groin. d. Notify the physician. I thought A to liquefy lung secretions, decrease body temp and make up for insensible water loss rt fever. BUT I have a feeling 3L is a bit much, I could be wrong? I also know that dropping a temp too quickly can cause a rebound, spiking the fever higher. B- more therapeutic than anything. But I was always taught to never put more blankets on a febrile pt. D- My least favourite choice, but could it be right? I gather from this question that she's been diagnosed and the doctor obviously knows. Pneumonia, has a febrile stage... and I feel something should be done prior to calling an MD... Thoughts?