1Tulip

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  1. Anyone heard of serotonin syndrome? Anyone experienced it??

    1Tulip replied to passing thru's topic in Psychiatric

    I'm not certain about what 5-HTP is... but the chemical name for serotonin is 5-hydroxytryptamine. The metabolic pre-cursor to 5-HT is 5-HydroxytyptoPHAN. Could this be what the "Health" food stores...

  2. PROTON PUMP INHIBITORS - - - What is it?? What are they?? Do we all have them??

    1Tulip replied to passing thru's topic in General Nursing

    One other thing... Up to 6% of patients taking PPI's will get headache. A limiting factor for migrainers. (like

  3. Magnet?

    1Tulip replied to whitetiger74's topic in General Nursing

    Interesting thread. There is not a magnet hospital in our entire state and the big hospital in our town wants to be the first. They've hired a co-ordinator to make it happen. There is an...

  4. What's the difference...

    1Tulip posted a topic in Emergency

    There is some distinction between a Level 1 and a Level 2 trauma center, but I don't know what it is. The nearest level 1 to us is over 400 miles away. Our town has a level 2. I'm just wondering...

  5. Political Reality of Nursing

    1Tulip replied to goingCOASTAL's topic in General Nursing

    I don't think I posted the comments attributed to

  6. Political Reality of Nursing

    1Tulip replied to goingCOASTAL's topic in General Nursing

    Coastal... we probably agree on a whole lot vis. nursing issues. I used to be very anti-nsg union. Saw the teamsters organize one hospital full of nurses once and it was ugly. They got a closed...

  7. national medical reserve corps

    1Tulip replied to blufoxtrot's topic in General Nursing

    Our state got a chunk of Homeland Security $$$ and have surveyed doctors, nurses, just about anyone that has a state license in the health area. After finding out if there was a willingness to help...

  8. Tips to find jobs in CA (SF area)

    1Tulip replied to aya_inoue's topic in Nursing Career

    Any reason you have to go to SF? We need you in Northern Nevada and we're a much nicer

  9. What squicks you out?

    1Tulip replied to elizabells's topic in General Nursing

    I didn't think anything could make me pass out until: A lady had a breast bx. She had bled under the stitches and made a little pouch of old blood. The doctor nipped a stitch and pressed on the...

  10. Political Reality of Nursing

    1Tulip replied to goingCOASTAL's topic in General Nursing

    Wait, wait, wait folks. The point should not be whether we are Red or Blue or love George or think John Kerry is a gift from God. When the issue is squarely about nursing practice and patient care...

  11. Political Reality of Nursing

    1Tulip replied to goingCOASTAL's topic in General Nursing

    and nursing MUST have its own political voice In the main, I am in agreement with you. I am a member of my state nurses assn and have been doing my part with our causes in the state legislature....

  12. old skills that we do not use anymore

    1Tulip replied to sassykitkatt's topic in General Nursing

    I went to nsg. school in Tennessee at a time when there were still PH nurses who made calls back in the "hollers". We were given one lecture on home deliveries (how many sheets of newspaper to put...

  13. What's Your Best Nursing Ghost Story?

    1Tulip replied to steffck's topic in General Nursing

    My first cousin was a young minister visiting the bedside of a sweet, saintly woman who was terminal with lung cancer. Her bed was cranked up somewhat so she could breathe a little easier. She was...

  14. New to Nevada Nursing

    1Tulip replied to VegasRN's topic in Nevada Nursing

    My daughter and i were watching some program on Discovery Heath that had been filmed at UMC's genuinely excellent ER. She is a medical student who has done Ob and Surg rotations at UMC. She says...

  15. New to Nevada Nursing

    1Tulip replied to VegasRN's topic in Nevada Nursing

    I find this curious. Up here in Reno, we hear that Vegas has a nurse-shortage worse than ours. (But maybe they just whine more. I don't know.) :chuckle You would think they would be snapping up...

  16. New - please explain terms

    1Tulip replied to cdm369's topic in General Nursing

    Sometimes they're just made up. Had an MD order "S&D" in his post-op orders once. Had to call him up to find out what on earth that was supposed to mean. Answer: "Sit and Dangle." Swell. That...

  17. nursing in the USA

    1Tulip replied to chitzu's topic in General Nursing

    Hello Chitzu: Your written English sure looks good, and I'm betting you won't face much in the way of communication problems in the US. (Except that in some regions of our country, folks have thick...

  18. Input needed from those with experience in staff development

    1Tulip replied to JMP's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Just so you don't feel too depressed... I was offered a Director of Nursing Ed job at a hospital and they said I'd get 30K. I asked if that was for a 40 hour week and they said it was. I believe...

  19. a rant (pts come to hospital for the littlest of things)

    1Tulip replied to babyktchr's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Yeah, this day surgery thing seems strange. I had jaw surgery and it was pretty painful, but opiates are opiates. I don't think they work better just because a nurse hands them to you. Problem...

  20. Anyone (or someone you know) fail clinical?

    1Tulip replied to SirJohnny's topic in General Students

    WIth regard to student med errors... Maybe other clinical instructors will disagree with me... but they just flat shouldn't happen, particularly with big league drugs or fragile patients. Students...

  21. Very respectful for a man to be anurse

    1Tulip replied to nicenurse911121's topic in Men in Nursing

    My first job was in the Navy. I liked working side by side with men and think it would be great to have more men in the job. The chemistry with majority male staff was terrific. I hope I don't...

  22. male CNA fired for "I love YOU"

    1Tulip replied to edgreen's topic in Men in Nursing

    I just have to shake my head when I read stuff like this. How do people like this DON rise to the top??? (Please, no cess-pool analogies. We don't want to offend anyone.) Sadly, I'll bet everyone...

  23. Question of the Month: Should All Adjunct Faculty Have a Masters Degree?

    1Tulip replied to VickyRN's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Nevada has the same problem. I'm not exactly sure what you mean by adjuct. For faculty, clinical or otherwise our Board say MSN minimum. BUT they have allowed some hard pressed schools hire BSN...

  24. New Nursing student question.

    1Tulip replied to TallToombs's topic in Nursing Career

    Greetings Troy. Here in Nevada new nurses start at 25/hr plus pretty good benefits. Add some overtime and shift differential and you can start pulling down a pretty good chunk-o-change. By the time...

  25. cough variant asthma- advise please

    1Tulip replied to milestogo/homenurse's topic in Pulmonary

    I just found this thread. First of all... let me say I am relieved it's not just me!!! When I have asthma I "only" cough (until I throw up or feel ready to pass out). My O2 sats are OK and my FEV1's...