srknurse

What pocket resources do you carry with you at all times? Is there any all-in-one nursing reference that you like that you refer to while at work? I'm also curious as to know what you carry with you. For me, it's my stethoscope, scissors (on a badge...

Hi, ER nurses- Just a question for you....what does your hospital do if a patient needs an IV start and also needs blood drawn? Do you initiate an IV and then draw blood from another vein? Or how does this work, exactly? How have you found works be...

I am an RN that is tutoring a nursing student presently in advanced med-surg. I am not a practicing OR/ICU nurse, and so she had the following questions...that I had difficulty answering. Can someone help me? Thanks! Why is hemodilution so important ...

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!! I thought I was CRAZY, but you are right, these questions are way too advanced for many nursing students! I am an RN and didn't touch on these questions while in nursing school....THANK YOU!!!! I thought I was losi...

I would be happy to be your mentor! Sonya

I would be happy to mentor you; I am an RN/BSN that is presently working on my MSN.... Sonya

I start my MSN in nursing education from Indiana Wesleyan next month...would love to hear from other MSN or even RN/BSN students! My email is [email protected] Sonya

Hi, everyone.....I am starting my MSN in Nursing Education next month at Indiana Wesleyan University....all online. It's $9,000 per year. I can't wait! srknurse

I am a Public Health Nurse in Champaign County and also a Patient Advisory Nurse at Carle Hospital. HELLO!!!!!!!!! I have my RN/BSN, and am starting my MSN next month. SRKnurse

I keep thinking of more things...what is awesome is an all-in-one care plan book and also the book Diseases by Springhouse. Invaluable for care plans!

Okay, here are my suggestions (I am an RN/BSN that graduated in 2004 - at the top of my class!) :-) 1. Pens 2. Datebook/organizer - either electronic (PDA - I used Palm Tungsten C) or just a datebook - at the beginning of each semester/quarter, wri...

Hi, everyone- Can someone please tell me what the most current standard of practice is for IM injections? Specifically, I want to know, are we supposed to remove all air from the syringe before injecting the med or do we leave residual air so that t...

Hello...anyone out there? srknurse

I would recommend getting a "nursing care plan" book - there are TONS out there than can list specific diseases, nursing interventions, outcomes, and rationales. Please email me if you'd like more info. [email protected]

I am starting my MSN in Nursing Education from Indiana Wesleyan University in August - it's all online. srknurse

I am an RN (with my BSN) that will be starting my MSN in Nursing Education (online) this fall (2006). I think the administrative graduate degrees are equivalent to those that are at a "brick and mortar" school, and believe that ANY accredited school...

That is not true about the BSN to be a PHN. I have my BSN, and I am the only nurse in my division at our health department that has one. It's "preferred", but if you are flexible and have a true love and calling for public health, that goes a long ...

I'd shy away from Walden as although it is accredited, it's kind of like University of Phoenix - touted as a "degree factory" of sorts (or so I've heard)....there are MSN programs in Nursing Education online all over the place. Email me if you'd like...

As a new ER nurse, I am curious to know...what do you experienced ER nurses carry with you in your pockets or fanny packs? Any and all information greatly appreciated... I carry...my PDA, alcohol swabs, bandaids, tape, etc., etc.... SRKnurse

Hi, everyone! I am a public health nurse that may be making a change to become an ER nurse. Aside from, of course, extensive on the job training, does anyone recommend anything? Any books (I've been on Amazon.com and searched for "emergency nursing"...

You definitely have a point....it would be a legal liability nightmare if you dispensed to someone without knowing their allergic history. Furthermore, yes, you are right again...we have no definitive way of knowing if their partners did take the me...

I am a current Public Health Nurse (soon to be an ER nurse...in 1 month!), and I wish we could give medicines to go for our patients in the STD clinic....what I mean is, dispense additional medicines for the partners of the patients that have STD's. ...

Hi there! I, too, will be starting in an ER in August with a 5-6 week orientation. I have 1 year experience as a public health nurse and 4 years experience as an ER tech....and so feel somewhat familiar, but am SCARED to death..... Know I'm here for...