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1. How often do you wash your scrubs? :)

   Guest805836 replied to RNinheart's topic in General Nursing

   Well since I only walk in the visitor accessible areas in my regular clothes (I don't pass through any inpatient units on my way out), I don't pick up all that much ickies (no poop or projectile...

2. How often do you wash your scrubs? :)

   Guest805836 replied to RNinheart's topic in General Nursing

   This is so strange to me, in Europe we don't wear our scrubs to or from work, we change in the locker rooms at our units (and there is a shower available there as well). Our scrubs are provided by the...

3. Nurse Gives Lethal Dose of Vecuronium Instead of Versed

   Guest805836 replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   This just makes me think of the episode of Friends where Joey has his face plastered all over NYC in a commercial for a clinic with the caption "What Mario isn't telling you is that he has

4. Experienced CRNA...ask me anything

   Guest805836 replied to 06crna's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

   While I think it is unprofessionnal (and potentially unsafe) of any member of the team (surgery or anesthesia) to ignore the timeout and any case related communication, most anesthesia trained people...

5. Minimum ICU experience

   Guest805836 replied to tofu81's topic in General Students

   I had 6 years of experience (first surgical floor, then ICU) when I went back to school. In my class there are people who have been in nursing for quite a while and only one or two who have been...

6. New name for nursing career?

   Guest805836 replied to maggie0's topic in General Nursing

   I come from Eastern Europe and have an appropriately long and scary last name. People call me by my first name or massacre the last name, I endure. Do whatever feels right, it really doesn't matter...

7. Can Pain Be Prevented?

   Guest805836 replied to Lane Therrell FNP's topic in General Nursing

   And we found out the hard way that seems to not be a great way to do that either (chronic pain epidemic in our waters....). Yep, we're more about that now. Also, non medicated interventions (cold /...

8. Should nurses be able to listen to music at work?

   Guest805836 replied to RockinNurse2018's topic in General Nursing

   I worked nights for 8 years and we often played music at a low volume in the nurses station (we agreed on music selection). I now work in the OR and music is often played. It doesn't impede my...

9. How confident are you with reading tele

   Guest805836 replied to Grobyc82's topic in General Nursing

   I am pretty durn confident withing the margins of my scope of practice in France not permitting me to initiate treatment on my sole decision. However, where there times where I called the guy on call...

10. Can Pain Be Prevented?

    Guest805836 replied to Lane Therrell FNP's topic in General Nursing

    And yet, paracetamol + opioid = synergy (the sum of the two is greater than the effect of one + the effect of the other), so it would probably have been interesting to include it despite you needing...

11. Can Pain Be Prevented?

    Guest805836 replied to Lane Therrell FNP's topic in General Nursing

    In the context of my anesthesia nursing studies I am following a class on pain management this year (in France, nurse anesthesists are specialised in anesthesia, but also pain managment, emergency...

12. Anxiety rated on a 0-10 scale is what test?

    Guest805836 replied to puravidaLV's topic in General Nursing

    I am ressurecting this discussion; I am looking into information about the Face Anxiety Scale. [ATTACH=CONFIG]25645[/ATTACH] I have read several articles by McKinley but can not locate the precise...

13. CRNA in Europe

    Guest805836 replied to Blake101's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I am in my last year of studies to become an anesthesia nurse in France, if you want

14. If not nursing what other career would you have done?

    Guest805836 replied to nurse2bnoob101's topic in General Nursing

    Some line of cooking, possibly pastries and desserts. Something in applied arts, like costume and prop work for plays or TV/film ? I actually did an elective course in art, and it was tough but I...

15. Anatomy of a Code: A Guide for Nurses Working in Adult Non-Critical Care Units

    Guest805836 replied to Lev's topic in General Nursing

    Except for Isoprenaline, which isn't a typical code blue drug, but can be used for complete AV bloc (which can be so slow and inefficient that no circulation is taking place); it should be titrated...