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  1. Poor ICU Nursing Care

    sgent replied to nursesbca's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Get the head of your nursing dept (whatever she's called) or hospital administrator involved now -- at least inform them of what's going on. I would also journal everything you can remember about...

  2. New to pediatric office nursing

    sgent replied to babyrn1301's topic in Pediatric

    Good luck! I would focus on your ability to start IV's in children, your knowledge of multiple meds and administration, etc. What you'll be doing in the office is most likely completely different than...

  3. Question on a Mental Health exam today. Please help.

    sgent replied to blondiii's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    I would say D. Hypersexuality is an acute manifestation of mania. Such actions indicate drugs may not be working and MD needs to consder changing/increasing them. None of those answers were bad, but...

  4. Paying for Accelerated BSN?

    sgent replied to Hannahhmc's topic in General Students

    I've also seen some accelerated programs that give MSN (but not advanced practice) for those who have an undergrad in something other than

  5. Anyone thinking about med-school?

    sgent replied to nurseabc123's topic in General Students

    From a purely technical viewpoint, I would rather be a NP than a PA for a variety of reasons -- the biggest one being that the nursing board oversees NP's, and the Board of Medicine oversee's PA's....

  6. Elective Cesareans/On Demand

    sgent replied to HeartsOpenWide's topic in Ob/Gyn

    Nationally the c/s rate is about 50%. ACOG (assoc. of OB's) put out a statement last year which essentially said that c/s on demand was acceptable medical

  7. Lasix in Nebs for Air Hunger?

    sgent replied to rosemadder's topic in Hospice, Palliative

    You definately should use sterile meds for forced nebs. There was a study a few years ago, and a lot of compounding pharmacists were cited, because compounded nebs were more likely to create a...

  8. Neurosurg Private Practice Salary negotiation

    sgent replied to Neurosurgery NP's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I would say as a base rate alone, that seems to be very generous. You don't want to price yourself so high that he suddenly start's wondering why he's paying you 50% more than the going wage. Not...

  9. What kind of tasks do Psychiatric Nurses perform?

    sgent replied to deelace's topic in Psychiatric

    i meant psychiatrist.... apa approved ph.d. pschology programs require 4-6 years (depending on student) after getting a bachelor degree, and are harder to get into than almost all med schools. then a...

  10. Case Scheduling

    sgent replied to shodobe's topic in Operating Room

    From the NM point of view, they are scared the surgeons will 1) Go to another hospital, or 2) Build an outpatient surgical facility. Its not completely invalid. We now run two shifts in the OR,...

  11. Triage protocols. what does your ER use?

    sgent replied to lifsavER67's topic in Emergency

    Great discussion... At least one thing that our behavioral health ppl were not happy about was how we were triaging patients that came in complaining of suicidal ideation. Due to that, those patients...

  12. advice about felony-reduced to a misdemeanor

    sgent replied to jamieanne75's topic in Nursing Career

    It seems like you have a really cooperative DA, and since you did the right thing (turning yourself in), they are willing to let the entire thing go. Your best move right now is getting those checks...

  13. What kind of tasks do Psychiatric Nurses perform?

    sgent replied to deelace's topic in Psychiatric

    The work is very different than an LCSW, and espicially a clinical psychologist. LCSW's are usually involved in direct patient care as therapists (individual or group), or as administrators. A lot of...

  14. Ack! Paying the price for honesty about Depression Diagnosis

    sgent replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Granny... I did not mean to diminish others in any way shape or form. Your comment about "problems that anyone who suffers from a chronic illness" was exactly my concern. If they suffer from a...

  15. Ack! Paying the price for honesty about Depression Diagnosis

    sgent replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    The sad reality is that if you have "garden style" depression, you will often be lumped into a category of psychotic depressive. As someone suffering from mental illness myself, I can relate (Bipolar...

  16. national medical reserve corps

    sgent replied to blufoxtrot's topic in General Nursing

    Hmm.. ok. I was just taking it off their website. That being said, I know the US Public Health Service has been around

  17. national medical reserve corps

    sgent replied to blufoxtrot's topic in General Nursing

    The National Medical Reserve Corp. (http://www.medicalreservecorps.gov) is a reserve medical corp that was created after 9/11, and the antrax issues. It headed by the US Surgeon General, and I think...

  18. Small hospital staffing concerns for high census

    sgent replied to Northernlights's topic in Rural

    Wow... not a great situation. You need to talk to the administrator and point out that having a patient in the med/surg is not the same as a swing bed in terms of nursing needs, and even though the...

  19. RN intubating in the ED

    sgent replied to matt033174's topic in Emergency

    I just realized how I phrased that, and realize that I didn't do a very good job. My intent was to say as a medical volunteer I have seen and treated multiple conditions, in many countries, away from...

  20. RN intubating in the ED

    sgent replied to matt033174's topic in Emergency

    There is a lot to answer here.... First off I won't argue that I used an exagerated example. I think that you may be missing much however. You mention the prehospital team, but in the Delta in...

  21. Continuing education hours and resumes

    sgent replied to Almabella's topic in General Nursing

    If it's just standard CE, I agree. If its a two week training course on team membership in hyperbaric medicine, or something else that's pretty intense and specialized, I would probably list

  22. RN intubating in the ED

    sgent replied to matt033174's topic in Emergency

    According to the OP, the hospital has 8 physicians total on staff, a number of which are residents who moonlight. The hospital is also over an hour from the nearest hospital. The only airway...

  23. RN intubating in the ED

    sgent replied to matt033174's topic in Emergency

    The original point of the message was that there were many former paramedics, army medics, etc on staff who had already had the training. A refresher course probably wouldn't be bad, be this process...

  24. Wouldn't this be considered some kind of abuse?

    sgent replied to BowlerRN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hmm... inventive ways to work around this. 1) Get the patient transfered -- its the only way to take care of her, and your other patients. Its like puting an ICU patient in the Med and expecting them...

  25. How to explain why I was fired.

    sgent replied to dinkymouse's topic in General Nursing

    I think you just tell them that you were going through some personal problems which had overwhelmed you, and made a poor decision. The personal and health issues is what led to you being disabled,...