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    Giving 25mg IM injection with 50mg prefilled syringe

    Nonyvole replied to jeddyl's topic in Patient Medications

    You would waste half before giving the med. I'd actually lean more towards C being the correct answer...out of the remaining three, it is the one that jumps out at me the most. Recapping...perfect...
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    New Grad student, need advice, should I switch programs? Problems with advisor already...

    Nonyvole replied to reluctantrn's topic in First Year After Licensure

    OP, you're right. There is always a need for STEM teachers. However, should you choose that route, don't fixate on just finding a job in a school - also look at museums and their education...
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    first RN paycheck?

    Nonyvole replied to nauticaburt561's topic in General Nursing

    I cried a little. And then I bought more scrubs so that I didn't have to wash them halfway through my
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    Would you have called out?

    Nonyvole replied to Angeljho's topic in General Nursing

    Why, thank yew. Thank yew verra much. And practical example. Late last night received the summons about a family dinner this week. I work that day, so I'm not going. At all. And I won't miss it....
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    Would you have called out?

    Nonyvole replied to Angeljho's topic in General Nursing

    Oh good grief, no. If you're the only one in the family who works in healthcare, it gets really old really fast to be eternally hearing "well, you could have just called out." "You don't have to work...
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    Nurses forced to work as aides

    Nonyvole replied to NewYorkerGirl's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Really, I'm of the opinion, now that I've thought about it, that we should be happy to be working and not called off. Because that has happened to me-there wasn't the need for a full complement of...
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    What would you like to see in your scrubs?

    Nonyvole replied to xo_mish's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Adult sizing. All the scrubs I see in stores are either junior sized or unisex with no pockets. And echoing the desire for three quarter
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    Easter/Passover

    Nonyvole replied to macenroe's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Yep. I'm Jewish, my husband and his family aren't. Let me just say that I tend to eat a lot of salad at Easter. I keep Kosher, but don't expect them to change their traditions because I won't touch...
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    Nurses forced to work as aides

    Nonyvole replied to NewYorkerGirl's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    After my first semester of nursing school, we could become CNAs. I will sometimes have a tech on my unit, but it isn't guaranteed that I will be able to delegate anything to them. So darn straight...
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    Likelihood of a new grad getting an ER job?

    Nonyvole replied to bigdreams01's topic in General Nursing

    From looking at Drexel's website, paid internships in and around Philadelphia. OP, there's no one hard and fast answer as to if a new grad will be hired into an ER. It depends on the facility, their...
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    New grad. Torn between two..ER or med/surg?

    Nonyvole replied to Nurseresrey's topic in Emergency

    ER. Go ER. Especially if they have a solid orientation set up for new grads. I started out in the ER as a new grad nurse and haven't regretted it
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    Patient Safety Question/Nurses Conduct

    Nonyvole replied to ChrisMonty's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    You've made some statements there that suggest that you were doing more than listening in. And like Here.I.Stand said, your friend is a paramedic and medical student. That doesn't mean he knows how...
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    Nurses can eat properly if they manage their time

    Nonyvole replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    You win. But it's more like my bad eating habits at home carried over into work. Both places I snack all day long, usually on junk food. Home it's just easier because I have a full pantry; work...
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    Problems with ER

    Nonyvole replied to ReggieN's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Or considered fully staffed, but even then, we may have some crazy patient ratios going on. There have been times that I've had two ICU patients waiting on beds and admit orders, plus up to three...
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    The Nightingale Pledge - Still relevant today?

    Nonyvole replied to Julius Seizure's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Glad I wasn't the only
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    The Nightingale Pledge - Still relevant today?

    Nonyvole replied to Julius Seizure's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Eh, I think it's all in how it gets interpreted. Because I can read it and see it as something that yes, is rather outdated, but then I can also read it and make connections to nursing practice...
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    Can't get over clinical internship

    Nonyvole replied to aw649's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Brain sheet, as others have said. For reports, also look up SBAR. Perfect way to organize your thinking when talking to somebody else about a patient. Situation: "This is Mr. John Doe, 45. He was...
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    Are Nurses First Responders?

    Nonyvole replied to ScrubADub12's topic in General Nursing

    Different focus. In hospital, there are multiple people who respond to a situation, and the nurse is rarely the one in charge the entire time. Paramedics are trained to manage an emergent situation...
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    Are Nurses First Responders?

    Nonyvole replied to ScrubADub12's topic in General Nursing

    The only time I consider myself to be a first responder these days is when we get somebody coming into the ER in severe distress. As in, somebody comes running in, screaming for help or a wheelchair...
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    Why do Critical Care nurses look down their noses at Med-Surg nurses?

    Nonyvole replied to marisatheresa's topic in Critical Care

    The ER nurse...Jack of all trade, master of none. (Tonight, we explore the area of the hospital that many people see first, the ER. Watch as the physician stalks majestically around, going from room...
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    The FIT Nurse

    Nonyvole replied to NN, RN's topic in General Nursing

    NN, it's amazing how threads can take on lives of their own, no? As for me, I try to eat healthy, low carb, high protein...but that ends up tossed by the wayside when I have a busy shift and resort to...
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    I feel incompetent as a student nurse, after being diagnosed with GAD and Depression

    Nonyvole replied to Lina1's topic in General Students

    Yo. Nice to meet you. You'll find that there are a fair few nurses with GAD and depression...and we all made it through and are surviving. The thing about simulations is that it is a perfectly safe...
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    Aspiring nurse really lost!! Please help

    Nonyvole replied to donnacox847's topic in General Nursing

    GPA is only one part of the process to being accepted into nursing school. And it's difficult for us to give advice as to one school or the other as well, simply because we, as a whole, don't know...
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    Best ER Tricks what it meant is like putting two tourniquet to get the IV

    Nonyvole replied to Wantoknow-rn's topic in Emergency

    You get to use 20s for CT angios??? Man, we're going with the wrong IV contrast company. We have to go for an 18 or larger. 20s are okay for simply CTs with contrast. Don't chase the friends/family...
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    The differences...

    Nonyvole replied to mizlaura's topic in General Students

    They are inserted just the same as a Foley. Straight caths/quick caths are not left in, however. I use them to drain a patient's bladder or obtain a sterile urine sample from a male. Mini caths are...