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  1. What was IV tubing made of before the invention of plastics?

    Nickle replied to sunnyjohn's topic in General Nursing

    Dakin's is a weak bleach solution. Our wound care nurse uses it frequently for those wet, weepy, green-slimy kinds and it works great. They use benzoin spray in the ICU here frequently. And I still...

  2. My patient fired me!

    Nickle replied to InfoNurse1595's topic in General Nursing

    I've just done my first year as an LPN, and it was a tough one. I was very emotionally vulnerable at first - still am sometimes - but you DO toughen up. The comments about fulfilling your own needs...

  3. Anyone wearing support hose?

    Nickle replied to jenrninmi's topic in First Year After Licensure

    TED hose have models that have a "toe examination window" - basically, they are open at the toe but gathered. The opening goes underneath the tips of your toes to the ball of your feet. It's what we...

  4. Waiting lists in SLC/Ogden area?

    Nickle replied to AlwysLrning's topic in General Nursing

    I'm finishing my RN at Weber in the fall - then will go on to (optional) BSN. I was very lucky, I got in on my first try. I had not yet worked as a CNA but had some significant volunteer experience....

  5. Best Shoes for Lower Back Pain?

    Nickle replied to lauritasol's topic in General Nursing

    Ooh, maybe that's your problem (crunches) - I just got a book form the library called The Core Program, it's by Peggy Brill who is a PT. She says women should never do crunches. She suggests...

  6. Random questions from a student

    Nickle replied to milenko's topic in General Nursing

    The lumbar spine is superior to the sacrum, but inferior to the thoracic spine. The neck of the femur is proximal and medial to the diaphysis of the femur; the neck of the femur is distal and lateral...

  7. Random questions from a student

    Nickle replied to milenko's topic in General Nursing

    As in . . . The ribs begin laterally from the sternum and the manubrium, and continue posteriorly and then medially to the thoracic spine. The ribs are also immediately lateral to the thoracic spine,...

  8. Random questions from a student

    Nickle replied to milenko's topic in General Nursing

    Location relative to what? You always have to describe position relative to something else . . . I guess I don't really understand your

  9. Best Shoes for Lower Back Pain?

    Nickle replied to lauritasol's topic in General Nursing

    Dansko, Dansko, Dansko . . . Like the prior poster said, the clog with the closed back. Don't order online, you need to have them fitted in the store. Your heel should slip out as you walk (doesn't...

  10. RN who wouldn't be CNA

    Nickle replied to cjog's topic in Nursing Career

    Our program required that you become certified as a CNA before you could matriculate. (Not everyone necessarily worked as a CNA, however - but at least they had been through CNA training and to a few...