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  1. Do you feel valued in your current nursing position?

    papawjohn replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Y'all The bad news: It might be nice that you're appreciated by your peers but in the big picture, it doesn't amount to a pitcher of spit. The place that appreciation COUNTS is in administration...

  2. 12N Sleeping During Break

    papawjohn replied to MEDRQST's topic in Patient Safety Issues

    Hey Medrqst I'm a 7pm to 7am ICU nurse. On a GOOD nite, I get to snatch dinner while sitting where I can see the monitors, get to all the mind-numbing paper work that JCAHO and Administration...

  3. End of Life and DNR

    papawjohn replied to Teachchildren123's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hey Y'all The silly business that Bellehill points out just gets me all riled up. The whole ACLS 'code' is a MEDICAL PROCEDURE, doggonnit!!! It's typical of some 'code' orders to say 'give meds but...

  4. Am I making the wrong choice?

    papawjohn replied to alotascruggs's topic in Nursing Career

    Hey Alota I'm not in Dallas but starting pay $19 actually sounds pretty high on the scale to me for 'newly created' RNs. There is a thread here about salaries--use the 'search' and you'll probably...

  5. Anyone have experience w/Plantar Fasciitis??

    papawjohn replied to pebbles1977's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Pebbles I can tell you about Plantar Fascitis as a former runner (who happens to be a nurse). I hurts like H***!!! It's characterized by severe heel pain upon rising in the morning (or whenever...

  6. Tennessee vs Florida this Saturday

    papawjohn posted a topic in Florida Nursing

    Hey Gators Just to help y'all know the words of the song that will be resounding thru Gainsville this Saturday: Wish I was down on Rocky Top Down in those Tennessee Hills Ain't no traffic jams on...

  7. CCRN-based weekend classes....

    papawjohn replied to papawjohn's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Hey Y'all Med-Ed-Seminars. CCRN Review. Savannah Ga. 11/29-30th. Hate when I bother folks unnecessarily. Used to tell my kids: You want to know something, use your eyes first and your mouth...

  8. CCRN-based weekend classes....

    papawjohn replied to papawjohn's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Hey Buddy I've just kinda got a 'thing' about going off to the conference, sitting in the classroom, taking class notes. All that stuff that used to be almost all of what we called 'learning'. I...

  9. Tennessee vs Florida this Saturday

    papawjohn replied to papawjohn's topic in Florida Nursing

    ...to the UF team for their great game. But just wait til next year.... Papaw

  10. Hemodynamics question

    papawjohn replied to nursing4him's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hey Y'all I got put on-call tonight, wound up here. Thanks for the question and right-on the answers from hrtprncss. It does seem contrary to reason that the body would have a mechanism built-in to...

  11. Levine Conservation Model

    papawjohn replied to chartleypj's topic in Research

    Hey Y'all Ol' country fellow here that kinda likes to philosophise. Have a BA in LiberalArts from long ago era, but was one of those ADN grads who were taught to be "technical nurses". In fact, that...

  12. Afraid of giving report, need adivse please!

    papawjohn replied to ImShelly31's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Hey Y'all My advise is a lil' hint on how NOT to give report. Please, if you're ever giving report to me, don't tell me all the exciting personal drama in the pt's family or how the Pt made you feel...

  13. 52 yr old male right-sided CHF

    papawjohn replied to LVN2006's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hey Shastalee Shucks, It's only life-and-death; no reason to take it SERIOUSLY. No, really. The very very very important things are simple. Once you understand them, any reasonably intelligent...

  14. Levine Conservation Model

    papawjohn replied to chartleypj's topic in Research

    turned up Martsolf & Mickley (authors) Journal of Advanced Nursing Vol 27 Number 2 Feb 1998 Papaw

  15. Male Nurses in NICU?

    papawjohn replied to smelendez's topic in NICU, Neonatal

    Hey Smelendez I worked a year or a bit more in a PedsICU at a level 1 Trauma Center. Thought-'what a shame to have a career in Nursing and never take care of kids'. Kind of for 'enrichment'. Found...

  16. Wanting to know the day in the life of an ICU Nurse

    papawjohn replied to AussieKylie's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hey 2-B (Sorry, couldn't stop myself .) Your question has sorta sat out here for a while and I guess the reason is 'cause it really already has answers if you searched and roamed around this forum....

  17. RN backed into a career corner, would like to get into Critical Care

    papawjohn replied to Platow45's topic in Nursing Career

    Hey Platow Wow, working for 8 yrs in research, eh? That's pretty cool. My Sis is a PhD in Biology (she has a specialty but I can't understand it OR pronounce it) after having started her journey as...

  18. Right Ventricular Infarct--thing I thought I knew...

    papawjohn replied to papawjohn's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hey ICYOUNURSE This lady's cardiac output was real low; that's why the BP was in the toilet. And the kidneys weren't getting the pressure that they need to squeeze the blood hard enough to make...

  19. Confused high school student

    papawjohn replied to FutNurseStudent2008's topic in Nursing Career

    Hey Y'all My face is red!!! From the on-line catalog of Vandy grad school of Nursing: "Graduates of ASN degree...programs with 78 hors of transferable credit "bridge" into the MSN program via a two...

  20. Confused high school student

    papawjohn replied to FutNurseStudent2008's topic in Nursing Career

    Hey Destany Hooray for you!!! Don't let any difficulties that the future may hold for you change your mind. A little bit of advice about the sequence of your education: The ADN is a wonderful step...

  21. carriers for drips

    papawjohn replied to avado's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hey Avado I think the issue might be concentration of the drip. I did a quick calculation of a dopa gtt at 1.5ml/hr based on my Hosp's standard concentration (400mg/250ml) for the hypothetical 70kg...

  22. respirator mask for copd patients

    papawjohn replied to nu2this's topic in Pulmonary

    Hey Jnette Thanx for the words. But you have to be careful and don't get me started! My kids used to tell their friends: "Don't ask Daddy a question!! We'll never get out of here!!" Papaw

  23. respirator mask for copd patients

    papawjohn replied to nu2this's topic in Pulmonary

    Hey Y'all Great links there NurseKaren! I hope thats how NursingEducation is going in the 21st century. My nursing school made a big deal about the difference between chronic bronchitis and chronic...

  24. Any Difference?

    papawjohn replied to VickyRN's topic in Cardiac

    Hey Y'all I find I've sorta come full circle and am dealing with cardiac again so maybe I'm out of date. But it seems to me that the critical question in dealing with atrial/junctional tachicardias...

  25. Febrile Vs. Afebrile

    papawjohn replied to Cardioprincess81's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hey Y'all Actually, my lil' paragraph about the electronic gadget was meant to be light. (I 'spose I work too hard at being a character maybe?) As Sirisaid, the conversion is 1.8--then you have to...