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  1. Lab values

    papawjohn replied to marilynmom's topic in General Students

    Hey Maryln!!! Hardly any of us have a vast encyclopedia in our heads with the norms and the effects & treatments for all the labs you'll see ordered. So relax and do not spend hours memorizing...

  2. Is professor homophobic or just tough?

    papawjohn replied to RISC601's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Hey Ris!!! How'd did it turn out for you this semester? Any answer to your question? Papaw

  3. New to stem cell transplant, slightly overwhelmed!!

    papawjohn replied to rbs105's topic in Oncology

    Hey Rbs!!! I gotta tell you, as an ICU nurse of 26yrs now--with level 1 trauma center background and the whole ball-a-wax, your line of work knocks me out!!! I did a bit of Peds ICU. Heck, I thought,...

  4. Thank You to all ICU nurses

    papawjohn replied to midcom's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hey Midcom!!! I'll speak up for now for the ICU nurses who meant so much to you and your sis. (You might post something in the State of Iowa section, btw...). It is a privilege to be so near the...

  5. I'm considering being a nurse- some concerns..

    papawjohn replied to enerjazed's topic in Nursing Career

    Hey Again!!! Gosh, there are more qualified people than I to answer you 2d set of questions. But since we're chatting.... It is sort of an un-written rule that between NursingSchool and any...

  6. I'm considering being a nurse- some concerns..

    papawjohn replied to enerjazed's topic in Nursing Career

    Hey Veronica!!! First of all--if you are considering becoming a Nurse, with all that you must have figured out about the profession from cruising around this forum--then you ought to give it a chance....

  7. furthering my education...

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

    Hey Twizum Wow, I wish I had your bi-lingual skills. I thought I was SO COOL taking German in college. My moment of decision that relates to you question was when I realized that I was reaching a...

  8. I'm considering being a nurse- some concerns..

    papawjohn replied to enerjazed's topic in Nursing Career

    Hey Enerjazed!!! Your concerns are normal. It is hard to see how someone without a bit of a 'savior complex' would consider nursing. It's also hard to think that nursing would be the right job for...

  9. student with blood sugar question.

    papawjohn replied to Buckyxj's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hey Back to ya C-L-B-!!! Our self-emptying lakes and house swallowing sinkholes are just the barest surface of the surreal here in Fla. I've been here about 6yrs now--still find the place amazing....

  10. Acls

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

    Hey Christy!!! I agree with Dinith. ACLS was once taught and tested like military boot camp. Today they're much more oriented to seeing you learn and pass. The horror stories from years ago no...

  11. student with blood sugar question.

    papawjohn replied to Buckyxj's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Hey Bucky!!! I'm going to assume (frequently not a smart thing to do) that your Pt had been admitted with DKA, OK? And if that is incorrect, my answer may not be a very good one. The Pt with DKA has...

  12. needlestick

    papawjohn replied to emsgirl24's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Y'all For what it's worth, you have joined a remarkable fraternity/sorority of health care workers and almost all of us turn up negative in the long haul. Unfortunately, not ALL of us. Therefore...

  13. Contraband in psychiatric emergency rooms

    papawjohn replied to psych nurse's topic in Psychiatric

    Hey Psych!!! It doesn't answer your question, but I'll pass on an experience I had a year or so ago... CodeBlue was called on the Psych floor. I was first to respond (ICU just one floor below the...

  14. Date MD's??

    papawjohn replied to mindyk04's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Y'all When I was single and younger (between the 1st Mrs and the better and permanent one) I noticed lots of kinda good looking female MDs. It occurred to me that I could drive a BMW, could learn...

  15. Special questions about putting in IVs?

    papawjohn replied to Luvbuble's topic in Emergency

    Hey LuvBuble!!! Love your handle!!! Here's how I've taught many newbies to start IVs--first, put the tournequet around your own arm. You will soon (probably) see or (almost certainly) feel the...

  16. Titrating drugs: dosages or CC's

    papawjohn replied to dorimar's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hey Y'all!!! Back in the day, IV pump didn't calculate--nurses calculated. There were two methods that I was acquainted with. First, the calc factor. I never felt comfortable with that cause it...

  17. windward side

    papawjohn replied to maryruth's topic in General Nursing

    Hey MaryRuth!!! Well, speaking as a sailor who has found himself (and his boat) of the windward side of Florida the last few years, your island looks better and better!!! Papaw

  18. Treatment of the DNR patients and the supravenricular arrhythmia

    papawjohn replied to ICUMish's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hey Mish!!! 1. DNR doesn't mean stopping treatment any place I've worked (and thats a lot). Of course, there might be an added "Comfort Measures Only" which would change everything--but would get...

  19. A weird one

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

    Hey Cate!!! That seems weird to you?? Ah, perhaps I'd seem critical if I said you must have a very fortunate--even sheltered?--life? (I swear--I'm not being critical!!!) I was talking to the dtr...

  20. Could I make it as an LPN in Fla?

    papawjohn replied to mandymarie7791's topic in Florida Nursing

    Hey Mandy!!! My Mrs is a new LPN. The payscale for new LPNs where we're located seems to start at $12-to-14/hr for Hospitals, $16-to-18 at Nursing homes. You can probably do pretty well with that....

  21. Police Killed Our Patient

    papawjohn replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Y'all Blame, Blame, Blame!!! This is a sociological and political issue! Take a deep breath...imagine you are the spouse of a cop who taser-ed a violent psych pt who ended up in jail. Your loved...

  22. Police Killed Our Patient

    papawjohn replied to Meerkat's topic in General Nursing

    Hey Y'all Speaking as a person who remembers huge state-operated campuses of 'mental hospitals' that were the sometimes life-long home of most of societies psych pts, I have to point out that...

  23. Pulling chest tubes..

    papawjohn replied to gwlillith's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hey Y'all I have had the same sort of experience in shifting from level 1/referral-center hospitals to smaller community hospitals; that in the smaller facility, nurses actually do 'more stuff' like...

  24. square wave test

    papawjohn replied to monkeyman1000's topic in MICU, SICU

    Hey Yall I do the 'square wave' test too. But to tell the truth, I think it is an anachronism. Many years ago (several decades ago, really) we had to assemble the tubing and transducer sets from...

  25. Giving/Getting Report

    papawjohn replied to Lorilei-RN-in05's topic in CCU, Coronary, Cardiac

    Hey Lorilei!!! Report wasn't taught in NursingSchool when I was there (and dinosaurs roamed the earth) but it should be. Few things get nurses more ticked off at each other. In some cases the...