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  1. Any C students out there?

    suanna replied to funfunfun's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I've posted this advice many times before. Look into if your school has a seminar or class on test taking skills- It can do a lot for your GPA and greatly improve your time required to study. That...

  2. culture-shocked...i want to understand why

    suanna replied to wishiwereanurse's topic in General Nursing

    My mother-in-law was mid 70s long term smoker with end stage heart disease, renal insuf, DM, AAA... Every admission to the hospital- usually 3-4 times a year for various cardiac issues-CHF,...

  3. Out Of Nursing For A Long Time....can I Still Go Back????

    suanna replied to rafRN's topic in Nursing Career

    At least in my area of the country Peds is a difficult area to get into without Peds experience- it's just too easy to kill a kid when you are thinking it adult terms. I bet if you applied for adult...

  4. Nurses who smoke marijuana

    suanna replied to e4c5's topic in General Nursing

    Smoke up if you want - I woun't debate the relative risks and benifits of marijuana, but as to your "right" to light up a joint in your off time... Possession of pot is a criminal offense of varying...

  5. Honestly...Did I over-react?

    suanna replied to oliveralways's topic in General Nursing

    I just wanted to emphasize that you have a very narrow window for intervention if it is determined that you need intervention with gama or HIV proph. I think it would be very unwise to wait till the...

  6. Can I not perform CPR?

    suanna replied to LovebugLPN's topic in General Nursing

    I don't know for sure but I suspect your instructor is an ACLS instructor providing a BLS class. I hear echos of the current shift in the phylosophy in ACLS in his statements. 1) Checking a pulse...

  7. Not doing as well as I think I should...

    suanna replied to welfaremedic13's topic in General Students

    Test taking is an art- does your school offer a class in test taking skills? I knew a student who jumped her GPA a full point from a 2 day course in test taking skills. I completed my nursing...

  8. Honestly...Did I over-react?

    suanna replied to oliveralways's topic in General Nursing

    Absolutely you did not overreact. Any injury that breaks the skin, reguardless of the patients history, requires an assessment by the house employee health physician (usually ER) as soon as it...

  9. bye...

    suanna replied to 3rdgenRN2B's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You can never go wrong when you follow your heart. I was in 3 differen majors before I found nursing. More days than not I feel I've found where I was ment to be. Good luck in your new path. Have fun...

  10. Calling in sick (question)

    suanna replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    Not a doctor and this isn't the forum for medical advise but there are lots of nasty bugs besides the flu that can cause the symptoms you describe- and most of them are contagious- I wouldn't want you...

  11. How to forgive and forget? Also, met with BON today...

    suanna replied to chaotic's topic in Nurses Recovery

    That angry e-mail may have been a red flag for the friend that the person in question was still clinging to her addiction and was still at risk of endangering herself and her patients. I can't tell...

  12. Guys: Just Curious - Need Your Opinions

    suanna replied to Dottie78's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Thus the reason schools of nursing try to weed out the less committed along the way. In the same light, it wasn't that uncommon (and is still present) for young women to go into nursing to "snag a...

  13. How to forgive and forget? Also, met with BON today...

    suanna replied to chaotic's topic in Nurses Recovery

    Nurse or not- anyone who has good evidence that a health care professional is diverting meds of practicing while impaired should feel the obligation to report the issue to the proper authorities. As...

  14. First day of clinical

    suanna replied to healthybee's topic in General Students

    Welcome to

  15. Calling in sick (question)

    suanna replied to uscstu4lfe's topic in General Nursing

    AAAUGHHHH !!!!! If you are sick you are sick- CALL OFF. I don't want what you have and neither do our patients. If you spread whatever bug you have around, lots more of us are going to be calling in...

  16. Safe, Dangerous, or Irrelevant?

    suanna replied to GomerPyle's topic in General Nursing

    It really depends on the acuity of the patients and the comfort level of the nurse, and the support staff available (nsg asst., unit secratary, resp therapist, lab tech...). That is the problem with...

  17. What should I do?

    suanna replied to squee-gee's topic in First Year After Licensure

    50mg is a generous dose depending on the patients other medical conditions but I can't imagine a one time dose causing any sentinal problems. What I am amazed at is the pharmacy OKing that dose...

  18. irreversible shock

    suanna replied to gilda83's topic in General Nursing

    Life threatening shock will result in decreased oxygen delivery at the cellular level resulting in anaerobic cellular respiration (Krebs cycle). This results in increased lactic acid production and a...

  19. Surgeons, ugh.

    suanna replied to Eirene's topic in First Year After Licensure

    I'm not endorsing abusive docs but learning what is a vital piece of information that needs to be called to be attending-especially at night- and what can wait till they round in the morning is part...

  20. I bet you don't see this every day.

    suanna replied to vashtee's topic in General Nursing

    It's the "chicken" way out of this dilema but you can always wait till you pass and send a letter to the dean voicing your concerns about this instructor. If you can site specific examples you may...

  21. Primaries Abusing the ED

    suanna replied to ThrowEdNurse's topic in Emergency

    For the most part I'm right there with you but on few occasions my MD may feel there may be an acute problem that needs to be evaluated quickly by a surgical (or some other) specialist. Getting in to...

  22. How do you address your patients?

    suanna replied to anonymurse's topic in General Nursing

    I always use Mr/Mrs to set a tone of respect. If a patient feels I respect him/her they are more likely to respect me. If I have the patient for more than one day I will ask them if they would prefer...

  23. are you required to call DON first before calling MD?

    suanna replied to Ms.RN's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    I don't work LTC but I would LOVE to see our current nursing administrator tell a doc that she will be deciding whether or not they can send their patients to a higher acuity level of care; Mostly...

  24. Atropine

    suanna replied to love-d-OR's topic in MICU, SICU

    I'm glad someone remembers "Cushing Triad" and other such from school. As a critical care nurse of 25 years experience at a 500 bed hospital, I bet if I asked 75 of our critical care nurses no more...

  25. positive drug test help

    suanna replied to puppielove's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah sure- like we are going to throw out the left over percocet from our post-op pain Rx. and call the doc for an appointment for a new script for percocet for our lumbar strain 12 weeks later- waste...