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1. IV fluids questions

   enfermeratobe posted a topic in New Nurse

   New nurse here I noticed that sometimes nurses on my unit get so busy that they turn off the IV fluids on the pump but the tubing is still attached to the patient. I get it we're busy. I just disconnect. However does this cause any harm to the line? ...

2. New nurse in L and D need advice

   enfermeratobe posted a topic in Ob/Gyn

   Hello everyone I am a new grad working in a labor and delievery unit in a small hospital. On this unit we do everything from antepartum , observation , deliever, c section, post partum. The nurses do it all. My husband is in the military and has gott...

3. Terrified to start as a new RN

   enfermeratobe posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello everyone new RN here graduated in May passed the nclex the first time in June. I am extremely excited and proud of my accomplishments but so nervous to start my new job. Some background information is I was an LPN for a year in a pediatric offi...

4. First hospital meet and greet next week!

   enfermeratobe posted a topic in Job Hunt

   Hello everyone I am here to ask for advice. I will be an RN graduate in seven weeks omg can't believe those words are true! I have a hospital in my town that is offering a meet and greet with nurse managers from different departments for the new grad...

5. Nasty Coworkers should i stay or should I go?

   enfermeratobe replied to enfermeratobe's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you management has been there for almost twenty years so I don't see this changing sadly. I had a feeling that leaving might be what's best for me at this time. I was going to quit anyways for my fourth semester of RN school so I can do well an...

6. Nasty Coworkers should i stay or should I go?

   enfermeratobe posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello everyone I am having this battle right now with whether or not I should stay at an office that I am working at now. I am a fairly new LPN only been working for about a year and a few months. I have been working in a pediatrics office as far as ...

7. solumedrol IV

   enfermeratobe posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello everyone I have clinical tomorrow and I am a bit confused on a medication I am suppose to be giving. I need to give solumedrol 1,000mg in a 250 ml. D5 bag with an adapter vial. I have no primary running that I can see based on the patient char...

8. Psychomotor skills

   enfermeratobe posted a topic in General Students

   Hello everyone I need advice on how to perked my psycho motor skills in clinical. I know the steps of what in doing and what needs to be done but I just turn to mush and stumble and kind of a fumble mess when giving meds. This is my third semester an...

9. Confused with IV

   enfermeratobe replied to enfermeratobe's topic in General Students

   I geuss my biggest things is sometimes I get confused on how set ups should go like if I have a primary running and I need to know whether to give something piggy back or disconnect it completely and give in two different lines or I was looking up th...

10. Confused with IV

    enfermeratobe posted a topic in General Students

    Hello everyone third semester nursing student here. I was an Lpn first and then transferred into this program second semester. In Lpn school we never went over iv how to use them set them up nothing like that. Students learned how to use them first s...

11. Test today am I overreacting?

    enfermeratobe replied to enfermeratobe's topic in General Students

    Thank you I understand the not calling attention to yourself but this is third semester and I have had no issues so far with anything and yes I know distractions in the real world do happen and that I understand but when others get a quiet testing en...

12. Test today am I overreacting?

    enfermeratobe replied to enfermeratobe's topic in General Students

    Thank you our tests are worth 90% of our grade so it's very frustrating and the fact that students got to see the questions on the exam and then allowed to come back in and finish it just really bug me

13. Test today am I overreacting?

    enfermeratobe posted a topic in General Students

    We had our first exam about a day ago and we do all our exams online. I got to class and we were told to open up our computers and start the exam more than 1/2 the students exams didn't start or were freezing up mine had started perfectly fine we hav...

14. Pouchitis

    enfermeratobe replied to enfermeratobe's topic in Student Assist

    unfortunately our teacher only gives us a certain set of labs I see the WBC is elevated which could indicate infection hgb and hct are low which I assume is from blood loss during surgery if the patient has had surgery electrolytes are off as well wh...

15. Pouchitis

    enfermeratobe posted a topic in Student Assist

    Hello everyone I need help with my clinical write up I have a patient with pouchitis which is the first time I've ever heard of this before I am having a hard time finding why my patient has low hgh , rbc, low k , low phosphorous i am looking online ...