nurseprnRN

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  1. Bullying

    nurseprnRN replied to LisalaRN99's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, puhleeze. Eyerolling and low-level sarcasm don't rise to the level of violence in my book. If so, we'd all kill our

  2. Back Pain in Nursing Student

    nurseprnRN replied to meganec17's topic in General Nursing

    I'd suggest a consult with a good back physiatrist, a physician with expertise in rehabilitation. The problem with ortho (and neuro) surgeons is that they like to operate; that's not their fault,...

  3. What is the most complex clinical procedure you had to do in your career?

    nurseprnRN replied to Guest878640's topic in General Nursing

    An acquaintance just had this. Baby was almost crowning but face-up and she was pooped out from long labor and the baby was just not moving. They whipped her in for a section-- and she has a HUGE...

  4. Non-FIT Nurses and FIT Nurses

    nurseprnRN replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    Oooooooohhhhh

  5. Heart Sounds vs Heart Rhythm

    nurseprnRN replied to ThatNursingDude's topic in General Students

    made me say this: I stand by my assertion that S3 and S4 are not extra valve noises, and the lub-dub (properly called S1 and S2) are not the result of the ventricles squeezing and delivering a...

  6. What is the most complex clinical procedure you had to do in your career?

    nurseprnRN replied to Guest878640's topic in General Nursing

    Open sternal wound post heart transplant, fungal infection. Not only big, complex, and scary, but so very sad. Eventually it ate through the aorta and that was that, a life gone in a flood over the...

  7. Heart Sounds vs Heart Rhythm

    nurseprnRN replied to ThatNursingDude's topic in General Students

    No, no, no! S3 and S4 are NOT valve sounds, and S1 and S2 are not ventricular

  8. Carrying insurance

    nurseprnRN replied to AngelaHarvey's topic in General Nursing

    All the smart ones do. Every working nurse should have malpractice insurance. About coverage, this is one of the things you ask before you buy. Some will cover you for something that happened...

  9. No such thing as a dumb question

    nurseprnRN replied to Brian's topic in General Students

    ..... Unless the same person asks it repeatedly, or so late that you now realize s/he has missed the point of all subsequent discussion, thus guaranteeing more questions that others will think are...

  10. Heart Sounds vs Heart Rhythm

    nurseprnRN replied to ThatNursingDude's topic in General Students

    You wanted an example of normal heart sounds with an abnormal rhythm: easy-peasy. Slow atrial fibrillation c normal S1 & S2. Or really, any rhythm with a normal mitral/tricuspid and...

  11. Non-FIT Nurses and FIT Nurses

    nurseprnRN replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    Gawd, what a slacker. Step it up, why

  12. Non-FIT Nurses and FIT Nurses

    nurseprnRN replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    I saw my sweet gynecologist one year and at the end of the exam he sat down to do his notes and dictation (he dictates while his patients are still in the room so he can be sure he doesn't miss...

  13. Non-FIT Nurses and FIT Nurses

    nurseprnRN replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    My great-grandmother weighed well over 350 lbs, smoked like a chimney and drank like a fish, and was more of a couch potato than anybody for thirty years before she died ... at 93. I may be a big...

  14. Where Will I be 5 Years Post-Graduation from Nursing School?

    nurseprnRN replied to Nicole93's topic in General Students

    Yeah, wouldn't we ALL love to have hours like that. OK, here's the scoop. Those endoscopy, cath lab, and day surg jobs are all taken by nurses with quite a bit of critical care experience who don't...

  15. Regis v. MGH-How do I choose

    nurseprnRN replied to swein0's topic in General Students

    You'll get a good education from either one, with good clinical placements and lots of resources. Apply to both and see which one gives you the most financial aid. Don't forget to figure in cost of...

  16. critical care plan for CABG post-op 3 days

    nurseprnRN replied to Mumbejja15's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Would that be, "Ineffective sexuality pattern as evidenced by alteration in sexual activity due to impaired relationship with significant other"? None of my business, of course, just using the...

  17. Non-FIT Nurses and FIT Nurses

    nurseprnRN replied to trinitymaster's topic in General Nursing

    I work out of a home office. It's a struggle but I only occasionally succumb to the urge to make a batch of refrigerator cookie dough and take more than one day to eat. all. of. it. Sigh. My guilty...

  18. How many graduates were in your graduating class?

    nurseprnRN replied to micheleC's topic in General Nursing

    BSN class at private university, most of us new high school grads but a few older students. I don't know how many they admitted (I transferred in at 2nd year) but we graduated

  19. Changes in language

    nurseprnRN replied to kidzcare's topic in General Nursing

    I remember when I got a CD of an old Pink Floyd album so I could hear it again, and my daughter saw it and said, "I didn't know they had a new CD out!" :: hums :: ".. I'll see you on the dark side of...

  20. critical care plan for CABG post-op 3 days

    nurseprnRN replied to Mumbejja15's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    :: tapping foot :: OK, since you clearly don't have the book you are working from a position of deficient knowledge, so I will spell it out for you. NANDA-I 2015-2017, p. 306. Ineffective (not...

  21. Protonix IVP

    nurseprnRN replied to cjenrn's topic in General Nursing

    With the lasix, -mycins, and other ototoxics, a sudden blast is injurious to the nerves. Giving it over time delivers a more dilute hit. Likewise benzos-- a push dose shuts things down pronto, but a...

  22. Changes in language

    nurseprnRN replied to kidzcare's topic in General Nursing

    I was being the camp nurse for a weekend camporee and had a kid come down to the health lodge barfing. I said, "Do you want to call your mom to come get you, or do you want me to call her?" He said,...

  23. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    nurseprnRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Misuse of "their" to mean a single person, as in, "I told that patient that their hand was in a splint. They said it felt fine." This makes me nuts, and I see it in professional writing every day....

  24. Mispronunciations That Drive You Nuts

    nurseprnRN replied to ixchel's topic in General Nursing

    Although I did, in a moment of confusion, correct an otherwise brilliant colleague when she told me she and her husband were driving to Vermont to see the "FOY-ledge." I was sure I had mis-heard her....

  25. Accepted RN position as rotating shifts but after I accepted they changed shifts

    nurseprnRN replied to jenny966's topic in General Nursing

    Tell the manager that. Her response will tell you whether you stay where you are or get grossly inconvenienced at the VA. I"m betting you won't be going to the VA quite