medicb70

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1. Is Nursing School more difficult than working?

   medicb70 replied to Diahni's topic in General Nursing

   What leads you to believe that school is over when you start working??? There are still CE requirements and to be truely good nurse, you must continue to learn new and challenging skills. I must say tho', I would not trade my job to go back to school...

2. excelsior in texas??

   medicb70 replied to purkiss's topic in Texas

   I actually attended Del Mar for three semesters before having issues with a psych instructor, so I did the excelsior thing. It worked great for me, and worth every penny of the 5k-6k that I spent. I finished the program in 6 months and graduated in D...

3. DNR vs withdrawal of treatment

   medicb70 replied to acquiesce1908's topic in CCU

   Pretty bags??? - Never heard of 'em. Sounds unethical to me. Sounds like you did the right thing. I also have given abx and pepcid up to the last minute. Even done CRRT up to the time of death on a DNR. I think you might have consulted with the famil...

4. Er Nurses Help! Report To Floor Admits.

   medicb70 replied to tylernurse's topic in Texas

   Our facility also uses a faxed report. Basic addmitting dx., treatment, near due meds and treatments, etc.. This is faxed to floor along with the admission orders. The floor nurse then has 15 min. to call with questions. After 15 min., the ER charge ...