eiwneon

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1. Secondary IV infusions

   eiwneon posted a topic in General Nursing

   I'm a new nurse, and I have a couple questions about running secondary IV infusions: When I hang a medication to be given via piggyback infusion, I usually use my IV pump to backprime the secondary tubing first, and then start the piggyback medicati...

2. medical air (21%) vs oxygen (100%)

   eiwneon replied to eiwneon's topic in General Nursing

   are you saying that medical air is used in conjunction with pure oxygen in order to "fine tune" the FiO2 the patient receives?

3. medical air (21%) vs oxygen (100%)

   eiwneon posted a topic in General Nursing

   what are the indications for each of these?

4. Physical Ax: head-to-toe / focused

   eiwneon posted a topic in General Nursing

   Nursing student here - just wondering about head-to-toe assessments and what your practice is around them. I have just been introduced to the term focused assessment as well. I guess what I'm wondering is when do you generally perform a full head-to...

5. Infection control + gloves

   eiwneon posted a topic in General Nursing

   Nursing student here - I wanted to become more familiar with gloves in general eg choosing the right type for the right job so I feel more comfortable at my placements around that. But I am having a hard time finding information. Wondering if anyone...

6. Nursing student: which clinical placement?

   eiwneon replied to eiwneon's topic in General Students

   Why is that? Thanks for the feedback.

7. Nursing student: which clinical placement?

   eiwneon posted a topic in General Students

   Hi everyone, I am a nursing student (BScN/RN) and I must choose either medical OR surgical for my next clinical placement. At this point in my nursing program, I have only really just begun to learn about the basics in terms of practical nursing ski...