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  1. Nursing Ethics Question!

    I get some of the rationale for this, but this example is hardly valid. There is no equivalency there at all. At the outset, the employer employee relationship is based on two rational entities coming...
  2. How do I answer this question in an interview?

    Go to the school your kids will be at. Is this a trick
  3. Am I being a jerk

    7th-grader named “most likely to become a terrorist” at school awards ceremony | WINK NEWS Public school teachers are hilarious. And home -schoolers are a
  4. Nursing Ethics Question!

    What happens when the patient demands money for his not committing suicide? They've potentially created a worse situation. Very sloppy
  5. PACU vs OR

    OR nurses take care of the people that take care of the patient. It's a critical role and it is a vast departure from any other kind of
  6. Depends on the job, I'd say. A patient without an A line that I don't start an inopressor for is the great minority of my
  7. Depends on the job, I'd say. A patient without an A line that I don't start an inopressor for is the great minority of my
  8. CPAP machine

    .....D
  9. Pressure Infuser Bag and BP Measurement

    "Is the BP reading affected when fluids are being infused by a pressure bag in the same arm? " No, but that's a great way to blow an
  10. Need Help Memorizing Heart Sounds?

    You meant to say R and L sternal border, 2nd IS for the Ao and Pulm valves, correct? the MCL's are further away from those
  11. Green O2 Christmas trees

    Never seen the nipples on tank regulators cleaned either, but they can be... probably are. Anesthesia machine auxiliary O2 outlets too. A Sani Wipe is a lot less hassle that throwing away one more...
  12. Increasing the rate shortens the QT interval which is the issue in
  13. That's crazy...should be a case
  14. What's up with ER traveler pay right now?!

    Posts are too long to actually read all the way through, but it sounds like schools are graduating more nurses so demand for and therefore pay to travelers is falling. More of a lifestyle thing than...
  15. Ok...so she gets defibrillated and goes back into TdP every single time unless she is paced at
  16. And this is a permanent implantable pacemaker? No defibrillation
  17. The rate is programmed to 120? All the
  18. ER VS PRE OP

    Depends on the OR you're going to and the ER you're leaving. I wlll say that the only thing that is remotely the same is the number of IV's you start. Beyond that, it isn't even
  19. Experience before PhD

    So, this is an actual PhD? Or is it something else, like a DNP or some other "doctorate"?. It isn't a semantics game. A PhD is only awarded under specific conditions and those conditions are very...
  20. Experience before PhD

    Not convinced a PhD requires any meaningful RN experience at all. It isn't a nursing
  21. Question for nurses that are male...

    Men are controlling your reproductive
  22. DNP vs MD/DO

    They did advocate for more meaningful training...for PA's. As if that would turn out OK. I still believe that APRN's hold the edge in the midlevel arena because of the ability to recruit from "battle...
  23. DNP vs MD/DO

    I don't draw a distinction between PA's and NP's after a couple of years of practice. But PA's sure better back away from the independent practice apple. It's one thing for APRN's to do that with so...
  24. Job Advice

    Can't hang with the big dawgs so a NURSES forum is where validation is found? Ha.
  25. Jehovah's Witness and Blood Refusal in OR

    There is no keeping secret the fact that a JW received blood. That would be a reassurance I would be very hesitant to give. If they say they don't want it and they're a mature, informed adult, they...