guest940422

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  1. drug calculation

    guest940422 replied to priya0504's topic in General Nursing

    It helps me to line up the units 800mg 500mg ----------------- Xml 1ml 800mg=500ml/X x500 x500 ------------------ 1.6ml =x then 3X for the three doses =4.8 ml or 2400mg whichever it...

  2. Inclement weather conditions...mandatory to work?

    guest940422 replied to 8Lovenursing8's topic in General Nursing

    True, even hospitals in known disaster zones won't call in essential staff every time they should. It costs too much. They wait and see often far longer than they probably should and end up waiting...

  3. Where Were You...9/11

    guest940422 replied to Daisy4RN's topic in General Nursing

    Tenth grade world history class (Ironic I know). In first period they made us watch the news for the first 20 min every day. When I came into class everyone was laughing and joking about how some...

  4. Med carts with no drawers

    guest940422 replied to Astral Walker's topic in Patient Medications

    I know it is time consuming, but I never have more than one patient's meds on my person at a time (except in the example with the big multi drawer carts which have been phased out in a lot of...

  5. Misuse of the ER

    guest940422 replied to ShortFuse's topic in General Nursing

    I've had friends with kids send me pictures of limbs on their phones and ask me if they are broken (more than once). I watch the ER tracker and have seen "primary complaints" including lice,...

  6. I don't think i can be around this co-worker anymore.

    guest940422 replied to fulitarn's topic in General Nursing

    1) Your personal history has nothing to do with this. YOU are not the problem. Anyone would have been uncomfortable in this scenario other than an intimate partner of his. You are his co-worker. This...

  7. Lifetime Stutter

    guest940422 replied to Zombie_RN's topic in Nurse Disabilities

    Marilyn Monroe also had a dibilitating stutter. She used a similar method. That's why her speach was so breathy and deliberate. People always thought she was trying too hard to sound sexy, she was...

  8. When did being pregnant become a disability?

    guest940422 replied to guest940422's topic in General Nursing

    In all seriousness please don't ever believe those miscarriages were your fault. I've seen drug addicts, smokers, and anorexic teenagers give birth to perfectly healthy full-term babies while women...

  9. When did being pregnant become a disability?

    guest940422 replied to guest940422's topic in General Nursing

    That's fabulous, does your pregnancy prevent you from retaining information? This post is about pregnant women who aren't on restrictions but decide simply being pregnant ristricts what they can...

  10. When did being pregnant become a disability?

    guest940422 replied to guest940422's topic in General Nursing

    Well were all only human here. I came home from work annoyed that the 4th person in a week had me do their job for them "because I'm pregnant" and I thought I'd vent a little on allnurses to blow...

  11. Inclement weather conditions...mandatory to work?

    guest940422 replied to 8Lovenursing8's topic in General Nursing

    Spent most of my career in the Gulf Coast Region. If they are just now bringing it up your hospital has really failed you as an employee. We are required to sign up for either A team or B team prior...

  12. When did being pregnant become a disability?

    guest940422 replied to guest940422's topic in General Nursing

    Wow, someone listened. Wasn't sure that would happen. Now we have come full circle to my point. You are getting paid (very well might I add) to do a job. You need to be able to do this job. Nursing is...

  13. When did being pregnant become a disability?

    guest940422 replied to guest940422's topic in General Nursing

    Not at all disagreeing here just thought I'd take a moment to plug some really great organizations making contraception (including emergency contraception) available and affordable to underserved...

  14. When did being pregnant become a disability?

    guest940422 replied to guest940422's topic in General Nursing

    That's really the point here. (We got a bit derailed by personal attacks/how dare you stories but if you can't vent here then where are you going to do it at?) If you can't steer a bed, you certainly...

  15. When did being pregnant become a disability?

    guest940422 replied to guest940422's topic in General Nursing

    See! I knew I was doing something wrong! That's why I love nursing, we never stop

  16. When did being pregnant become a disability?

    guest940422 replied to guest940422's topic in General Nursing

    The whole point isn't that every pregnant woman should be able to run a mile with a cinder block over her head at 36 weeks. It's that if you can perform basic physical functions of your job you need...

  17. When did being pregnant become a disability?

    guest940422 replied to guest940422's topic in General Nursing

    Gary is a woman, she never said pregnancy was easy. I said if you cant do your job, stay at home so we can bring in float staff that can. Or get put on desk duty until your due date. In this specific...

  18. mixing pain medications with a flush

    guest940422 replied to painmeds's topic in General Nursing

    UGG they gave me dilaudid when I was in the hospital with a wicked staph infection. Every nurse just slammed it in my IV fast instead of doing a slow push. I don't know if they were slamming the flush...

  19. Not sure how to handle this situation with recent interview

    guest940422 replied to Southpawdown's topic in General Nursing

    Don't burn your bridge, you should still send an email in a few days thanking her for the interview, inviting her to contact you for any further questions, and let her know you are looking forward to...

  20. The sloppy image of nurses today

    guest940422 replied to RNdynamic's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Well... as the doctors don't crawl on the ground, physically move patients, handle body fluids, transfer human bodies, reach over people, change diapers, climb on step stools, have the luxury to use...

  21. What would you do?

    guest940422 replied to Meangirl's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Her own children's identity: Mind your own business, don't invite her over for tea, remember there is enough drama in our profession without us going out and searching for it. Her patient's or a...

  22. Leaving tasks for the next shift

    guest940422 replied to dergs's topic in General Nursing

    Again, policy doesn't replace critical thinking. Before starting tpa.... yes you need an extra line... pt starts to look iffy on you see if you can pop in an extra.... oh refuses additional stick......

  23. Leaving tasks for the next shift

    guest940422 replied to dergs's topic in General Nursing

    I would consult leadership/risk management. A policy is not a law or a hard stop in most cases. They are there for a reason, but mot meant to replace critical thinking. All you did in trying to abide...

  24. Does anyone ever get tired of people thinking Nursing is easy?

    guest940422 replied to Nsco2018's topic in General Nursing

    My cousin asked once if all I did was walk around and hand out pills... I just said yes and moved on with my life. Two years later her brother was in the ICU and I was walking our family through what...

  25. CNRN study material

    guest940422 posted a topic in Neurological

    Does anyone have study material, preferably questions with rationales, for the CNRN? I was hoping I could buy someone's used