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  1. Injured doing compressions?

    dbabz replied to dbabz's topic in General Nursing

    But overthinking is what I do best! You're right. I'll just try getting on the bed next time. I'm also looking up proper position for compressions as we speak. I've (very fortunately) not had...

  2. Medical kidnap? Discuss

    dbabz replied to dbabz's topic in Nursing News

    I was thinking the same. The family does sound difficult. Why wouldn't the staff welcome the opportunity to get rid of this pt if not for the reasons you cite above? But, again, I don't know the other...

  3. Medical kidnap? Discuss

    dbabz replied to dbabz's topic in Nursing News

    I must say, it does sound to me like Mayo was essentially saying that the pt was capable of giving consent for medical treatment, but not capable of making the decision to decline medical treatment?!?...

  4. Medical kidnap? Discuss

    dbabz replied to dbabz's topic in Nursing News

    According to the article, they (Mayo) said they would if the pt signed a waiver allowing them to do so. She complied, but they still refused to discuss

  5. Physically Taxing: Historic Nursing Gender-Discrimination Suit Settled

    dbabz replied to Melissa Mills's topic in General Nursing

    Second day on the floor in SICU. Hurt my back giving compressions to a patient coding. Fortunately, it seems to be healing. Point being that these injuries can come from many different and...

  6. It Never Occurred To Me.

    dbabz replied to Have Nurse's topic in General Nursing

    You can't know how helpful these individual stories are for newbie nurses like me.

  7. (seemingly) stupid question-hosiery

    dbabz posted a topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Hey all-I have an interview coming up and I just went out and bought a new suit and shirt to go with it--which was a little painful given the fact that I will never wear it after I start working....

  8. (seemingly) stupid question-hosiery

    dbabz replied to dbabz's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Aw!!!

  9. (seemingly) stupid question-hosiery

    dbabz replied to dbabz's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Update: I ended up wearing black tights. Pretty cool and rainy this morning so it didn't really seem odd. Keeping fingers crossed...love the

  10. Any Mormon/LDS nurses here? I need help?

    dbabz replied to MaryFutureRN's topic in General Nursing

    In all fairness, I don't think the OP was complaining or looking for ways to get out of working Sundays. S/he is simply asking other nurses in the same situation how they manage. To the OP, this is a...

  11. "Dancing Doc" Video....Just When You Think You've Seen It All...

    dbabz replied to Sarah Matacale's topic in General Nursing

    In addition to all of the dignity and ethical issues, isn't there a direct correlation between time a patient is open and risk for infection? How many microbes took up residence in these patients'...

  12. Do you trust the organ donation process (after recovery of 'brain dead' boy)?

    dbabz replied to Emergent's topic in General Nursing

    I lost my five-year-old son in 2010 in a drowning accident and he was on life support for two days and then we were told nothing further could be done, he wasn't coming back and we opted to donate....

  13. Afraid of Select-All-That-Apply (SATA) NCLEX Questions

    dbabz replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Career Advice Column

    Also in the SATA, only one of the choices could be true. I took it on 2/27/2018 (and passed in 75 questions) and was surprised by this. I can't remember for sure, but I also think it's possible for...

  14. Sepsis protocols causing a future superbug??

    dbabz replied to Alexx_xox's topic in General Nursing

    From today's Morning Edition on NPR: Researchers Test Vitamin C Treatment For Sepsis : Shots - Health News : NPR I find it difficult that a patient with kidney and liver failure recovered completely,...

  15. Sepsis protocols causing a future superbug??

    dbabz replied to Alexx_xox's topic in General Nursing

    Just added to my wish list. Need a paycheck before making the actual purchase. Again, many, many thanks for your help. I promise to pay it

  16. Sepsis protocols causing a future superbug??

    dbabz replied to Alexx_xox's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! When I grow up, I wanna be

  17. Sepsis protocols causing a future superbug??

    dbabz replied to Alexx_xox's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you...again...I read the article more carefully and I took away the following: There will be two designations; sepsis and septic shock. SIRS criteria are "unhelpful." (agreed.) New criteria for...

  18. Sepsis protocols causing a future superbug??

    dbabz replied to Alexx_xox's topic in General Nursing

    Wow! Thank you so much! Wealth of information here. I did a little digging after my above post and found the following definition: "Sepsis is the systemic response to infection and is defined as the...

  19. Sepsis protocols causing a future superbug??

    dbabz replied to Alexx_xox's topic in General Nursing

    Newly licensed, not yet employed RN here. I have been doing some self-directed CE on sepsis since I graduated so I thank you for the article linked above. I do have a question though. At end of the...

  20. Wearing gloves with HIV positive patients

    dbabz replied to Leekri's topic in General Nursing

    Just added it to my 500+ long to-read

  21. Wearing gloves with HIV positive patients

    dbabz replied to Leekri's topic in General Nursing

    From what I learned in nursing school, this amounts to discrimination. We were told we could not gown up to enter the room of an HIV+ patient unless we gowned up for every single patient...and we all...

  22. Most Pressing Issues in Nursing Today

    dbabz replied to pmcgrady's topic in General Nursing

    I was going to ask about this. Just graduated; not yet employed. During my clinical rotations, there was a huge emphasis on keeping the patient "happy." This was the case even when safety was...

  23. Jahi McMath "What does it mean to die?"

    dbabz replied to Christy1019's topic in Nursing News

    I have been thinking about this case and others like it for some time now and I have come to the conclusion that these issues are only going to become more complicated as time goes on, for a number of...

  24. Jahi McMath "What does it mean to die?"

    dbabz replied to Christy1019's topic in Nursing News

    I, too, am disappointed with TNY on their coverage of this story. One of the "experts" they interviewed is very controversial (I can't remember which one and I don't want to use up one of my 10...

  25. Correct ABG and electrolyte values for NCLEX

    dbabz replied to dbabz's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    Thanks! Some of the practice questions I've had use values that are really tight around the norms, and then are marked wrong if I assume they're in range. Good to know they don't do that on NCLEX. Not...