Pippynurseuk

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  1. Random question of the day: What's your baseline blood pressure?

    Pippynurseuk replied to LDAthleteNurse's topic in Health, Stress Management

    Bp 120/75ish, pulse often in the 90s, only need to be slightly stressed and its up to 120. I do find it fascinating to pop on the pulse ox and take some slow deep breaths, down it goes into the 70s. I...

  2. What is a good patient education topic?

    Pippynurseuk replied to xmilkncookiesx's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Lots of things increase your risk of dvt. Here in the uk it was on the news last night, talking about making it more well known about the contraceptive pill increasing risk because there have been a...

  3. What are the top 5 medications YOU administer daily?

    Pippynurseuk replied to northmississippi's topic in Patient Medications

    I'm in the uk and work in community (home health) insulin (in all its varieties) diamorphine midazolam (versed) nozinan (levomepromazine) fragmin hydroxocabalamin (b12) I have no idea what drugs you...

  4. What is your Nursing Kryptonite?

    Pippynurseuk replied to Lunah's topic in General Nursing

    Skin tags, just writing this now is making me feel all funny. When I see someone who is covered in skin tags I just want to run away and hide. And then I worry that I'm letting it show on my face....

  5. Differences in US nursing vs the rest of the world

    Pippynurseuk replied to irishicugal's topic in General Nursing

    I'm newly qualified (6 months in) and work in the uk as a community nurse doing home visits. (This traditionally was called district nursing but very few people have done the district nursing course...