Bipley

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  1. potassium

    Bipley replied to ebethluther's topic in General Nursing

    Really? Which NSAIDs would you give? Keep in mind, drugs like Toradol *can* cause (not necessarily DO cause) the same exact problems given IV as IM. Long term it's even worse. ALL drugs can cause GI...

  2. potassium

    Bipley replied to ebethluther's topic in General Nursing

    If a drug such as Toradol causes GI upset if given PO, will giving it IM or IV cause the same problems, and which classes of drugs cause GI upset. It's a test for the newbie students.

  3. potassium

    Bipley replied to ebethluther's topic in General Nursing

    So tell me, would you give an ER pt with a GI bleed (unknown location) with pain IV Toradol, IV MS04, or PO Tylenol? It's a trick question,

  4. Can anything be done about feeling like a waitress?

    Bipley replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    You are welcome. That comment hit a sore spot with

  5. Hygiene issues, behavior issues, a much older boyfriend, etc...what would you do?

    Bipley replied to flashpoint's topic in General Nursing

    Whatever your involvement today will likely increase in the future. Meaning, have lunch with one of them today and bank on a bit of a 'needy' relationship forming in the future. Can you handle that?...

  6. potassium

    Bipley replied to ebethluther's topic in General Nursing

    With all due respect CindyRN 2006, you are still a student since it is not 2006. I answered your question, you have not answered mine. I asked two, actually. The answers are....

  7. Can anything be done about feeling like a waitress?

    Bipley replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    Our CNAs and PCTs don't have any more time than I do to play

  8. Can anything be done about feeling like a waitress?

    Bipley replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in General Nursing

    CPhT's in a retail sitting eat pooh for a living. Sorry, but it's true. I worked as one through nursing school and I still teach on a PRN basis. OSCO and Walgreen type places will put the...

  9. Drug addicted nurses

    Bipley replied to ske0124's topic in Nurses Recovery

    I can't help but to think Pyxis has put some nurses in a position where they give themselves away. I was a pharmacy tech during nursing school and one of my jobs was to pull the reports on people...

  10. What do you think about egg donation?

    Bipley replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    It's more like $2,000 (and that was 10 years ago) and it hurts like the

  11. What do you think about egg donation?

    Bipley replied to sherichance's topic in General Nursing

    Hear hear! Much as I'd love to call you selfish and mean, I just can't. I agree 100% with you. I was in the position of donating and I was talked into it without thinking. The night before the...

  12. potassium

    Bipley replied to ebethluther's topic in General Nursing

    That's not really fair. We ALL have our own way of teaching and with as many older and more experienced nurses as each student will encounter, it is only fair that they are prepared for a various...

  13. 3 Consecutive 12 Hour Shifts

    Bipley replied to loconno2's topic in General Nursing

    Wow... I've never heard of 2-16's, 5 off before. Not sure I could do

  14. 3 Consecutive 12 Hour Shifts

    Bipley replied to loconno2's topic in General Nursing

    I used to work 7-12s then I had 7 days off. I liked it but I fully admit, it takes some getting used to. Not sure I could do that schedule working days, but on nights it was wonderful. I loved...

  15. lemmon swabs

    Bipley replied to juliette's topic in General Nursing

    Chlorahexidine soln will also make dentures, partials, and bridge work brown forever and

  16. lemmon swabs

    Bipley replied to juliette's topic in General Nursing

    I've been an ICU patient after a fire and lemon swabs are gross.

  17. resignation dilemma

    Bipley replied to mtnmom's topic in General Nursing

    BAD BAD BAD!!! Bad move! Then they actually have just cause not to rehire AND give a crappy reference. If you don't have a contract stating you will give more than two weeks, you are being...

  18. What is the highest blood sugar you have seen in a walky talky patient?

    Bipley replied to austin heart's topic in General Nursing

    I have an embarrassing story regarding BS. I was a new grad working in a LTC facility. In those days we used these green strips. You put a drop of blood on the strip and compare it to the color...

  19. Why do I feel like I'm doping my patients?

    Bipley replied to MikeyBSN's topic in General Nursing

    In my experience this happens more with terminal patients than with others unless we are talking an exceedingly lazy nurse. Some nurses are fried and they just don't care anymore. But when it is a...

  20. potassium

    Bipley replied to ebethluther's topic in General Nursing

    Wrong-o. No she most certainly is not mean. She wants the students to think an issue through. THAT is what nursing is all

  21. potassium

    Bipley replied to ebethluther's topic in General Nursing

    thanks. however... don't think i don't keep mental notes of who accepts the quick and easy answers vs. those who do the homework of figuring out my questions. :chuckle fool me once, it's my fault....

  22. potassium

    Bipley replied to ebethluther's topic in General Nursing

    i'm not sure it is robbing the students in the long run. however, i also ask the student questions in return. when we respond to a question we are not just telling them what is in the book, we are...

  23. Pharm Tech?

    Bipley replied to WickedRedRN's topic in General Nursing

    I worked my way through nursing school as a CPhT. Actually, when I was in nursing school there was no national certification. Even though I was an RN when the national certification became offered,...

  24. Does anyone else feel like there is too much gossip going on?

    Bipley replied to ashley7's topic in General Nursing

    Gossiping and WHINING! "Why do *I* have to do that??" "Why doesn't SHE have to do that?" "Woe is meeeeeeeee" .....

  25. potassium

    Bipley replied to ebethluther's topic in General Nursing

    personally i'll answer any question i am comfortable answering correctly with the understanding that i'm going to ask the student something in return to make them think. i really do believe that it's...