Hi! I've mostly lurked on this list. I am an ICU nurse in a small community hospital in South Central PA (although we are a test hospital for PCIs w/o open...
Hello. My name is Debbie and I am new to this group and nursing. I am 35 y.o. and graduated from nursing school in August (BSN). I passed my boards and am...
HI Barbs! I'm Nelia from the Philippines. Yeah, you are right, turning gold does not mean the end but a start of a new life. I'll be 51 this coming May and...
HI Barbs! I'm Nelia from the Philippines. Yeah, you are right, turning gold does not mean the end but a start of a new life. I'll be 51 this coming May and...
I am sending this post again since it didn't seem to go through the first time. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` Hi! I've mostly...
Nurse Bob, In what heart condition does a AED machine render useless? Mike [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
LALLEY, MIKE
mlalley@...
Mar 5, 2006 5:52 pm
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Hi nursebob! - could you please explain the significance of a non-conducted PAC? Could you also show me a strip of one? How do you determine an irregularity is...
Brown, Edith S.
Edith.Brown@...
Mar 5, 2006 5:55 pm
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Brand new LPN here.....wish I could answer your question; however, I have a question I would like to ask anyone who will be kind enough to answer for me.... ...
DWLibra@...
Mar 5, 2006 6:18 pm
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On;y DOCTORS diagnose!!! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
CYoung2277@...
Mar 5, 2006 6:31 pm
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I was taught also to only use Demerol but, I think opinions are changing again on the use of Morphine. I was taught that it causes the sphinctor of Oddi to...
jgk1278@...
Mar 5, 2006 6:54 pm
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An AED will only shock lethal rhythms... ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia. It is programmed to only recognize these rhythms and can not be...
Hi Debbie. Congratulations for all your hard work. I fell into critical care by accident. I was a surgical float nurse right after graduation(1983). I moved to...
I'm not sure if I truly get your question, but here goes. An AED will only "recognize" and defibrillate Ventricular Fibrillation and Ventricular Tachycardia....
RNs make nursing diagnoses which are not the same as a medical diagnosis. This also depends on the scope of the nurse practioner as well. I'm not as familiar...
Debbie, I recommend that you get 1-2 years of Med Surg or stay where you are on the tele floor to get experience under your belt first. This way you will...
jgk1278@...
Mar 5, 2006 7:05 pm
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Thank you so very much !!!! That's exactly what I thought !!! Have a great week.....Dee [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
DWLibra@...
Mar 5, 2006 7:52 pm
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Carolyn, Thanks so much for your immediate reply. Have a great week! Dee [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
DWLibra@...
Mar 5, 2006 7:56 pm
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Absolutely False!!! Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants diagnose and prescribe. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
gretaob@...
Mar 5, 2006 11:05 pm
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Hi all New to the group. I'm a clinical educator for a critical care unit. Love the site...keep up the good work, Dale -- Dale "Life is not measured by the...
An RN can make a Nursing diagnosis...we, as Nurses, treat the human response to actual medical diagnosis....example, an MD makes the medical diagnosis of COPD...
Welcome aboard Dale.... Stan here...work in a MICU as Staff RN.......Good bunch of people here..... Dale <ddemille53@...> wrote: Hi all New to the group....
THis is true, but Nursing DIagnoses are the only ones that we as nurses do independently...May write scripts with advanced degree but it is still under the...
Here's a question for anyone who wants it...how many of your facilities have wound care specialists?? Seems they're doing away with most of them around here...
Sorry, but you are not correct. Many, many NPs are not supervised, many are in collaborative arrangements, and several work independently. We are working on...
gretaob@...
Mar 6, 2006 2:53 am
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Stan, Thank you so very, very much for your in-depth reply to my query. I'm just starting the RN program......mind if I contact you on occasion if I have a ...
DWLibra@...
Mar 6, 2006 3:44 am
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Nurses make Nursing Diagnoses. You guys all remember making those care plans. There are books (Sparks & Taylor) that list out all the nursing diagnoses ...
djverville@...
Mar 6, 2006 4:23 am
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It's like an extra, early beat from the atria. It's not a PVC because it has a P-wave or a little round hump before the QRS. It usually looks the same as...
djverville@...
Mar 6, 2006 4:24 am
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I've also heard that it can pick up pacer spikes and won't shock because of them. They do have there faults, and the newest trend is focused on compressions...
djverville@...
Mar 6, 2006 4:27 am
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Did you say non-conducted, meaning not followed by a QRS complex. If so, then I would think that could be a potential for a heart block. The patient would...
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