Telemetry saved my patient

2 Hi everyone, I don't think I've ever posted on AN, but now is a great time to start! This week, telemetry saved the life of one of my patients. This was a little old lady who developed dyspnea right after I had come on for the shift. She had crac

Hijab (headscarf) Nurses

Do any of you know of any nurses who wear their Hijab (headscarf) to work? I have yet to meet any. Only once did I run into a medical professional who wore one, but she told me she had been hired a long time ago, way before the whole Islam conflict b

The Sad Truth: Online Nursing Schools vs Traditional Schools

I don't think all schools will turn you down. You just have to be persistent and not give up. Sure there may be a stigma with certain online schools esp for profit because the for profit industry itself has a black eye with some of their recruitment

insulin and dialysis

1 For insulin-dependent diabetics patients in the hospital that also get sent to dialysis in the morning--do you give their insulin to them prior to sending them to dialysis? If they are going to be eating prior, I can see giving it but I am more won

Wow. Just wow

2 I'm really at a lost for words. A nurse deliberately made a med error. When she was notified by the nurse that caught the error that an incident report will be made, she had a resident write the order to cover her. Now a patient is retrieving a me

Baylor BSN-DNP FNP Fall 2015

Hi everyone!

Did anyone apply to and/or have interviewed for the BSN-DNP program at Baylor for the Fall 2015 start? I've searched this whole site and it doesn't look like there is much information about Baylor's program.

Or if you have applied to

Denver School of Nursing

Hi,
I am starting to apply to a variety of nursing schools in Colorado and would like some input on Denver school of Nursing. Is it a good program, what is the schedule like, and is it possible to work part time and still go full time to this school

Code Lavender?!

Hi,

I was just doing some holistic nursing homework and one of the questions was asking what it was. I had never heard of this until I looked up what it was.

Apparently it is like a code team, except it is a group of nurses trained in holistic care,

Protonix IVP

Just looking for some rationale as to why Protonix is always pushed over 2 minutes. What can happen if you push it too fast? All medication that I know of, except Adenosine, must be given over certain time frames to prevent Speed Shock. If you aren't

florida or california?

Im confused whether i should accept the job in florida or in california.
I've worked in fl but it was a PCU and i dont have ICU experience. I've always wanted to work in an ICU setting in California. Now i am offered ICU in Florida, but I also have