GuEsT78

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1. Can anyone help me with blood transfusion question

   GuEsT78 replied to andreead's topic in Student Assist

   Caring for kids with leukemia, I did the nurse tech end of a lot of transfusions (vital signs). The exact procedures (tubing and all) are likely to vary from school to school and hospital to hospital. What matters most is to understand why each item ...

2. Which hospital do you recommend -Seattle

   GuEsT78 replied to Rnfortuna's topic in General Nursing

   Take commuting into account, along with where you'd like to live. Seattle has one of the worst commutes in the country. Water on both sides force most commuting to be north/south and few arterial lanes have been added since the 1970s. Amazon's rapid ...

3. First year nursing student and I'm worried

   GuEsT78 replied to raynae14's topic in General Students

   Sounds like you're finding all that reading intimidating. Perhaps I should share an experience of mine from the tenth grade. There's been some confusion about which of our mid-year semester exams would come in the morning and which in the afternoon. ...

4. Attorney contacted me about lawsuit

   GuEsT78 replied to forgop's topic in General Nursing

   Ah, so it's the hospital lawyers who're interested in seeing how much harm or good you'll do their side. From your remarks, I gather you have no dogs in this fight, meaning that you don't care which side wins. That makes demands on your by either sid...

5. Attorney contacted me about lawsuit

   GuEsT78 replied to forgop's topic in General Nursing

   Testifying is not up to you. As another poster has mentioned, you can be subpoenaed and forced to testify. If you were someone important, say a politician or rich, the judge might be differential about your time. But as a nurse, he's unlikely to care...

6. So...What Kind of Nursing Task Do You LIKE?

   GuEsT78 replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   I loved pediatric oncology. The emotion risks were great, but there's no satisfaction like beating leukemia in a child and realizing that they've got a rich and full life before them. One patient I cared for as 10-month-old baby now runs three nail s...

7. Applying for a job in a hospital under "material services"

   GuEsT78 replied to NotM3's topic in General Nursing

   Thanks to Dr. Google: "The Material Services Department at UI Hospitals and Clinics provides a comprehensive selection of patient care products in a cost-effective, efficient and convenient manner..... Our four divisions include: Processed Stores, Ma...

8. Is there any help for this old nurse lost in new age nursing??

   GuEsT78 replied to coolnurseclub's topic in General Nursing

   Even COBs can have good ideas. Similar to you, I'd love to see these changes. 1. The iPhone's Siri adapted for patient care. Say, "Reminder, 15 minutes, Take blood pressure in 307." And in 15 minutes Siri would say, "Take blood pressure in 307." That...

9. Is there any help for this old nurse lost in new age nursing??

   GuEsT78 replied to coolnurseclub's topic in General Nursing

   If you're concerned about trends in hospital nursing, you might want to read this recent NYT expose about "bruising workplace" Amazon has created for its white-collar workers: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/technology/inside-amazon-wrestling-big-i...

10. Is there any help for this old nurse lost in new age nursing??

    GuEsT78 replied to coolnurseclub's topic in General Nursing

    For a time, I wondered why my parents rebelled against computers. My dad never learned how to use them and my mother retired from the Department of Agriculture to avoid learning computers at work. They drew the line at using a cell phone as a phone o...

11. First Week - Grave Mistake!

    GuEsT78 replied to DNS.RN78's topic in General Nursing

    Stage actors have a similar rule. They don't wish someone good luck. They tell them, "Break a leg." Wishing bad luck is thought to bring good luck. There's a rationale reason. When others in a hospital, including Admitting and the ER, hear that a nur...

12. First week of nursing school and I just received a court summons.

    GuEsT78 replied to FLnurseprospect's topic in General Students

    From your remarks, there's a bit of uncertainty as to whether you're being asked to be family court to testify in some family dispute, to serve in some professional role as part of your work in family practice orthopedics, or to just do jury duty. If...

13. Having no car for nursing school?

    GuEsT78 replied to CarolynNAC1's topic in General Nursing

    You illustrate a point I try to drive home to young adults who have been indoctrinated with anti-car propaganda. Outside big cities, a reliable and inexpensive car is often a necessity. It saves you valuable time. It lets you live where the rent is c...

14. My friend was asked to tell some advantages of male nurses over female ones

    GuEsT78 replied to kwfine's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Sorry, but good sense isn't discriminatory and any of us can spot the exceptional situation when a male nurse is a weakling and female nurse is strong. And if it's that easy, why walk on tippy-toes? Why regard being chosen for a job because you're be...

15. My friend was asked to tell some advantages of male nurses over female ones

    GuEsT78 replied to kwfine's topic in Pre-Nursing

    Size and upper-body strength is perhaps the only differences that matter. When I worked on an adolescent unit, some of our patients were huge high school athletes in to get a mangled knee fixed. As a 5' 10' guy, I was nervous walking them to the toil...