SylviaC

SylviaC

Med/Sur;ED

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About SylviaC

SylviaC has 15 years experience and specializes in Med/Sur;ED.


Graduate TC-3 Nursing

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  1. Nurses Past Their Prime

    I don't believe it has anything to do with nurses past their prime. I am 70 and work part-time complimented all the time by patient's on my care and empathy. Patient's actually write letters to my Manager and DON complimenting me. I am not blowing my...
  2. Any Of You 58 Or Older When You Finished?

    kizzykatlove: Would you believe I finished RN school at the age of 67. I had been an LPN for 13 years and decided if I had to work I wanted to work as an RN and get paid for what I did, so I enrolled in a community college and obtained my AAS in nur...
  3. Landau scrubs

    Sorry I don't know anything about Landau. When our hospital went to color coded scrubs, you could order anywhere you wanted to it had to be in a specific color. It would seem if it is color coded you would be able to buy any brand name, but it woul...
  4. Isn't that the way you are suppose to pronounce it. Me TROP olol; at least that's the way I hear the Docs pronounce it. It is a difficult one to pronounce.
  5. I have to agree with you. I'm always asking them what the order says, or if they are not quickly available another nurse and I have to try and figure it out. If we are still just guessing I WILL NOT give the drug until the Doc tells me what it is.
  6. Is there power in the color white?

    I don't think white has anything to do with "power". If you aren't getting respect from your own supervisors, I think the supervisors have a problem. I have found no matter what color you wear if you do a good job of nursing, caring for your patien...
  7. No IVs in my Nursing School, opinions please?

    I just graduated from nursing school in May and NO we didn't do IV's in this school either. We were told we couldn't practice on each other and the facilities that we were at for clinical did not allow students to start IV's. I didn't need the instru...
  8. Is 26 too old to go back to school?

    definitely not. as you can see from my post i was 66 when i went back for my rn...so i say go for it:blushkiss