SavageWist

SavageWist has 10 years experience and specializes in LTC.

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1. Interview Questions & Hand Eczema

   SavageWist replied to guest517235's topic in Job Hunt

   Bless your heart!! do i also suffer from this but my skin also cracks, deep painful cracks. i have been a nurse now 13 years. i dont point this out at job interviews. i have a prescription ointment prescribed by a dermatologist and useer it nigh...

2. Displaced Autoworker Wants To Be A Nurse 46yrs old

   SavageWist replied to LakesLPN's topic in Michigan

   i pray these unemployed workers that are flocking to nursing will have compassion and really want to be a nurse instead of just wanting a job where they are not layed off.

3. LPN Starting Salary

   SavageWist replied to pat8585's topic in LPN/LVN

   i have 10 years experience in LTC. your nursing homes will always pay more than the hospitals. and there are many nursing homes now offering health insurance, that before you could only get while working in a hospital. most salaries can be neg. in ...

4. Double Shifts: Your tips and tricks for getting through it

   SavageWist replied to UM Review RN's topic in General Nursing

   i have worked the Baylor plan for four years now. 2 days and my whole week is done. work 32 hours paid for 40. anything and almost everything is completed the first part of the shift when i am fresh. the last of the shift i spend my time doing su...

5. What to do when state comes in?

   SavageWist replied to sweetnurse1's topic in Geriatric

   i always walk up to them introduce myself, let them know i am the floor nurse. i tell them i have such and such treatment to do and i invite them to go with me. many times they will just ask me a few questions and they are through with me. only on...

6. Doctor rounds

   SavageWist replied to jetscreamer101's topic in Geriatric

   when a Dr. makes rounds on my unit i take the time to make them with him/her. i can personal talk with them and let them know what has been going on with my patient. also you get to know the Dr. and them know you so they know who they are speaking ...

7. What was the toughest part of Nursing school for you?

   SavageWist replied to LADYFLOWER's topic in General Students

   i made very good grades in class and clinicals were 2nd nature to me, then....OBGYN durning clinicals. every baby in at least 5 counties was born durning my rotation. each baby that was born was very emotional to me. i was hugging the grandmothers...

8. Best Brand of Shoes

   SavageWist replied to SwtTxLdy's topic in General Nursing

   there is a shoe out called Z-Coil. to wonderful to explain. very ugly but i now dance through 16 hour shifts and my back and legs feel brand new. big price around $200.00 but you can replace the springs for $40.00 and they dont usually need replac...

9. east texas vs. amarillo

   SavageWist replied to SavageWist's topic in Texas

   i work at a wonderful facility; family owned not a corparation. it is the dang heat down here that is a killer. 95 degrees outside and 100% humidity. it is a killer. when i visited amarillo i dont think i even broke a sweat. that is why i was tr...

10. east texas vs. amarillo

    SavageWist posted a topic in Texas

    hello i am an LVN in the deep east texas, LTC making 20.00 an hour for 32/40 weekend shift. i would like to relocate to amarillo texas and can not get a straight answer from anyone the rate of pay in amarillo. i made many phone calls while visiting...

11. Switching to night shift?

    SavageWist replied to JacelRN's topic in General Nursing

    WalkMyGardenPath very well written. you captured the heart of all GOOD night nurses. i would be proud to work night shift with you anytime. lots of times i work with the nurses that read the newspapers.

12. Switching to night shift?

    SavageWist replied to JacelRN's topic in General Nursing

    i have been a nurse for 4.5 years now and 4 of them have been on nights. my reason for this i dont get mixed up in all the politics. i find at nights i dont have all the demands of this has to be done right now that i feel like i can do better pati...

13. dr kivorcian or not

    SavageWist replied to cometothecradle's topic in General Nursing

    we had a patient once that was dx with cancer of the stomach and pancress and nothing for pain was ordered. the man was laying in the bed screaming in pain at the end. dr. notified and i still recieved no orders for pain. so i took my cell phone d...

14. Nursing as a second career

    SavageWist replied to ninas's topic in General Nursing

    i was a prison guard for 10 years and then a truck driver for several years. i had a surgery with complications stayed in the hospital 21 days then developed staf infection back in the hospital 4 more weeks. i had very good nurses durning my stay a...

15. Lpn ????

    SavageWist posted a topic in Nevada

    hello i am a Texas LVN and would really like to relocate to Las Vegas. can anyone tell me if LPN are used in Nevada? are there lots of jobs? what kind of pay scale? and what is the housing cost? thanks for your help.