Schatzi RN CEN

Schatzi RN CEN has 11 years experience and specializes in Rural.

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1. Should rural nursing be a specialty?

   Schatzi RN CEN replied to msn10's topic in Rural

   I am a nurse manager in a CAH. I would say that the nature of nursing practice in small rural hospitals would benefit more from nurse residency programs than an actual rural education track. A problem I face with new grads is that although they come ...

2. Question for Nursing Recruiters/Nurse Managers

   Schatzi RN CEN replied to churchsgirl's topic in Management

   For me spelling and grammar mistakes are a big turnoff. However I put greater weight on enthusiasm and knowledge about my hospital and the specific job I am hiring for. Of course this usually does not become apparent until the interview process. I am...

3. Continuing Saga with MDG Medical

   Schatzi RN CEN replied to CathyLew's topic in Informatics

   My hospital just discovered that MDG has filed chapter 7 last week. All promises to correct issues, which were made over the last months are worth absolutely nothing and our facility is now left with a VERY expensive pile of junk, that is not even wo...

4. Pt safety concern: Lispro vs Regular

   Schatzi RN CEN replied to Retrox24's topic in Medications

   Although no harm was done, you need to be sure to report the error. This will ensure that other nurses can use your experience to avoid making the same error.

5. Career change at 54 to Nursing?

   Schatzi RN CEN replied to had999's topic in General Nursing

   Do what your heart tells you. There are many non-traditional students in nursing. Also your BS can be a steppingstone into an accelerated nursing program.

6. You don't feel like soap and water so I think I'll run away.....

   Schatzi RN CEN replied to chicookie's topic in General Nursing

   For a long time I could not figure out why a lot of my patientsdid not get a bath. Our nurse-techs do most of the hygiene tasks, and after a while I noticed they would go into a room and ask the patient if they would like to take a bath. For many pat...

7. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

   Schatzi RN CEN replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

   the prostrate really gets me and when someone writes "I was suppose to..."

8. What electronic charting program to purchase

   Schatzi RN CEN replied to Schatzi RN CEN's topic in Rural

   Thank you for the posts, as in most things we can research and talk to others, but in the end we are going to buy what administration tells us to buy. In this case we are going to go with the dairyland (now healthland) charting componet. I guess we'l...

9. suggestions.....PLEASE!

   Schatzi RN CEN replied to megs0310's topic in Nebraska

   I work in the center of the State, but have not had any trouble getting hired. Actually only had to wait for an answer once, for the other jobs I got hired on the spot. You should not have any problems.

10. nurses accepting telephone orders from other nurses

    Schatzi RN CEN replied to ninsttmk's topic in Medications

    I work at a small rural hospital that services several Long Term Care Facilities. We usally have one Physician or mid-level parctitioner on call and very rarely do they agree to talk to the LTC nurses themselves. Most of the time the RN or LPN has to...

11. Redman's Syndrome

    Schatzi RN CEN replied to hollyberry678's topic in Medications

    Sounds like an allergic reaction rather than Redman's

12. Share The Weirdest Reasons Patients Push The Call Light

    Schatzi RN CEN replied to RN06-NP09's topic in Humor

    OK, this is a story about what else a call light could be for. We had a patient that was very confused and we were unable to ever re-orient him. The doctor ordered a Physical and Occupational Therapy consult on him despite our assurances that the pat...

13. Pros & Cons of starting starting school as an LVN to be RN

    Schatzi RN CEN replied to giddee78's topic in General Nursing

    Good Luck to you . I started out as a LPN and then worked for three years in a critical access hospital (very small rural). I took a bridge class to RN with 9 other LPNs at a distance learning site. Doing the bridge to RN was soo much easier than the...

14. Cost of electronic charting

    Schatzi RN CEN replied to abooker's topic in Informatics

    Dear ABOOKER, I feel your pain. Our small hospital does not yet use electronic charting, but I believe some of our problems may still be the same. Whether it's electronic or paper charting, if the people for whom the information is meant to be helpf...

15. What electronic charting program to purchase

    Schatzi RN CEN posted a topic in Rural

    I have been put in charge to help bring my small rural hospital (20 beds) into the 21st century and find a computer charting program. I have been researching different programs, but I can't say that I have found one I really liked. The best program f...