koala_bear

koala_bear specializes in Med/Surg.

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1. Pulled to another unit by unit manager

   koala_bear replied to Ms.RN's topic in General Nursing

   i personally think it's great that your manager is even willing to work as a floor nurse. think about it, how many managers do you see/hear of ever doing that? of course she has to stay on your unit, she is the manager, it is her unit to run, and th...

2. Nursing JOB shortage in Maryland!

   koala_bear replied to CASTLEGATES's topic in Maryland

   good luck!!!

3. Nursing JOB shortage in Maryland!

   koala_bear replied to CASTLEGATES's topic in Maryland

   last I checked Harbor Hospital was still hiring for ICU and Tele

4. 11 Things Your Nurse Thinks (But Will Never Tell You)

   koala_bear replied to VivaLasViejas's topic in General Nursing

   i don't know how many times i wished i could tell the pita parents of pediatric patients that if they weren't going to let us put in ivs, draw blood for tests, assess their children, and medicate them then why'd they take them to the hospital in the ...

5. Hospitals in MD

   koala_bear replied to runmommy1's topic in Maryland

   harbor hospital is hiring l&d and nicu (prn) nurses.

6. 5 occasions where IV therapy needs two checker?

   koala_bear replied to lnewbery's topic in General Nursing

   heparin, blood, pca, insulin & narcotics (peds only)

7. How to administer morphine via IV

   koala_bear replied to macgyver16's topic in General Nursing

8. If you could invent nursing supplies, what would it be?

   koala_bear replied to rn2bn07's topic in General Nursing

   have you tried out the esteem stretchy nitrile gloves? they're not as thin as most nitrile gloves and the tips of the gloves have a different texture (rougher) than the rest of the glove; makes it easier to hang on to those slippery colostomy bags. ...

9. Where to buy nursing shoes and uniforms

   koala_bear replied to Dani8962's topic in Maryland

   check uniform city for decent priced nursing school shoes. what area are you in?

10. New Grad RN and Cannot Find employment

    koala_bear replied to caribbeanbeauty's topic in Maryland

    bwmc and harbor hospital are hiring.

11. PELL GRANT

    koala_bear replied to jhenderson7593's topic in General Nursing

    are you working? maybe your income makes you ineligible for the pell grant. not only should you be eligible for it if your income is low enough, your state should offer other scholarships and grants specifically for those in taking up nursing. wh...

12. East Coast Going from 12 to Eight hour shifts?

    koala_bear replied to CaLLaCoDe's topic in General Nursing

    yikes!! i hope not. pacu, or, and case management are the only units/departments in my facility that have their nurses working 8 hour shifts. being a new nurse, i can't imagine getting all that work done in 8 hours.

13. Stupid question...

    koala_bear replied to mingez's topic in General Nursing

    care associate

14. Noise. Has your hospital found a solution?

    koala_bear replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    we have a yakker tracker on our unit too. it was set so low what it would start alarming whenever we had to put or take something from the charts and had to clip the ring binders together. the "snap!" of those binders made the alarm go off and the...

15. ^^^Need Advice: Unsure of what job to take... ^^^

    koala_bear replied to Mesomorph's topic in General Nursing

    Research maybe? Or work as a clinical trial nurse....I hear that's a pretty laid back environment.