Hi Everyone, As an RN whos Dad was on Hospice I would like to share my experience with all of you. My Dad was on Hospice for about three months in his own home for End Stage Alzheimers. I feel that my Dad was well taken care, but that at the end o...
Hi Vahn Glendale Adventist is a great place to work. I enjoy going to work everyday. The teamwork is fantastic, the benefits are also great. I really can't say enough positive things about GAMC. Let me know if you apply and what you think. Muffin
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Hi Tesentas, Congrats!!! This is so exciting. What exactly are you doing? And do you think that I would be able to so something like this after six years as an OR Nurse. I also have a few months of basic HH experience,
As an Operating Room Nurse, I can't imagine putting my post op patient in an infected room, contact or otherwise. The post op patient's body is already stressed and their immunity decreased.
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You would be surprised!!!!!!!!!!!! Beware!!! I wouldn't recommend it!!!!!!!!!!!! If it is pulled out, the skin will never be the same. Yo could also have possible ramifications from the patient/family.
Everyone else working at camp had one day and one night off per week. The camp nurse should have the same. At the end of my second week the Director went to a meeting for Accredidation and told me that she now realized that I should have had more ...
Hi Saribeth, Can you help me: I am taking care of a lovely 87 year old gentleman, with Cdiff (diarrhea and mucous in the stool). After a round of anitbiotics for a UTI d/t BPH he ended up with Cdiff. He was initially treated back in Oct. 2009, with V...
My advice to all new camp nurses is that when you are applying/negotiating, make sure that you negotiate your days off per week. I worked last summer for two weeks and was totally taken advantage of. I had about three-four hours off per week. It...
I am taking care of a lovely 87 year old gentleman, with Cdiff (diarrhea and mucous in the stool). After a round of anitbiotics for a UTI d/t BPH he ended up with Cdiff. He was initially treated back in Oct. 2009, with Vanco and Flagyl. He has had fo...
I am taking care of a lovely 87 year old gentleman, with Cdiff (diarrhea and mucous in the stool). After a round of anitbiotics for a UTI d/t BPH he ended up with Cdiff. He was initially treated back in Oct. 2009, with Vanco and Flagyl. He has had fo...
Yes, OR nurses are real nurses, but PACU nurses can't walk into the OR and do a case and OR nurses can't recover. As an OR nurse, I wouldn't even think of working in the PACU without plenty of training. I have spoken to my manager and they are goin...
One of my 17 year old campers medical form forgot to mention that she had both auditory and visual hallucinations. What a joy that was. One night she was sent via ambulance to the ER (severe dehydration, she was unresponsive), when she returned the n...