island40

island40

ICU, School Nurse, Med/Surg, Psych

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About island40

island40 specializes in ICU, School Nurse, Med/Surg, Psych.


Started nursing in 1993.

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  1. Is it time to leave Arizona?

    I miss it so much - stuck here in Iowa I would really love to come back.
  2. Originally Posted by hiddencatRN If you're that sensitive to cigarette smoke, maybe you should wear a gas mask? No, I should have the right to NOT...thank you! Why do you think you should have more rights than me?? What make you more important?
  3. NO!!! Why don't you just have big brother ban trans-fat, plastic containers, roller skates and cover children's rooms with pillows instead of wallpaper. Better not have beer in front of those under 21's either, you might corrupt them since you are a ...
  4. Rusty skills/burned some bridges. what to do?

    you can do a lot of nursing jobs that have nothing to do with patient care- look into part time work for insurance companies (I have done temp medical record review jobs that pay really good and don't use any "skills" other than my medical knowledge...
  5. Antibiotic + corticosteroid?

    I thought your answer was great!! K.L.C MSN, RN-BC
  6. I have an MSN in nursing ed from U of IA and have looked into California State University at Dominquez Hills cert program because it has an apprenticeship semester that would really help land a job. The classes that they offer for the cert are usual ...
  7. Hired as Dialysis nurse

    I would try really hard to negotiate the trip into the training - don't know the job market there though. If they don't then I would not plan on working for them for very long - not more than 3 years since it would show them to be not family/employee...
  8. OR to Dialysis Nursing

    All things fluid & electrolyte is a good starting point. I hope that you will be given orientation for at least a couple of months (6-10 weeks) to learn the machines and dialysate washes. Medications that are used are fairly limited: all antibiot...
  9. Acute dialysis nurse/patient ratio

    Interesting, I worked at a facility where inpatient acute dialysis was done in a room set up for 4 clients with 2 nurses. For ICU or more critical clients it was 1:1 (no tech to set up or anything the RN did it all from start to finish - water testin...
  10. cathlock heparin

    I did dialysis from '01-'04 and the facility policy was change the heparin with every dressing change. If you don't and it gets plugged they it is useless. The only reason we kept them was during the maturation process of the permanent access as an e...
  11. Updating Care Plans

    Wow! Been a long time since I did Med-surg nursing and they were updated every month :)
  12. There is no nursing shortage!

    I've been looking for a new position since January. I have been an RN for 17 years, have an AAS (nursing), BSN, MSN in nursing ed and have been looking for everything from ed jobs to dialysis (have 3 years experience) and when I finally got my first ...
  13. Forced to come into work on day off

    I'm inclined to think that the facts of this policy got muddled in the translation from administration to employee. The way it is explained here will not work - just try getting a hold of me when I am scheduled off - and unless they are providing it ...
  14. Drunk in Public supposed RN

    nothing special that doesn't happen to other people. Your employer might not like seeing their employees act like this if you are in a customer service position and a right to work state. Even nurses are allowed to act stupid in America
  15. New entry-level Masters program at U of A!!

    The only bonus that i see is that you could do a post-master's certification program for your APRN. There are few schools still providing these programs [u of IA just stopped, Rush in Chicago is discussing, U of Pheonix still has it for now.]