Edward,IL

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1. Bad back, where to work??

   Edward,IL replied to UTRN's topic in General Nursing

   I've known alot of nurse with bad backs thsat have successfully move to private duty/pediatric home care. The lifting is usually minimal or at least you can expect help from the patient's family. It's a lot less stressful in other ways. I've found ...

2. nursing training ??? in hospitals

   Edward,IL replied to Tookie's topic in General Nursing

   Nursing education has moved from hospital-based diploma programs (which, by the way, granted little, if any, college credits.) Please see the American Nurses Assosciation re their position on entry into practice. Please see National League of Nursing...

3. Nursing Titles?

   Edward,IL replied to zanc17's topic in General Nursing

   Re titles: The important thing to look at is WHO is giving the title? Legitimate titles are specifically written into each states Nursing Prctice act. This is the law that regulates who can hang out a shingle with whatever credentials. This is call...

4. Am I fighting a losing battle? Should I quit?

   Edward,IL replied to live4today's topic in General Nursing

   Private Duty is the place for competent, assertive nurses. > Flo envisioned for her new profession that we would be doing private duty, using the hospital to provide formal pre-service training for nurses (which at that time had zero training). &g...

5. The Guys Club: Guy Students Come on In!

   Edward,IL replied to agent's topic in Male Students

   Re: IT and Nursing We are just at the begining of using computers to help us handle all of the information. A background in IT is wonderful! A degree in nursing is great! Put the two together and help move the nursing profession forward. Anyone who'...

6. Wasting Procedures

   Edward,IL replied to JMH's topic in General Nursing

   I have an additional question/comment. We have always been told and adhere to very strict narcotics counts and accountability via documentation, having a witness watch and document wasted meds, counting narcastics between shifts, etc. I've heard that...

7. Burned out!! Help

   Edward,IL replied to Trixie01's topic in General Nursing

   I left the hospital 12 years ago and never looked back. The ENVIRONMENT is everything. Private duty in the home is a wonderful environment for the patient and the nurse. 1) Nurse to patient ratio is always 1 to 1. 2) The families are generally supp...

8. Med errors

   Edward,IL replied to Trixie01's topic in General Nursing

   The license to practice nursing comes from the state board of Nursing. After successfully completing the NCLEX and receiving their license, the nurse can then use this license to earn a living. If you (and about 99% of us do) voluntarily allow yours...

9. Have Nurses Created the Nursing Shortage?

   Edward,IL replied to ainz's topic in General Nursing

   I think this is an excellent post. I also add the suggestion that EFFECTIVE nursing leadership in positions in hospitals (and other nursing service administration positions) develop and maintain strong on-going relationships with nursing leaders in N...

10. Independent Providers

    Edward,IL replied to first_n_line's topic in General Nursing

    I agree with sjoe that you should change to an assignment that you feel a "good fit". If you're doing private duty on the weekends, it shouldn't be difficult to find a different case! I also agree with the idea of becoming an independent provider. ...

11. Jvd?

    Edward,IL replied to stella123 rn's topic in General Nursing

    Good answer. There is an illustrated lesson and very thorough explanation in the Springhouse Publications text I have. It's about twenty years old now, but is very good at explaining this and measuring central venous pressure using a penlight shini...

12. old thread-new thought..

    Edward,IL replied to jenac's topic in General Nursing

    I remember a study that was done several years ago with oncology patients and oncology nurses rating what each group thought were the most valued skills in a nurse. While the nurse group placed the highest value on psych-social traits (listening to ...

13. Relocating to Chicago

    Edward,IL replied to Nursekatydid's topic in General Nursing

    Chicago has ALOT of opportunities for nurses to work, return to school for their next degree and live a relatively safe life in a real city without alot of the hassles that other big cities have. If you want to work in a hospital, really shop around....

14. is this job nuts or what?

    Edward,IL replied to realnursealso/LPN's topic in General Nursing

    1) GET OUT OF THERE!!!!!!!!!!!! 2) Slavery was ended in the US in 1865. 3) Get a new job. Not a salaried one, but one that pays by the hour. Have limits in your employment agreement re hours of work with specifics for overtime, number of hours per ...

15. Parasites Among Us

    Edward,IL replied to tgibson3770's topic in General Nursing

    I thank God every day for metronidazole (Flagyll)! Edward, IL